This is the first article in a series aimed to offer guidance, knowledge, and discussion on topics important to starting your IT career. The goal of this series is to provide a single place to read and learn about topics that are necessary when getting started in an enterprise IT environment.








Below you will find a table that will be updated with all the articles in this series broke out into their respective categories. New articles will be added that cover more in depth topics for each category as time goes on.

Intro Excerpt
Getting Started in IT Introduction to the series. A collection of articles aimed at helping you gain important IT knowledge to land your first job or just learn some stuff about IT and other technologies!
Networking Basics  
What is NAT? More than likely your devices do have the same IP addresses as devices connected to your neighbors home network, and really everybody’s home networks. How does this work then?
What is a LAN? How do devices in your home talk to the internet? How does a local network work to connect all your devices and let them talk to the internet? Read about a LAN to learn one of the fundamental concepts of networking.
Active Directory  
What is Active Directory? No matter what company you work for, if they have domain joined Windows computers they will be using Active Directory.
DNS  
What is DNS? DNS is the phone book of the internet, it helps us remember how to get to computer resources and is usually the cause of a lot of networking issues. Be warned.
DHCP  
What is DHCP DHCP is responsible for assigning IP addresses to computers on a network. Without DHCP it would be extremely hard to do any networking at the scale required in todays technology focused world.
Domain Computers  
Domain Joined Computers How do companies manage the thousands of devices for all of their employees and ensure they are all configured with the same settings? They use a Windows Domain.
Group Policy  
What is Group Policy Group policy is the backbone of a corporate Windows computer deployment. It allows admins to control every aspect of the Windows devices they deploy to end users.
Firewalls  
What is a firewall? Firewalls, while not as destructive as they sound, are an important part of keeping a network secure and ensuring only allowed traffic can get through.
Firewall Basics What are some of the basic functions of a firewall and how are the rules setup? What types of firewalls are there?
Windows Server Administration  
Understanding Windows Server Windows Server helps businesses run critical services to support their IT infrastructure and employees.
PowerShell  
Introduction to PowerShell PowerShell, one of the most powerful tools and knowledge a Windows Admin can possess.
Basic Windows Administration  
Windows Basics: UNC On a Windows computer and need to share files with another Windows computer on the same network quickly and easily? UNC will become your best friend
PKI  
What is PKI? PKI provides the backbone for the internet and the secure transmission of data and authentication.
O365 Apps