Administrator
To-Do List
Daily routine
Windows administrator Roles &
Responsibilities
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Windows administrator
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Deploying windows servers and
configuring using Hyper V
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Installation and configuration windows
OS
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Windows server migration and
configuration
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Apply OS patches and upgrades on a
regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
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Installing and configuring Software or hardware
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Monitoring the server using third party
tool or inbuilt tool
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Verify that peripherals are working
properly
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Quickly arrange repair for hardware in
occasion of hardware failure
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Monitor system performance
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Perform periodic performance reporting
and reporting the same
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Analyzing system logs and
identifying potential issues with computer systems.
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Performing backups using DPM
server
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Perform Security Health Check of
Windows servers and other compliance using system center
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Review event and security logs and take
corrective actions for all servers
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Monitoring All Virtual server health,
HDD, RAM and performance on weekly basis
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Installing, Configuring and Managing AD
/ DHCP / DNS Services.
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Creating and managing users and Ou on
Active directory
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Adding, removing, or updating
user account information, resetting passwords, etc.
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Performing AD Replication monitoring
and regular health checks on all Domain controller
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Backups and restores for all servers
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Group Policy Object (GPO)
administration, troubleshooting, and management
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Adding and removing machines in
required domain
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Installation and configuration Terminal
servers
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Maintaining Network Printer and scanner
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Managing the Router and managed switch
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Checking on daily or weekly basis RAID
Configurations and status
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Installing and managing Exchange server
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Creating new mailbox and assigning
policy and features
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Backup Server EPMS-DS2 Installation and
configuration including Storage
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Backup Server EPMS-DS2 Installation and
configuration including Storage
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Regularly Monitoring and capturing
system log files.
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Regularly Monitoring and capturing data
of server CPU , memory usage
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Regularly monitoring Filesystems space.
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Regularly monitoring capturing Network
usage.
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Writing automated scripts to handle
routine user and sysadmin tasks.
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Users Management and Support
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Taking backup of important filesystems.
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Maintaining documentation for system parameters
and disk layout.
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updating with new technologies
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Educating and training users and
subordinates if applicable.
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Daily check on the backups
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Daily Check on Server status, mostly
looking at servers with alerts/warnings (usually via a monitoring tool)
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Daily/Weekly check on open calls
(breached SLAs, most popular call category etc)
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Daily check on server room equipment
such as Air con units, extractor fans, removing trailing cables, humidity
controllers etc)
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Weekly check on members of important AD
groups such as Domain Admins, Enterprise admins, Scheme admins etc
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Daily check of AV server for alerts
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Daily check on server room access for
the previous day (if you have a system that records entries)
Review physical hardware status
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Exhaust Fan Motor
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HVAC
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Network equipment indicator lights
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Server indicator lights
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UPS indicator lights
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Workstation lights
Review logs
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Anti-virus logs
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Applications logs
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Backup logs
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Firewall logs
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Monitoring logs
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Server event logs
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Spam filter logs
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Web logs
Review queues
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Email queues
Monitor information
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Monitoring software:
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SpiceWorks
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Ping
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Specific port availability
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Windows services
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Network status
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News feeds
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RBL SPAM listings
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Security sites
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User groups
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Vendor sites
Nightly and/or
early-morning routine
Automated
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Anti-virus updates
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Backups
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Rebooting
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Security patching
Manual
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Anti-virus updates (in case of an
out-of-band update)
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Change backup tapes
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Cleanup users mailboxes
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Rebooting
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Repairing
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Security patching
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Software updates
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Spam quarantine
Monthly and/or
ad-hoc routine
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Account and AD change management
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Clean backup server tape drive
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Create/update drivers disks
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Create/update emergency recovery disks
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Create/update network installation
points
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Create/update scripts for task
automation
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Create/update slipstream installations
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Databases check cleanup and update
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Directory shares add, delete, archive
or migrate
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Directory structure add, delete,
archive or migrate
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Disaster recovery testing and change
management
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Distribution groups add, delete,
archive or migrate
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Documentation
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Drive defragmentation
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Intrusion Detection System check
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Firewall backup
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Firewall installation or update
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Free space check
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Laptop Updates
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Mailbox add, delete, archive or migrate
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Name resolution change management (DNS,
WINS)
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Network folders archiving
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Off-site archiving and storage (Future)
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Public folders change management
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Security change, installation or update
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Security and penetration testing
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Server load testing
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Server sizing check
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Software installation or update
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Spam filter installation or update
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Testing various systems
§ Troubleshooting various systems
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