Team, this past weekend, I sat and passed the new Server+ exam. I feel the certification update addresses most-to-all situations in today’s Systems/Network Administrator job role. The exam nicely addressed installation, licensing, Windows/Linux administration, CIA Triad, and TROUBLESHOOTING. There is an emphasis on the environments of cloud and virtualization, as it should. A few things to remember:
https://www.comptia.org/certifications/server#overview
- If teaching, focus on the ‘Whys’ more than the “What.”
- Demonstrate RAID and emphasis on the “A” in the CIA Triad.
- Know Licensing.
- Networking, as one of the sims, focuses on this.
- Virtualization/Cloud (SSO).
- Disaster Recovery.
- Know your port #s.
- DNS troubleshooting over a deep dive.
- Clustering.
- Server redundancy (NIC teaming, power distribution, load balancing).
- Linux administration commands and command interpretation.
- Company policies (MTTR, RPO, etc.).
- Troubleshooting theory and methodology.
- The CompTIA Server+ certification is considered good for life and does not need to be renewed.
https://www.comptia.org/certifications/server#overview