Friday, August 9, 2013

How To Become MCITP Certified Server Administrator

There are over 5,000 MCITP Server Administrators worldwide. To be more precise, there were exactly 5,079 as of January 9th this year.
Are you ready to be number 5,080? Ready to take your career to the next level? Ready to prove your Server 2008 leadership and problem solving skills?
 Great! Now let’s see what you’ll need to become a MCITP certified Server Administrator.

MCITP: Server Administrator

The MCITP Server Administrator certification will help you develop and demonstrate your knowledge and skills in working with Server 2008 and prepare you for several different roles including:
  • Windows Server Administrator
  • Server Systems Administrator
  • Monitoring Operator
  • Network Administrator
 The MCITP certification builds on a combination of MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) prerequisites that will allow you to develop your technical skills and knowledge and prepare you for your role as a Server Administrator.
In preparation for your MCITP you will learn how to:
  • handle day to day management of the server OS, file structure and directory services
  • handle software distribution and updates
  • monitor servers
  • troubleshoot servers
  • configure the server
  • implement an auditing policy
  • perform scheduled vulnerability assessment scans