First of all, I get that this is the coding forum but tough tiddly. There's only one other thread in here and we all know how that's turning out.
Anyway, I visited a school in Ikebukuro and am hopefully signing up for a CCNA+MCP(Win2012) course this week. My company is covering the costs.
Regarding the CCNA, I've already played a fair bit with our Cisco Catalyst switches(configured 10+ switches, set them up in different stacks, created VLANs...) and replaced our Cisco router(copied the config over and then called our contracted maintenance company when some encrypted tunneling didn't work!), but my IT knowledge is usually gained while doing the tasks themselves so I've no experience of configuring any of this stuff from scratch.
Regarding the MCP, the rep told me that, because MS is moving towards Azure, such qualifications might be less useful so the school will let me pick their Server 2012 or the Azure course. They had a Server 2016 course but recently got rid of it.
I'm going for Server 2012 because, while we do use Azure stuff(Azure AD globally, and Azure SQL servers for our Japan office), our physical/virtual servers(Server 2012/2016/2019) are still on-site and it would be good to learn the basics.
Regarding everything being in Japanese, that might be tough but I'll see how I manage. When the guy showed me a question from the mock test, I got the answer right so I'm confident
The school gives you two years of access to their resources. The lessons are all videos that you watch either at the school or from home, and there's a teacher on-site who's available to help when needed(in-person or over Skype).
I didn't really ask much about the MCP but for the CCNA practical work, we'd RDP into Windows machines that are connected to physical switches/routers via console cable. I also have a few spare Catalyst switches and old ISR routers at work to practice on.
I know there's a wealth of free online stuff which I'll probably use if/when I get stuck with the Japanese, so I'll poke around and hopefully some helpful souls on here can offer some advice/links. I'm rubbish at self-study, so I'm hoping this weird half-way house will teach me that skill as well!
I don't even know what my question is, but just thought I'd make this thread. And in keeping with the Japanese theme:
LET'S CCNA!
Anyway, I visited a school in Ikebukuro and am hopefully signing up for a CCNA+MCP(Win2012) course this week. My company is covering the costs.
Regarding the CCNA, I've already played a fair bit with our Cisco Catalyst switches(configured 10+ switches, set them up in different stacks, created VLANs...) and replaced our Cisco router(copied the config over and then called our contracted maintenance company when some encrypted tunneling didn't work!), but my IT knowledge is usually gained while doing the tasks themselves so I've no experience of configuring any of this stuff from scratch.
Regarding the MCP, the rep told me that, because MS is moving towards Azure, such qualifications might be less useful so the school will let me pick their Server 2012 or the Azure course. They had a Server 2016 course but recently got rid of it.
I'm going for Server 2012 because, while we do use Azure stuff(Azure AD globally, and Azure SQL servers for our Japan office), our physical/virtual servers(Server 2012/2016/2019) are still on-site and it would be good to learn the basics.
Regarding everything being in Japanese, that might be tough but I'll see how I manage. When the guy showed me a question from the mock test, I got the answer right so I'm confident
The school gives you two years of access to their resources. The lessons are all videos that you watch either at the school or from home, and there's a teacher on-site who's available to help when needed(in-person or over Skype).
I didn't really ask much about the MCP but for the CCNA practical work, we'd RDP into Windows machines that are connected to physical switches/routers via console cable. I also have a few spare Catalyst switches and old ISR routers at work to practice on.
I know there's a wealth of free online stuff which I'll probably use if/when I get stuck with the Japanese, so I'll poke around and hopefully some helpful souls on here can offer some advice/links. I'm rubbish at self-study, so I'm hoping this weird half-way house will teach me that skill as well!
I don't even know what my question is, but just thought I'd make this thread. And in keeping with the Japanese theme:
LET'S CCNA!
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