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NancyTandy — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:00:00 GMT

AI’s rapid evolution is reshaping how work gets done, and that means it’s also transforming the job market. The Adecco Group, a global leader in workforce solutions that supports more than 100,000 companies in over 60 countries and regions, understands firsthand the increasing demand for AI skills. The company recognizes a clear need to skill up for and adopt AI pervasively. This applies not only internally to improve its own business operations but also externally to help its job seekers and candidates build the AI skills needed to remain relevant in today’s labor market.

With this dual challenge in mind, The Adecco Group launched a comprehensive AI strategy that focused on four key areas: sales and demand generation, operational efficiency, product development, and customer experience. The company incorporated this strategy into its overall learning culture, embedding AI across operations to automate tasks and equipping employees with the skills to apply AI effectively in daily work and client interactions.

The results are significant. Recruiters have increased productivity by 63%, the company’s AI-driven CV Maker has generated more than 200,000 résumés, and 30,000 employees have completed responsible AI training. Microsoft 365 Copilot has helped the company to streamline internal operations, particularly in recruitment and administrative tasks, freeing time for more strategic work.

The Adecco Group remains committed to leading the way with AI skill-building, helping to ensure that its workforce is prepared for the opportunities ahead. To find out how The Adecco Group’s success can inspire your organization, read the new case study, The Adecco Group’s AI skilling strategy fuels productivity with Microsoft Copilot.

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LibertyMunson — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:00:00 GMT

We’re looking for people who have experience with GitHub administration to take our new beta exam. Do you have subject matter expertise in supporting GitHub Enterprise for users and key stakeholders, managing user identities and GitHub authentication, and describing how GitHub is deployed, distributed, and licensed? Are you responsible for managing access and permissions, enabling secure software development, helping to ensure compliance, and managing GitHub Actions?

If this is your skill set, we have a new Certification for you. The GitHub Administration Certification validates your expertise in these areas and offers you the opportunity to prove your skills. To earn this Certification, pass Exam GH-100: GitHub Administration, currently in beta.

Is this the right Certification for you?

This Certification could be a great fit if you’re a system administrator, software developer, application administrator, or IT professional with intermediate-level experience in GitHub Enterprise administration. It highlights your expertise in repository management, workflow optimization, and efficient collaboration to support successful projects on GitHub, along with your ability to optimize and manage a healthy GitHub environment.

Why earn a GitHub Certification?

GitHub Certifications offer professionals, teams, and organizations a globally recognized way to validate GitHub expertise and to stand out in a rapidly shifting digital landscape. These credentials are a signal of deep technical proficiency, real-world readiness, and alignment with in-demand job roles across the tech ecosystem. Whether you're an individual looking to boost your career or an enterprise enabling team growth, GitHub Certifications allow you to verify critical skills across the GitHub platform—from foundational collaboration workflows to advanced DevOps practices.

Where can you find GitHub exams and credentials?

GitHub Learn and Microsoft Learn are working together to enhance your GitHub learning experience. Our GitHub exams are now available on Pearson VUE via Microsoft Learn, bringing a more unified and accessible experience to learners worldwide. If you already use Microsoft Learn, you can more easily discover and engage with GitHub topics. From exploring Certifications to registering, scheduling, and taking exams, everything is now streamlined through a single ecosystem. Plus, in August 2025, you’ll be able to push your GitHub credentials to your Microsoft Learn profile so you can find all of your credential records in one place.

Ready to prove your skills?

Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam GH-100 (beta) on or before July 20, 2025, can get 80% off market price.

To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use code GH100Hoyt. This is not a private access code. The seats are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. As noted, you must take the exam on or before July 20, 2025. Please note that this beta exam is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China.

Get ready to take Exam GH-100 (beta):

Review the GitHub Administration Certification page for details. The Exam GH-100 study guide alerts you to key topics covered on the exam.
Want even more in-depth training? Connect with our training partners, who are also trusted GitHub partners, offering best-in-class exam preparation to help you reach your full potential.
Need other preparation ideas? Check out my blog post, Just How Does One Prepare for Beta Exams?

Did you know that you can take any role-based exam online? Online delivered exams—taken from your home or office—can be less hassle, less stress, and even less worry than traveling to a test center, especially if you’re adequately prepared for what to expect. To find out more, read my post, Online proctored exams: What to expect and how to prepare.

The rescore process starts on the day an exam goes live, and final scores for beta exams are released approximately 10 days after that. For details on the timing of beta exam rescoring and results, check out my post, Creating high-quality exams: The path from beta to live.

Ready to get started?

Remember, the number of spots is limited to the first 300 candidates taking Exam GH-100 (beta) on or before July 20, 2025.

Related announcements

Explore GitHub Learn, our new hub, offering the latest GitHub training resources and curated content for developers and organizations.

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NancyTandy — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:00:00 GMT

According to the LinkedIn Learning Workplace Learning Report 2024, “Tomorrow’s success requires skills agility—harnessing the right skills at the right time for the right work.” And if you’re aiming to earn a Microsoft Certification, you’re building and validating just that—your skills agility.

Earning a Microsoft Certification not only helps you stay current with the latest technology but can also equip you with the skills and best practices to effectively tackle real-world challenges in your chosen role. Certifications align to the job roles that organizations rely on most, enabling them to identify talent like yours and helping them to remain competitive. These Certifications can serve as a powerful testament to your dedication and proficiency and can help open doors to begin or advance your rewarding career in technology.

How can you prepare to pass a Microsoft Certification exam?

Start with Microsoft Learn for Organizations, where you can find Microsoft Learn training opportunities and resources curated for team members who want to skill up to earn Microsoft Credentials—including Microsoft Certifications. From skill-building playbooks and kits to thought leadership articles, Official Plans on Microsoft Learn, e-books, learning hubs, and more, Microsoft Learn for Organizations provides what you and your colleagues need to train and build your skills to earn a Certification. As you prepare for a Certification exam, you can especially benefit from Course Videos on Microsoft Learn.

What do Course Videos offer?

Although they don’t replace the need for training, the free, on-demand videos in this growing library can help elevate your learning as you deepen and reinforce your knowledge, regardless of your experience level, before you take a Certification exam. Recently refreshed with a new look and easier navigation, this collection of video sessions thoroughly covers Microsoft Official Course content. Microsoft Certified Trainers provide expert guidance and insights, offer in-depth explanations, and establish key concepts. Each video maps to specific modules, in manageable segments (typically ranging from 15 to 60 minutes), so you can absorb the information at your own pace, when it fits into your schedule.

Which technology and roles do Course Videos cover?

If you’re new to Microsoft technology, choose from beginner-friendly videos that cover exam content and offer the foundational knowledge you need to get up to speed. Explore the basics, and build fundamental skills on Azure, data and AI, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Power Platform, and Microsoft Security.

After you've watched the videos, reinforced your skills, and become familiar with the technology, you can take the associated fundamentals exam. When you pass the exam, you earn a Fundamentals Certification that never expires.

Then dive into more advanced content to deepen your expertise and take your skills to the next level. You can even find Course Videos by product and role. Select your role to discover a series of relevant videos, including:

Azure infrastructure. Learn how to build and manage applications in the cloud, on-premises, and at the edge, whether as an Azure administrator, network engineer, or solutions architect.
Azure data and AI. Find out how to build large-scale analytics solutions or manage your organization’s data and AI as an AI engineer, data analyst, database administrator, data engineer, data scientist, or developer.
Azure digital apps and innovation. Discover how to migrate your organization’s applications to the cloud, build cloud-native applications that use cutting-edge technologies, such as AI and IoT, gain insights from data analytics, and quickly develop and deploy new applications as an AI engineer, developer, or DevOps engineer.
Microsoft 365 Copilot. Find out how Copilot can help you efficiently draft documents, analyze data, manage communications, and automate routine tasks as an administrator, business user, or user enablement specialist.
Microsoft Security. Learn how to plan and implement modern cybersecurity strategies, architecture, processes, and technology as a cybersecurity architect, identity and access administrator, or security engineer.

What else does Microsoft Learn offer?

In addition to the Certification exam prep, flexibility, and expert guidance offered by the video sessions, Microsoft Learn points you to supplementary opportunities and resources to support and reinforce your learning. These include popular learning hubs, training, community, and more—all aimed at helping you to deepen your knowledge and build confidence in your skills as you prepare to earn a Certification. You can even take Practice Assessments on Microsoft Learn to help gauge your exam readiness and identify further areas of study.

Find more exam prep resources in the Exam Readiness Zone, where experts share tips, tricks, and strategies for your Certification exams. In each episode, trainers help you identify the key knowledge and skills measured on a given exam, explain how to allocate your study time, and point out objectives that test takers might find difficult.

Explore the updated Course videos resources

This collection of expert-led video content and supporting materials can help you solidify your knowledge and build your skills agility. Discover them at your own pace, and make the most of these curated resources as you gear up to take and pass an exam to earn a Microsoft Certification. Be sure to check out Course Videos on Microsoft Learn.

After you’ve worked through the resources in this post and are prepared to take an exam, find specific exam and Certification information, including exam scheduling, on Microsoft Certifications.

When you’ve passed the exam and earned your Certification, be sure to stay current on the latest technology and keep your Certification up to date by renewing within six months of the Certification expiration date.

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jeanaj — Mon, 19 May 2025 19:09:37 GMT

Jeana Jorgensen: Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Learning

Curtis Lee: Vice President, Azure Experiences & Ecosystems

Microsoft Learn is committed to empowering individuals and organizations with the skills needed to innovate, adapt, and thrive in the AI economy.

We’re excited to share how we’re evolving the way you learn using AI to enable faster skill acquisition personalized to your needs. We’re also announcing the availability of new Microsoft Applied Skills that range from beginner scenarios to equip aspiring professionals with practical tools to kickstart their careers, to new AI-focused scenarios that help you accelerate app development with GitHub Copilot. And, we’re sharing how you can enter to win a free certification exam as part of the AI Skills Fest Challenge!

Grow your skills faster with AI-assisted learning

Microsoft Learn uses AI to help you build your skills with features that adapt to your learning needs and preferences. At this year’s Microsoft Build, May 19–22, 2025, we’re sharing four more ways that you can benefit from the power of AI on Microsoft Learn. Here’s an introduction to these features.

1. Get personalized assistance with Ask Learn, now expanding across Microsoft Learn

Last November at Ignite, we announced Ask Learn, our AI assistant. Initially available to support your training on Microsoft Learn, Ask Learn is now expanding to all documentation to help you find answers and troubleshoot faster. Available in Microsoft Azure documentation now, and expanding further in the coming weeks, Ask Learn will also factor in your interactions as you move through the site to refine your experience. So whether you are looking to understand the potential use cases for Agentic AI, which model to use in Azure AI Foundry for your latest project, or the steps to follow to complete tasks with Microsoft products, Ask Learn provides personalized assistance.

To get real-time advice and support while you learn—right from within any training topic and in Azure documentation—just click the “Ask Learn” button and write your prompt. Try it now on the Azure App Service documentation page or explore your favorite training topic on Microsoft Learn.

Click the Ask Learn button to get advice as you learn from our AI assistant in training and documentation.

2. Learn where you code—with Ask Learn in Visual Studio Code (coming soon!)

Ask Learn is also coming to Visual Studio Code as an extension and you can request early access. Whether you’re new to development or an experienced developer, you’ll soon be able to seamlessly transition from learning about topics on Microsoft Learn to putting them to work. Within Visual Studio Code, Ask Learn will provide:

Coaching on concepts. Want to learn when you should apply one development technique vs another? Get digestible, bite-sized guidance to help you make better decisions and improve the quality of your code.
Step-by-step instruction. Trying to accomplish a specific task and want help? Ask Learn connects you to the right information right when and where you need it.
A dynamic development experience. Have a question while you’re building your next feature? Dynamically switch between coding in Visual Studio Code and learning with Ask Learn, whenever you need to.

To request early access, you can submit your information at aka.ms/AskLearnInVSCode

Use Ask Learn in Visual Studio Code for step-by-step guidance within your development environment.

3. Quickly create learning plans tailored to your specific needs

At Microsoft Ignite, we announced AI-generated plans to quickly curate the best training tailored for your individual needs. Over the coming days and weeks, we’ll be rolling out improvements to enhance the experience further, allowing you to:

Prepare for specific credentials. Customize your plan with credential study guide content aligned to Certifications and Applied Skills to help you achieve your aspirations.
Improve fine-tuning. You’ll be able to generate plans that mix and match modules across learning paths based on your exact scenario, along with enhancements to how you edit, save and share plans.
Create group plans. Whether you’re looking to help a team or group keep pace with technology, get project-ready, or develop their professional skills, you’ll be able to generate a plan to meet your team’s needs.

You can get started generating plans today, and these additional enhancements will be rolling out over the next few weeks. At aka.ms/LearnAtBuild you can also access pre-made plans on key topics from Microsoft Build with guided learning from Microsoft and GitHub.

Choose a goal to start creating an AI-generated learning plan.

4. Improve your focus with AI-powered assessments

Microsoft Learn now offers an improved experience to help you gain real-time insights into your competencies as you complete modules. You can test your knowledge more thoroughly with an increased number of questions generated dynamically with AI. As you pass each one of these module assessments, it helps build a more complete picture of your progress through a given topic, which can be seen on a learner transcript you can share with your employer for credit. This feature is rolling out now and will expand to all modules on Microsoft Learn over the next several weeks. Test your knowledge with Microsoft Learn module assessments.

Test your knowledge at the end of training modules to gain real-time insights.

Introducing new Microsoft Applied Skills—now featuring beginner level, GitHub Copilot, and AI scenarios

As you build skills on Microsoft Learn, consider demonstrating your expertise with Microsoft Applied Skills. These credentials validate your knowledge of Microsoft products and services through practical application to real-world scenarios, enabling you to succeed in your job or advance your career with confidence.

According to IDC¹, scenario- and project-based skills are increasingly used to hire and promote employees, with more than 60% of organizations highlighting that micro-credentials like Applied Skills allow them to test and validate specific technical skills. We have two significant updates to help learners at all stages prove their skills and advance their careers.

1. New beginner-level Applied Skills

If you’re a student, just starting out, or changing career, check out our new beginner-level Applied Skills that help you apply and validate foundational skills in cloud and emerging technologies. Gain practical experience to establish a strong foundation for your career.

The new beginner-level Applied Skills scenarios include, with more coming soon:

2. Expanded Applied Skills for AI scenarios, including GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot has been paving the way for worldwide adoption of generative AI, and we are excited to offer a new credential designed to accelerate app development with GitHub Copilot. In addition, there are now more credentials on Copilot to help you demonstrate your ability to build, extend, and automate with AI—skills that are increasingly in demand across industries.

The new intermediate-level Applied Skills scenarios include:

Accelerate app development by using GitHub Copilot
Create agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio
Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with declarative agents by using Visual Studio Code*

*Coming soon

Explore all Applied Skills on Microsoft Learn.

New Applied Skills for beginners, GitHub Copilot and AI scenarios.

Join the Microsoft AI Skills Fest Challenge for the chance to win a free Microsoft Certification exam

As you deepen your AI skills, be sure to participate in the Microsoft AI Skills Fest Challenge through May 28, 2025. It’s your chance to gain in-demand skills in agent creation, AI Security, Azure AI Foundry, GitHub Copilot, Fabric, and more, and you can enter the Challenge Sweepstakes for a chance to win a free Certification exam. Don’t miss out!

Unlock your potential

AI has the power to unlock your potential, and we can’t think of anything more rewarding than helping you build and prove your abilities—one skill at a time. We’re glad to share the ongoing updates to the Microsoft Learn portfolio of offerings and experiences, and we’re with you all along the way.

¹IDC InfoBrief, Sponsored by Microsoft, Skilling Up! Leveraging Full and Micro-Credentials for Optimal Skilling Solutions, Doc. #US52019124, June, 2024.

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dathre — Mon, 12 May 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Succeeding in today's evolving landscape of cloud, data, and AI requires ongoing education. Microsoft Learn offers state-of-the-art materials to enhance career advancement. Whether interested in AI, cloud computing, or development pathways, our new structured learning opportunities prepare you for upcoming technological innovations.

This guide is grouped into our top Azure cloud solution areas and highlights these skilling modalities:

Plans on Microsoft Learn: Guided learning for top Azure and AI tools and solutions that offer curated content, milestones, and automated reminders to keep you motivated.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days: Free, in-depth training sessions for building skills and expertise in Microsoft tools and services.

Azure Essentials Show: Bite-sized episodes that offer practical guidance, technical insights, and hands-on cloud solutions.

Microsoft Learn training modules: Interactive, self-paced tutorials to help learners at any level develop skills.

On-demand training and events: Interactive workshops, videos, and more.

Credentials and certifications

Build groundbreaking solutions on the Azure AI platform

Plans on Microsoft Learn

Create agentic AI solutions by using Azure AI Foundry — Harness the latest agentic AI technologies as you learn to use Azure AI Foundry, build AI-driven agents, create custom Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions, and fine-tune models to optimize performance for your applications.

Find the best model for your generative AI solution with Azure AI Foundry — Find and deploy the best models for generative AI solutions using Azure AI Foundry. Learn to enable multimodal models, select and benchmark models, evaluate performance metrics, and build multimodal applications with Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI Service.

Build secure and responsible AI solutions and manage generative AI lifecycles — This plan introduces AI security and responsible AI practices to enhance the security of AI environments. You’ll learn to evaluate and improve generative AI outputs, assess risks with Azure AI Foundry, and mitigate harmful content using Azure AI Content Safety.

Microsoft Learn training modules

Develop AI Agents on Azure

Credential

Create an intelligent document processing solution with Azure AI Document Intelligence

Migrate, innovate and secure for efficiency and scalability on Azure

Plans on Microsoft Learn

Migrate and Secure Windows Server Workloads on Azure — This plan equips you with the skills to migrate and manage Windows Server workloads on Azure. You’ll learn to move on-premises workloads to Azure, integrate hybrid environments with Azure Arc, and use Azure tools for monitoring, backup, identity management, and governance.

Migrate Windows Server workloads and VMware solutions to be AI-ready — Learn how to migrate Windows Server workloads and VMware resources to Azure, including deploying Azure VMware Solution. You'll also explore integrating hybrid environments with Azure Arc and mastering monitoring, backup, identity management, and governance for Azure administrators.

Migrate Linux and PostgreSQL workloads to maximize workload performance — Explore the migration of Linux and PostgreSQL workloads to Azure and discover the services Azure offers for Linux environments. Learn to create, configure, and connect to Linux workloads, leverage IaaS and PaaS solutions, and migrate with enhanced scalability, security, and privacy.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days

Migrate and Secure Windows Server and SQL Server Workloads

Migrate Linux and PostgreSQL to Azure

On-demand training and events

Migrate to Innovate: Be AI Ready, Be Secure

Leverage large-scale cloud data analysis to drive decision-making

Plans on Microsoft Learn

Elevate your Microsoft Fabric data engineering skills: Prepare for Exam DP-700 — Build expertise in Microsoft Fabric, including its architecture, data ingestion, transformation, and storage solutions. Learn data processing with Apache Spark, implement analytics and real-time intelligence, optimize performance, and secure data access. Prepare for Exam DP-700 to earn the Fabric Data Engineer Associate Certification.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days

Implement a Lakehouse with Microsoft Fabric

Implement Data Security with Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Learn training modules

Implement operational databases in Microsoft Fabric

Get started with SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric

Create advanced AI software that transforms industries

Plans on Microsoft Learn

Practical Foundation for AI Agents: A Developer's Guide on Azure AI Foundry, Apps, and Data — Go beyond theory to master the essentials of data, AI, and applications for AI Agent Solutions. You'll learn to build end-to-end AI workflows with Azure AI Foundry, design intelligent AI agents, and integrate scalable Azure services for secure, high-performance AI applications.

From Enthusiasts to Enterprise Java: A Practitioner’s Guide — Gain the skills to deploy, manage, and optimize Java applications on Azure using modern cloud-native approaches. You’ll learn containerization, Kubernetes, and Azure services while applying FinOps principles, cloud governance, and architectural best practices for scalable, cost-efficient solutions.

From Kubernetes to Enterprise-Grade AKS: A Practitioner's Guide — Discover how to efficiently run Kubernetes workloads in the cloud using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). You’ll learn to deploy and scale cloud-native applications, enhance security and cost efficiency, and automate operations while mastering Kubernetes fundamentals and best practices.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days

Build an AI App with Azure using RAG

Migrate and Modernize your Apps for AI-powered Solutions

Develop Your Own Custom Copilots with Azure AI

Azure Essentials Show

Build Intelligent Apps on Azure

Streamline the development process and reduce time-to-market

On-demand training and events

Azure AI Developer Hackathon

Microsoft Reactor series: Python + AI

Microsoft Reactor series: GitHub Copilot Bootcamp

Optimize your SAP environment for maximum performance

Plans on Microsoft Learn

Migrate SAP on Azure for business transformation — Gain the skills to manage SAP workloads on Azure for optimal performance and scalability. Learn about SAP solutions on Azure, deploy SAP HANA on memory-intensive VMs, integrate key Azure services, and plan migrations for on-premises or RISE with SAP workloads.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days

Migrate and Modernize SAP on the Microsoft Cloud ?

Microsoft Learn training modules

Run SAP on the Microsoft Cloud

Azure Essentials resources help improve Azure and AI cost efficiency and performance of workloads

Plans on Microsoft Learn

Manage Cost Efficiency of Azure and AI investments — Gain a comprehensive understanding of financial best practices, strategic pricing, and tools to optimize your Azure and AI investments. Learn how FinOps enhances efficiency, explore Azure pricing offers, and master budgeting and cost calculation for your cloud deployments.

Improve Resiliency and Security of Azure and AI workloads

Deepen AI and Azure Skills to Manage, Optimize and Secure projects -- Dive deep into how to architect, operate, and secure workloads and environments for resiliency, security, and performance, by using best practice tools and frameworks.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days

Mastering Essentials of Reliability, Security, and Performance on Azure

There’s always more to learn with Azure

Get started on your Azure learning journey and access even more skilling resources by visiting Microsoft Learn. We’ll also have some exciting announcements at this year’s Microsoft Build, May 19-22 in Seattle, so register now!

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ShirleyseHaley — Thu, 08 May 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Advance your expertise with our revamped Security hub

Designed for learners at all levels, this centralized hub is your go-to resource for Security technical skilling content, making it easier to pursue your unique security objectives.

Find expert guidance aligned to your security journey. Whether you need to build foundational security skills, gain specialized knowledge, or prove your capabilities with Microsoft Credentials, get the guidance you need.

Explore the latest resources organized by security focus area. Learn to understand advances in Zero Trust, identity and access, security operations, IT security, and much more.

Connect with like-minded communities, partners, and other thought leaders. Join the conversation and get inspired to level up your skills and knowledge.

Find the latest technical skilling content with the Security hub on Microsoft Learn.

Hone your information security skills with Certification SC-401

Designed specifically for data security and information protection professionals, our new Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Certification validates the skills needed to plan and implement information security for sensitive data by using Microsoft Purview and related services. It also validates the skills needed to mitigate risks from internal and external threats by protecting data inside collaboration environments that are managed by Microsoft 365. Plus, it verifies subject matter expertise needed to participate in information security incident responses.

You can earn this new Certification by passing Exam SC-401: Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365.

We’re also retiring the Microsoft Certified: Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate Certification and its related Exam SC-400: Administering Information Protection and Compliance in Microsoft 365. The Certification, related exam, and renewal assessments will all be retired on May 31, 2025.

Learn how to better secure AI in our Learn Live Series

As organizations develop, use, and increasingly rely on AI applications, they must address new and amplified security risks. Are you prepared to secure your environment for AI adoption? How about identifying threats to your AI and safeguarding data?

Watch Learn Live: Security for AI with Microsoft Purview and Defender for Cloud.

In this month-long webinar series, IT pros and security practitioners can hone their security skillsets with a deeper understanding of AI-centric challenges, opportunities, and best practices using Microsoft Security solutions.

Learn Live dates/topics include:

On Demand – Manage AI Data Security Challenges with Microsoft Purview: Microsoft Purview helps you strengthen data security in AI environments, providing tools to handle challenges from AI technology. Learn to safeguard your data and adapt to evolving security challenges in AI technology. This session will help you:
- Understand sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Secure against generative AI data exposure with endpoint Data Loss Prevention
- Detect generative AI usage with Insider Risk Management
- Dynamically protect sensitive data with Adaptive Protection

On Demand – Manage Compliance with Microsoft Purview with Microsoft 365 Copilot: Use Microsoft Purview for compliance management with Microsoft 365 Copilot. You'll learn how to handle compliance aspects of Copilot's AI functionalities through Microsoft Purview. This session will teach you how to:

- Audit Copilot interactions within Microsoft 365 using Microsoft Purview

- Investigate Copilot interactions using Microsoft Purview eDiscovery

- Manage Copilot data retention with Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management

- Monitor and mitigate risks in Copilot interactions using Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance

On Demand– Identify and Mitigate AI Data Security Risks: Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI helps organizations monitor AI activity, enforce security policies, and prevent unauthorized data exposure. Learn how to configure DSPM for AI, track AI interactions, run data assessments, and apply security controls to reduce risks associated with AI usage. You will learn how to:

- Explain the purpose and benefits of DSPM for AI

- Set up and configure DSPM for AI to monitor AI interactions

- Identify and analyze AI security risks using reports and insights

- Run and review AI data assessments to detect oversharing risks

- Apply security policies, such as DLP and sensitivity labels, to protect AI-referenced data

May 13 at 10am PST – Enable Advanced Protection for AI Workloads with Microsoft Defender for Cloud: As organizations use and develop AI applications, they need to address new and amplified security risks. Prepare your environment for secure AI adoption to safeguard your data and identify threats to your AI. This session will help you:

- Understand what Defender for Cloud AI threat protection for AI is and how it works

- Enable threat protection workloads for AI

- Gain application and end user context for AI alerts

Discover the latest self-guided skilling content

To better support evolving Data Security needs, you can find a new learning path and several new modules on Microsoft Learn. In fact, some of these can help you prepare for our new SC-401 Certification.

New learning path:

Implement and manage data privacy solutions for compliance

New modules:

Get Started with identity and access labs

Protect sensitive data in a digital world

Review and analyze data classification and protection

Identify and mitigate AI data security risks

Understand Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management

Prepare for Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management

Create and manage Insider Risk Management policies

Understand Microsoft Priva

Implement and manage Microsoft Purview Privacy Risk Management

Implement and manage Microsoft Priva Subject Rights Requests

Manage user consent across digital platforms

Use Microsoft Priva Tracker Scanning for web tracking compliance

Automate privacy assessments to ensure compliance

Last day for AI Skills Fest Challenges

Last but not least, two new AI Skills Fest Challenges are now available to put your security skills to the test! Compete against your friends and coworkers, boost your understanding with easy-to-read instruction, and increase your marketable skills and career options.

The new challenges include:

Protect data in the age of AI

Learn how to navigate AI data risks in this Security challenge. Discover, protect, and govern your data estate using Microsoft Purview.

Prevent and respond to cyberattacks at the speed of AI

Learn how to safeguard your organization against modern risks with a streamlined SecOps platform supercharged by Microsoft AI and threat intelligence in this Challenge. Explore how Microsoft Security Copilot and Microsoft Defender XDR work together to increase productivity.

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PujaA — Wed, 07 May 2025 20:46:13 GMT

Welcome to the May?2025 edition of our Microsoft Credentials roundup, where we highlight the latest Microsoft Credentials portfolio news and updates to inspire and support your training and credential journey.

What’s new with Microsoft Applied Skills?

Microsoft Applied Skills are credentials that you can earn by completing practical, interactive assessments which demonstrate real-world proficiency in specific tasks.

Exciting updates to the Applied Skills user interface

Based on your feedback, we’ve made some key updates to improve the lab experience, including:

Full-screen lab view.?Maximize the lab environment as a full-screen workspace so you have more space to work.

Dark mode.?Switch to dark mode to match your visual preferences.

Improved time display.?Check out your lab progress, with the remaining time more prominently displayed.

Explore Applied Skills portfolio updates

We keep Applied Skills aligned with the latest product updates and trends. Our commitment to helping you build relevant, in-demand skills means that we periodically update or retire older assessments as we introduce new ones.

Assessments now available

We’re pleased to announce that the scheduled maintenance for the following assessments has been successfully completed with refreshed labs:

Build a natural language processing solution with Azure AI Language

Configure secure access to your workloads using Azure networking

Create an intelligent document processing solution with Azure AI Document Intelligence

Deploy and configure Azure Monitor

Develop an ASP.NET Core web app that consumes an API

Implement security through a pipeline using Azure DevOps

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

Secure storage for Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage

We’ve scheduled more assessments for maintenance, and they’ll be available for you in the coming months. Browse Applied Skills.

Retiring Applied Skills

On April 30, 2025, we retired the following Applied Skills:

Build distributed apps with .NET Aspire

Configure SIEM security operations using Microsoft Sentinel

Train and manage a machine learning model with Azure Machine Learning

And on May 15, 2025, we’re retiring the following Applied Skill:

Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Microsoft Azure

Watch for new credentials in these areas. To continue building your skills, explore other Applied Skills.

What’s new with Microsoft Certifications?

Retiring Certifications

As a reminder, the following Certifications are now retired or are being retired soon. To plan your learning journey, get more details at these links:

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification (Exam DP-203) was retired on March?31, 2025. Get more information, including a Q&A, in Prove your in-demand data engineering skills and champion AI innovation.

Microsoft Certified: Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate Certification (Exam SC-400) will be retired on May 31, 2025. Get more information, including a Q&A, in Validate critical information security skills with our new Certification.

Track updates to our Certifications portfolio on our Certifications poster.

Get the chance to win a free Certification exam voucher

Join us for Microsoft AI Skills Fest, a 50-day AI skill-building adventure, which runs through May 28, 2025! Technical professionals can win one of 50,000 free Certification exams as part of the Microsoft AI Skills Fest Challenge by entering the Microsoft AI Skills Fest Challenge Sweepstakes. Be sure to join an AI Skills Fest Challenge! For all the details, check out the Microsoft AI Skills Fest Challenge and sweepstakes official rules.

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jeanaj — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:54:38 GMT

By Jeana Jorgensen, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Learning

You did it! Thanks to you, our incredible community of learners, we’ve successfully earned the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS? title for the most users to take an online multi-level artificial intelligence lesson in 24 hours, with a total of 126,151 participants. As a team, we earned this title during the global kickoff celebration for the Microsoft AI Skills Fest on April?8, 2025, with learners of all levels, ages, and geographies. Thank you for letting us learn and grow with you.

This collective achievement is a testament to the power of community, commitment to learning, and spirit of innovation that drives us all. The record is a tribute to every person who is investing their time and energy to learn a new AI skill or help others build their AI

expertise.

Thank you for joining us

We’re so honored that you joined us for this global learning adventure. It’s truly inspiring to witness the impact of such dedication. Check out the highlights of the ceremony where Michael Empric, Guinness World Records Adjudicator, officially revealed the record.

Highlights of the ceremony where the record attempt results were revealed.

Showcase your achievement!

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Microsoft AI Skills Fest kickoff celebration on April?8, 2025. With your confirmed participation, you’ll receive an email, starting on May 1, 2025, with information on how to download the badge that verifies your participation in this exciting event. For any issues with your badge, review the AI Skills Fest Frequently Asked Questions. And remember to share your new record-setter status with your friends, colleagues, and network on LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and X.

Continue to build your AI skills

This achievement is just the beginning. The AI Skills Fest continues through May?28, 2025, and offers even more opportunities for you to add to your AI expertise.?

You can still join the AI Skills Fest Challenge—10 expertly curated topics, like simplifying everyday tasks, crafting effective prompts, creating AI-powered applications, developing AI chat apps, and using AI to secure your data. Regardless of your role, experience level, or specific AI interest, there’s something for everyone. For more details on the many learning experiences still available to you in the ongoing AI Skills Fest, read Continue deepening your AI skills.

Microsoft AI Skills Fest map.

Thank you again to all the learners, trainers, and partners who made earning this GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title possible. We’re excited to keep learning with you—one skill at a time. Keep up your momentum, explore the festival map, and make the most of the AI Skills Fest opportunities.

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SandraMarin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Our kickoff celebration’s 24-hour learning blitz was an amazing start to the Microsoft AI Skills Fest!

The festivities continue through May 28, 2025, and we’ve lined up multiple learning experiences for you. From self-paced tutorials and Microsoft Learn Challenges to live, in-person and online training sessions, hackathons, and community events, the AI Skills Fest has something for everyone.

Our festival map is your ultimate guide to navigating the event, showcasing all the incredible zones and experiences we have in store for you. Dive into the world of AI, explore different areas, and make the most of your AI Skills Fest journey.

This 50-day skill-building adventure offers you the chance to level up your AI skills so you can unleash your creativity, empowered by AI.

Everyone everywhere is invited

The AI Skills Fest is designed with you in mind, offering training for everyone, from novice to expert. Check out the many learning opportunities for various roles and interests:

Tech pros: Build your dream AI-powered solutions

Learn how to build AI-powered solutions by using Microsoft's AI apps and services. Gain skills and experience working with agents and AI platforms and learn more about AI resiliency and security.

Business professionals: Unlock the future

Find out how much easier your work life can be when you use Microsoft Copilot to simplify tasks and let your creativity loose!

Business leaders: Boost your team’s innovation

Empower your teams with AI skills for future success through curated upskilling opportunities.

Students and AI enthusiasts: Gain the skills to help you realize your vision

Explore technical skills to bring your ideas to life, with AI learning experiences for all skill levels and interests.

The Challenge Arena: Gain in-demand AI skills while having fun

If you want to compete with fellow learners, don’t miss the Microsoft AI Skills Fest Challenge, also running through May 28, 2025. Enjoy building new skills in a gamified environment. Plus, tech pros can take advantage of some fantastic Microsoft Certification offers!

The Challenge includes 10 expertly curated topics to help you build AI skills, like simplifying your everyday tasks, crafting effective prompts, creating AI-powered applications, developing AI chat apps, and using AI to secure your data.

Business professionals can learn how to solve typical work problems and streamline tasks with AI by creating effective prompts, along with how to develop an AI action plan to enhance productivity with Copilot. Explore the Treasure hunt for AI skills Challenge.

Educators can build the skills to bolster AI literacy, improve cybersecurity knowledge, gain expertise with Microsoft 365 tools, and integrate Minecraft into their curricula. Explore the Teaching toolkit and essentials for Educators Challenge.

Public sector employees can learn how to improve efficiency, decision-making, and service delivery by putting the transformative power of AI to work for them. Explore the AI for public sector upskilling Challenge.

Tech professionals can gain the skills to build stronger applications, optimize architecture and infrastructure, and analyze information to create apps and solutions that transform their work. Explore all the Challenges for technology professionals.

If you’re a tech professional, don’t miss the Microsoft AI Skills Fest Sweepstakes¹ for a chance to win one of 50,000 free Microsoft Certification exam vouchers. Winners will be selected at random in drawings from April 15 through May 28, 2025.

Build skills, along with confidence, and get certified

When you earn a professional certification, you demonstrate that you have the skills and experience needed to innovate and excel. Certifications can offer an advantage by providing globally recognized, industry-endorsed evidence of skills, technical abilities, and a willingness to embrace new technologies. Plus, according to Pearson VUE², 82% of candidates gained confidence to explore and pursue new job opportunities when they’ve earned an IT certification.

To help you get started or to continue on your certification path, in addition to the Challenge sweepstakes for tech pros, the AI Skills Fest offers other opportunities to earn Microsoft and GitHub certifications:

Get a 75% discount off of select Microsoft Certification exams via Microsoft Training Services Partners.

Get a 50% discount off of the GitHub Copilot certification exam via GitHub.

Find all the details for the certification offers in the Microsoft AI Skills Fest Frequently Asked Questions.

Make the most of your 50-day AI learning adventure

Take advantage of the many exciting offerings during the Microsoft AI Skills Fest. Regardless of your role, experience level, or specific AI interest, there’s something for everyone. Join this incredible learning adventure to unleash your creativity as you build and demonstrate AI skills that you can put to work now and in the future.

1 Microsoft AI Skills Fest Challenge sweepstakes details: No purchase necessary. Sweepstakes ends on May?28, 2025. Participants must be 18 years old or older to enter.

2 Pearson VUE 2025 Value of IT Certification Candidate Report.

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jeanaj — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:36:52 GMT

*Updated as of March 28, 2025.

And we’re live! The registration for the Microsoft AI Skills Fest is now open to everyone! Join us on April?8, 2025, as we kick off this global skilling event to bring learners of all levels, ages, and geographies together and attempt to earn a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS? title for most users to take an online multi-level artificial intelligence lesson in 24 hours.

We understand that the best way to learn something new is by taking it one step at a time, and learning AI is no exception. This is why we’re so excited to bring you the AI Skills Fest to help you gain valuable AI skills and to be part of a historic worldwide event. You can explore a diverse range of learning activities designed to help you build and enhance your business and technical AI proficiency—one skill at a time.

After the kickoff on April 8, 2025, you can continue building your expertise with 50 days of AI discovery and learning, through May?28, 2025.

Join us on April 8, 2025, to earn a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS^TM title!

We’ll kick things off in Australia at 9 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time on April 8, 2025, and finish at 4 PM Pacific Daylight Time on April 8, 2025, with engaging AI learning experiences scheduled around the globe.

While we know learning new things is a treat in itself, we thought it’d be extra fun for everyone participating on April 8 to be included in the attempt to earn a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS? title—a little “learn and earn” reward. Follow three simple steps to count your participation:

Register for the Microsoft AI Skills Fest.
On April?8, 2025, participate in one of the learning experiences that we’ve prepared for you. The details will be available on the event page shortly.
Confirm your participation before 4?PM Pacific Daylight Time on April 8, 2025. Instructions will be provided during the various learning experiences.

Check out all the learning experiences we've prepared for this day.

Unlock the future! Build the skills to stay ahead

After the Kickoff Celebration, the AI Skills Fest will continue for a total of 50 exciting days—through May 28, 2025—offering a wealth of training opportunities for learners of all skill levels and roles.

Whether you're a business leader, tech professional, business professional, student or general AI enthusiast, the AI Skills Fest offers curated learning experiences for you. Engage in deep dives, experiential content, hackathons, challenges, and practical sessions. By the end of your 50-day skill-building adventure, you’ll have all the confidence you need to level up your AI skills that can unleash your creativity and increase your efficiency. I mean, who doesn’t want a few extra free hours in your day, right?

Join us in making history and be part of the Microsoft AI Skills Fest, where you can build the skills you need to put AI to work for you. See you on April?8, 2025!

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michaelkophs — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:41:03 GMT

This blog series is designed to help you skill up on Microsoft?365 Copilot.. We hope you will make this your go-to source for the latest updates, resources, and opportunities in technical skill building for Microsoft?365 Copilot.

New Microsoft 365 Copilot training for business users:

On-demand training introducing business users to Copilot. Great for users new to Copilot!

Work smarter with AI - Training | Microsoft Learn

Get more done and unleash your creativity with Microsoft Copilot. In this learning path, you'll explore how to use Microsoft Copilot or Microsoft 365 Copilot to help you research, find information, and generate effective content.

On-demand training for business users looking to improve productivity in the apps they use every day:

Draft, analyze, and present with Microsoft 365 Copilot - Training | Microsoft Learn

This Learning Path 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.

On-demand training for business users that want to get started with AI-powered agents:

Transform your everyday business processes with no-code agents – Training | Microsoft Learn

This Learning Path examines no-code agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and SharePoint and explores how business users can create, manage, and use agents as their own AI-powered assistant.

New resources to accelerate your journey with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and agents to transform business processes:

Copilot Chat and agent starter kit

To support the announcement of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, we have updated the Copilot Success Kit and Copilot Success Kit for small and medium-sized businesses, which now includes a new agent starter kit with guidance and easy ways for your organization to get started with Copilot Chat and agentic functionality. You can find the latest assets and resources here to start your journey.

The Copilot Chat and Agent Starter Kit has a comprehensive set of guidance for both IT and end-users.

Agent overview guide

Learn how to quickly unlock the value of Copilot through agents. See the easiest ways to get started across Copilot Chat, SharePoint, and Microsoft Copilot Studio with lots of examples and templates that will help you quickly build and use your first agents.

IT Set up and Controls Guide

Get the latest on IT set up and controls guidance for Copilot Chat and agents. Manage access to Copilot Chat for your users and set up required data governance controls. Then set up access to agents including licensing and billing plans. Learn how to monitor and manage consumption.

See how everything comes to together with demonstrations and explanations about Copilot Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot, pay-as-you-go billing and how to set everything up.

Latest Agent Blogs

Catch up on the latest announcement from Satya Nadella and Jared Spataro announcing Copilot Chat here

Understand how pricing for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will work and what new capabilities we are announcing in Copilot Studio, to support it here

Copilot Chat and agents user resources

Share the Copilot Chat user training deck with users at your organization to introduce Copilot Chat and guide them on how to use it effectively

For dedicated guidance on using and creating agents, share the Agents in Copilot Chat handout.

Copilot Chat scenarios

We have launched new Copilot Chat (free) and agent (consumption) scenarios to the Scenario Library, with easy steps for each of your functional teams to get started.

Microsoft 365 Copilot AMA event for IT administrators (recap)

On-demand AMA on tools and techniques for preparing your data for Copilot

Prepare your data for Copilot: Essential tools and techniques

Learn how to address oversharing, integrate SharePoint Advanced Management, and utilize Microsoft Purview for secure and compliant data handling. Get practical guidance to ensure your data is ready for Copilot deployment, including insights from our Microsoft 365 Copilot deployment blueprint

On-demand AMA on how data flows through Microsoft 365 Copilot

Follow the prompt: How data flows through Microsoft 365 Copilot

Explore how Microsoft processes and protects your data with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Focus on enterprise data protection, responsible AI services, and orchestration in managing prompts. Learn about tools to prevent data loss and oversharing, and how Microsoft Graph Connectors and agents integrate external data sources to enhance Copilot skills and knowledge.

Join us at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference in Las Vegas, May 6-8

The Microsoft 365 Community Conference is your chance to keep up with AI, build game-changing skills, and take your career (and business) even further. With over 200 sessions, workshops, keynotes, and AMAs, you’ll learn directly from the experts and product-makers who are reimagining what’s possible in the workplace.

Here’s what you can expect:

Meet one-on-one with the people who create Microsoft products—ask questions, share feedback, and discover real-world solutions

Explore Microsoft’s latest product updates and learn about what’s on the horizon

Build and sharpen skills you can use immediately to be more productive, creative, and collaborative with the Microsoft tools you use every day

Grow your network, dive deep, and have fun with the best community in tech

How to Register:

Buy tickets today and get ready to transform the way you work. Save $150 with our exclusive customer code SAVE150.

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jeanaj — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:43:37 GMT

*Updated as of March 28, 2025

The best way to learn something new is by taking it one step at a time. We know all this talk of AI can be overwhelming, so how about we take it one skill at a time? At Microsoft, our mission has always been to create technology that empowers others to innovate and solve real-world problems. And it’s no different with AI—we want to help you learn to use this powerful technology to make your life easier, especially as it becomes an integral part of our daily lives. Sometimes, starting is the hardest part, so we want to make that part simple for you.

This is why we’re excited to announce the Microsoft AI Skills Fest, a global event this April and May, designed to bring learners across the globe together to build their AI skills, from beginner explorers to the technologically gifted. Together, we can learn a new AI skill and maybe even set a groundbreaking record at the same time!

Everyone everywhere is invited

The AI Skills Fest is designed with you in mind, offering a wide variety of AI training for everyone, regardless of background or expertise. Join us to build your AI skills and unlock new opportunities for productivity, innovation, and growth.

Tech professionals. Learn how to quickly build AI-powered solutions using Microsoft's AI apps and services. Gain skills and experience working with agents, AI security, Azure AI Foundry, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Fabric, and more.

Business professionals. Find out how much easier your work life can be when you use Microsoft Copilot to simplify tasks and let your creativity loose!

Students. Explore technical skills to bring your ideas to life, with AI learning experiences for all skill levels and interests.

Business leaders. Empower your teams with AI skills for future success through curated upskilling opportunities.

Let’s earn a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS? title together on April?8, 2025!

The Microsoft AI Skills Fest will begin with a spectacular Kickoff Celebration on April?8, 2025. Starting in Australia at 9 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time and wrapping up in the United States at 4 PM Pacific Daylight Time, this 24-hour, globe-spanning event will feature a variety of AI learning activities designed to engage and inspire learners of all experience levels.

Together, we’ll have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attempt a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS? title for most users to take an online multi-level artificial intelligence lesson in 24 hours. Don’t miss this unique chance to learn, compete, and celebrate your achievements—and to be part of these unprecedented and record-setting global festivities.

Check out the learning experiences we've prepared for this day.

Mark your calendar and register now.

Deepen your skills over 50 days of AI learning

The celebration doesn't stop there! Following the kickoff, the AI Skills Fest will continue for 50 days— through May 28, 2025—offering a wide array of learning opportunities. Whether you're a tech professional, business leader, business professional, student, or AI enthusiast, there will be engaging and challenging training for you. Participate in hackathons, live in-person and virtual training, self-paced tutorials, on-demand training, community events, Microsoft Learn Challenges, and more.

Mark your calendar for 50 days of AI discovery and learning.

The countdown to make history together

Save the date, attempt a world record, and get ready to unlock the future with 50 days of AI discovery and learning. Read all the details and register now. Now let’s get learning!

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SandraMarin — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:00:00 GMT

Like many organizations around the world, at Microsoft we’re constantly exploring ways to put AI to work—discovering how it can benefit our customers and partners, our workforce, and our business. One of our key findings is that AI skills and fluency are critical for making the most of this powerful technology. So organizations that provide their team members (technical and non-technical alike) with opportunities to cultivate and practice AI skills and fluency are building a solid foundation for the future, setting themselves up to lead in the AI era, and laying the groundwork to deliver incredible value for their customers.

Microsoft Worldwide Learning Corporate Vice President Jeana Jorgensen understands this. She’s dedicated to inspiring and encouraging learners everywhere to build their digital skills so they can thrive in the era of AI. With her depth of knowledge and experience in this field, she recognizes that it can be challenging to plan modern and effective AI skill-building programs, that every organization’s path is unique, and that blueprints for successful AI training initiatives are scarce. Yet she has also witnessed firsthand that when new AI skills become daily habits, learners are more confident and empowered to achieve remarkable results—for themselves and for the business—and that this begins with training. In her blog post, Accelerate employee AI skilling: Insights from Microsoft, Jeana shares her insights about our internal employee skill-building initiatives. She offers practical ideas for skilling up your organization as you capitalize on the benefits of AI to support your employees and customers, create business value and growth, and foster innovation.

For actionable approaches to AI learning, Jeana recommends our new e-book, 10 Best Practices to Accelerate Your Employees’ AI Skills. This e-book offers detailed guidance to support you in implementing innovative and effective AI skill-building programs for the many roles and proficiency levels at your organization. It explores helpful perspectives, best practices, and key takeaways from our experience as the first users of Microsoft’s AI apps and services and as creators and implementers of our own learning programs. The e-book points out that “those who effectively prepare their teams will be well-positioned to lead with AI,” and it shines a light on some of the best ways that we’ve found to develop and carry out crucial AI training initiatives. From establishing the foundations and making learning fun to setting guidelines for responsible use and working with existing resources, the e-book provides practical tips and principles for setting up your internal training programs to help launch your organization’s AI transformation. Discover more useful guidance in 10 Best Practices to Accelerate Your Employees’ AI Skills.

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ShirleyseHaley — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:14:31 GMT

Keeping pace with today’s security challenges, changing business needs, and rapidly evolving technology starts with up-to-date and innovative training, which is why we’re glad to share the latest Microsoft Security skill-building resources and offerings.

Advance your expertise with the refreshed Security hub on Microsoft Learn

Redesigned for learners of all abilities, this centralized hub is your go-to resource for Microsoft Security skill-building content and resources. The hub is now even easier to explore for multiple focus areas and your unique learning objectives.

Find expert guidance aligned to your security journey. Whether you need to build foundational security skills, gain specialized knowledge, or prove your capabilities with Microsoft Credentials, get the guidance you need.

Explore the latest resources organized by security focus area. Discover advances in Zero Trust principles, identity and access, security operations, IT security, and much more.

Connect with like-minded communities, colleagues, partners, and thought leaders. Join the conversation and get inspired to level up your skills and knowledge.

Find the latest cybersecurity skill-building content on our Security hub.

Prove your real-world technical expertise with our latest Microsoft Applied Skills

Professionals who are focused on data security and threat protection can validate and differentiate their expertise by earning these new Microsoft Applied Skills:

Implement information protection and data loss prevention by using Microsoft Purview. Demonstrate your ability to implement Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, and prove that you can discover, classify, and protect sensitive data in Microsoft?365, effectively implementing data security. This Applied Skill is particularly relevant for information protection and compliance administrators and for security operations analysts.

Implement retention, eDiscovery, and Communication Compliance in Microsoft Purview. To earn this Applied Skill, validate your proficiency in working with Microsoft Purview. This credential could be an especially good fit for compliance administrators who are familiar with Microsoft?365 services and Microsoft Purview and who have experience administering compliance in Microsoft?365.

Defend against cyberthreats with Microsoft Defender?XD R. Earn this credential by demonstrating your ability to use Microsoft Defender?XDR to detect and respond to cyberthreats. Candidates for this Applied Skill should be familiar with investigating and gathering evidence about attacks on endpoints. They should also have experience using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Kusto Query Language (KQL).

Take the most up-to-date Microsoft Security Virtual Training Days

No matter the depth of your security skills, our free Microsoft Security Virtual Training Days can help you build on those skills and gain the technical abilities and knowledge that you need to enable employees to work securely and achieve more from anywhere.

To keep pace with today’s fast-moving security landscape, we’ve updated three of our most popular Virtual Training Days:

Modernize Your Security Operations with Microsoft Sentinel. Learn how to deploy Microsoft Sentinel security information and event management (SIEM), migrate your existing rules, and add content hub solutions, including data connectors, analytic rules, hunting queries, and workbooks. Get the details on how you can use these tools to detect, investigate, manage incidents, and hunt threats. Additionally, find out how to maximize your coverage and better manage costs. Plus, learn how Microsoft Security Copilot can help improve security operations teams’ response times, with features like guided response, natural language to KQL translation, and malicious script analysis.

Implement Data Security with Microsoft Purview. Discover how to identify sensitive data, pinpoint critical data security risks, and build targeted data loss protection measures with Microsoft Purview solutions, including Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, Insider Risk Management, and Adaptive Protection. Explore practical use cases and learn how to secure AI applications and identify organizational risks. Plus, find out how to secure your data and maintain the integrity of your information systems by using generative AI tools, including Microsoft?365 Copilot and third-party AI apps, as you implement dynamic measures to help prevent data leaks and address compliance in the era of AI.

Defend Against Threats with Extended Detection and Response. Learn how to investigate and mitigate cyberthreats with Microsoft Defender?XDR and Defender for Endpoint. Get an introduction to the unified security operations platform and find out how to deploy Microsoft Sentinel with Microsoft Defender?XDR and Defender for Endpoint. Explore ways to optimize your security operations center using Microsoft Sentinel SIEM, learn about cyberattack mechanisms through incidents and alerts, and get the details on how to automate incident management by using Microsoft Security Copilot.

Earn your wings: Microsoft Security Copilot Flight School

Building on the foundational learning in Learn Live: Get started with Microsoft Security Copilot, host Ryan Munsch, Principal Tech Specialist at Microsoft, explores several intermediate technical topics in our Flight School videos—ranging from what Microsoft Security Copilot is (and what it isn’t) to key capabilities, experiences, and how to extend Copilot to your ecosystem.

Each topical video is 10 mins or less, aligning to relevant learning modules on Microsoft Learn. These videos can prove especially valuable for IT pros looking to enhance their ability to process security signals and protect at the speed and scale of AI.

Flight School training topics include:

What is Microsoft Security Copilot?

AI orchestration

Standalone and embedded experiences

Copilot in Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Purview

Managing your plugins

Prompting in Copilot

Prompt engineering

Using promptbooks

Custom promptbooks

Logic apps

Extending Copilot to your ecosystem

Find Flight School videos on Microsoft Learn. You can also explore Microsoft Security Copilot Flight School videos on YouTube.

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LibertyMunson — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:00:00 GMT

We’re looking for information security administrators to take our new beta exam. Do you plan and implement security for sensitive data by using Microsoft Purview and related services? Are you responsible for mitigating risks from internal and external threats by protecting data inside collaboration environments that are managed by Microsoft 365 and for protecting data used by AI services, we have a new Microsoft Certification for you. Other information security administrator responsibilities include implementing information protection, data loss prevention, retention, and insider risk management, in addition to managing security alerts and activities.

The Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate Certification validates your expertise in this area and offers you the opportunity to prove your critical skills. To earn this Certification, pass Exam SC-401: Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365, currently in beta.

Is this the right Certification for you?

This Certification could be a great fit if you work with other roles that are responsible for governance, data, and security to evaluate and develop policies to address an organization’s information security and risk reduction goals. You also collaborate with workload administrators, business application owners, and governance stakeholders to implement technology solutions that support the necessary policies and controls. Plus, in this role, you participate in responses to information security incidents.

You should be familiar with all Microsoft 365 services, PowerShell, Microsoft Entra, the Microsoft Defender portal, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.

Ready to prove your skills?

Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam SC-401 (beta) on or before March 12, 2025, can get 80% off market price.

To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use code G7X4B2M9. This is not a private access code. The seats are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. As noted, you must take the exam on or before March 12, 2025. Please note that this beta exam is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China.

Get ready to take Exam SC-401 (beta):

Review the Exam SC-401 (beta) exam page for details. The Exam SC-401 study guide document alerts you to key topics covered on the exam.
For additional information, explore our Microsoft Tech community post, Level Up: Information Security Administrator.
Want even more in-depth training? Connect with Microsoft Training Services Partners in your area for in-person offerings.
Need other preparation ideas? Check out my blog post, Just How Does One Prepare for Beta Exams?

Did you know that you can take any role-based exam online? Online delivered exams—taken from your home or office—can be less hassle, less stress, and even less worry than traveling to a test center, especially if you’re adequately prepared for what to expect. To find out more, read my blog post, Online proctored exams: What to expect and how to prepare.

Ready to get started?

Remember, the number of spots is limited to the first 300 candidates taking Exam SC-401 (beta) on or before March 12, 2025.

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dathre — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:00:00 GMT

To thrive in the dynamic world of the cloud, data, AI, and beyond, professionals must prioritize continuous learning and strategic skills development. To support you in these goals, Microsoft Learn offers a wide array of Azure training resources designed to help you build your technical skills, support your teams, and accelerate your professional growth. From immersive AI and cloud computing experiences to specialized learning paths, our latest batch of curated learning offerings can help you build the skills to meet today’s—and tomorrow’s—technological challenges.

In this post, we’ll cover the latest opportunities to learn about Azure on Microsoft Learn, from building AI apps and business transformation with AI-powered solutions to boosting developer efficiency and empowering your organization with unified data and analytics. We’ll also explore simplifying operations with cloud migration, modernizing SAP apps with Azure, and optimizing cloud performance. In each topic, we highlight the latest skill-building offerings in various formats, including:

Plans on Microsoft Learn. Guided learning with curated content, milestones, and automated reminders to help keep you motivated.
Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days. Free, in-depth training sessions for building skills and expertise in Microsoft tools and services.
Microsoft Learn learning paths and training modules. Interactive, self-paced tutorials to help learners at any level build and practice their skills.
Azure Essentials Show. Short episodes that offer practical guidance, technical insights, and product demos for Azure solutions.
On-demand training and events. Immersive workshops, videos, conferences, and more.
Microsoft Credentials. Microsoft Certifications and Microsoft Applied Skills—complementary credentials that validate skills for job roles and for specific tasks and projects.

Build smarter, faster, and more efficient AI applications

Design, develop, and deploy with AI in mind, using Azure AI services, to create modern apps and improve agility, scalability, and performance. Build your Azure knowledge and skills, and discover ways to efficiently build, replatform, and improve AI apps.

Plans

Modernize apps for AI-readiness with Azure apps platform and data solutions. Focus on essential Azure knowledge and skills, including cost management and security considerations. Learn about options for application development and explore the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform.
Build AI apps with Azure services and best practices. Discover the steps to building cloud-native AI applications on Azure. Find out how to design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions, integrate with Azure AI services, and build robust back-end databases.
Develop, replatform, and improve AI apps with advanced Azure AI services. Get the details on building and modernizing AI apps on Azure. Replatform existing apps, assess code and architecture changes, and factor in security considerations, deployment processes, and testing—all using Azure services.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days

Azure Essentials Show

Build Intelligent Apps on Azure

Transform your business with AI-powered solutions

From AI models with Azure AI Foundry to data grounding with Microsoft Fabric, find out how to work with generative AI, integrate data, and manage AI solutions to create business value and drive innovation.

Plans

Evolve with generative AI: Operationalize your AI solutions with fine-tuning and prompt flow. Learn to manage generative AI solutions using prompt flow, collaboration tools, model integration, and Azure AI across your preferred development environment.
Implementing data integration and model grounding with Azure AI Foundry and Microsoft Fabric. Explore techniques for building advanced AI solutions, including data grounding, source integration, OneLake usage, and model customization through prompt engineering and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
Accelerate gen AI model selection, evaluation, and multimodal integration with Azure AI Foundry. Learn how to select AI models using Azure AI Foundry, benchmarking tools, multimodal applications, and performance evaluations for data-driven generative AI solutions.
Start transforming your business with AI. Explore AI transformation strategies, assess infrastructure, create business value, review use cases, and develop intelligent apps by using Azure AI services.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days

Microsoft Learn learning paths and training modules

Azure Essentials Show

Trustworthy AI: From Principles to Practice

Boost developer efficiency and output

Make the most of GitHub Copilot and Azure to integrate AI into workflows, accelerate coding tasks, and build scalable platforms by using DevOps practices to streamline processes and enhance system reliability.

Plans

Help accelerate developer productivity with AI. Learn to evaluate and adopt AI-enhanced tools that seamlessly integrate into developer workflows. Enhance developer efficiency, accelerate coding task completion, and gain practical experience with GitHub Copilot.
Implement platform engineering with GitHub and Azure. Discover how to build scalable and efficient platforms, and work with DevOps practices, including automation, security, and inventory management. Explore platform engineering principles to streamline processes and enhance system reliability.

Microsoft Learn learning paths and training modules

On-demand training and events

Empower your business with unified data and analytics

Learn how to unlock AI-ready insights, streamline data workflows, and implement large-scale data engineering for comprehensive data management and analysis.

Plans

Make your data AI ready with Microsoft Fabric. Find out how to implement large-scale data engineering, lakehouse, and warehouse solutions. Learn to ingest data, build a data lakehouse, explore data warehousing, work with Apache Spark, and effectively manage and analyze data.
Run data analytics solutions with Azure Databricks. Get the details on Apache Spark and powerful clusters on Azure Databricks. Learn to prepare and analyze data, implement AI solutions, and build continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflows for efficient data processing.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days

Microsoft Learn learning paths and training modules

Microsoft Credentials

Microsoft Applied Skills: Implement a data science and machine learning solution with Microsoft Fabric

Simplify your operations and help reduce costs with cloud migration

Maximize performance, facilitate seamless transitions, and prepare your infrastructure for AI readiness, as you learn to migrate various workloads to Azure.

Plans

Migrate Linux and PostgreSQL workloads to maximize workload performance. Explore Azure services for Linux environments, and discover how to create, configure, and connect to Linux workloads.
Migrate and Secure Windows Server Workloads on Azure. Find out how Azure facilitates migrations, with tools like Azure Site Recovery, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Backup, and Azure Monitor, supporting migration and management while making the most of cloud benefits.
Migrate Windows Server workloads and VMware solutions to be AI-ready. Follow the process of migrating physical and virtual on-premises Windows Server workloads to Azure and find out how to bring Azure innovation to hybrid environments.

Modernize your SAP applications on Azure

Learn to migrate, manage, and modernize your SAP apps on Azure for optimal performance and scalability, effectively transforming your business operations.

Plans

Migrate SAP on Azure for business transformation with M-series VMs and RISE with SAP. Find out how to manage SAP workloads on the robust Azure infrastructure and how to integrate SAP (native or RISE) with important Azure services.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days

Migrate and Modernize SAP on the Microsoft Cloud

Microsoft Learn learning paths and training modules

Explore Azure networking for SAP RISE

Optimize cloud performance, security, and reliability

Learn to analyze and optimize workloads, manage Azure and AI investments, and enhance the resiliency of critical Azure and AI projects. Plus, explore best practices and frameworks, like FinOps, Cloud Adoption, and Well-Architected.

Plans

Elevate reliability, security, and ongoing performance of Azure and AI projects. Analyze and optimize workloads using frameworks like FinOps, Cloud Adoption, and Well-Architected. Explore best practices for deploying Azure landing zones and designing optimized workloads.
Manage Azure and AI investments with FinOps best practices, pricing, and cost management. Get equipped with financial best practices, optimize cloud spend, and learn about Microsoft tools to help you effectively budget cloud investments.
Ensure proactive resiliency and reliability of your critical Azure and AI workloads. Learn how to meet resiliency goals, improve the reliability of critical Azure and AI workloads, and assess and implement resiliency technologies in Azure.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days

Optimization

Microsoft Learn learning paths and training modules

Optimize spend and performance with Azure OpenAI Service provisioned reservations

There’s always more to learn with Azure

To get started on your Azure learning journey and to access additional skill-building resources, go to Microsoft Learn.

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michaelkophs — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:12:45 GMT

The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving, and organizations of all sizes must stay ahead of the curve to protect their networks and keep their data, systems, and digital assets safe. With the growth of AI and cloud computing, defenders and cyberattackers alike can change this landscape. As a result, business leaders are reassessing their digital defenses, especially around data governance. And while the technology is critical, it’s even more important to have a workforce with the skills and experience to maximize its potential, protect against cyberthreats, and detect and respond to any security incidents. In short, security skills in the era of AI are crucial.

To support these needs, we regularly review and update our training and credentials portfolio to make sure that it encompasses the latest technologies and in-demand, real-world skills. As these skills are becoming more defined for specific roles, we’re making some changes to our Security offerings.

Introducing a new Certification for information security

Created specifically for those in the data security and information protection profession, we’re glad to introduce the new Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Certification that will be available in April 2025. You can earn this new Certification by passing Exam SC-401: Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365,available in beta on February 11, 2025.

This new Certification validates the skills needed to plan and implement information security for sensitive data by using Microsoft Purview and related services. It also validates the skills needed to mitigate risks from internal and external threats by protecting data inside collaboration environments that are managed by Microsoft 365. Plus, it verifies subject matter expertise needed to participate in information security incident responses. As an information security administrator who earns this Certification, you demonstrate your expertise in:

Implementing information protection.
Implementing data loss prevention and retention.
Managing risks, alerts, and activities.

Get ready to take Exam SC-401 and earn the new Certification:

Check out the Exam SC-401 study guide, and explore potential exam topics.
Stay tuned for Exam SC-401 self-paced training.

We’re retiring the Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate Certification

In addition to introducing the new Certification, we’re announcing the upcoming retirement of the Microsoft Certified: Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate Certification and its related Exam SC-400: Administering Information Protection and Compliance in Microsoft 365. The Certification, related exam, and renewal assessments will all be retired on May 31, 2025.

We’ve received consistent feedback regarding the fact that this Certification includes two separate roles—data security/information protection professionals and compliance professionals—and that each role should have its own validation solution. Although we aren’t creating a new Certification for compliance-related roles, we offer Microsoft Applied Skills that can validate these skills. Find more details in the next section.

The following questions and answers can help you determine how these retirements could impact your learning goals:

Q: What if I’m studying for Exam SC-400?

A: If you’re currently preparing for Exam SC-400, you should take and pass the exam before May 31, 2025. If you’re just starting your preparation process, we recommend that you explore the new Information Security Administrator Certification and its related Exam SC-401: Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365.

Q: I’ve already earned the Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate Certification. What happens now?

A: If you’ve already earned the Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate Certification, it will stay on the transcript in your profile on Microsoft Learn. If you’re eligible to renew your Certification before May 31, 2025, we recommend that you consider doing so, because it won’t be possible to renew the Certification after this date.

Validate your compliance administrator skills with Microsoft Applied Skills

Microsoft Applied Skills help you demonstrate your capabilities in specific scenarios or workloads, complementing the broader job role competencies validated by Microsoft Certifications. By combining these credentials, you validate a comprehensive skill set across projects and roles.

To prove your skills in security and compliance, consider earning the following Applied Skills:

Implement retention, eDiscovery, and Communication Compliance in Microsoft Purview. Validate your ability to: create, configure, and apply retention labels; create and manage retention policies; create and configure eDiscovery (Premium) cases; implement Communication Compliance; and monitor and investigate data and activities by using Content search.
Implement information protection and data loss prevention by using Microsoft Purview. Validate your ability to: create a custom sensitive information type; create and publish a sensitivity label; create and assign an auto-labeling policy; and create a data loss prevention (DLP) policy.

Be part of the cybersecurity solution

Your validated, in-demand skills can help make a positive impact in your organization and in your career. As business leaders aim to modernize systems, integrate new technologies, and fortify their cybersecurity in the era of AI, this new Certification is a great opportunity for you to become part of the solution—now and in the future.

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Take advantage of the newest certification for Microsoft Fabric

In today's rapidly evolving data landscape, the role of data engineers is more critical than ever. As organizations increasingly rely on data-driven decision-making and AI-powered solutions, the demand for professionals with solid data engineering skills continues to grow. Data engineers must have expertise in a diverse set of tools and technologies to build resilient, scalable, and intelligent data systems.

To support these professionals, we’re glad to announce the general availability of the Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate Certification and its related Exam DP-700: Implementing Data Engineering Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric.

This new certification validates the skills needed to implement and manage analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric, a unified, AI-powered solution that integrates Power BI, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Synapse Analytics to help you turn raw data into actionable insights. By earning this certification, data engineers can demonstrate their expertise in:

Implementing and managing an analytics solution.
Ingesting and transforming data.
Monitoring and optimizing an analytics solution.

Get ready to take Exam DP-700 and earn the new certification:

Check out the Exam DP-700 study guide and explore potential exam topics.
Work through the available Exam DP-700 self-paced training.
From January 14, 2025, through March 31, 2025, take advantage of a limited-time offer to get a 50% discount on Exam DP-700. For details, go to the Fabric Community.
Register for the Get Certified: DP-700 live learning series, presented by Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and experts. Sessions begin January 28, 2025.
Explore the instructor-led Course DP-700: Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer. For more information about the course, contact one of our Training Services Partners, which are located around the world.

We’re retiring the Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification

In addition to introducing the new certification, we’re announcing the upcoming retirement of the Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification and its related Exam DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure. The certification, related exam, and renewal assessments will all be retired on March 31, 2025.

The following questions and answers can help you determine how these retirements could impact your learning journey:

Q: If Microsoft is retiring this certification, does it mean that Azure Synapse Analytics will also be retired?
A: Microsoft has no current plans to retire Azure Synapse Analytics. You can continue to deploy, operate, and expand the PaaS offering of Azure Synapse Analytics. For more details, read the blog post Microsoft Fabric, explained for existing Synapse users

Q: What if I’m studying for Exam DP-203?

A: If you’re currently preparing for Exam DP-203, you should take and pass the exam before March 31, 2025. If you’re just starting your preparation process, we recommend that you explore the new Fabric Data Engineer Associate Certification and its related Exam DP-700: Implementing Data Engineering Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric.

Q: I’ve already earned the Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification. What happens now?

A: If you’ve already earned the Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification, it will stay on the transcript in your profile on Microsoft Learn. If you’re eligible to renew your certification before March 31, 2025, we recommend that you consider doing so. Renewal of this certification won’t be possible after this date.

Q: Will this change impact Microsoft Partners?

A: Microsoft Partners who earn the Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification before it retires will continue to earn points or credit toward offering requirements as long as this certification remains on their transcript, until a year after the Certification is retired. New credentials may be eligible for inclusion in the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program requirements. These changes will be shared with partners when additional details are available.

Validate your data skills with
Microsoft Credentials

Microsoft Certifications verify technical proficiency for broad role-based competencies, and Microsoft Applied Skills help you demonstrate your capabilities in specific scenarios or workloads, complementing the broader certification skills. Together, these two types of Microsoft Credentials can validate your comprehensive data and AI skill set.

To prove your skills for data engineering, data science, and data analysis projects with Microsoft Fabric, such as implementing data science and machine learning solutions, Real-Time Intelligence solutions, or data lakehouses or warehouses, consider the relevant Applied Skills, logical complements for the new Fabric Data Engineer Associate Certification.

Discover complementary Microsoft Credentials to prove your skills in data engineering, data science, and data analysis

Get ready for a bright future

The future of data engineering is bright, and with the right skills and credentials—including the new Fabric Data Engineer Associate Certification—you can be at the forefront of this exciting transformation. Embrace the power of Microsoft Fabric and join us in shaping the future of data and AI.

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NancyTandy — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:06:31 GMT

Resistance to adopting AI in the workplace is real. For many, it’s not due to an unwillingness to change but rather from a genuine sense of “FUD”—that is, fear, uncertainty, and doubt—around AI.

Constructively addressing FUD is essential to fostering a supportive learning culture that empowers people to thrive in the era of AI transformation so that you and your entire organization can thrive, too.

At Microsoft, we’re the first to use and test our own AI technologies internally before releasing them to customers, so we recognize the need to understand the underlying causes of FUD, find positive ways to address them, and provide helpful solutions. We’ve also found that skilling up on AI and learning how it can streamline our workloads, improve our decision-making, and increase our productivity can reduce concerns and boost enthusiasm around this cutting-edge technology.

Transforming fear into opportunity

Probably the biggest fear in the workplace is that AI adoption might lead to job loss, but the reality is that a number of experts are optimistic. In Generative AI likely to augment rather than destroy jobs, the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) predicts that AI “is more likely to augment than destroy jobs by automating some tasks rather than taking over a role entirely.” Many job roles will likely evolve to become hybrid—using AI to complement human work.

Given this evolution of work, AI skills are in high demand, and this presents an opportunity for employees in nearly every discipline, field, industry, and role. Proactively building AI skills equips workers to adapt to the transforming workplace. And skilling up provides a meaningful way for them to overcome their fears and develop confidence in their capabilities and in the technology. Organizations that provide skill-building opportunities thus help not only their workers but also the organizations themselves. For details on resources, opportunities, and solutions for acquiring AI skills and competencies, read Get AI ready: Build skills with Microsoft Learn.

Dispelling AI uncertainty with a learning culture

The AI transformation is happening so fast that uncertainty is sometimes seen as the baseline, not the outlier. We’re all learning right now, in real time. As we test Microsoft AI apps and services, we’re actively figuring out what AI can do. Practically speaking, everyone in the workforce needs to put AI to work and see what it can do. An organizational learning culture can support these efforts and help dispel uncertainty.

Ethan Mollick, Professor of Management at the Wharton School and a noted authority on AI and entrepreneurship, has found that the biggest gains come in organizations that encourage cooperative learning. In the Beyond the Prompt podcast episode titled What everybody’s missing about AI in business, he points out, “It starts with culture.”

The episode also encourages listeners with this key takeaway: “Use AI for everything you can: The only way to truly understand AI's capabilities is to use it for as many tasks as possible.”

Empowering your teams with AI training on Microsoft Learn for Organizations

The consensus on overcoming AI FUD in organizations is that skills training and a learning culture are key, and a team training environment can greatly support this growth. Microsoft Learn for Organizations curates Microsoft Learn training for teams and organizations, including offerings to help build AI skills and confidence:

Microsoft Learn for Organizations Playbook: A guide to skill up your team for AI and beyond. The playbook helps you to develop an AI skill-building plan, with resources to maximize your impact at the individual, team, and organizational levels.
Links to AI skill-building for your organization, live webinars, and insights and strategies on building a learning culture.
Links to the Copilot learning hub on Microsoft Learn, the AI learning hub on Microsoft Learn, and the Security hub on Microsoft Learn.
Official Plans that cover the latest Microsoft AI apps and services, including “Build, test, and deploy applications securely with GitHub and Microsoft Azure,” “Implementing data integration and model grounding with Azure AI Studio and Microsoft Fabric,” and “Accelerate app development by using GitHub Copilot.”
The latest Microsoft Credentials. These industry-trusted and Microsoft-verified credentials give learners the flexibility to grow the AI and cloud skills needed for critical roles or projects.

- Microsoft Certifications validate a wide range of skills required to be successful in a job role. Learners earn a Certification by passing an exam. AI-focused Certifications include “Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals” and “Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate,” among others.
- Microsoft Applied Skills validate skill sets specific to real-world technical scenarios. Learners earn them by passing interactive lab-based assessments on Microsoft Learn. More than half of the Applied Skills portfolio is focused on AI, including “Build a natural language processing solution with Azure AI Language,” “Create an intelligent document processing solution with Azure AI Document Intelligence,” and many more.

Get started on your AI journey at Microsoft Learn for Organizations, and make the most of the many team training opportunities available there. As you and your teams begin to put newly acquired AI skills to use streamlining workloads, increasing collaboration, adding productivity, and more, we hope that the fear, uncertainty, and doubt around AI begin to fade and are replaced by enthusiasm for the many possibilities that the future of AI in the workplace presents.

Learn Microsoft AI with our blog series: Get AI ready

Check out other articles from our AI-focused series of blog posts exploring perspectives and opportunities to acquire critical AI skills.

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jeanaj — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:31:01 GMT

Jeana Jorgensen: Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Learning

Ryan Currie: Principal PM Manager, Microsoft Learn

In today's rapidly evolving AI landscape, digital skills development for every individual and organization is crucial to their growth and overall success. As Satya Nadella highlighted in his Microsoft Ignite keynote today, Microsoft's mission has always been about creating technology that empowers others to innovate and solve real-world problems. This age of AI is no different. We must equip everyone with the skills to participate and thrive in the AI economy.

Our commitment to skilling is not just about technology adoption, it's about people development. It's about ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to succeed in a world where using AI will be commonplace and a natural extension of everything we do. Over the past year, Microsoft has trained and certified over 23 million people in more than 200 countries in digital skills.

We are inspired by the profound impact our skilling initiatives have on individuals' lives. From helping underserved communities gain access to new opportunities to empowering professionals to advance their careers and drive organizational transformation, each of the stories fuels our purpose and company mission.

We continue investing in our global skilling initiatives to help people and organizations gain the skills needed to deliver their best work by building confidence in their AI fluency. This is how we help ensure that AI fuels job creation, workplace impact, and greater economic opportunity for everyone.

Building skills across the AI ecosystem

Our approach to skilling is expansive, encompassing a wide range of audiences—from government officials, nonprofits, and citizens, to customers, partners, technology professionals, and students. Each of these groups plays a critical role in the AI ecosystem, and we’re committed to providing them with the resources and support they need to succeed.

Governments, nonprofits, and citizens: Through Microsoft Philanthropies skills programs, we collaborate with governments and nonprofits around the world to deliver community-focused digital skills training. Through these partnerships, our goal is to build a global ecosystem that supports sustainable, long-term skilling efforts, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in an AI-driven world.

Organizations and technology professionals. Investing in a skilled workforce can be a game-changer, ensuring that individuals and teams are able to maximize their personal potential while delivering business results. Our skill-building initiatives across Microsoft Learn empower our customers, partners, and technology professionals to harness AI and advanced technologies for innovation and business growth. Through resources like the Microsoft Enterprise Skills Initiative, Microsoft Learn for Organizations, and a worldwide network of Training Services Partners, we help organizations build the necessary workplace skills to drive their business outcomes through an array of learning resources covering topics like AI, cloud computing, and cybersecurity.

Business users: We recognize that AI is transforming all roles within an organization, not just those in technical fields. Business users in varying roles are wondering how AI can effectively help them in their everyday work. With training events like Copilot for Microsoft 365 sessions and other targeted skilling resources, we support their individual learning paths to foster innovation, efficiency, and strategic decision making.

Future workforce: We’re deeply committed to equipping the next generation of learners and technologists with cutting-edge educational programs and resources. By partnering with academic institutions and offering initiatives such as Microsoft Learn for Educators and Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors, we empower educators and students to learn, innovate, and make significant impact in their communities. Our goal is to inspire young minds—from K-12 to early-in-career professionals—to thrive in the future workforce and make significant impact in their communities.

Quote from Kate Behncken, Corporate Vice President and Global Head of Microsoft Philanthropies, about the importance of AI fluency.

New skilling resources announced at Ignite

As we continue to prioritize skilling across various sectors, we’re also focused on enhancing the tools and platforms that deliver these learning experiences. Our commitment to innovation extends beyond traditional training methods to incorporate cutting-edge technologies that make learning more accessible and engaging. In this spirit, we’re excited to introduce new capabilities, content, and credentials that leverage AI to further enhance learning.

New capabilities on Microsoft Learn leveraging the power of AI

We’re excited to share two new capabilities on Microsoft Learn that introduce the power of AI into the flow of learning: personalized Plans and Ask Learn, our AI assistant. These capabilities are currently available in the United States in English and will expand to additional languages and geographies over the next few months.

Personalized Plans

A Plan on Microsoft Learn is a set of curated content that includes documentation, code samples, modules, learning paths, and more. Plans feature built-in milestones, sharing capabilities, optional automated reminders and reporting to help individuals achieve their learning objectives. Microsoft Learn now leverages AI to enable learners to create Plans that are personalized just for them. Learners can provide individual inputs about their career, learning goals, preferences, and timeline. With this input, Microsoft Learn utilizes AI to find the best training content available and generates a personalized learning Plan.

Visit Plans on Microsoft Learn to get started.

Create a Plan on Microsoft Learn using AI

Ask Learn

We’re excited to provide a new resource for learners that helps answer questions as they learn new topics. Ask Learn, our new AI assistant on Microsoft Learn, enables users to ask questions about the material contained in training modules and get real-time guidance. This capability is now available for Microsoft Azure training content and will be expanding to additional product areas in the coming months. To try this capability, sign in at aka.ms/AskLearn from within the United States and navigate to any Azure module. Then, click ‘Ask Learn’ and enter your question or prompt in the chat to get help.

AI assistant in Azure training content on Microsoft Learn

With these new AI capabilities, we’re paving the pathway to our vision of bringing the power of AI into the flow of learning—from identifying what to learn next, to gaining new skills in an efficient and personalized way so that learners are confident and ready to tackle their next project, credential, and career opportunity.

Demonstrating technical proficiency with Applied Skills credentials

We continue to grow our credentials portfolio with new Microsoft Applied Skills. Applied Skills are verifiable credentials that demonstrate competency in defined skillsets aligned with AI and cloud projects that people need to perform in their everyday jobs. We offer a streamlined experience, so learners earn these credentials at their own pace through free, interactive, lab-based assessments on Microsoft Learn.

Our new Applied Skills credentials are focused on AI, Copilot—including GitHub Copilot—and Security and cover scenarios like deploying AI enabled tools, protecting and responding against cyberattacks, and accelerating app development.

Available now:

Coming soon:

Create agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio
Accelerate app development by using GitHub Copilot

Review all the available Applied Skills credentials.

Join us for the Microsoft Learn Challenge | Ignite Edition

Building on the technologies showcased at Microsoft Ignite, the Microsoft Learn Challenge | Ignite Edition offers learners a valuable opportunity to develop in-demand skills. The Challenge features eight topics including Azure AI, Copilot, Fabric, and Security. With interactive community events, training offers, and sessions led by experts, learners will develop skills that will set them apart. The Microsoft Learn Challenge is open until January 10, 2025. Register now!

We’re in this together

AI is reshaping the skills individuals, organizations, and governments need to thrive in this next technology era. We believe investing in people through AI skilling is the key to unlocking their full potential. That’s why we’re so excited about the continuous evolution of our learning initiatives and experiences. And this is just the beginning. We’re excited to do this with you.

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Grow your skills faster with AI-assisted learning

1. Get personalized assistance with Ask Learn, now expanding across Microsoft Learn

2. Learn where you code—with Ask Learn in Visual Studio Code (coming soon!)

3. Quickly create learning plans tailored to your specific needs

4. Improve your focus with AI-powered assessments

Introducing new Microsoft Applied Skills—now featuring beginner level, GitHub Copilot, and AI scenarios

1. New beginner-level Applied Skills

2. Expanded Applied Skills for AI scenarios, including GitHub Copilot

Join the Microsoft AI Skills Fest Challenge for the chance to win a free Microsoft Certification exam

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Build groundbreaking solutions on the Azure AI platform

Migrate, innovate and secure for efficiency and scalability on Azure

Create advanced AI software that transforms industries

Streamline the development process and reduce time-to-market

Optimize your SAP environment for maximum performance

Azure Essentials resources help improve Azure and AI cost efficiency and performance of workloads

There’s always more to learn with Azure

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Advance your expertise with our revamped Security hub

Hone your information security skills with Certification SC-401

Learn how to better secure AI in our Learn Live Series

Discover the latest self-guided skilling content

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What’s new with Microsoft Applied Skills?

Exciting updates to the Applied Skills user interface

Explore Applied Skills portfolio updates

What’s new with Microsoft Certifications?

Retiring Certifications

Get the chance to win a free Certification exam voucher

Have you taken a Microsoft Fundamentals Certification exam? Share your feedback!

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New Microsoft 365 Copilot training for business users:

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