Career Essentials in System Administration

Course details

If you’re interested in a career in system administration but aren’t sure where to start, this course is for you. System administration requires skills spanning across many topics, and in this course, Robert McMillen helps you get started by providing an overview of the role, core skills and tools needed, and how to start and advance your career. Learn about managing on-premises, cloud, physical, and virtual implementations as well as storage security and much more. If you’re looking for the skills necessary to continue your learning journey and earn a Microsoft Foundational Career Certificate to showcase your skills to employers, join Robert in this course.

Concepts

Introduction to System Administration

01 - Start your sysadmin journey
02 - What are the roles of a system administrator
03 - A week in the life
04 - The biggest challenges
05 - Keeping your skills sharp
06 - Major components of a modern network

1. Operating Systems - Installing, Updating, and Maintaining OSs

07 - Servers and clients
08 - Active Directory
09 - Operating system installation
10 - System Center Suite
11 - Endpoint Manager
12 - Manual installation options
13 - Windows Server Update Services
14 - Why updates are so important

2. Servers - Managing, Configuring, Maintaining, and Monitoring

15 - Commercial administration monitoring tools
16 - Physical equipment maintenance
17 - Utilizing event logs to monitor and maintain a server
18 - Built-in Windows monitoring tools

3. Identity and Authentication Services

19 - On-premises and cloud identity services
20 - Active Directory from scratch
21 - Azure AD and Directory Services
22 - Multi-factor authentication
23 - Single sign-on
24 - Group creation and management
25 - Group policy application
26 - Shared folder security
27 - Security in the modern era

4. Basic Networking

28 - The sysadmin's role in networking
29 - What runs over the Internet Protocol
30 - The OSI model
31 - IP structure
32 - Routing tools
33 - VLANs and subnets
34 - Static and dynamic routing

5. Virtualization

35 - What is virtualization
36 - Windows Hyper-V
37 - VMware virtualization
38 - Creating an Azure virtual machine
39 - The future of virtual machines and containers

6. Cloud Administration

40 - What is cloud administration
41 - How cloud computing adds resiliency
42 - Preparing for a cloud environment
43 - Utilizing the hybrid cloud
44 - Virtualization in the cloud
45 - Overview of the Azure Portal and services
46 - Azure cloud storage
47 - Microsoft 365 online services

7. Security and Monitoring

48 - What security means to the role of a systems administrator
49 - Email security from phishing attacks
50 - Securing the network from attacks
51 - How to secure your cloud resources
52 - Data loss prevention
53 - How to be secure in public places
54 - Mitigating social engineering attacks

8. Backup and Recovery - Scheduling, Monitoring, and Securing Backups and Sound Backup Strategy

55 - Overview of backup solutions
56 - Different backup types for different types of organizations
57 - Windows Server backups for smaller operations
58 - Commercial backup options from third-party companies
59 - Backing up Linux and Macintosh
60 - Windows client backup solutions
61 - What type of hardware should be used in a backup solution
62 - Azure backup for on-premises and cloud resources

9. Getting Started as a System Administrator

63 - Explore the hiring process
64 - Writing your resume
65 - How to be successful starting out

Conclusion

66 - Your next sysadmin steps