Being an IT administrator involves more than just answering tickets and checking backups. A good IT administrator will be proactively seeking knowledge to become more valuable and efficient for his employer. One way to accomplish this is to become certified.
Over the next several month I will work towards my MCSA for Windows Server 2016. Microsoft’s acronym for Microsoft Certified Solutions Associated, which you to be called MCSE long ago. This certification is just another tool to put under your belt, but not a replacement to the actual experience you gain from a live production environment.
Here’s where I’m starting:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/windows-server-2016-exams.aspx