Don’t miss out on the newest skilling resources for Azure

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In the ever-evolving landscape of IT—whether you're a seasoned professional navigating complexities or a newcomer eager to embrace the digital frontier—Azure skilling resources help empower your learning journey.

In this comprehensive overview, we highlight the best of this past quarter’s curated learning resources.

 

1. Unlock the potential of the latest AI advancements

Azure AI solutions enable developers and organizations in the scalable creation, deployment, and operationalization of AI products and services.

Cloud Skills Challenges

• Generative AI with Azure OpenAI: Learn how to train models and generate content with the new Generative AI with Azure OpenAI 30-day learning challenge.

Learning Paths

• Train a model and debug it with Responsible AI dashboard: In this module and free lab, discover how to debug an AI model using the dashboard in Azure Machine Learning Studio.

Virtual Training Days

• Build Generative Apps with Azure OpenAI Service: Learn how to work with powerful large language models, including GPT and gain insight into the benefits of natural language processing.

Learn Live

• Optimize your cloud and build your skills to make the most of Azure: Watch video lessons on Microsoft Learn Live as we delve into frameworks and tools for Azure optimization.

• Generative AI for Beginners on GitHub: Each of these 12 comprehensive video lessons covers a key aspect of generative AI principles and application development. Requires a GitHub account.
• Intelligent Apps with Azure Kubernetes Service Ep01: Deploying Intelligent Apps with OpenAI on Azure...: Learn how to deploy an intelligent microservice-based application into Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and integrate with Azure OpenAI.
• Intelligent Apps with Azure Kubernetes Service Ep02: Securing Access to Azure Open AI Services with ...
• Intelligent Apps with Azure Kubernetes Service Ep03: Designing Intelligent Application Deployment fo...
• Build your AI portfolio with AI Kick-off Challenge Projects

Azure Enablement Show

• Develop Your AI Coding Skills: This two-part mini-series of the Azure Enablement Show will show why knowing how to develop AI-enabled apps is a crucial skill for developers.

Azure AI Credentials

• Are you looking to get certified in Azure AI technology? Learn new skills to boost your productivity with certifications and scenario-based credentials for Azure AI.

 

2. Elevate your enterprise with seamless cloud migration and modernization 

Microsoft Applied Skills

• Deploy and configure Azure Monitor: Learn to create and configure a Log Analytics workspace; configure a change analysis and monitoring for applications, virtual machines (VMs), and virtual networks.
• Configure secure access to your workloads using Azure networking: Demonstrate your knowledge of virtual networks, network routing, DNS zones and settings, and more.
• Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Database
• Secure storage for Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage

Virtual Training Days 

• Migrate and Secure Windows Server and SQL Server Workloads: Discover how to securely migrate on-premises Windows Server workloads to Azure and migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL.

Connected Learning Experience (CLX)

• Migrate and secure SQL Server on Azure: This course covers strategies, testing with Database Experimentation Assistant, and migrations to Azure SQL services.

Workshop

• The Cloud Workshop for the SQL Professional: In this GitHub course, learn how to solve modern data challenges with Azure SQL using a hands-on lab approach.

Video

• Data Exposed: Join us as we demonstrate features, discuss the latest news, and share our love for data technology.

 

3. Accelerate innovation by boosting developer efficiency in the cloud

Cloud Skills Challenge

• GitHub Universe: Participants explore how they can build different projects with tools such as Git, GitHub Copilot and GitHub Codespaces.

Learn Live

• Build a minigame console app with GitHub Copilot: Demonstrate your ability to analyze, create, and use different methods to develop a minigame in Python with GitHub Codespaces and GitHub Copilot.

 

4. Power business decisions with cloud scale analytics

Microsoft Certifications

• Exam DP-600: Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric: Demonstrate your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: plan, implement, and manage a solution for data analytics; prepare and serve data; implement and manage semantic models; and explore and analyze data. This exam is required to earn the Microsoft Certified: Analytics Engineer Associate certification.

Virtual Training Days

• Implementing a Data Lakehouse with Microsoft Fabric: Join us to learn how to unify your data analytics with the help of AI.
• Data Fundamentals

Cloud Skills Challenges

• Fabric Analytics Engineer: This challenge is for Power BI Data Analysts looking to prepare for Exam DP-600 and upskill to the Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification (currently in beta, estimated to be generally available in late March).
• Azure Data Fundamentals

Learn Live

• Microsoft Fabric Learn Together: Register now for nine live, expert-led walkthroughs that will prepare you for the Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification.

Lab

• Modern Analytics with Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks DREAM Lab: Engage in hands-on exercises to learn about Azure Databricks Delta live tables and Power BI reports with Direct Lake.

 

5. Optimize your Azure workloads to achieve cost efficiency and performance

Azure Enablement Show

• Azure Optimization Skill-Building: Watch this video for a quick tour of where to start on skilling resources for Azure optimization.

30 Days to Learn It Challenge

• Azure Optimization Challenge: In 30-days of self-paced training, learn how to drive continuous improvement of cloud architecture and workloads while managing and optimizing costs.

Cloud Skills Challenge

• Optimize Azure with Defender for Cloud: Aligns to the Secure Azure services and workloads with Microsoft Defender for Cloud regulatory compliance controls assessment.

Collection

• Azure Optimization Collection: We’ve curated a set of self-paced tools, solutions, and best practices to help you manage cloud costs and optimize resources.

Virtual Training Day

• Azure Optimization VTD: Discover how Azure tools can streamline your cloud spend, and learn guidance rooted in FinOps, Cloud Adoption, and Well-Architected Frameworks.

Applied Skills Credential

• Secure Azure services and workloads with Microsoft Defender for Cloud regulatory compliance controls

 

6. Inspired by Ignite? Take the next step with new skilling opportunities

If you were inspired by Ignite, visit this Collections page to dive deeper into session content or explore our complete library of Ignite Learn Live sessions.  

Azure Maia and Azure Cobalt

• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Describe cloud concepts: Leverage cloud technology in this three-part series that teaches basic cloud concepts and provides exercises to deploy your first services.

Microsoft Fabric

• Get started with Microsoft Fabric: Dive into Microsoft Fabric, and understand how it caters to your enterprise's analytics requirements by uncovering data trends and patterns, empowering you to make informed strategic choices. 

Windows Server 2022

• Learn Live: Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines
• Implement a Windows Server Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
• Migrate Windows Server Workloads to Azure

 

There’s always more to learn with Azure 

Get started on your Azure learning journey by visiting Microsoft Learn. Begin the Learning Paths and courses called out above and stay tuned for more coming soon as we continue to enrich our Learning Paths across all solution areas. You’ll find access to additional resources as you dive into the world of Microsoft Learn.