CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005)

Server uptime depends on administrators who share a consistent baseline for hardware, storage, operating systems, networking, security, backups, and troubleshooting. This CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005) course gives IT Directors and Team Leads a structured path for onboarding new systems administrators or validating experienced admins against broad server-management responsibilities.

The course is a realistic 25.5-hour per-learner investment, appropriate for IT Practitioners with about a year of server exposure and for teams that support proprietary or open source server technologies. It also supports risk reduction by covering licensing, data security, physical security, identity and access management, disaster recovery, server hardening, secure decommissioning, and troubleshooting.

For rollout, Training Managers can assign the curriculum in phases: infrastructure fundamentals, deployment and configuration, security and recovery, then troubleshooting. CBT Nuggets Playlists, Practice Exams, and Team Reporting help teams sequence the training, prepare for Server+ certification, and track completion across assigned learners.

IT teams complete this training to reduce preventable server issues and create a shared operating model for installation, maintenance, security, and troubleshooting.

• Faster server onboarding: New administrators build familiarity with server purpose, racking, cabling, internal components, operating system installation, and core server features.
• More reliable infrastructure decisions: Teams learn storage concepts, including RAID configurations, along with virtualization and cloud fundamentals that influence deployment planning.
• Improved operational resilience: Coverage of backups, restores, disaster recovery, server hardening, physical security, IAM, and secure data center networking supports lower risk and better recovery readiness.
• More consistent troubleshooting: Administrators practice a common troubleshooting methodology for OS functions, hardware issues, security problems, and networking failures.

Knowledge

• Server roles, use cases, and the operational value of well-managed server infrastructure
• Server hardware, racking, cabling, internal components, and maintenance considerations
• Storage concepts, including RAID configuration planning and server storage deployment
• Server security concepts covering data protection, physical controls, IAM, hardening, and decommissioning
• Backup, restore, and disaster recovery concepts for operational continuity
• Virtualization, cloud computing, Linux fundamentals, licensing, and scripting basics

Ability

• Install server operating systems and configure common server functions and features
• Configure server network settings and recognize secure data center networking practices
• Evaluate and deploy server storage options, including RAID-based configurations
• Apply post-deployment hardening and support secure server lifecycle practices
• Troubleshoot common server OS, hardware, security, and networking issues using a structured methodology
• Prepare for the CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005) certification exam with a broad server administration foundation