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Career Essentials in System Administration by Microsoft and LinkedIn 

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Overview

Duration

5 hours

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

Credential

Certificate

Career Essentials in System Administration by Microsoft and LinkedIn
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Highlights

  • Earn a sharable certificate
  • 10 quizzes to test knowledge
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Career Essentials in System Administration by Microsoft and LinkedIn
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Course details

More about this course
  • System administration requires skills spanning across many topics, and in this course, Robert McMillen helps learner get started by providing an overview of the role, core skills and tools needed, and how to start and advance career
  • Learn about managing on-premises, cloud, physical, and virtual implementations as well as storage security and much more

Career Essentials in System Administration by Microsoft and LinkedIn
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Curriculum

Introduction to System Administration

Start your sysadmin journey

What are the roles of a system administrator?

A week in the life

The biggest challenges

Keeping your skills sharp

Major components of a modern network

Operating Systems: Installing, Updating, and Maintaining OSs

Servers and clients

Active Directory

Operating system installation

System Center Suite

Endpoint Manager

Manual installation options

Windows Server Update Services

Why updates are so important

Servers: Managing, Configuring, Maintaining, and Monitoring

Commercial administration monitoring tools

Physical equipment maintenance

Utilizing event logs to monitor and maintain a server

Built-in Windows monitoring tools

Identity and Authentication Services

On-premises and cloud identity services

Active Directory from scratch

Azure AD and Directory Services

Multi-factor authentication

Single sign-on

Group creation and management

Group policy application

Shared folder security

Security in the modern era

Basic Networking

The sysadmin's role in networking

What runs over the Internet Protocol?

The OSI model

IP structure

Routing tools

VLANs and subnets

Static and dynamic routing

Virtualization

What is virtualization?

Windows Hyper-V

VMware virtualization

Creating an Azure virtual machine

The future of virtual machines and containers

Cloud Administration

What is cloud administration?

How cloud computing adds resiliency

Preparing for a cloud environment

Utilizing the hybrid cloud

Virtualization in the cloud

Overview of the Azure Portal and services

Azure cloud storage

Microsoft 365 online services

Security and Monitoring

What security means to the role of a systems administrator

Email security from phishing attacks

Securing the network from attacks

How to secure your cloud resources

Data loss prevention

How to be secure in public places

Mitigating social engineering attacks

Backup and Recovery: Scheduling, Monitoring, and Securing Backups and Sound Backup Strategy

Overview of backup solutions

Different backup types for different types of organizations

Windows Server backups for smaller operations

Commercial backup options from third-party companies

Backing up Linux and Macintosh

Windows client backup solutions

What type of hardware should be used in a backup solution?

Azure backup for on-premises and cloud resources

Getting Started as a System Administrator

Explore the hiring process

Writing your resume

How to be successful starting out

Conclusion

Your next sysadmin steps

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Career Essentials in System Administration by Microsoft and LinkedIn
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Faculty details

Robert McMillen
Business Owner at Tech Publishing

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Learning Experience: I recently completed the Career Essentials in System Administration course and found it to be very informative and comprehensive. The course covered all the basics of system administration, including installation, configuration, and maintenance of operating systems and servers. The instructor was knowledgeable and easy to understand, and the materials were well-organized and easy to follow. Overall, I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to start or advance their career in system administration
Faculty: The instructor was knowledgeable and easy to understand, and the materials were well-organized and easy to follow. The course covered all the basics of system administration, including installation, configuration, and maintenance of operating systems and servers
Course Support: I think this would be a great course for someone just getting started in IT
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