CompTIA A+ certification validates your understanding of the most common hardware and software technologies in business and certifies the skills necessary to support complex IT infrastructures. CompTIA A+ is a powerful credential that helps open doors of opportunity allowing IT professionals worldwide to begin and accelerate their IT career. The A+ certification is currently held by over 1 million IT professionals worldwide. CompTIA's A+ is the most essential IT certification for establishing an IT career. If you're new to the IT industry, this will help you put your best foot forward. And if you're already an IT professional, the CompTIA A+ certification validates your skills and can help boost your career to new levels and opportunities.Achieving the CompTIA A+ certification requires you to pass two exams, the 220-901 and 220-902 exams.In this course, Mark Long helps you to understand  technologies and functionalities that you need to understand to help prepare to successfully take the 220-901 A+ exam. Mark brings over 25 years of real world experience along as he helps you learn what you need to know to prepare for the CompTIA A+ 220-901 exam.