CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 Training - OEM Certkit

CompTIA Server+ is a vendor neutral certification that is designed to certify the skills required of server support professionals who must understand the complicated and varied roles servers perform in today’s business.
This course builds on existing professional experience with personal computer hardware support to present the next tier of skills & concepts students will use on the job when administering any type of network server. This course covers server hardware installation and management, server administration, security and disaster recovery and troubleshooting. This course also prepares you to take the CompTIA Server+ examination (Exam SK0-005).

Prerequisites:
To ensure your success in your course you should have 18 to 24 months of hands-on experience with installation, configuration, diagnosis, and troubleshooting of PC hardware and network operating system issues. It is also recommended that you have the CompTIA A+ certification or the equivalent training and experience.

You will learn to:

• Build, maintain, troubleshoot, secure and support server hardware and software technologies
• Implement virtualization and storage solutions for local, enterprise and cloud environments
• Understand and comply with disaster recovery and general security procedures
• Be familiar with industry terminology and concepts
• Understand server roles and their interaction in a dynamic computing environment
• Use automation, scripting and virtualization to optimize server management
• Understand on-premise & hybrid server environments to accommodate enterprise & small business needs
• Understand server administration and troubleshooting both on-premise and remotely
• Be familiar with cloud computing concepts as they apply to server administration and maintenance.

Who should attend:
This course is designed for IT professionals such as PC, desktop, and help desk technicians who have experience supporting PC hardware who wish to make the transition to become server hardware and support specialists.

CertKit content:

E-learning courses:

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Server Components

Course: 1 Hour, 25 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Benefits of Server Usage
• Basic Input Output System (BIOS) Configuration
• Configuring BIOS Settings
• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface versus BIOS
• Server Form Factors
• Calculating Rack Space Requirements
• The Effects of Central Processing Unit (CPU)
• The Effects of Random Access Memory (RAM)
• The Use of Buses and Interfaces
• Servers and Electricity
• Managing Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
• Server Environmental Considerations
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Configuring Server Components

Course: 1 Hour, 3 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Hypervisors and Guest Virtual Machines
• Configuring VMware vCPU Settings
• Configuring Microsoft Hyper-V vCPU Settings
• Configuring AWS Instance vCPU Settings
• Configuring Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine vCPU
• Configuring VMware Virtual Machine Memory
• Configuring Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Machine Memory
• Configuring AWS Instance Memory Settings
• Configuring Microsoft Azure Instance Memory Settings
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Servers & Cloud Computing

Course: 51 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Benefits of Cloud Computing
• Cloud Computing Characteristics
• The Characteristics of Public Clouds
• The Characteristics of Private Clouds
• The Characteristics of Hybrid and Community Clouds
• Using Cloud GUI and CLI Management Tools
• Examining Cloud Service-level Agreements (SLAs)
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Deploying Cloud IaaS

Course: 1 Hour, 38 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Infrastructure as a Service Cloud Service Model
• Deploying an Amazon S3 Bucket
• Deploying a Microsoft Azure Storage Account
• Deploying an AWS Virtual Private Cloud Network
• Deploying a Microsoft Azure Virtual Network
• Deploying an AWS Windows Instance
• Deploying an AWS Linux Instance
• Deploying a Microsoft Azure Windows Virtual Machine
• Deploying a Microsoft Azure Linux Virtual Machine
• Creating a Custom Cloud-based Virtual Machine Image
• Cloud Automation Templates
• Deploying Cloud Resources Using a Template
• Limiting Server Deployment & Management in the Cloud
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Deploying Cloud PaaS & SaaS

Course: 47 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Platform as a Service (PaaS) Cloud Service Model
• Deploying AWS RDS Databases
• Deploying a Microsoft Azure SQL Database
• The Software as a Service (SaaS) Cloud Service Models
• Deploying SaaS Cloud-based Apps
• Deploying PaaS Solutions Using Templates
• Managing Cloud Costs
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Server Storage

Course: 1 Hour, 36 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Storage
• Solid State Drive (SSD) Storage
• Storage Cables and Interfaces
• Configuring HDD and SDD Storage In the Cloud
• Configuring Cloud Storage Tiers
• How Network Attached Storage (NAS) Is Used
• How Storage Area Networks (SANs) Are Used
• Deploying a Windows iSCSI SAN
• Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) Levels
• Adding Virtual Disks to On-premises Virtual Machines
• Configuring Windows Software RAID
• Configuring Windows Software RAID
• Configuring Linux Software RAID
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Server Roles

Course: 56 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Server Roles
• Server Licensing
• Server Installation Methods
• Scripting Environments
• Creating a BASH script
• Creating a PowerShell Script
• Creating a Python Script
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Role-specific Server Deployment

Course: 1 Hour, 31 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Server Management Tools
• Deploying an On-premises Windows Virtual Machine
• Remotely Managing a Windows Server Using RDP
• Remotely Managing a Windows Server Using PowerShell
• Deploying an On-premises Linux Virtual Machine
• Remotely Managing a Linux Server Using SSH
• Configuring SSH Public Key Authentication
• Deploying a Web Server
• Deploying a Hypervisor Host
• Configuring Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
• Applying Updates to a Linux Server
• Configuring Cloud-based Virtual Machine Updates
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Network Directory Services

Course: 57 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services
• Deploying a Microsoft Active Directory Domain
• Joining Stations to an Active Directory Domain
• Planning Microsoft Group Policy Usage
• Deploying Configuration Settings Using Group Policy
• Enabling Server Inventory
• Configuring a Cloud-based Directory Service
• Joining Stations to a Cloud-based Directory Service
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): File System Security

Course: 1 Hour, 19 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Windows File System Security
• Enabling Shared Folder Accessibility
• Configuring Windows Shared Folder Security
• Configuring Windows NTFS File and Folder Security
• Securing Data at Rest Using Windows EFS
• Enabling Microsoft BitLocker
• Encrypting Linux Data at Rest Using OpenSSL
• Linux File System Security
• Setting Linux File System Permissions
• Verifying Windows File System Hashes
• Verifying Linux File System Hashes
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Network Communications

Course: 1 Hour, 12 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model
• Types of Communication Networks
• Network Switching
• Network Routing
• Deploying a Hypervisor Virtual Network
• Configuring IP Routing in the Cloud
• Configuring Cloud Virtual Network Peering
• Network Cables and Interfaces
• Configuring On-Premises Virtual Machine NICs
• Configuring Cloud-Based Virtual Machine NICs
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Working with TCP/IP

Course: 1 Hour, 38 Minutes

• Course Overview
• IPv4 Addressing
• IP Subnetting
• Configuring IPv4 Manually
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Deploying a Windows DHCP Server
• TCP and UDP
• IPv6 Addressing
• Configuring IPv6 Manually
• Configuring IP Address in the Cloud
• Using Wireshark to Capture & Analyze Network Traffic
• Domain Name System (DNS) and Amazon Route
• Deploying a Windows DNS Server
• Configuring DNS Zones in the Cloud
• Network Time Protocol (NTP) Features
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Authentication & Authorization

Course: 1 Hour, 51 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Physical Security
• Hardening To Reduce the Attack Surface
• Disabling USB Storage Using Microsoft Group Policy
• Defining Authentication and Authorization
• Managing Microsoft Active Directory Users and Groups
• Managing Linux Users and Groups
• Managing AWS Users and Groups
• Managing Microsoft Azure Users and Groups
• Enabling AWS User Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)
• Enabling Microsoft Azure User MFA
• Identity Federation
• Resource Access Control
• Working with Cloud Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
• Configuring Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC)
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Course: 1 Hour

• Course Overview
• The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Hierarchy
• Deploying an On-premises Private CA
• Deploying a Cloud-based Private CA
• PKI Certificates
• Managing Certificate Templates
• Acquiring a PKI Certificate On-premises
• Acquiring a PKI Certificate in the Cloud
• Generating Certificates Using OpenSSL
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): CompTIA Server+: Network Firewalls

Course: 1 Hour, 32 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Network Security
• Wireless Security
• Packet Filtering Firewalls
• Configuring Windows Defender Firewall
• Configuring a Linux Firewall
• AWS Security Groups and Network Access Control Lists
• Configuring an AWS Security Group
• Configuring an AWS Network Access Control List
• Configuring the Microsoft Azure Firewall
• Proxy Servers
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Configuring NAT in the Cloud
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Network Security Protocols

Course: 1 Hour, 30 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Configuring TLS on a Windows Server
• Configuring TLS on a Linux Server
• Configuring HTTP for an On-premises Web App
• Configuring an HTTPS Binding for a Cloud Application
• IPsec Network Security Protocol Suite
• Configuring IPsec
• Forging Network Traffic
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention
• Configuring the Snort Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
• Configuring an On-premises VPN Environment
• Configuring a Cloud-based VPN Connection
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Data Privacy & Protection

Course: 1 Hour, 3 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
• Data Privacy Standards
• Defining Malware Types
• Social Engineering
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Labeling Data Using File Server Resource Manager
• Labeling Data Using Amazon Macie
• Secure Data Removal Techniques
• Wiping Disk Partitions Securely
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Server Troubleshooting

Course: 1 Hour, 41 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The CompTIA Troubleshooting Process
• Working with Windows Event Viewer Logs
• Retrieving Windows Log Events Using PowerShell
• Deploying a Centralized Windows Logging Server
• Working with Linux Logs
• Deploying a Centralized Linux Logging Server
• Working with Cloud Service Logs
• Server Hardware Issues
• Server Software Issues
• Using Common Windows Network Commands
• Using Common Linux Network Commands
• Monitoring Windows Server Performance
• Monitoring Linux Server Performance
• Course Summary

CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005): Planning For The Worst

Course: 53 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
• Disaster Recovery Sites
• Load Balancing a Web Application
• Configuring Windows Server Backup
• Capturing An On-premises Virtual Machine Snapshot
• Enabling Cloud File Versioning
• Enabling On-premises Server Backup To the Cloud
• Configuring Cloud-based Virtual Machines For High Availability
• Course Summary

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Practice Labs - Virtual Labs (option)

The CompTIA Server+ Certification is an intermediate certification that covers the installation and configuration of server operating systems. In addition to the configuration of a server operating system, this title also covers the practical application of creating scripts and creating and managing backup solutions. Providing practical skills to manage a server infrastructure on-premise, in the cloud or a hybrid infrastructure.

• The Server+ Practice Lab’s primary focus is the practical application of the CompTIA exam objectives, and theory objectives will not be covered in much detail, providing a hands-on practical lab experience.