Learn how to accelerate app development by using GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat in a Visual Studio Code environment.
Learn how to accelerate app development by using GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat in a Visual Studio Code environment.
This learning path helps prepare you for the APL-1008 Administer Active Directory Domain Services modern credential. You’ll learn how to create, deploy, and maintain an Active Directory Domain Services environment.
This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage core Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT Professionals how to implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment.
You could also consider taking this Applied Skills to deepen skills in hybrid infrastructure. You can take the Applied Skills assessment to deepen your skills in managing on-premises and hybrid Windows Server environments:
– Administer Active Directory Domain Services (AZ-1008)
On our interactive Scrum Alliance Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® course you’ll consider the more global aspects of product ownership, how to navigate a complex product development landscape, how to apply lean principles, and what aspects of your personal growth to focus on. This will involve learning a range of advanced tools in areas such as working with stakeholders, facilitation, collaboration techniques, scaling, advanced product validation, and advanced product backlog management.
The workshop includes interactive exercises, real-life examples, and lively discussion. It will push you, challenge you, and get you thinking. But the most effective learning, the kind that permanently changes you, happens when you apply techniques and knowledge and reflect on your results, as such, following the workshop you’ll have access to online coaching session in which you can reflect on how you are applying your knowledge and skills.
Our interactive Scrum Alliance Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® training includes thought-provoking exercises and discussion followed by applied learning at your work and written reflection. You’ll learn fundamental facilitation and coaching techniques, as well as a range of Agile and Lean values and principles with a focus on team dynamics.
We use brain friendly, science based, accelerated learning techniques to help you really learn and increase your knowledge retention.
A one-to-one coaching session is included as part of the course – a valuable opportunity to reflect and challenge yourself to become an even better ScrumMaster. Further coaching support is available if you want to explore this powerful tool for professional and personal development.
The Scrum Micro Essentials course enables organisations to boost customer satisfaction while empowering teams to innovate and thrive. Covering the following modules:
Introduction to Agile and Scrum
The Scrum Framework
Scrum for Product Development
Scenario Simulation
This course provides a well-rounded introduction to key aspects of Scrum.
Course Highlights:
Duration: Half-day workshop
Format: Interactive sessions with group discussions and hands-on activities
Materials Provided: Comprehensive course materials and resources for continued learning
The Scrum Micro Essentials course enables organisations to boost customer satisfaction while empowering teams to innovate and thrive. Covering the following modules:
Introduction to Agile and Scrum
The Scrum Framework
Scrum for Product Development
Scenario Simulation
This course provides a well-rounded introduction to key aspects of Scrum.
Course Highlights:
Duration: Half-day workshop
Format: Interactive sessions with group discussions and hands-on activities
Materials Provided: Comprehensive course materials and resources for continued learning
In this learning path, business leaders will find the knowledge and resources to adopt AI in their organizations. It explores planning, strategizing, and scaling AI projects in a responsible way.
The Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations solution architect is a trusted advisor who consults with organizations and implementation team members to refine business needs into a well-defined and cost-effective solution. The architect is accountable for the integrity and successful delivery of the complete solution design. The architect provides critical guidance and support from pre-sales throughout the remainder of the project lifecycle. They have great breadth of knowledge and experience designing solutions that meet business needs. The solution architect may have a technical, functional, or industry background. The solution architect must demonstrate knowledge of all Dynamics 365 apps and Power Platform. They must have deep understanding of Finance and Operations apps. In addition, they have extensive domain knowledge in one or more industry verticals. This course is designed to prepare those who are aspired to be solution architects and those who are new to this role to learn more about the technical information that solution architects will be dealing with during implantation.
Learn how to implement GitHub Actions and configure Azure Load Testing to automate testing app deployments.
Learn how GitHub Actions enables you to automate your software development cycle. You’ll learn how to plan automation of your software development life cycle with GitHub Actions workflows, use GitHub Actions to automatically build an application, and use GitHub Script to interact with the GitHub API.
This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to use Windows PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows servers. This course provides students the skills to identify and build the command they require to perform a specific task. In addition, students learn how to build scripts to accomplish advanced tasks such as automating repetitive tasks and generating reports. This course provides prerequisite skills supporting a broad range of Microsoft products, including Windows Server, Windows Client, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft System Center. In keeping with that goal, this course will not focus on any one of those products, although Windows Server, which is the common platform for all of those products, will serve as the example for the techniques this course teaches.
This learning path explores how the Azure AI and Azure Machine Learning Services integrations provided by the Azure AI extension for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server can enable you to build AI-powered apps.
This module guides you through the foundational concepts and practical steps required to create, test, and manage agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and SharePoint.
In this course, you’ll learn how to build intelligent custom engine agents using the LLMs and AI components of your choice with the Microsoft 365 SDK. These custom engine agents can also be used to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Azure Databricks is a cloud-scale platform for data analytics and machine learning. Data scientists and machine learning engineers can use Azure Databricks to implement machine learning solutions at scale.
We use brain friendly, science based, accelerated learning techniques to help you really learn and increase your knowledge retention.
Enhance your technical expertise in agile product development through this Certified Scrum Developer® training course. Certified Scrum Developers (CSD®) showcase a working comprehension of Scrum and agile principles, coupled with specialized agile engineering skills acquired through rigorous training.
Tailored for product developers operating within a Scrum framework, this Certified Scrum Developer® course aims to familiarize students with vital tools and techniques in the Agile approach essential for constructing high-quality products in the iterative and incremental manner mandated by Scrum. These concepts form the core of the entire realm of agile product development.
Our interactive Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner training will challenge you to put theory into practice through a variety of exercises and simulations, and to think through your own product ideas for yourself. As well as learning a range of techniques you’ll also gain a deeper understanding of Scrum and agile principles – not just the how but the why. It’s a potent foundation for working with Scrum and agile in your own organisation.
As Agile ways of working are increasingly adopted by organisations seeking to innovate faster and deliver better products, the majority are using Scrum as their framework. Scrum is a deceptively simple framework, but it is highly adaptive and has a significant impact on traditional organisational models. So if you’re to work successfully with it as a product owner, your knowledge needs to go deeper.
We use brain friendly, science based, accelerated learning techniques to help you really learn and increase your knowledge retention and post course you can take advantage of a one hour coaching session that is included as part of the course.
On our interactive Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Professional® – Product Owner course you’ll learn more about the deeper elements of effective product ownership focusing you on the next level of your development – understanding how to navigate the product as a business, how to understand and navigate complex product development in context of agile ways of working as well as strengthening your skills, tools and techniques as you grow.
This will involve learning a range of advanced tools in areas such as working with customers and stakeholders, propositions, collaboration techniques, product backlog management and validation.
The workshop includes interactive exercises, real-life examples, and lively discussion. It will push you, challenge you, and get you thinking. But the most effective learning, the kind that permanently changes you, happens when you apply techniques and knowledge and reflect on your results, as such, following the workshop you’ll have access to online coaching sessions in which you can reflect on how you are applying your knowledge and skills.
Our interactive Certified Scrum Professional® – ScrumMasters (CSP-SM®) course involves a highly effective mix of exercises, discussion and, crucially, reflection – because genuine learning and personal change only happen through reflective practice. It will equip you with the knowledge and skills to work more effectively with developers, product owners and the wider organisation.
We use brain friendly, science based, accelerated learning techniques to help you really learn and increase your knowledge retention.
Each session is a combination of interactive exercises, practical real-life examples, and lively discussion and will equip you with the skills and knowledge required to be an effective coach. But the most important learning happens through application and reflection, so after the course there will be homework to practice the skills and apply the knowledge.
You’ll also receive a one-to-one coaching session – a valuable tool for taking things to the next level. You may want to access further coaching support to help apply, embed and deepen your evolving skills.
Our interactive Certified Scrum Professional® – ScrumMasters (CSP-SM®) course involves a highly effective mix of exercises, discussion and, crucially, reflection – because genuine learning and personal change only happen through reflective practice. It will equip you with the knowledge and skills to work more effectively with developers, product owners and the wider organisation.We use brain friendly, science based, accelerated learning techniques to help you really learn and increase your knowledge retention.
Each session is a combination of interactive exercises, practical real-life examples, and lively discussion and will equip you with the skills and knowledge required to be an effective coach. But the most important learning happens through application and reflection, so after the course there will be homework to practice the skills and apply the knowledge.
You’ll also receive a one-to-one coaching session – a valuable tool for taking things to the next level. You may want to access further coaching support to help apply, embed and deepen your evolving skills.
Our interactive Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster® training is a great course for anybody who is new to Scrum or applying it within their organisation.
The course covers in depth the full Scrum Framework, Scrum events, accountabilities, artifacts, commitments and the values and principles that underpin it. A combination of interactive exercises, practical real-life examples, and lively discussion make this a challenging, engaging and enjoyable way to develop your understanding of Scrum. The course also covers many agile practices that support Scrum, including user stories and relative estimation.
We use brain friendly, science based, accelerated learning techniques to help you really learn and increase your knowledge retention and post course you can take advantage of a one hour coaching session that is included as part of the course.
Our interactive Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster® training is a great course for anybody who is new to Scrum or applying it within their organisation.
The course covers in depth the full Scrum Framework, Scrum events, accountabilities, artifacts, commitments and the values and principles that underpin it. A combination of interactive exercises, practical real-life examples, and lively discussion make this a challenging, engaging and enjoyable way to develop your understanding of Scrum. The course also covers many agile practices that support Scrum, including user stories and relative estimation.
We use brain friendly, science based, accelerated learning techniques to help you really learn and increase your knowledge retention and post course you can take advantage of a one hour coaching session that is included as part of the course.
This learning path prepares you to complete the Dynamics 365 customer experience analyst challenge project and validate your skills. You should have already completed the following modules as part of the MB-280: Dynamics 365 Customer Experience Analyst course series. If you haven’t, it’s recommended that you take some time to complete these modules before beginning the challenge project.
Use Microsoft Entra to manage access by using entitlements, access reviews, privileged access tools, and monitor access events.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL is a Platform as a Service database service in the Microsoft cloud. It bases itself on the PostgreSQL open-source relational database and includes built-in high availability, automatic backup and restore, as well as comprehensive security features. The pay-as-you-go pricing model provides predictable performance and near-instant scaling. In this learning path, you learn the main features of PostgreSQL and how they work in Azure Database for PostgreSQL. You learn about the different Azure Database for PostgreSQL implementation options, and how to configure a server for your needs.
This course teaches Azure administrators how to plan, deliver, and manage virtual desktop experiences and remote apps, for any device, on Azure. Lessons include implementing and managing networking for Azure Virtual Desktop, configuring host pools and session hosts, creating session host images, implementing, and managing FSLogix, monitoring Azure Virtual Desktop performance and health, and automating Azure Virtual Desktop management tasks. Students will learn through a mix of demonstrations and hands-on lab experiences deploying virtual desktop experiences and apps on Azure Virtual Desktop and optimizing them to run in multi-session virtual environments. Candidates of this course must have solid Azure administration skills. This course assumes prior experience, including virtualization, networking, identity, storage, backup and restore, and disaster recovery. Students should have knowledge of on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure technologies as they relate to migrating to Azure Virtual Desktop. Students are expected to have used the tools common to the Azure environment, such as the Azure PowerShell and Cloud Shell.
In this learning path, you practice configuring secure access to workloads using Azure networking.
Get started with Microsoft Sentinel security operations by configuring the Microsoft Sentinel workspace, connecting Microsoft services and Windows security events to Microsoft Sentinel, configuring Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules, and responding to threats with automated responses.
This course teaches IT Professionals to configure advanced Windows Server services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT Professionals how to leverage the hybrid capabilities of Azure, how to migrate virtual and physical server workloads to Azure IaaS, and how to secure Azure VMs running Windows Server. The course also teaches IT Professionals how to perform tasks related to high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. The course highlights administrative tools and technologies including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Azure Security Center, Azure Migrate, and Azure Monitor.
You could also consider taking these Applied Skills to emphasize hybrid administration tasks, such as managing Active Directory and configuring Azure Monitor. They are subsets of the AZ-801 certification. You can take the Applied Skills assessment as a focus area or for prep for the certification:
– Deploy and configure Azure Monitor (AZ-1004)
– Administer Active Directory Domain Services (AZ-1008)
In this learning path, you will learn how to create custom copilots with Copilot Studio and will get the opportunity to practice your skills in a guided project.
Get started with Power Automate by create and manage automated processes with Power Automate. Including creating triggers for cloud flows, configuring actions, implementing conditional logic for a cloud flow, testing a cloud flow, creating and configuring approvals by using Power Automate, and sharing cloud flows.
Create your own data model and canvas app to support a scenario for a fictional company. You re provided high-level specifications on the custom tables, columns and canvas app needed to complete this project.
In this learning path, you practice building model-driven apps by using Microsoft Power Apps. The skills validated include creating Dataverse tables, modifying forms and views, and configuring a model-driven app. The scenario in this experience represents real-world challenges faced by individuals with business-specific expertise who build model-driven apps.
Implement the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment to manage devices, perform investigations on endpoints, manage incidents in Defender XDR, and use Advanced Hunting with Kusto Query Language (KQL) to detect unique threats.
Learn how to investigate, respond to, and hunt for threats using Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. In this course you will learn how to mitigate cyberthreats using these technologies. Specifically, you will configure and use Microsoft Sentinel as well as utilize Kusto Query Language (KQL) to perform detection, analysis, and reporting. The course was designed for people who work in a Security Operations job role and helps learners prepare for the exam SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst.
This Applied Skill is to offer real-world experience in configuring and managing Microsoft Sentinel, a key responsibility in the SC-200 certification:
– Deploy and configure Azure Monitor (AZ-1004)
In this learning path, you prepare for the Applied Skill, Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Microsoft Azure.
In this learning path, you practice implementing Azure Monitor to collect, analyze and act on monitoring telemetry from Azure environments. You learn to configure and interpret monitoring for virtual machines, networking, and web applications.
In this learning path, you’re introduced to Azure Arc-enabled servers. You’ll cover Arc-enabled server deployment, updates to Arc-enabled servers using Azure Update Manager and configuring Microsoft Defender for Cloud for Azure Arc-enabled servers.
Develop the skills necessary to configure a secure deployment solution for cloud-native apps. Learn how to build, deploy, scale, and manage containerized cloud-native apps using Azure Container Apps, Azure Container Registry, and Azure Pipelines.
Dynamics 365 Customer Insights helps organizations deliver exceptional experiences personalized to every customer. In this course, students will learn how to work with key features of Customer Insights – Data and Customer Insights – Journeys. First, students will learn about the business value of using a customer data platform. They will ingest data into Customer Insights – Data, create unified customer profiles, and create segments to help target specific audiences. Then, students will build impactful and personal experiences using Customer Insights – Journeys. They will create marketing assets like emails and text messages and deliver them via segment- and trigger-based journeys. This course is part of a four-course series (MB-280T01-T04) aligning to the MB-280 certification exam.
This course teaches developers how to create application using the SQL API and SDK for Azure Cosmos DB. Students will learn how to write efficient queries, create indexing policies, manage and provisioned resources, and perform common operations with the SDK.
This course teaches Network Engineers how to design, implement, and maintain Azure networking solutions. This course covers the process of designing, implementing, and managing core Azure networking infrastructure, Hybrid Networking connections, load balancing traffic, network routing, private access to Azure services, network security and monitoring. Learn how to design and implement a secure, reliable, network infrastructure in Azure and how to establish hybrid connectivity, routing, private access to Azure services, and monitoring in Azure.
You could consider taking these Applied Skills to emphasize key skills like monitoring and security, which are essential for network engineers. Use them to bridge to practical, real world skills application. You can take the Applied Skills assessment as a focus area or prep for the certification:
– Deploy and configure Azure Monitor (AZ-1004)
– Secure Azure services and workloads with Microsoft Defender for Cloud regulatory compliance controls (SC-5002)
This course provides the knowledge and skills to design and implement DevOps processes and practices. Students will learn how to plan for DevOps, use source control, scale Git for an enterprise, consolidate artifacts, design a dependency management strategy, manage secrets, implement continuous integration, implement a container build strategy, design a release strategy, set up a release management workflow, implement a deployment pattern, and optimize feedback mechanisms
You could also consider the below Applied Skill as a security-focused component alongside your AZ-400 course to validate security in DevOps Pipelines. For additional specialization you can also take the Applied Skills assessment:
– Implement security through a pipeline using Azure DevOps (AZ-2001)
This learning path provides a comprehensive guide to designing and implementing platform engineering within modern enterprises. It covers the foundational principles, strategic alignment with business goals, and the practical aspects of building scalable, secure, and future-proof platforms. By following this path, learners will gain the knowledge and skills needed to enhance developer productivity, ensure operational excellence, and drive continuous innovation.
This three-day, instructor-led course is designed for professionals responsible for designing, building, and managing analytics solutions using Microsoft Power BI.
The course follows the full lifecycle of a Power BI solution, from understanding the role of a data analyst through to connecting and transforming data, building robust data models, creating effective reports, and managing deployed solutions within the Power BI Service.
Across the three days, delegates work through practical exercises aligned to real-world scenarios, developing the skills required to build reliable and scalable reporting solutions.
The course aligns to the Microsoft PL-300 certification and includes the exam.
Duration: 3 Days
Delivery: Live, Instructor-Led (Virtual)
Includes: Microsoft PL-300 Exam
This course teaches Azure Solution Architects how to design infrastructure solutions. Course topics cover governance, compute, application architecture, storage, data integration, authentication, networks, business continuity, and migrations. The course combines lecture with case studies to demonstrate basic architect design principles.
Learn how to operate machine learning solutions at cloud scale using Azure Machine Learning. This course teaches you to leverage your existing knowledge of Python and machine learning to manage data ingestion and preparation, model training and deployment, and machine learning solution monitoring with Azure Machine Learning and MLflow.
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more functional and accessible, and AI agents are a key component of this evolution. This learning path will help you understand the AI agents, including when to use them and how to build them, using Azure AI Agent Service and Semantic Kernel Agent Framework. By the end of this learning path, you will have the skills needed to develop AI agents on Azure.
In this learning path, you ll see how Azure AI Document Intelligence solutions can enable you to capture data from typed or hand-written forms. You ll also learn how to build a solution for your custom form types and integrate that solution into an Azure Cognitive Search pipeline. You ll learn how to:
– Design a solution that analyzes your business forms by using Azure AI Document Intelligence.
– Create a solution that analyzes common documents by using Document Intelligence.
– Create a solution that analyses different custom form types by using Document Intelligence.
– Include an Azure AI Document Intelligence service as a custom skill in an Azure Cognitive Search pipeline.
This learning path helps prepare you for Exam AI-102: Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution.
AI-102: Develop AI solutions in Azure is intended for software developers wanting to build AI infused applications that leverage Azure AI Foundry and other Azure AI services. Topics in this course include developing generative AI apps, building AI agents, and solutions that implement computer vision and information extraction. The course will use C# or Python as the programming language.
You could also consider taking these these Applied Skills to validate practical experience in specific AI workloads. They are subsets of the AI-102 certification. If you only need to focus on one type of AI solution (e.g. Computer Vision) look at taking the relevant Applied Skill credential alongside the certification course. You can take the Applied Skills assessment as a focus area or for prep for the certification:
– Develop AI information extraction solutions in Azure (AI-3002)
– Develop natural language solutions in Azure (AI-3003)
– Develop computer vision solutions in Azure (AI-3004)
This module explores using GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat suggestions to create new code. Autocompletion and code update suggestions are generated, managed, and implemented using the GitHub Copilot extensions for Visual Studio Code.
Computer vision is an area of artificial intelligence that deals with visual perception. Azure AI includes multiple services that support common computer vision scenarios.
This learning path prepares you for the task of developing data-driven applications by using Microsoft Azure SQL Database.
You’ll learn how to create and configure an Azure SQL Database, build and deploy database projects using GitHub Actions and Azure Pipelines, and automate the publishing process. Additionally, you’ll explore how to use Data API builder for Azure SQL Database and develop a data API with Azure Web Apps and Static Web App.
Furthermore, you’ll gain skills in importing data via an external REST endpoint, exporting data using an Azure Function, and securing an Azure SQL Database. These essential skills will empower you to effectively develop and manage applications using Azure SQL Database.
In this course we discuss the tasks needed to fulfill the role of developer in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps. The Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations apps developer is a key technical resource that implements and extends the application to meet the requirements of the business.
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more accessible through comprehensive development platforms like Azure AI Foundry. Learn how to build generative AI applications that use language models to chat with your users.
Learn how to use the Semantic Kernel SDK to build intelligent applications that automate tasks and perform natural language processing.
Natural language solutions use language models to interpret the semantic meaning of written or spoken language, and in some cases respond based on that meaning. You can use the Language service to build language models for your applications, and explore Azure AI Foundry to use generative models for speech.
This course teaches developers how to create end-to-end solutions in Microsoft Azure. Students will learn how to implement Azure compute solutions, create Azure Functions, implement and manage web apps, develop solutions utilizing Azure storage, implement authentication and authorization, and secure their solutions by using KeyVault and Managed Identities. Students will also learn how to connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services, and include event- and message-based models in their solutions. The course also covers monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing Azure solutions.
You could also consider this Applied Skill to provide real-world experience with cloud native applications, focusing on containerized app development: Deploy cloud-native apps using Azure Container Apps (AZ-2003)
A Dynamics 365 Business Central developer develops apps that extend Business Central. This can include creating new modules and modifying existing modules. The developer can add new business logic or change existing business logic by using events. A developer also makes it possible to integrate Business Central with other applications, including Microsoft Power Platform products.
Business Central developers are responsible for troubleshooting and debugging issues in the system. This may involve identifying the root cause of a problem, fixing bugs, and testing the solution to ensure it works as expected. Business Central developers may be required to optimize the performance of the system by identifying bottlenecks and improving code quality. Business Central developers are responsible for upgrading the system, migrating data, and maintaining the system to ensure it remains up to date and secure.
This module explores using GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat to create unit tests. Exercises provide practical experience creating unit test projects and running unit tests in Visual Studio Code.
Explore DevOps practices using GitHub. Your development and operations teams will experience improved collaboration, agility, continuous integration, continuous delivery, automation, and operational excellence throughout all phases of the application lifecycle.
This course directs users to learn common prompt flows in Microsoft 365 apps including PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook. It also introduces Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and discusses the difference between work and web grounded data.
To complete the Use Case exercises in this course, each student must have access to a Microsoft 365 subscription (BYOS) in which they’re licensed to use Microsoft 365 Copilot.
In this course, learners will explore how to lead AI transformation across their organization. They’ll learn practical strategies to identify high-impact AI opportunities, align investments with business goals, and champion responsible AI practices. The course emphasizes real-world applications and strategic decision-making—no technical expertise required—making it ideal for senior leaders who want to confidently drive AI adoption and innovation.
Dynamics 365 Sales helps accelerate sales teams’ efforts with relationship-building tools and AI-driven insights. In this course, students will learn how to configure and leverage Dynamics 365 Sales to set sales teams up for success. First, students will set up and configure lead and opportunity management strategies. Then students will organize their product catalog and process sales orders. Finally, students will leverage relationship selling features, the Sales accelerator, and Sales Insights. In this course students will also learn how to set up and deploy Microsoft Copilot for Sales, a productivity tool to help sellers inside and outside Dynamics 365 Sales. This course is part of a four-course series (MB-280T01-T04) aligning to the MB-280 certification exam.
This one-day course is composed of two parts – Getting started with Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Empower your workforce with Copilot for Microsoft 365 Use Cases. The first part of the course introduces you to Copilot for Microsoft 365, examines how you can use Copilot throughout the various Microsoft 365 apps, explores best practices for using Copilot and building effective prompts, and examines how you can extend Copilot with plugins and Graph connectors. The second part of this training content is really the heart of this course. Students perform a series of hands-on exercises involving seven Use Cases – Executives, Sales, Marketing, Finance, IT, HR, and Operations. These exercises focus on using Copilot in various Microsoft 365 apps (such as Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and so on) to complete a series of common business-related tasks pertaining to each Use Case.
To complete the Use Case exercises in this course, each student must have access to a Microsoft 365 subscription (BYOS) in which they’re licensed to use Copilot for Microsoft 365. Each student must also have a Microsoft OneDrive account, since Copilot requires OneDrive to complete the file sharing tasks used throughout the Use Case exercises.
This module enables students to perform a series of Use Case exercises that build their Microsoft 365 Copilot skills in Communications-related business scenarios.
This module enables students to perform a series of Use Case exercises that build their Microsoft 365 Copilot skills in Customer Service-related business scenarios.
This module enables students to perform a series of Use Case exercises that build their Microsoft 365 Copilot skills in Executive-related business scenarios.
This module enables students to perform a series of Use Case exercises that build their Microsoft 365 Copilot skills in Finance-related business scenarios.
This module enables students to perform a series of Use Case exercises that build their Microsoft 365 Copilot skills in HR-related business scenarios.
This module enables students to perform a series of Use Case exercises that build their Microsoft 365 Copilot skills in IT-related business scenarios.
This module enables students to perform a series of Use Case exercises that build their Microsoft 365 Copilot skills in Legal-related business scenarios.
This module enables students to perform a series of Use Case exercises that build their Microsoft 365 Copilot skills in Marketing-related business scenarios.
This module enables students to perform a series of Use Case exercises that build their Microsoft 365 Copilot skills in Operations-related business scenarios.
This module enables students to perform a series of Use Case exercises that build their Microsoft 365 Copilot skills in Sales-related business scenarios.
This Course will empower IT professionals and security analysts with the expertise to utilize Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Security Copilot effectively in device management and security operations. This course directs learners towards optimizing Intune for enhanced security and integrating Security Copilot to strengthen their organization’s security stance.
Learn about Microsoft Copilot for Security, an AI-powered security analysis tool that enables analysts to process security signals and respond to threats at a machine speed, and the AI concepts upon which it’s built.
This module provides a practical guide to using Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat’s prebuilt agents, which enable users to streamline tasks, retrieve information efficiently, and enhance productivity through AI-powered conversational tools.
This course provides comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience in building declarative agents using Visual Studio Code and Teams Toolkit. Participants start with an introduction to declarative agents, followed by practical labs that guide them through building their first agent, understanding API plugins, and implementing APIs. Advanced topics include creating adaptive cards, managing authentication for API plugins, and integrating Microsoft Graph connectors. By the end of the course, participants have a solid understanding of how to leverage declarative agents to enhance the functionality of Microsoft 365 Copilot.
This five-day FastTrack course (AZ800 and AZ801) is designed for IT professionals who configure advanced Windows Server services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. These professionals manage and support an infrastructure that includes on-premises and Windows Server-based workloads hosted on Azure IaaS. The course teaches IT professionals how to leverage Azure’s hybrid capabilities, migrate virtual and physical server workloads to Azure IaaS, and manage and secure Azure VMs with Windows Server. The course also covers performing tasks related to high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. The course highlights various administrative tools and technologies, including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Azure Security Center, Azure Migrate, and Azure Monitor.
This module explores the generation of code explanations, project documentation, and inline code comment documentation using the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code.
This module examines how agents act as AI-powered assistants embedded within SharePoint and Microsoft Copilot Chat, providing real-time support by offering suggestions, automating processes, and helping users navigate through complex tasks.
This course teaches developers to utilize Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL API and SDK. Students will learn query execution, resource configuration, SDK operations, and design strategies for non-relational data modeling and data partitioning.
This module introduces developers to the GitHub Copilot products, the benefits that GitHub Copilot provides to developers, the GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat product features, and the GitHub Copilot extensions for Visual Studio Code.
GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) plays a crucial role in enhancing the security posture of software development projects on GitHub. It provides a comprehensive set of tools and features designed to identify and address security vulnerabilities throughout the development lifecycle. By integrating security directly into the development process with GHAS, your team can build more secure and reliable software. The course will explore how to utilize GHAS to maximize security impact and understand GHAS and its role in the security ecosystem.
This course explores the use of AI in the context of GitHub Copilot, a generative AI tool for developers. It equips users with the knowledge and skills to use Copilot effectively while mitigating potential ethical and operational risks associated with AI usage.
GitHub Foundations introduces you to the fundamental concepts, features, and products of GitHub. You’ll discover the benefits of using GitHub as a collaborative platform and explore its core features, such as repository management, commits, branches, and merging. Through curated modules and hands-on exercises, you’ll gain a solid understanding of GitHub’s essential tools and be well-equipped to start contributing to projects and collaborating effectively within GitHub.
In this course, you’ll learn the basics of GitHub and gain a better understanding of its fundamental features with a hands-on exercise all within a GitHub repository. You’ll learn best practices for building, hosting, and maintaining a secure repository on GitHub.
This course explores how to use Databricks and Apache Spark on Azure to take data projects from exploration to production. You’ll learn how to ingest, transform, and analyze large-scale datasets with Spark DataFrames, Spark SQL, and PySpark, while also building confidence in managing distributed data processing. Along the way, you’ll get hands-on with the Databricks workspace—navigating clusters and creating and optimizing Delta tables. You’ll also dive into data engineering practices, including designing ETL pipelines, handling schema evolution, and enforcing data quality. The course then moves into orchestration, showing you how to automate and manage workloads with Lakeflow Jobs and pipelines. To round things out, you’ll explore governance and security capabilities such as Unity Catalog and Purview integration, ensuring you can work with data in a secure, well-managed, and production-ready environment.
Explore the data science process and learn how to train machine learning models to accomplish artificial intelligence in Microsoft Fabric.
Explore the data warehousing process and learn how to load, monitor, secure, and query a warehouse in Microsoft Fabric.
This learning path introduces the foundational components of implementing a data lakehouse with Microsoft Fabric.
This module explores using GitHub Copilot Chat to develop improvements for an existing codebase. Exercises provide practical experience implementing GitHub Copilot suggestions that improve code quality, reliability, performance, and security.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service offers any organization an opportunity for customer success. Using tools such as automatic case creation and queue management frees up your time to dedicate it where you can have a greater impact, directly with your customers.Join our team of globally recognized experts as they take you step by step from creating cases to interacting with customers to resolving those cases. Once you’ve resolved those cases you can learn from data analysis the key details to help you resolve similar cases faster or avoid new issues altogether.
This course covers methods and practices to implement data engineering solutions by using Microsoft Fabric. Students will learn how to design and develop effective data loading patterns, data architectures, and orchestration processes. Objectives for this course include ingesting and transforming data and securing, managing, and monitoring data engineering solutions. This course is designed for experienced data professionals skilled at data integration and orchestration, such as those with the DP-203: Azure Data Engineer certification.
Learn how to effectively configure a Dynamics 365 for Field Service implementation to maximize the tools and features available to efficiently manage a mobile work force.
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) engineering with Azure Databricks uses the platform’s capabilities to explore, fine-tune, evaluate, and integrate advanced language models. By using Apache Spark’s scalability and Azure Databricks’ collaborative environment, you can design complex AI systems.
Gain the skills to use Microsoft Purview to improve your data security in Microsoft 365. In this training, you learn how to create sensitive information types, create sensitivity labels, and use auto-labeling policies based on these labels. You also learn how to set up DLP (Data Loss Prevention) policies to safeguard your organization’s data.
Do you have information locked up in structured and unstructured data sources? Using Azure AI Search, you can extract key insights from this data, and enable applications to search and analyze them.
Real-time intelligence in Microsoft Fabric enables analysis of streaming events in real or near-real time.
Manage data lifecycle, records management, eDiscovery, and communication compliance with Microsoft Purview.
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to create a SQL Server database infrastructure for cloud, on-premises and hybrid relational databases and who work with the Microsoft PaaS relational database offerings. Additionally, it will be of use to individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL-based relational databases.
You could also consider this this Applied Skills if you need to demonstrate the skills required to migrate on-premise SQL workloads to Azure. If you have already achieved the DP-300 certification and are in-role as a DBA preparing for a migration project, leverage the Applied Skill credential so you can demonstrate validated experience of migrating a database.
– Migrate SQL Server workload to Azure SQL (DP-3001)
This learning path helps you prepare for the Implement security through a pipeline assessment using Azure DevOps. Learn how to configure and secure Azure Pipelines. You ll also get opportunities to practice hands-on skills. These skills include configuring secure access to pipeline resources, configuring, and validating permissions, configuring a project and repository structure, extending a pipeline, configuring pipelines to use variables and parameters securely, and managing identity for projects, pipelines, and agents.
This course introduces fundamentals concepts related to artificial intelligence (AI), and the services in Microsoft Azure that can be used to create AI solutions. The course is not designed to teach students to become professional data scientists or software developers, but rather to build awareness of common AI workloads and the ability to identify Azure services to support them. The course is designed as a blended learning experience that combines instructor-led training with online materials on the Microsoft Learn platform (https://azure.com/learn). The hands-on exercises in the course are based on Learn modules, and students are encouraged to use the content on Learn as reference materials to reinforce what they learn in the class and to explore topics in more depth.
Gain a solid foundation in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, including ERP basics, navigation, security, and shared features. Explore advanced tools like Copilot automation, AI forecasting, and intelligent collections. Hands-on labs cover financial reporting, budgeting, AP/AR, and integration with Microsoft 365 and Power Platform. Learn to optimize operations through business events, electronic reporting, and personalization for better decision-making.
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to Microsoft 365, Copilot, and AI-powered agents. It introduces learners to the foundational concepts, core services, and administrative controls of Microsoft 365. It then builds upon this foundation by exploring how Copilot and agents can utilize AI to automate tasks, enhance collaboration, and personalize user experiences across the Microsoft 365 suite.
This course introduces Microsoft 365, an integrated cloud platform that delivers industry-leading productivity apps along with intelligent cloud services, and world-class security. You’ll learn foundational knowledge on the considerations and benefits of adopting cloud services and the Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud model, with a specific focus on Microsoft 365 cloud service offerings. You will begin by learning about cloud fundamentals, including an overview of cloud computing. You will be introduced to Microsoft 365 and learn how Microsoft 365 solutions improve productivity, facilitate collaboration, and optimize communications. The course then analyzes how security, compliance, privacy, and trust are handled in Microsoft 365, and it concludes with a review of Microsoft 365 subscriptions, licenses, billing, and support.
In this course, students will gain foundational knowledge of core data concepts and related Microsoft Azure data services. Students will learn about core data concepts such as relational, non-relational, big data, and analytics, and build their foundational knowledge of cloud data services within Microsoft Azure. Students will explore fundamental relational data concepts and relational database services in Azure. They will explore Azure storage for non-relational data and the fundamentals of Azure Cosmos DB. Students will learn about large-scale data warehousing, real-time analytics, and data visualization.
Learn the business value and product capabilities of Microsoft Power Platform. Connect data with Dataverse, build simple canvas and model-driven apps, automate a process with Power Automate, and build a Power Pages site.
This course provides foundational level knowledge on security, compliance, and identity concepts and related cloud-based Microsoft solutions.
This course will teach you how to enhance and automate business processes using Dynamics 365 customer engagement apps, while incorporating native interconnectivity with Microsoft 365. You will also learn to support customers efficiently through AI-driven Dynamics 365 Customer Service, improve customer experience with AI-first omnichannel communication in Dynamics 365 Contact Center, and boost first-time resolution rates for on-site workers using AI-driven Dynamics 365 Field Service.
This course will examine how administrators can manage and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot to meet their business needs. The course introduces you to Copilot, examines how to implement and administer it, and then explores the fundamentals of Copilot extensibility.
Built and optimized for small and medium businesses, Dynamics 365 Business Central is an application for companies that have outgrown their entry-level business applications. Growing businesses often outgrow their basic accounting software or legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that are unable to handle increased inventory and transactions, lack integration with other line-of-business systems, and have reporting limitations. Businesses are also challenged with the logistics of providing services that have more scalability, increased mobility, and availability in the cloud. With Business Central, you can manage your financials, automate and secure your supply chain, sell smarter, improve customer service and project performance, and optimize your operations.
This course covers the financial aspects of Dynamics 365: configure and use essential financial components, accounts payable, accounts receivable, collections, budgeting, fixed assets, and additional functionality.
The Managing Microsoft Teams course is designed for persons who are aspiring to the Microsoft 365 Teams Admin role. A Microsoft Teams administrator plans, deploys, configures, and manages Microsoft Teams to focus on efficient and effective collaboration and communication in a Microsoft 365 environment. In this course, you will learn about various Teams management tools, security and compliance feature for Teams, network requirement for Teams deployment as well as different Teams settings and policies for managing collaboration and communication experience in Teams.
This course covers the following key elements of Microsoft 365 administration: Microsoft 365 tenant management, Microsoft 365 identity synchronization, and Microsoft 365 security and compliance. In Microsoft 365 tenant management, you learn how to configure your Microsoft 365 tenant, including your organizational profile, tenant subscription options, component services, user accounts and licenses, security groups, and administrative roles. You then transition to configuring Microsoft 365, with a primary focus on configuring Office client connectivity. Finally, you explore how to manage user-driven client installations of Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise deployments. The course then transitions to an in-depth examination of Microsoft 365 identity synchronization, with a focus on Azure Active Directory Connect and Connect Cloud Sync.
You learn how to plan for and implement each of these directory synchronization options, how to manage synchronized identities, and how to implement password management in Microsoft 365 using multifactor authentication and self-service password management. In Microsoft 365 security management, you begin examining the common types of threat vectors and data breaches facing organizations today. You then learn how Microsoft 365’s security solutions address each of these threats. You are introduced to the Microsoft Secure Score, as well as to Azure Active Directory Identity Protection.
You then learn how to manage the Microsoft 365 security services, including Exchange Online Protection, Safe Attachments, and Safe Links. Finally, you are introduced to the various reports that monitor an organization’s security health. You then transition from security services to threat intelligence; specifically, using Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
Once you have this understanding of Microsoft 365’s security suite, you then examine the key components of Microsoft 365 compliance management. This begins with an overview of all key aspects of data governance, including data archiving and retention, Microsoft Purview message encryption, and data loss prevention (DLP). You then delve deeper into archiving and retention, paying particular attention to Microsoft Purview insider risk management, information barriers, and DLP policies. You then examine how to implement these compliance features by using data classification and sensitivity labels.
Learn how to drive adoption of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 using the user enablement framework to create and implement a robust adoption plan.
In this course, students will learn to plan and execute an endpoint deployment strategy using contemporary deployment techniques and implementing update strategies. The course introduces essential elements of modern management, co-management approaches, and Microsoft Intune integration. It covers app deployment, management of browser-based applications, and key security concepts such as authentication, identities, access, and compliance policies. Technologies like Azure Active Directory, Azure Information Protection, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint are explored to protect devices and data.
This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage their Azure subscriptions, secure identities, administer the infrastructure, configure virtual networking, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement storage solutions, create and scale virtual machines, implement web apps and containers, back up and share data, and monitor your solution.
You could also consider all or some of the below listed Applied Skills to emphasize networking, storage and monitoring areas in AZ-104 training. You can also complete the Applied Skills assessments as prep for the certification:
– Configure secure access to your workloads using networking with Azure Virtual Network (AZ-1002)
– Secure storage for Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage (AZ-1003)
– Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure (AZ-1007)
The Hack the Cert™ Program (AZ-104) has been specifically designed by Fast Lane for the participants to collaborate in teams under the supervision of Subject Matter Experts and take on challenges based on real-world scenarios. The hack is 100% hands-on, which allows the delegates to really deep dive, learning while doing. As a result, this style of learning delivers genuine skills and knowledge to pass the exam and take straight into the workplace.
– Zero lengthy slide-driven presentations
– Team-based approach to tackle challenges
– Over 37 hours of hands-on activity in one week!
– 4 Days of expert coach-led hacking and exam prep
– Dramatically improved Exam Success Rates!
– Endorsed by Microsoft with Official Courseware
– Access to a lab environment, both during and after class
– Asynchronous access to expert exam coach until certification achieved
– Online resources to support exam prep
Designed for IT professionals who are starting to engage with Azure, this Azure Fundamentals Training course caters to an audience eager to explore Azure offerings and gain practical experience with the product. Emphasizing the use of the Azure portal and command line interface for resource creation, the course does not demand scripting skills. Participants will develop the confidence to pursue other role-based courses and certifications, including Azure Administrator. The course incorporates a blend of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on labs, serving as valuable preparation for the AZ-900 exam.
Duration: 1 Day
Live Virtual Instructor Led Course
This is an advanced, expert-level course. Although not required to attend, students are strongly encouraged to have taken and passed another associate level certification in the security, compliance and identity portfolio (such as AZ-500, SC-200 or SC-300) before attending this class. This course prepares students with the expertise to design and evaluate cybersecurity strategies in the following areas: Zero Trust, Governance Risk Compliance (GRC), security operations (SecOps), and data and applications. Students will also learn how to design and architect solutions using zero trust principles and specify security requirements for cloud infrastructure in different service models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS).
This course is designed to build your foundation in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management application knowledge. This course will cover the most important features and functionalities needed by Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant including: The product information and how to configure, create, and manage your product and inventory. Supply chain management configuration and processing. The transportation management features, and the warehouse management features. Quality management and quality control functionalities. Master planning configuration and processing. This course includes lectures and several hands-on exercises. The exercises will be introduced to you in the form of a case study presented to a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant. Each exercise will be based on a business scenario followed by a question or discussion then a step-by-step guidance to perform the system related steps.
This course is designed to build your in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management application knowledge. This course will cover the most important features and functionalities needed by Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant including: The product information and how to configure, create, and manage your product and inventory. Supply chain management configuration and processing. The transportation management features, and the warehouse management features. Asset Management functionalities. Master planning configuration and processing. Sales and procurement processes. This course includes lectures and several hands-on exercises. The exercises will be introduced to you in the form of a case study presented to a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant, Expert. Each exercise will be based on a business scenario followed by a question or discussion then a step-by-step guidance to perform the system related steps.
This course covers methods and practices for implementing and managing enterprise-scale data analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric. Students will learn how to use Fabric dataflows, pipelines, and notebooks to develop analytics assets such as semantic models, data warehouses, and lakehouses.
This course is designed for experienced data professionals skilled at data preparation, modeling, analysis, and visualization, such as the PL-300: Power BI Data Analyst certification. Learners should have prior experience with one of the following programming languages: Structured Query Language (SQL), Kusto Query Language (KQL), or Data Analysis Expressions (DAX).
You could also consider these Applied Skills to skill up on data engineering technologies including lakehouse and data warehouse with Microsoft Fabric platform. Leverage the certification exam if you are a power BI data analyst who wants to demonstrate ability to perform upstream data ingestion and transformation skills to serve curated data assets. There is a significant overlap in skills measured in these credentials and certification. The certification measures a broader set of skills, including semantic data modeling while the Applied Skills credentials provide an opportunity for interactive, in-product validation of your skills:
– Implement a data warehouse with Microsoft Fabric (DP-602T00)
– Implement a Lakehouse with Microsoft Fabric (DP-601T00)
The Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator course explores how to design, implement, and operate an organization’s identity and access management systems by using Microsoft Entra ID. Learn to manage tasks such as providing secure authentication and authorization access to enterprise applications. You will also learn to provide seamless experiences and self-service management capabilities for all users. Finally, learn to create adaptive access and governance of your identity and access management solutions ensuring you can troubleshoot, monitor, and report on your environment. The Identity and Access Administrator may be a single individual or a member of a larger team. Learn how this role collaborates with many other roles in the organization to drive strategic identity projects. The end goal is to provide you knowledge to modernize identity solutions, to implement hybrid identity solutions, and to implement identity governance.
Candidates for this course automate time-consuming and repetitive tasks by using Microsoft Power Automate. They review solution requirements, create process documentation, and design, develop, troubleshoot, and evaluate solutions. Candidates work with business stakeholders to improve and automate business workflows. They collaborate with administrators to deploy solutions to production environments, and they support solutions.
This Applied Skill is so learners can build on their foundations before PL-500:
– Create and Manage Model-Driven Apps with Power Apps and Dataverse (PL-7003)
The Microsoft Power Platform helps organizations optimize their operations by simplifying, automating and transforming business tasks and processes. In this course, students will learn how to design, develop, test, and troubleshoot solution components that use the extension points of Microsoft Power Platform. You use traditional code to solve challenges not appropriate with low-code.
The below Applied Skills help meet the prerequisites for the PL-400. You can also take the Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant (PL-200T00) as a prerequisite:
– Create and Manage Model-Driven Apps with Power Apps and Dataverse (PL-7003)
– Create and Manage Automated Processes by using Power Automate (PL-7002)
– Create and Manage Canvas Apps with Power Apps (PL-7001)
This course will teach you to use Microsoft Power Platform solutions to simplify, automate, and empower business processes for organizations in the role of a Functional Consultant. A Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant is responsible for creating and configuring apps, automations, and solutions. They act as the liaison between users and the implementation team. The functional consultant promotes utilization of solutions within an organization. The functional consultant may perform discovery, engage subject matter experts and stakeholders, capture requirements, and map requirements to features. They implement components of a solution including application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and simple visualizations. This course may contain a 1-day Applied Workshop. This workshop will allow you to practice your Functional Consultant skills by creating an end-to-end solution to solve a problem for a fictitious company. The solution will include a Microsoft Dataverse database, Power Apps canvas app, and Power Automate flows.
You could also consider these Applied Skills which offer practical validation for building solutions in Power Platform. While they may not be considered advanced partner skills, they are ideal for learners new to Power Platform or consultants in training.
– Create and Manage Automated Processes by using Power Automate (PL-7002)
– Create and Manage Canvas Apps with Power Apps (PL-7001)
– Create and Manage Model-Driven Apps with Power Apps and Dataverse (PL-7003)
The Solution Architect is responsible for the successful design, implementation, deployment and adoption of an overall solution. The Solution Architect ensures that the solution meets the customer’s needs now and in the future. In this course, students will learn about decisions a Solution Architect makes during an implementation, covering security, integrations, Power Apps architecture, Power Automate architecture, and more. This course is designed to give you an introduction to the Solution Architect role.
This 1-day course teaches IT professionals who have experience with SAP solutions how to use Azure resources that include setting up and configuration of SAP environments in Azure for virtual machines, virtual networks, storage accounts, and Microsoft Entra ID. Learners will also explore backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring of SAP systems in Azure. Learn through the application of concepts, scenarios, and procedures through hands-on labs using Azure Center for SAP solutions.
This learning path prepares you for the task of migrating SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Database.
You ll learn how to assess SQL Server components and compatibility for migration using the Azure SQL Migration Extension and Database Migration Assistant. This training guides you through the process of provisioning and configuring Azure SQL Database resources. You gain hands-on experience in choosing the best migration option to meet business requirements for downtime, handling migration state, and monitoring database migration.
Additionally, you ll also learn to perform post-migration tasks like disaster recovery and monitoring for Azure SQL Database. These skills are essential for ensuring a smooth, efficient transition to Azure SQL Database, and maintaining its operation post-migration.
Please note Learners will be put into a team of 5, where they will collaborate throughout the hack. If you wish to book a dedicated team of 5 the price is £7,500 +vat.
This course prepares IT professionals to become Collaboration Communications Systems Engineers. Participants will learn how to plan, configure, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Microsoft Teams-based collaboration systems, including Teams Phone, Microsoft Teams Rooms, Teams Premium, and other certified devices. Learners will engage in hands-on labs and real-world scenarios that emphasize secure collaboration practices like least privilege access, identity protection, conditional access, and threat monitoring using Microsoft Defender and Teams admin tools. By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
– Design and implement Teams Phone with PSTN connectivity (Calling Plans, Operator Connect, Direct Routing)
– Manage Teams meetings, webinars, and town halls
– Configure Microsoft Teams Rooms and Surface Hub devices
– Monitor and optimize performance using Teams admin tools, PowerShell, and the Call Quality Dashboard
– Apply identity and access management best practices
This course teaches IT Professionals experienced in SAP solutions how to leverage Azure resources that include deployment and configuration of virtual machines, virtual networks, storage accounts, and Azure AD that includes implementing and managing hybrid identities. Students of this course will learn through concepts, scenarios, procedures, and hands-on labs how to best plan and implement migration and operation of an SAP solution on Azure. Your will receive guidance on subscriptions, create and scale virtual machines, implement storage solutions, configure virtual networking, back up and share data, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement Azure Active Directory, secure identities, and monitor your solution.
This course is designed as an introduction to Power BI for data analysis and reporting. Skills include connecting to data and basic data preparation tasks using Power Query, designing report pages for optimal user experience, and exploring how Copilot in Power BI aids the report development process.
This learning path examines the key Microsoft 365 security and compliance features that administrators must prepare in order to successfully implement Microsoft 365 Copilot.
The Information Security Administrator course equips you with the skills needed to plan and implement information security for sensitive data using Microsoft Purview and related services. The course covers essential topics such as information protection, data loss prevention (DLP), retention, and insider risk management. You learn how to protect data within Microsoft 365 collaboration environments from internal and external threats. Additionally, you learn how to manage security alerts and respond to incidents by investigating activities, responding to DLP alerts, and managing insider risk cases. You also learn how to protect data used by AI services within Microsoft environments and implement controls to safeguard content in these environments.
This course will teach the basics of Microsoft’s dialect of the standard SQL language: Transact-SQL. Topics include both querying and modifying data in relational databases that are hosted in Microsoft SQL Server-based database systems, including: Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Microsoft Fabric.
Unlock the power of group collaboration with our Certified Facilitation Course. Whether you’re new to facilitation or looking to deepen your practice, this course equips you with practical tools, frameworks, and confidence to lead engaging, effective sessions.
Two Day Course:
This immersive, certified 2-day workshop is designed to elevate your facilitation capabilities while nurturing emotional intelligence and strengthening core human skills.
Through interactive exercises, you’ll gain hands-on experience, refine your skills, and enhance emotional intelligence while practicing facilitation in a supportive, feedback-rich environment.
Led by Stuart Young, a leading visual practitioner and expert in facilitation, this workshop includes unique visual thinking techniques to enhance your facilitation toolkit and empower your practice.
Throughout the course all participants will have the opportunity to demonstrate their facilitation skills in a safe and fun environment, offering opportunities for feedback and growth.
Key areas
– Setting the Stage
– Understanding the Group’s Context and Needs
– Agile Framework Values and Principles
– The Orientation of a Facilitator-From the Front
– Visual Thinking Skills Deep Dive
– The Orientation of a Facilitator-From the Back
– The Orientation of a Facilitator-From the Inside
– Co-Facilitation
– Facilitating Through Conflict
– Forwarding the Action
This learning path guides you in securing Azure services and workloads using Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark controls in Microsoft Defender for Cloud via the Azure portal.
This course provides IT Security Professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to implement security controls, maintain an organization’s security posture, and identify and remediate security vulnerabilities. This course includes security for identity and access, platform protection, data and applications, and security operations.
You could also consider the below Applied Skills courses to provide real-world experience for security tasks covered in the AZ-500 course:
– Secure Azure services and workloads with Microsoft Defender for Cloud regulatory compliance controls (SC-5002)
– Secure storage for Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage (AZ-1003)
In this learning path, you practice storing business data securely by using Azure Blob Storage and Azure Files. The skills validated include creating storage accounts, storage containers, and file shares. Also, configuring encryption and networking to improve the security posture.
In this course, learners will discover how to apply generative AI to streamline daily tasks, enhance decision-making, and drive meaningful business outcomes. Learners will understand how to use Microsoft 365 Copilot and its functionalities to improve their productivity. The course focuses on real-world use cases—no coding required—making it ideal for those who want to confidently integrate AI into their work.
This Learning Path examines no-code agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and SharePoint and explores how Microsoft 365 business users can create, manage, and use them.
Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered assistant that helps you accomplish more, whether you’re working on personal projects or professional tasks. In this course, you’ll get a high-level introduction to Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot, learn about their capabilities, identify tasks they can support, and understand how they work behind the scenes. You’ll also gain practical skills in writing effective prompts to generate useful, relevant results. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to use Microsoft Copilot to enhance your productivity by effectively managing your tasks and creating new content based on your prompts.
This course is ideal for those who are new to Microsoft Copilot or generative AI and want to understand how these tools can enhance their everyday work and personal projects. Whether you’re a student, a professional, or simply curious about AI, this course offers a beginner-friendly introduction to the capabilities of Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Learners who take this course are looking to boost their productivity by learning how to interact effectively with AI. They may be exploring ways to streamline tasks, generate content, or manage their workload more efficiently. With a focus on practical skills like writing effective prompts and understanding how Copilot works, this course empowers users to confidently integrate AI into their daily routines.
This course explores how to work smarter with Copilot in Microsoft Fabric. Learn how to integrate, transform, store data, and create insightful reports using Copilot in Microsoft Fabric.
