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Practical Advice for the New or Aspiring Administrator
A book offering practical advice to the new or aspiring network administrator. Learn how to avoid common pitfalls and avoid bad habits when first starting out.
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About the Book
Have you suddenly found yourself in the unenviable position of becoming a Microsoft Network Administrator and you're not sure where to start?
Perhaps you are currently working in some other field of I.T and want to know how to move into network administration.
Have you bluffed your way through the interview and surprisingly been offered the job? What now?
I'm often asked by my colleagues in I.T How do I get to do your job? What should I study first? Cloud or on-prem? Should I take certifications? How do I show my boss I can do it? Should I learn a programming language and which one?
I've been there too and it can be overwhelming knowing where to start. Let me help you, help them, help us by learning from my mistakes and getting you onto the right path straight away.
This book will not teach you the OSI model or what DHCP stands for, but it will offer practical advice on the route to becoming a Network Administrator and the skills required.
If you want to know how to become a Network Administrator or become the best Network Administrator this side of Timbuktu then you will want to read this book.
About the Author
Owen Heaume doesn't just write scripts; he designs the frameworks that run global enterprises.
As the author of two major industry titles with Apress/Springer—Understanding Microsoft Intune and Getting Started with Pester 5—Owen has spent years teaching engineers how to harness the power of the Microsoft stack. With Atomic Orchestration, he shifts the focus from tool-mastery to architectural discipline.
Drawing on years of experience managing thousands of endpoints across complex, shifting environments, he developed the Four-Phase Method as the definitive antidote to the "Scripting Trap" that plagues modern IT departments. Owen believes that in the world of enterprise automation, predictability is the only metric that matters. This book is his manifest for the next generation of Orchestration Architects.
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ConfigMgr - An Administrator's Guide to Deploying Language and Regional Settings
Atomic Orchestration: The Architect’s Guide to Enterprise PowerShell

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