🖥️🌐 Windows & Linux Server Administration – Complete Guide
🔹 What is Server Administration?
Server Administration is the job of:
- Installing and configuring servers
- Managing users, permissions, and resources
- Keeping systems secure, stable, and running 24/7
- Monitoring performance and fixing issues
Servers are used in companies, data centers, websites, banks, hospitals, and cloud platforms.
🪟 WINDOWS SERVER ADMINISTRATION
1️⃣ What is Windows Server?
Windows Server is a Microsoft operating system designed to:
- Manage users and computers
- Control networks
- Host applications and files
Common versions:
- Windows Server 2016 / 2019 / 2022
2️⃣ Windows Server Core Concepts
🔹 Installation & Setup
- Installing Windows Server
- Server roles & features
- GUI vs Server Core
🔹 Active Directory (Very Important)
Active Directory (AD) manages:
- Users
- Groups
- Computers
- Permissions
You learn:
- Domain Controller
- Creating users & groups
- Group Policy (GPO)
- Organizational Units (OU)
🔹 File & Storage Management
- NTFS permissions
- Shared folders
- Disk management
- RAID basics
🔹 Network Services
- DNS (Domain Name System)
- DHCP (IP address management)
- IP configuration
🔹 Security & Maintenance
- Windows Firewall
- Updates & patches
- Antivirus
- Backup & restore
💼 Windows Server Job Roles
- System Administrator
- Windows Server Administrator
- IT Infrastructure Engineer
🐧 LINUX SERVER ADMINISTRATION
1️⃣ What is Linux Server?
Linux is a free, open-source operating system widely used for:
- Web servers
- Cloud servers
- Enterprise systems
Popular Linux distributions:
- Ubuntu Server
- CentOS
- Red Hat (RHEL)
2️⃣ Linux Basics
🔹 File System & Commands
- ls, cd, pwd
- cp, mv, rm
- chmod, chown
- vi / nano editor
🔹 User & Permission Management
- Users & groups
- File permissions (r, w, x)
- sudo access
🔹 Package Management
- apt, yum, dnf
- Installing & updating software
🔹 Services & Processes
- systemctl
- service management
- Process monitoring (top, ps)
🔹 Networking in Linux
- IP configuration
- SSH
- Firewall (iptables / firewalld)
🔹 Web & Database Servers
- Apache / Nginx
- MySQL / MariaDB
- Hosting websites
🔹 Backup & Security
- Cron jobs
- Log monitoring
- Server hardening
💼 Linux Server Job Roles
- Linux Administrator
- Server Engineer
- DevOps Support Engineer
☁️ SERVER + CLOUD (Basic)
- AWS EC2
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Cloud server monitoring
🛣 LEARNING ROADMAP (Beginner)
Step 1
Computer basics & networking
Step 2
Windows Server fundamentals
Step 3
Active Directory & services
Step 4
Linux fundamentals & administration
Step 5
Security, backup & cloud basics
🎓 ELIGIBILITY
- 12th pass or above
- No coding required (basic scripting helpful)
- Interest in system & network management
💰 SALARY (India)
- Fresher: ₹30,000 – ₹50,000 / month
- Experience: ₹80,000 – ₹1,50,000+ / month