This course transitioned me from working on a single computer to an entire fleet. Systems administration is the field of IT responsible for maintaining reliable computer systems in a multi-user environment. In this course, I learned about the infrastructure services that keep all organizations, big and small, up and running. I dove deep into the cloud to understand everything from typical cloud infrastructure setups to how to manage cloud resources. I also learned how to manage and configure servers and how to use industry tools to manage computers, user information, and user productivity. Finally, I learned how to recover your organization’s IT infrastructure in the event of a disaster.
After completing this course, I am able to:
● utilize best practices for choosing hardware, vendors, and services for your organization
● understand how the most common infrastructure services that keep an organization running work, and how to manage infrastructure servers
● understand how to make the most of the cloud for your organization
● manage an organization’s computers and users using the directory services, Active Directory, and OpenLDAP.
● choose and manage the tools that your organization will use
● backup your organization’s data and know how to recover your IT infrastructure in the case of a disaster
● utilize systems administration knowledge to plan and improve processes for IT environments