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CS 527 — IT Administration
(dt. IT Administration)

Level, degree of commitment Practical module, depends on importing study program
Forms of teaching and learning,
workload		 Lecture (2 SWS), recitation class (2 SWS),
180 hours (60 h attendance, 120 h private study)
Credit points,
formal requirements		 6 CP
Course requirement(s): Successful completion of at least 50 percent of the points from the weekly exercises as well as at least 2 presentations of the tasks.
Examination type: Written examination or colloquium
Language,
Grading		 German,
The module is ungraded in accordance with the examination regulations for the degree program B.Sc. Computer Science.
Subject, Origin Computer Science, Export only modules
Duration,
frequency		 One semester,
i.d.R. einmal jährlich
Person in charge of the module's outline Dr. Oliver Dippel

Contents

Dealing with software and hardware from an IT administration perspective. One focus is the cycle (cf. ITIL) from procurement to testing, inventory, deployment/installation, services, maintenance and care to disposal, another focus is the hardware components of a PC and the third focus is the software utilities used for administration with a focus on shell scripting languages (bash/tcsh/PowerShell).


Qualification Goals

Students have an insight into problems, tasks and solutions in the professional field of IT administration.


Prerequisites

None. The competences taught in the following module are recommended: Introduction to Computer Science. Basic knowledge in the field of imperative programming are recommended.


Recommended Reading

  • Systemadministrator: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemadministrator
  • ITIL: https://www.axelos.com/certifications/itil-service-management
  • Windows Deployment: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/
  • Rocky Linux: https://docs.rockylinux.org/books/
  • FreeBSD Handbook: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/
  • Shells: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_command_shells
  • PowerShell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerShell



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