Your first step into IT infrastructure. Run the network. Learn Windows Server — user accounts, file sharing, Active Directory and the services every company depends on.
Built for aspiring IT administrators: practise on real server environments, guided step by step from installation to management.
Understand what servers do and how companies rely on them.
Create and manage users, groups and policies the professional way.
The entry skill for helpdesk, support and system administrator roles.
MS Windows Server Basics opens the door to IT infrastructure. In a guided lab environment you'll install Windows Server, work with Server Manager, create users and groups in Active Directory, set up shared folders with proper permissions, and learn the backup and monitoring habits of professional administrators. By the end, the server room will no longer be a mystery.
Just Windows basics! If you're comfortable using a Windows PC, you're ready — no server or networking experience required.
Earn the "Windows Server Essentials" badge upon completing all modules and passing the hands-on final assessment.
Verifiable CredentialThe course is taught on a current Windows Server version, and the concepts — Active Directory, shares, permissions, roles — apply across all recent versions used by companies today. Your trainer highlights version differences wherever they matter.
For classroom training, lab machines with the server environment ready are provided at our training centre. For live online training, any computer with 8 GB of RAM can run the lab in a virtual machine — we set it up together in the first session.
To receive the Edmire Windows Server Essentials Certificate, you must complete all 5 modules and pass the hands-on final assessment — a set of practical admin tasks (creating users, configuring a file share, checking backups) performed on a real server environment. Students who do not pass on the first attempt can retake the assessment free of charge.
You can take this course as classroom training at our Dubai centre, as live online classes with an instructor, or as custom on-demand training for groups and companies. All course materials remain yours to keep, so you can revisit any topic after the course ends.
It's designed as your first step into IT administration. Combined with networking basics, these are exactly the skills asked for in helpdesk and junior sysadmin roles — and it prepares you for advanced server and cybersecurity certifications at Edmire.
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