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About the Course

This course will transition you from working on a single computer to an entire fleet. Systems administration is the field of IT that’s responsible for maintaining reliable computers systems in a multi-user environment. In this course, you’ll learn about the infrastructure services that keep all organizations, big and small, up and running. We’ll deep dive on cloud so that you’ll understand everything from typical cloud infrastructure setups to how to manage cloud resources. You'll also learn how to manage and configure servers and how to use industry tools to manage computers, user information, and user productivity. Finally, you’ll learn how to recover your organization’s IT infrastructure in the event of a disaster. By the end of this course you’ll be able to: ● utilize best practices for choosing hardware, vendors, and services for your organization ● understand how the most common infrastructure services that keep an organization running work, and how to manage infrastructure servers ● understand how to make the most of the cloud for your organization ● manage an organization’s computers and users using the directory services, Active Directory, and OpenLDAP ● choose and manage the tools that your organization will use ● backup your organization’s data and know how to recover your IT infrastructure in the case of a disaster ● utilize systems administration knowledge to plan and improve processes for IT environments...

Top reviews

DC

Feb 12, 2022

This is a course which I enjoyed. It gave a good insight of the learning methodologies which we have often heard of but not given due importance. Also, the brain facts is cool :) My 5/5 to this course

CS

Aug 1, 2020

The best course so far. I feel like this course actually showed us things we would be doing day to day in the workplace. It's nice to problem solve since that will probably be a big chunk of the job.

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By HAILEMICHAEL S

Apr 16, 2024

It's an interesting course, but the platform instructed me to verify my ID. However, when I tried to use my national ID to verify, it was rejected. I'm not sure what to do now. I've tried different methods, but they all failed. Can you please help me?

By Deric N

Sep 30, 2022

A more accurate rating for this course would be 4.5 stars, but I'll round that up to 5. The subjects are not covered in depth and A LOT of self-revision is required to actually gain a proper understanding of the topics that are taught in this course.

By Jaydeepsinh D

Jun 10, 2022

By far the best structured knowledge about IT infrastructure has been delivered here. I would recommend every CS Professional to go through this course and the certification at least once. Thanks to Google and Coursera both for bringing this to life!

By Sandalu A

Jun 10, 2020

This is good introductory course to learn basics of system administration.This course will teach lots of things if you are willing to learn.Do not take this course to for the sake of obtaining certificate.Obtaining certification is quite easy though.

By Mubashir U

May 15, 2023

This was a really comprehensive course, as it covered different IT admin reponsibilites and how infrastructure is managed. I got very useful knowledge in things like file/mail/web servers, directory services etc. I really enjoyed taking this course.

By Gustavo L

Nov 27, 2020

This is one of the more challenging courses. I plan to revisit this information before my interviews. Additionally, the labs were difficult enough to keep them interesting but not overwhelming to the point that it did not make me want to come back.

By CASH M

Oct 21, 2020

Whew! A lot to learn here and a little bit overwhelming! I would suggest more qwiklabs than essay type quizzes. 2 essays for the last quiz i think is sufficient, be more specific on the ask though. All in all, a great learning experience! Thumbs Up!

By Olukayode A

Apr 13, 2020

Very verbose! pay close attention to important concepts. Unfortunately, most of the quick labs don't work. Thankfully, they are optional and failure to complete them does not impede the course progress. Besides all these issues, it's a great course.

By Dylan

Dec 4, 2020

Hands-on experience, and a closer look to the day to day work of an IT Support Specialist or a System Administrator. This course provides you with a toolset to setup the scenario for a small business and implement IT solutions. Greatly Recommended!

By Albert J A

Apr 13, 2019

Impressive array of topics arranged to organize IT infrastructure into functional areas, with ideas for improving security, saving money, increasing functionality, and avoiding problems. Great hands on lab experiences. Challenging but fun. Thanks!

By Shane B

Jun 27, 2023

What a fantastic course. This teaches you a lot about managing fleets of users through Active Directory to backing up all your data incase of emergencies. A lot og information to retain but if you take notes and go over them it is really worth it.

By Timi F

Jun 10, 2022

It is a wonderful experience to have gone through this course as i have gained a lot from it. Linux is a challenge to me and for this reason i got another laptop with Linux Ubantu insalled so that i can catch up with it and learn it to any level.

By Imad S

Dec 29, 2021

The online training was a lot of fun for me. It was well-planned and laid out, and I found it easy to follow. The work load (h.w. and test) was just right, so I was able to finish everything on time, learn about the topics, and not feel pressured.

By Muhammed N

May 16, 2020

Thanks to the Coursera and Google team for giving me this wonderful opportunity . I am now certified System Administrator courtesy of the wonderful online team of Coursera and Google . The review of this course deserve more than 5 golden stars .

By Rima S

Sep 29, 2022

I am a Lithuanian and I dive into a deep IT ocean. I got the opportunity to participate in this training, thank you for that. I want to change jobs, or maybe improve what I can. Today I graduated from courses and am changing the profession, wow.

By Sébastien L

Jan 7, 2019

Great content, great instructor. I personally didn't enjoy some lengthy parts about Active Directory as I'm sure I won't be dealing much with those features of the Windows OS in my career, but the concepts are interesting and useful nonetheless.

By Peter F

Dec 24, 2020

Very good and relevant content.

Especially liked AD and Backup topic.

Good Quicklabs.

Improvement suggestion: Last writing exercise (Final Project) should have been at least peer review (currently it seems to be just a form, which is not reviewed)

By B O

Oct 30, 2020

Excellent Course in the Google IT Certification! The Section on MSFT's Active Directory (AD) was very informative and showcases what a powerful too AD can be! (And I thought all MSFT did was Windows and the XBOX) Great presenters at Google!!

By Filip J

Mar 20, 2018

This course was great. Everything learned was right in place but in the end I had a feeling that there should be covered more fields. But this course is huge and it is hard to expect that everything can be covered. Great job on this one Google.

By Jean P D

Nov 18, 2019

I really enjoyed this course it has brought a lot in my professional life and especially in the field that I am improving that is the informative. I say a big thank you to the instructor and for these very valuable explanations. Thank you...

By Edeljoshua M

Sep 17, 2024

I am truly appreciative of how this course continuously introduces me to new and valuable information. I am eager to continue exploring the wealth of information this course offers and to apply these learnings to my professional endeavors.

By James F

Nov 9, 2019

There was some missing "Supplemental readings", but all in all, this was a good course. I found it more difficult than others as it touched base on items that i was not able to setup and work with during this course, like Active Directory.

By Teddy E

Sep 3, 2018

The final project helped me synthesize and reinforce my learning. As a Learning Consultant, I'd highly recommend that your team continue to use this type of learning project at the end of each module or the course.

Thanks a million!

Teddy

By julio f

Feb 20, 2023

excelente plataforma, estoy muy complacido con lo maravilloso de la plataforma y lo rigurosa que son las clases, es una manera muy efectiva para adquirir conocimientos. Felicitaciones a COURSERA y a GOOGLE, por tan maravillosa oportunidad

By Tim S

Oct 22, 2021

I am in my senior year of my B.S. in Cybersecurity and was fascinated to learn more about what a sysadmin actually does and the role they play. I think I would love to operate in a similar capacity, managing and securing a company's data.