Kys.
Faggots like you just make my work harder when we get new customers whose IT got mismanaged by onemanshow know-it-alls.
IT jobs
Parker Rivera
Elijah Parker
>got a useless degree
>no jobs
>make websites for people to survive
>apply for a paid traineeship
>????
>job
Matthew Gray
No, but I like to believe its close to native level,
Leo Baker
Learn active directory. Most companies run windows server and active directory. If your inheriting the job from someone else, be prepared for a potential mess if that guy didn't keep records of what was done/how things are configured. Or worse didn't bother to leave a copy of domain controller/recovery password.
They also run Exchange server.
William Wilson
You work for an MSP.
You have no authority to speak about IT other than "please don't work for an MSP".
Okay.
I'm talking about working in a business and supporting it, not when you phone up to complain about your internet or a product you bought.
Basically a sysadmin would work on the servers, overall infrastructure of the company's IT stuff.
Depending on the company you might or might not work with people who have problems with the computers.
But
is right - you can learn to install active directory (windows server operating system) in a virtual machine and go from there. I think there's a 90 day trial or something.
Other than that, learn how to troubleshoot Windows and how it works. So you know your internet is down, you can right click and tell Windows to troubleshoot. It does "something" when it resets the wifi adapter. What does it do? What causes that to fix it, etc.
Christian Turner
Thank you, do you recommend any resources?
Like an online class or books?
Brandon Reed
A lot of times; your stuck with whatever the configuration is, it's working, fixing it would involve lots of downtime depending on company size. So your job is basically keeping the pile of shit mess your inheriting running.
Gavin Peterson
It really depends on what you want to get into.
For example, one job I applied for didn't use active directory because it was "too expensive" to buy.
They had 50 users on 50 computers and were on "google cloud".
That was a terrible idea to do.
Look at learning active directory first. No, no books or videos, sorry. Plenty on YouTube - just find someone who you don't mind listening to.
Don't pay for classes that teach you to get certifications. It's almost never worth it. Pay for certifications (skip Comptia A+ and Network+ but study a book or two from your library so you're familiar with them).
Sysadmin still usually specialize in some form. Some came from network engineers, others were the level 2/level 3 support that maintained Active Directory, some are based on Linux, etc
Just find out what technology part interests you and go for it
If you're unsure, the CCNA is always a good start
James James
Grab a eval copy of windows server, 2012, 2016 and try it out in a virtual machine. that's the only way to do it. yes books are fine, but nothing beats actual hands on work. Aside; say you have a small company (100 users), a single domain would more than cover it, don't be surprised if you see where some bright lad before you decided to create a shit pot of sub domains instead of keeping it simple. Talk about a cluster fuck. ex: root domain; company.com; sub domain sales.company.com, marketing.company.com,etc.
Daniel Fisher
Like this guy?
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