System Administration and IT Infrastructure Services

The admission process is three-fold but there is no registration form required to be filled. Students just need to navigate through the course page. 

To make their registration for System Administration and IT Infrastructure Services course, applicants must follow the given steps-

Step 1: Firstly, applicants must visit the course page and select "Enroll for Free."

Step 2: If the candidate has an account on Coursera, he/she will have to Log In. Else, he/she will have to Sign Up and create an account. Candidates can also log in via Google or Facebook.

Step 3: After successfully logging in, three options will be available to them-

• They can purchase the entire five-course series offered by Google.
• They can purchase Coursera Plus to get access to other courses as well.
• They can opt for the present course.

All the options come in with a seven-day trial. 

Step 4: For enrolling in the present course, learners should click on “Audit the Single Course” at the top right of the webpage.

Step 5: They will get instant and free access to the course for seven days from the date of enrollment. All the course material shall be provided to them. 

Coursera offers financial aid to all the learners of System Administration and IT Infrastructure Services. In order to fall eligible for the same, course takers need to place an application at least fifteen days beforehand.

Applicants have to enter the following details-

• Reasons for requesting financial aid
• Educational Background
• Employment status
• Annual Income
• Short note on ways by which they would invest their learnings in their career
• The minimum amount that can be afforded

The application form comprises a declaration dialogue box wherein the candidate expresses his/her confirmation to complete the entire course and that all information entered by them is accurate. 

This programme is backed by the expert training and tools of instructors from Google who have created the curriculum keeping in mind the present and future workforce in order to build strong organisations. This course would give ample opportunities to students to hone their skills and career ahead. It deals with all the real-world issues which a system administrator or IT professional would encounter in their day to day schedule at their workplace, and thus, equips them with essential strategies to cope with it.

Practice exercises and elaborate discussions on procedures and policies help in developing a great culture for system administrators. Most importantly, it teaches about disaster recovery plans which is a highly practical and lesser-known topic. Information about hardware is highly relevant to the business aspect.

Pursuing this course will spike up the job capacity of learners by providing a comprehensive study plan. Assignments not only focus on recommending strategies but also their need. The labs in the course have proven to help course takers with practicalities like configuring a web server and scheduling backups which can be managed on one device for the other.