Private Cloud Administrator Associate Program

Course Description:

Cover the new features and enhancements for transforming virtualization and cloud computing. The program collectively covers implementing, managing, maintaining, and provisioning services and infrastructure in a Cloud based environment using Azure and AWS. It also covers the deploying of web applications, creating web apps from the gallery, deploying and monitoring Web Apps, creating and configuring Virtual Machines, creating and managing storage accounts, blobs and containers in a storage account.

Students create, configure and connect to a SQL Database instance, importing a standalone database, manage users, groups and subscriptions in an Azure Active Directory instance, creating a virtual network, implementing a point to site network. Students learn how to describe Azure architecture components, including infrastructure, tools and portals, implementing and manage virtual networking within Azure and connecting to on-premises environments. Additionally, students plan and create azure virtual machines, configure webs apps and mobile apps, implement, manage, backup, and monitor storage solutions, implement data services based on SQL Database to support applications, manage Azure AD tenants, and configure application integration with Azure AD.

Cloud Platform Administrator will qualify you for such jobs as Network Systems administrator, systems programmer, and network manager.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Compare the services available in Cloud platforms.
• Configure and deploy web applications.
• Deploying and monitoring Cloud Web Apps.
• Creating and configuring  Virtual Machines.
• Create and manage a storage account.
• Manage blobs and containers in a storage account.
• Create, configure and connect to a Databases instance.
• Identify the implications of importing a  standalone database.
• Manage users, groups and subscriptions in a Virtual  Active Directory instance.
• Create a virtual network.
• Implement a point-to-site network.
• Describe Azure architecture components, including infrastructure, tools, and portals.
• Implement and manage virtual networking and connect to on-premises environments.
• Plan and create virtual machines.
• Configure, manage, and monitor e virtual machines to optimize availability and reliability.
• Deploy and configure web apps and mobile apps.
• Implement, manage, backup, and monitor storage solutions.
• Plan and implement data services based on Database to support applications.
• Deploy, configure, monitor, and diagnose cloud services.
• Create and manage AD tenants, and configure application integration with AD.
• Integrate on-premises Windows AD with Cloud AD.
• Automate operations in management by using automation.

Admission Requirements:

Interview with an Admissions Counselor

Be at least 18 years of age (applicants under the age of 18 require written consent from a parent or legal guardian to enroll)

Present proof of secondary education (high school diploma or GED) or in the event the applicant is unable to provide proof of secondary education, achieve a passing score on the Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (Verbal 200 and Quantitative 210)