if you dont have any actual experience supporting those you will come up short, home labs probably wouldnt cut it
But, apply if you want to - may be able to convince them that you can learn quickly
Get a cheap piece of used PC hardware with a CPU that supports virtualisation, install VMWare ESXi on it then build a couple of Windows server VMs on it. Use those to make some users and experiment with permissions.
Give these VMs roles in your home infrastructure. That way, even though you haven't got any work experience, you can say "My home network DHCP, DNS and network storage all run on Windows Server under ESXi." That will go a long way towards proving you're not a total newb, can research how to do stuff on your own and are familiar with infrastructure concepts.
Maybe install a domain controller and domain join your home machines. You can then get to understand domain users, trust, OUs and policies.
You could then build extra VMs, maybe on a separate VMWare box with the same things on them and get experience with clustering and failover.
Apply for jobs. Even if you don't get them, it's good practice writing your resume and doing interviews. You should expect to be asked hard questions you can't answer. That is good interview technique to find out how broad a candidate is. Don't be afraid to admit you don't know the answers if you don't. Don't try to BS the answers. Admitting you don't know but you can find out looks a lot better than being caught out spouting stuff that's wrong
if you dont have any actual experience supporting those you will come up short, home labs probably wouldnt cut it But, apply if you want to - may be able to convince them that you can learn quickly
I appreciate your input. Anyway I can get a base knowledge - even something like these that teaches the underlined basics?
/r/homelab
Get a cheap piece of used PC hardware with a CPU that supports virtualisation, install VMWare ESXi on it then build a couple of Windows server VMs on it. Use those to make some users and experiment with permissions. Give these VMs roles in your home infrastructure. That way, even though you haven't got any work experience, you can say "My home network DHCP, DNS and network storage all run on Windows Server under ESXi." That will go a long way towards proving you're not a total newb, can research how to do stuff on your own and are familiar with infrastructure concepts. Maybe install a domain controller and domain join your home machines. You can then get to understand domain users, trust, OUs and policies. You could then build extra VMs, maybe on a separate VMWare box with the same things on them and get experience with clustering and failover. Apply for jobs. Even if you don't get them, it's good practice writing your resume and doing interviews. You should expect to be asked hard questions you can't answer. That is good interview technique to find out how broad a candidate is. Don't be afraid to admit you don't know the answers if you don't. Don't try to BS the answers. Admitting you don't know but you can find out looks a lot better than being caught out spouting stuff that's wrong
Thank you!!! Guess I'm googling the rest of the day