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**bilbus** · 05-06-2009, 06:11 PM

unless you are very good, right out of school you will most likely get a help desk position.

Best thing you can do is learn vitalization, and simulate a network running AD at home.

That will give you transferable experience.

I for example have 2 ESX servers, 1 router, and 2 file servers at home (DFS)

This gives me a real world environment to learn on.

On the ESX servers i have
2x AD
Exchange 2007
MOM
network monitoring
sharepoint
wsus and AV
and a few other servers

I have to deal with server failures, and other issues .. helps me prepare for the real world.

I am currently working as a network administrator.

05-06-2009, 06:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
bilbus TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 949 OS: OS2 Warp	Re: How to get into IT? unless you are very good, right out of school you will most likely get a help desk position. Best thing you can do is learn vitalization, and simulate a network running AD at home. That will give you transferable experience. I for example have 2 ESX servers, 1 router, and 2 file servers at home (DFS) This gives me a real world environment to learn on. On the ESX servers i have 2x AD Exchange 2007 MOM network monitoring sharepoint wsus and AV and a few other servers I have to deal with server failures, and other issues .. helps me prepare for the real world. I am currently working as a network administrator.