building

the workforce of tomorrow

Microsoft IT Academy Program

Helping students achieve industry recognized skills
and certifications on the latest technologies.

Microsoft IT Academy provides resources that benefit all students, faculty and staff.
More than 50% of todays
jobs require some degree
of technology skills, and
experts say that percentage
will increase to 77% in the
next decade.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Acquiring skills on the latest technologies helps students to become better

collaborators, communicators, critical thinkers, innovators, problem solvers, and
citizens of our global economy. More than 50% of todays jobs require some degree of
technology skills, and experts say that percentage will increase to 77% in the next
decade.
Studies suggest that in the next 5 to 10 years there will be a significant shortage in

Cloud-related skills
represent virtually all of
the growth opportunities
in IT worldwide and will
grow by 26% annually
through 2015. IDC believes
there could be as many as
7 million cloud-related jobs
in IT worldwide by 2015.

the supply of skilled IT professionals. The European Union itself has a big shortage of
skilled IT professionals and hundreds of thousands of job openings remain unfilled.
Microsoft believes that technology skills are essential to the prosperity of both
individuals and nations. These skills contribute to economic growth through increased
productivity and by creating greater capacity to adopt new technologies, ways of
working, and new sources of innovation.

IDC

Microsoft IT Academy: the comprehensive technology education solution

Microsoft IT Academy helps bridge the skills gap by providing the curriculum, the
training ground and the validation of skills that college and career-bound students
need to be successful. Today, Microsoft IT Academies around the world are preparing
students, creating successful schools and strengthening communities. The program
also enables educators by providing the professional development resources they
need to be successful in the classroom.

MCSA Windows Server 2012

A series of three courses that provides the skills and knowledge necessary to implement a core Windows
Server 2012 infrastructure in an existing enterprise environment. The three courses collectively cover
implementing, managing, maintaining and provisioning services and infrastructure in a Windows Server
2012 environment.

Installing and Configuring

Windows Server 2012

Administering Windows Server

2012

Configuring Advanced Windows

2012 Server Services

1.

Deploying and Managing

Windows Server 2012

Configuring and
Troubleshooting Domain Name
System

Implementing Advanced
Network Services

2.

Introduction to Active Directory

Domain Services

Maintaining Active Directory

Domain Services

Implementing Advanced File

Services

3.

Managing Active Directory

Domain Services Objects

Managing User and Service

Accounts

Implementing Dynamic Access

Control

4.

Automating Active Directory

Implementing a Group Policy
Domain Services Administration Infrastructure

Implementing Distributed
Active Directory Domain
Services Deployments

5.

Implementing IPv4

Managing User Desktops with

Group Policy

Implementing Active Directory

Domain Services Sites and
Replication

6.

Implementing Dynamic Host

Configuration Protocol

Installing, Configuring, and

Troubleshooting the Network
Policy Server Role

Implementing AD CS

7.

Implementing DNS

Implementing Network Access

Protection

Implementing Active Directory

Rights Management Services

8.

Implementing IPv6

Implementing Remote Access

Implementing and
Administering AD FS

9.

Implementing Local Storage

Optimizing File Services

Implementing Network Load

Balancing

10.

Implementing File and Print

Services

Configuring Encryption and

Advanced Auditing

Implementing Failover
Clustering

11.

Implementing Group Policy

Deploying and Maintaining

Server Images

Implementing Failover
Clustering with Hyper-V

12.

Securing Windows Servers

Using Group Policy Objects

Implementing Update
Management

Implementing Business
Continuity and Disaster
Recovery

13.

Implementing Server
Virtualization with Hyper-V

Monitoring Windows Server

2012