Career Essentials in System Administration by Microsoft and LinkedIn

Contents

• Introduction to System Administration Introduction to System Administration

  • Start your sysadmin journey

    1m 15s
  • What are the roles of a system administrator?

    2m 52s
  • A week in the life

    3m 43s
  • The biggest challenges

    3m 19s
  • Keeping your skills sharp

    3m 58s
  • Major components of a modern network

    2m 33s
• 1. Operating Systems: Installing, Updating, and Maintaining OSs 1. Operating Systems: Installing, Updating, and Maintaining OSs

  • Servers and clients

    2m 44s
  • Active Directory

    3m
  • Operating system installation

    2m 56s
  • System Center Suite

    3m 46s
  • Intune

    6m 39s
  • Manual installation options

    3m 43s
  • Windows Server Update Services

    9m 3s
  • Why updates are so important

    3m 36s
• 2. Servers: Managing, Configuring, Maintaining, and Monitoring 2. Servers: Managing, Configuring, Maintaining, and Monitoring

  • Commercial administration monitoring tools

    3m 45s
  • Physical equipment maintenance

    3m 21s
  • Utilizing Event Logs to monitor and maintain a server

    7m 49s
  • Built-in Windows monitoring tools

    8m 34s
• 3. Identity and Authentication Services 3. Identity and Authentication Services

  • On-premises and cloud identity services

    3m 41s
  • Active Directory from scratch

    8m 41s
  • Azure AD and directory services

    7m 23s
  • Multi-factor authentication

    4m
  • Single sign-on

    2m 28s
  • Group creation and management

    9m 55s
  • Group policy application

    7m 2s
  • Shared folder security

    10m 17s
  • Security in the modern era

    3m 49s
• 4. Basic Networking 4. Basic Networking

  • The sysadmin's role in networking

    3m 58s
  • What runs over the Internet Protocol?

    2m 29s
  • The OSI model

    3m 11s
  • IP structure

    3m 11s
  • Routing tools

    7m 13s
  • VLANs and subnets

    2m 31s
  • Static and dynamic routing

    6m 58s
• 5. Virtualization 5. Virtualization

  • What is virtualization?

    3m 35s
  • Windows Hyper-V

    9m 58s
  • VMware virtualization

    6m 20s
  • Creating an Azure virtual machine

    6m 28s
  • The future of virtual machines and containers

    3m 20s
• 6. Cloud Administration 6. Cloud Administration

  • What is cloud administration?

    2m 49s
  • How cloud computing adds resiliency

    6m 23s
  • Preparing for a cloud environment

    3m 15s
  • Utilizing the hybrid cloud

    3m 12s
  • Virtualization in the cloud

    5m 50s
  • Overview of the Azure Portal and Services

    8m 48s
  • Azure cloud storage

    10m 8s
  • Microsoft 365 Online Services

    2m 33s
• 7. Security and Monitoring 7. Security and Monitoring

  • What security means to the role of a systems administrator

    3m 31s
  • Email security from phishing attacks

    2m 12s
  • Securing the network from attacks

    2m 26s
  • How to secure your cloud resources

    4m 35s
  • Data loss prevention

    8m 7s
  • How to be secure in public places

    3m 43s
  • Mitigating social engineering attacks

    3m 15s
• 8. Backup and Recovery: Scheduling, Monitoring, and Securing Backups and Sound Backup Strategy 8. Backup and Recovery: Scheduling, Monitoring, and Securing Backups and Sound Backup Strategy

  • Overview of backup solutions

    3m 13s
  • Different backup types for different types of organizations

    2m 39s
  • Windows Server backups for smaller operations

    8m 27s
  • Commercial backup options from third-party companies

    3m 45s
  • Backing up Linux and Macintosh

    2m 52s
  • Windows client backup solutions

    4m 12s
  • What type of hardware should be used in a backup solution?

    3m 37s
  • Azure backup for on-premises and cloud resources

    2m 16s
• 9. Getting Started as a System Administrator 9. Getting Started as a System Administrator

  • Explore the hiring process

    2m 36s
  • Writing your resume

    3m 25s
  • How to be successful starting out

    3m 17s
• Conclusion Conclusion

  • Your next sysadmin steps

    1m 15s