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Microsoft Operating Systems and Active Directory Programming Certificate Program

Villa Maria’s Microsoft Operating Systems and Active Directory Programming Certificate Program is a six-week course that is professionally designed and delivered and covers the structure, functions and capabilities of Microsoft operating systems.

Microsoft Operating Systems and Active Directory Programming Certificate Program

Course are delivered face-to-face on Villa Maria’s centrally-located Buffalo campus in the College’s state-of-the-art computer labs.

Each week students experience approximately 2-hours of instructor-led mini-lectures, readings, and open discussions and an additional 2 hours of hands-on lab exercises.

The Microsoft Operating Systems and Active Directory Programming Certificate Program may be offered at any time, pending student interest. Both weekday and weekend classes are available, and classes can also be held on weekdays in concurrent weeks. Please register or contact us to learn about all options. Classes cap at 12 participants.

Upon completion of the Microsoft Operating Systems and Active Directory Programming Certificate Program course, each participant will receive a certificate of completion from Villa Maria College. 

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Villa Maria College is currently enrolling students into its Microsoft Operating Systems and Active Directory Programming Certificate Program.

Enroll now for $1,995, or all 7 software development courses for $12,995.

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Course Description

The structure, functions and capabilities of Microsoft operating systems are covered in this course. Active Directory, will be introduced and students will have the opportunity to administer AD, add user objects, computers, groups, group policies, and printers.  Operating system components, including the kernel, the file system, services, resource and memory managers, and communication processes are discussed. PowerShell scripting, the use of API’s, and high-level language approaches to system programming and automation are introduced.

Pricing:

Per course: $1,995
All 7 software development courses: $12,995

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Location

Villa Maria College
240 Pine Ridge Road
Buffalo, NY 14225
Main Building, Room 20

Cost

Per course: $1,995
All 7 courses: $12,995

Contact

Becky Strathearn
Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management
[email protected]
716.961.1805

Course Instructors 

Angela Rieks
Assistant Professor

[email protected]

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Angela Ramnarine-Rieks Ph.D. teaches courses related to content management, data science, programming, information policy, and change management at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. She is a new part time instructor at Villa College, teaching introductory computing.

As a researcher, Angela has a keen interest in understanding the implications in the adoption and adaptation of new technologies in organizations. Ramnarine-Rieks is currently part of a research team exploring the socio-technical impacts of the smart grid phenomenon in the energy industry. Exposure to this domain began with postdoctoral work with the smart grid research team at Syracuse University. Her other research track explores integrating computational and data thinking into literacy, or to restate, supports the premise that all members of society should learn to code given its priority in the future of work.

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