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Specialist Certificate · Bachelor's level · CPS-15

Linux and Windows Server Administration

For: IT technicians, IT asset managers and junior administrators in public administrations, companies and local authorities who install and operate servers.

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Organisation over 20 weeks

Four 5-week blocks (4 weeks of classes, 1 week of assessment). The two course units are taken unchanged from the original degree: same content, same assessments.

  • Blocks 1 and 2 (weeks 1 to 10): ADM 121 — Linux Systems Administration
  • Blocks 3 and 4 (weeks 11 to 20): ADM 122 — Windows Server Administration

ADM 121 - Linux Systems Administration

Make the learner self-sufficient in administering a Linux server, a system that is widespread on servers and present in many network devices.

Learning outcomes

  • Use the administration tools of a Linux system.
  • Manage accounts, groups, permissions and services.
  • Use system logs to diagnose a malfunction.

Content

  • Installing a server distribution; boot process and service management.
  • Accounts, groups, standard and extended permissions, controlled privilege escalation.
  • Package and update management.
  • Storage: partitions, logical volumes, file systems, quotas.
  • Processes, task scheduling, logging.

Assessment: Continuous assessment (50%): practical work. Practical examination (50%): commissioning a server according to a requirements specification.

ADM 122 - Windows Server Administration

Administer the Windows Server environment, widely used in public administrations and companies.

Learning outcomes

  • Install and configure a Windows server and its roles.
  • Set up a directory and a domain.
  • Apply group policies to manage a fleet of computers.

Content

  • Installation, roles and features, remote administration.
  • Directory: domains, organisational units, accounts and groups.
  • Group policies: security, deployment, restrictions.
  • Shares, permissions and quotas.
  • Role of DNS in a domain (introductory concepts, covered in more depth in SRV 231); command-line administration scripts.

Assessment: Continuous assessment (50%): practical work. Practical examination (50%): deploying a domain.

Career opportunities

Systems administrator, server operations technician, directory and domain administrator.

At your own pace: the self-paced pathway

In a class, this certificate takes 20 weeks, on the cohort's dates. On the self-paced pathway, you start whenever you like, online, and progress at your own pace. The price is the same.

Estimate how long my pathway will take

12 h / week · 240 hours in total
Duration
about 20 weeks
Estimated end
20 weeks after you start
Examination
Online, subject to available slots, no earlier than 20 weeks after you start
Payment
In 1 to 5 monthly instalments, as you choose

An indicative estimate, for a start today and 240 hours of work. You can change your pace along the way; the pathway must be completed within 60 weeks (about 14 months) of your start. Your e-Campus access opens with your first payment.

Admission

Baccalauréat and experience of IT support or IT asset management assessed on application, or second year of a compatible Bachelor's degree in computing; everyday use of the command line. Admission based on application; detailed requirements set by the school.

The credits you earn are recognised without further assessment if you later join the programme they come from, Professional Bachelor's degree in Network and Information Systems Administration and Security, within a period set by the certificate regulations.