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Quick Reference Sheets
5 landscape pages covering CMD commands, PowerShell, keyboard shortcuts, where to find Windows settings, and Linux terminal commands. Print and keep at your desk.
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Condensed Study Guide
All 27 chapters distilled to 4 pages. Every must-know fact, every exam trap, every key table. Covers A+, Network+, and Security+ in one tight reference.
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8-Week Study Plan
A structured day-by-day schedule covering all 27 chapters in 8 weeks at about 1 hour per day. Includes daily goals, lab activities, and weekly review quizzes.
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Interactive Labs — Coming Soon
Browser-based labs including a CMD terminal simulator, static IP configuration walkthrough, and VM-based scenarios. Hands-on learning without setting up a lab.
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JARED'S CERT PREP
Getting
Started
in IT
Your No-Nonsense Guide to
CompTIA A+, Network+ & Security+
A+
Ch 1–19
Net+
Ch 1–25
Sec+
Ch 1–27
Jared Lockwood · IT Pro

One book.
Three certifications.

27 chapters covering the complete objectives for CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+ — written by someone who works in IT every day, not a career trainer who last touched a server in 2015.

Every chapter opens with a Think First section that activates your brain before you read. Every concept is explained plainly, then connected to what you'll actually encounter on the job.

  • 🧠 Must Know Cold callouts — the facts you need to recall instantly
  • 🪤 Exam Trap callouts — exactly where the exam tries to trick you
  • 🔧 Real World Priority callouts — what actually matters on the job
  • 27 chapters · 4 parts · All three cert objectives covered
  • Available on Amazon KDP as eBook and paperback
🎂  Launching June 23, 2026 on Amazon

Written by someone in the field

I'm Jared — I work in IT every day managing server infrastructure, networks, and supporting real businesses. I'm not a full-time instructor who teaches from slides. I'm in the trenches, which means when I explain a concept I can tell you how it works AND why it matters when something breaks at 2am.

I built Jared's Cert Prep because the study materials I found were either too dry, too dense, or written by people who hadn't touched real infrastructure in years. This is the resource I wish I'd had.

The book, the resources, the labs — all of it is built around how people actually learn, not how a textbook author thinks they should learn.

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Jared Lockwood
IT Pro · Author · jaredscertprep.com
Server Operations Network Security SQL Server PowerShell Ubiquiti UniFi Tailscale Dell PowerEdge NinjaRMM

Video series coming soon

Each chapter of the book becomes a YouTube episode. Subscribe to get notified when the series launches.

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Ep 01
The OSI Model — Actually Explained
Chapter 1 · Shared Foundation
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Ep 02
TCP vs UDP and Every Port You Need to Know
Chapter 2 · Shared Foundation
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Ep 03
Subnetting Made Simple — No Math Anxiety
Chapter 23 · Network+

📺 Full 27-episode series coming on launch day.
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🪤 Exam Trap Shorts
60-second videos covering the most common exam mistakes. Perfect for commuting or a quick review.

💻 Lab Walkthroughs
CMD, PowerShell, subnetting, and hands-on network configuration demos.

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