Windows Administration Courses and Certifications

Packt

Windows 11 Pro Crash Course for System Administrators

Learn to administer Windows 11 Pro by installing virtual machines, managing Active Directory accounts, configuring PowerShell and storage, and securing systems with Defender, firewalls, and updates.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Learn PowerShell

671 ratings at Codecademy

Automate Windows from the command line: write PowerShell variables, operators, objects, arrays, conditionals, loops, and functions through projects like an IT administration script.

• Codecademy
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Learn PowerShell’s help system, pipeline, remoting, automation, and scripting for administration.

• Microsoft Learn
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Active Directory Domain Services

2 ratings

Build Active Directory administration skills spanning domain controllers, Group Policy, replication, trust relationships, and certificate services.

• Microsoft Learn
• 4 hours 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Mastering IT Systems Administration & Azure Cloud Engineer

58 ratings at Udemy

Mastering IT: Systems Administration, Azure Cloud Engineering, IT Service Desk, and Windows Server Administration Skills

• Udemy
• 15 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Effortless PowerShell Scripting with ChatGPT: A Masterclass

45 ratings at Udemy

Learn how to write efficient PowerShell Scripts using ChatGPT, Best Practice and Things that you should be careful about

• Udemy
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

PowerShell

Practice PowerShell across 135 exercises, from Hello World and string manipulation to ciphers, matrices, linked lists, binary search trees, and Conway's Game of Life.

• Exercism
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

SC-200: Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender

The "SC-200: Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender" course focuses on learning how to defend against security threats using Microsoft Defender. It covers threat mitigation strategies and technique

• edX
• 2 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Scripting / Automation Beyond C#

Master PowerShell and Python scripting to automate Windows infrastructure, cloud resources, and DevOps pipelines. This course equips IT professionals and developers to move beyond manual administratio

• edX
• 2 weeks, 5-10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Operating Systems and You: Becoming a Power User

Build practical Windows and Linux operating-system skills for IT support, from file and user management to software, filesystems, processes, remote access, logging, and troubleshooting.

• Google Skills
• 27 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Work with the Windows PowerShell pipeline

Learn to manipulate, filter, enumerate, format, and pass objects through the Windows PowerShell pipeline for automation.

• Microsoft Learn
• 3 hours 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Administer Active Directory Domain Services

Administer Active Directory Domain Services by deploying domain controllers, managing objects and Group Policy, enforcing password policies, and securing accounts.

• Microsoft Learn
• 5 hours 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Windows Server 2025 Accreditation 2025

Explore Windows Server 2025’s secured infrastructure, performance improvements, and Azure integrations for hybrid and multicloud environments.

• Microsoft Learn
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Query management information by using Common Information Model and Windows Management Instrumentation

Learn to query and manipulate Windows configuration repositories locally and remotely through CIM, WMI, WQL, and CIM sessions.

• Microsoft Learn
• 1 hour 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Create and modify scripts by using Windows PowerShell

Build and secure Windows PowerShell scripts with control-flow constructs, data imports, user input, error handling, functions, and modules.

• Microsoft Learn
• 3 hours 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course