Welcome to this course. Are you looking to take the CompTIA A+ Certification exam to kickstart your IT career? Or are you just interested in keeping your home network router from doing that annoying red-blinky-light thing? Whatever your motivation, this course will help you to build a solid foundation in IT in an easy-to-understand way. CompTIA A+, the internationally approved skills certification for technology professionals who deliver technical support, has been upgraded to unite with the evolving nature of the hybrid workforce. This course covers all 5 domain areas of the A+ Core 1 Exam: Mobile DevicesNetworkingHardwareVirtualization and Cloud ComputingHardware and Network TroubleshootingStarting with an introduction to CompTIA A+, youll delve into the major domains covered in the certification exam. Youll understand mobile device components and get to grips with networking hardware devices, configuration concepts, and network types. Youll then work with motherboards, CPU, RAM, and other major hardware components to understand the installation, maintenance, customization, and operation of computers. Once you are comfortable with the assembling and functioning of a local machine, youll explore virtualization and cloud computing and get to grips with concepts such as IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, virtual machines, and emulators. Finally, youll cover hardware and network troubleshooting and resolve problems using best practices and industry standards. At the end of this course, youll have gained all the knowledge you need to pass the CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 exam and the skills to maintain and troubleshoot PC, mobile, and networking devices.
