Network Server Administration College Credit Certificate
Program Overview
The Network Server Administration College Credit Certificate is designed to prepare students with a foundation in how to implement, support, and maintain Microsoft-based servers and clients. Graduates are prepared for employment as entry-level network administrators, network technicians, information technology support specialists, network coordinators and as candidates for industry certifications.
| Estimated tuition cost: | $2,837.28 |
| Program credits: | 24 |
| Estimated time to complete: | 1 year |
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Career Prospects
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Install, configure, and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. Perform system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources and systems. Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, including system backups. Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access. Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software.
6,634 Network and Computer Systems Administrators are currently employed in a 50 mile radius from Miami. This number is expected to increase by 1.6% over the next four years.
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