Eh, the Helpdesk is probably one of the few positions in IT where time is strict. Other positions are normally pretty flexible depending upon the company. Like the guy on-call fixing a server issue at 3am, isn't going to be expected to work "on-time". But helpdesk for sure, you better stick to that schedule.
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Eh, the Helpdesk is probably one of the few positions in IT where time is strict. Other positions are normally pretty flexible depending upon the company. Like the guy on-call fixing a server issue at 3am, isn't going to be expected to work "on-time". But helpdesk for sure, you better stick to that schedule.
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Oh I see, Im fairly new to IT and I've been interested in getting a Linux cert but why Red Hat over the others. & why Red Hat over the Cisco certs?
kenreid0726eabos
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I've never been to a job interview in my Life at 23 years old I'm glad seriously 
Breh in the cert thread over at 6 certs said that it's more in demand, quicker and better than Linux+ cert.
Already got CCNA but now trynna get my server skills up. Next i'm looking at MCSA server 2016 followed by a cloud cert (most likely Azure).
I get alot of free Azure credits so if you got any good lab ideas that'll let me play around with hyper-v, storage, virtual networks, firewall and all types of servers then I'm all ears breh.
dark_magic
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You will want to acquire a trial copy of Windows Server 2016.
Start out with 1 server with a GUI.
Hyper-V may be a bit tricky. You will have to test if nested virtualization will work in AWS.
As to virtual networks, you can simply use AWS VPC.
This may be a bit much, but you can work on your scripting/coding skills at the same time as you execute your studies for Windows. You can begin with Powershell.
psgchisolm
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If you have a .edu email you can get server 2016 for free from dreamspark. I got it running on my lab right now.
I set up nested virtualisation on azure today at the office. I was thinking of having 2 or 3 VMs within the hypervisor with different roles, just been struggling to come with a concrete lab scenario.
dark_magic
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I would set the goal as to learning services such as Active Directory, IPAM, DNS, DHCP, et al.
Some of the services you can group on a single server. Others will require their own platform.
This begins to touch on PaaS (Platform as a Service) as well.
Going about it as the aforementioned will have the labs build themselves.
Not hard at all if you revise properly and lab a lot with packet tracer.
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As of right now, fooling with Dell tutorials(gonna get one of their certs through Techdirect), imagining desktops, and laptops while doing deployments taking up my time, so no funny
business at my desk, but I got plans
Getting a hang of Active Directory and the Helpdesk software(that will be changed soon
) and then imma be on mygrind. There is enough downtime I can literally work on my side business at the desk. Imma sit and absorb all the information I can from my coworkers though, cause they put me
onto so much and im only a few days in. After my feet get wet, its less help desk and more
deployment and troubleshooting on site. And i'm getting paid above market:mjpalm:
