Apple Certified Technical Training

The course approaches system administration from a task-based perspective, focusing on practical examples in a relevant context to reinforce the learning process. These tasks are organized into several key knowledge domains: implementation, networking, administration, and optimization. Implementation tasks focus on those aspects of installing, upgrading, configuring, and migrating existing legacy systems to more recent versions and configurations. Networking tasks concentrate on establishing solid foundations for network services. Students gain the experience with monitoring tools and automation technologies necessary to effectively administer larger deployments on a daily basis. Vital administration tasks that address those aspects of preserving the integrity of critical data help build students' confidence in their administration skills. The course concludes with an exploration of tools and techniques relating to such performance-based tasks as optimizing services and establishing high availability for services, data, and components.