The Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator course is a perfect match for anyone wanting to become a supporter of networks. Whether you're already knowledgeable but need to formalise your skills with an acknowledged certification, or you're new to the industry, you should soon be able to find a course to fit your requirements.
Look for an organisation that's eager to understand you, and will help identify the ideal path for you, even before they start thinking about the course contents. They will also advise you where to start dependent on your current comprehension or lack of it.
We're regularly asked to explain why qualifications from colleges and universities are less in demand than the more commercial qualifications?
Corporate based study (to use industry-speak) is far more specialised and product-specific. Industry is aware that a specialist skill-set is what's needed to service the demands of an increasingly more technical workplace. CISCO, Adobe, Microsoft and CompTIA are the key players in this arena.
Clearly, a certain quantity of background information has to be learned, but precise specialised knowledge in the required areas gives a commercially trained student a huge edge.
In simple terms: Recognised IT certifications tell an employer precisely what skills you have - the title says it all: for example, I am a 'Microsoft Certified Professional' in 'Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2003'. So companies can identify exactly what they need and what certifications are required to fulfil that.
An advisor that doesn't question you thoroughly - chances are they're just a salesperson. If they're pushing towards a particular product before looking at your personality and experience, then it's definitely the case.
With a little live experience or base qualifications, you may find that your starting point is now at a different level to a new student.
Consider starting with some basic Microsoft package and Windows skills first. Beginning there can make the learning curve a little less steep.
A typical blunder that students everywhere can make is to look for the actual course to take, rather than starting with where they want to get to. Universities are stacked to the hilt with students that chose an 'interesting' course - in place of something that could gain them the job they want.
You could be training for only a year and end up doing the job for 20 years. Don't make the mistake of choosing what sounds like an 'interesting' course only to waste your life away with an unrewarding career!
You must also consider your feelings on earning potential, career development, and whether you intend to be quite ambitious. It makes sense to understand what industry expects from you, what particular accreditations they want you to have and how to develop your experience.
Seek guidance and advice from a skilled advisor, even if you have to pay - it's considerably cheaper and safer to discover early on if you've chosen correctly, rather than realise after several years of study that you're doing entirely the wrong thing and have to start from the beginning again.
Quite often, students have issues with one aspect of their training which is often not even considered: How the training is broken down and physically delivered to you.
Often, you'll enrol on a course that takes between and 1 and 3 years and get sent one module each time you pass an exam. It seems to make sense on one level, but consider these issues:
Maybe the order of study offered by the provider doesn't suit. It may be difficult to get through every element inside their defined time-scales?
In an ideal situation, you want everything at the start - giving you them all to return to any point - irrespective of any schedule. This also allows you to vary the order in which you attack each section where a more intuitive path can be found. - 29852
Look for an organisation that's eager to understand you, and will help identify the ideal path for you, even before they start thinking about the course contents. They will also advise you where to start dependent on your current comprehension or lack of it.
We're regularly asked to explain why qualifications from colleges and universities are less in demand than the more commercial qualifications?
Corporate based study (to use industry-speak) is far more specialised and product-specific. Industry is aware that a specialist skill-set is what's needed to service the demands of an increasingly more technical workplace. CISCO, Adobe, Microsoft and CompTIA are the key players in this arena.
Clearly, a certain quantity of background information has to be learned, but precise specialised knowledge in the required areas gives a commercially trained student a huge edge.
In simple terms: Recognised IT certifications tell an employer precisely what skills you have - the title says it all: for example, I am a 'Microsoft Certified Professional' in 'Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2003'. So companies can identify exactly what they need and what certifications are required to fulfil that.
An advisor that doesn't question you thoroughly - chances are they're just a salesperson. If they're pushing towards a particular product before looking at your personality and experience, then it's definitely the case.
With a little live experience or base qualifications, you may find that your starting point is now at a different level to a new student.
Consider starting with some basic Microsoft package and Windows skills first. Beginning there can make the learning curve a little less steep.
A typical blunder that students everywhere can make is to look for the actual course to take, rather than starting with where they want to get to. Universities are stacked to the hilt with students that chose an 'interesting' course - in place of something that could gain them the job they want.
You could be training for only a year and end up doing the job for 20 years. Don't make the mistake of choosing what sounds like an 'interesting' course only to waste your life away with an unrewarding career!
You must also consider your feelings on earning potential, career development, and whether you intend to be quite ambitious. It makes sense to understand what industry expects from you, what particular accreditations they want you to have and how to develop your experience.
Seek guidance and advice from a skilled advisor, even if you have to pay - it's considerably cheaper and safer to discover early on if you've chosen correctly, rather than realise after several years of study that you're doing entirely the wrong thing and have to start from the beginning again.
Quite often, students have issues with one aspect of their training which is often not even considered: How the training is broken down and physically delivered to you.
Often, you'll enrol on a course that takes between and 1 and 3 years and get sent one module each time you pass an exam. It seems to make sense on one level, but consider these issues:
Maybe the order of study offered by the provider doesn't suit. It may be difficult to get through every element inside their defined time-scales?
In an ideal situation, you want everything at the start - giving you them all to return to any point - irrespective of any schedule. This also allows you to vary the order in which you attack each section where a more intuitive path can be found. - 29852
