• Java EE application server fundamentals
• WebSphere product family overview
• Role of WebSphere in enterprise applications
• Common use cases and industries
• WebSphere administrator responsibilities
• Cell, node, and server concepts
• Deployment Manager role
• Node agent functionality
• Request processing flow
• Standalone vs Network Deployment
• Installing WebSphere Application Server
• Profile creation and types
• Deployment Manager setup
• Verifying installation
• Basic environment configuration
• Navigating configuration options
• Managing servers and nodes
• Starting and stopping servers
• Viewing system status
• Administrative best practices
• Deploying enterprise applications
• Configuring application settings
• Application start and stop operations
• Version management
• Deployment troubleshooting
• Heap size and memory settings
• Garbage collection concepts
• JVM tuning parameters
• Server startup options
• Performance tuning basics
• Enabling global security
• Authentication mechanisms
• Authorization and roles
• SSL and certificate management
• Security best practices
• Creating JDBC providers
• Configuring data sources
• Connection pooling
• Testing database connections
• Database performance basics
• Clustering concepts
• Creating and managing clusters
• Load balancing overview
• Session persistence
• High availability basics
• Cluster monitoring
• Thread pool configuration
• Web container tuning
• Resource utilization analysis
• Identifying bottlenecks
• Performance optimization techniques
• Log configuration
• Application and system logs
• Log analysis techniques
• Common runtime issues
• Troubleshooting best practices







