IT Infrastructure Training Curriculum - Basic

Module 1: IT Infrastructure Introduction (3 hours)

Topics:

What is IT Infrastructure?

Hardware, Software, Network, Data Centre Components

On-Prem vs Cloud vs Hybrid Infrastructure

IT Infrastructure Roles (Sysadmin, Network Admin, Support, etc.)

Demo:

Walkthrough of IT infra-architecture diagram

Group discussion on company infrastructure use cases

Module 2: Networking Fundamentals (6 hours)

Topics:

OSI & TCP/IP Models

IP Addressing, Subnetting, DNS, DHCP

LAN vs WAN, VLANs, Routing & Switching

Firewalls, VPNs, Proxies

Network Monitoring Basics

Demo:

Packet Tracer or GNS3: IP configuration, routing simulation

Basic Wireshark capture analysis

Module 3: Server & Operating Systems (6 hours)

Topics:

Windows Server & Linux OS Overview

AD, DNS, DHCP, File Services

Linux: SSH, crontab, log files, basic commands

User & Group Management

Demo:

Create & manage users, install services

Use command line for basic administration tasks

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Module 4: Virtualization & Cloud Basics (5 hours)

Topics:

What is Virtualization? Hypervisors

VMware, Hyper-V, VirtualBox overview

Introduction to Cloud: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

Overview of AWS / Azure / GCP Infrastructure

Demo:

Create VMs with VirtualBox/VMware

Discover AWS free tier: Boot EC2, S3

Module 5: IT Infrastructure Management & Tools (5 hours)

Topics:

ITIL & Service Management Concepts

Monitoring Tools: SolarWinds, Nagios, Zabbix (overview)

Ticketing Systems: ServiceNow, Jira

Patch Management, Backup & Recovery fundamentals

Demo:

Discover ServiceNow demo instance

Mock incident creation & resolution

Module 6: Security & Best Practices (5 hours)

Topics:

Infrastructure Security Basics

Endpoint Security, Antivirus, Patching

Firewall and Network Segmentation

Backup, DR, and Business Continuity

Compliance: ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR (intro)

Labs/Hands-On:

Mock a patch update

Role-play on security incident response