Get caught up on Azure skilling with these new learning resources

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Numerous opportunities have been provided to the Azure learning community this quarter to enhance skills and tackle the challenges posed by the current market. Whether you are a novice or an expert in the IT field, we are dedicated to assisting you in your learning journey. Take advantage of recently published new learning resources to elevate your Azure knowledge and get closer to achieving your career goals.

Level up! New “30 Days to Learn It” challenges to enhance your abilities.

Within a span of roughly 16 hours, the Azure Network Engineer challenge helps you become knowledgeable and proficient in creating, executing, and upholding Azure network solutions, inclusive of hybrid networking, routing, connectivity, security, and private access to Azure services. This program will provide instruction on how to design, execute, and administer hybrid networking.

Check out the rest of Microsoft’s 30 Days to Learn library and watch for new challenges coming soon.

A faster and more adaptable path to learning Azure with CLX.

Launched earlier in the fiscal year, our Connected Learning Experience (CLX) program has been quick to assist aspiring learners and IT professionals in becoming Microsoft Azure cloud pros. The four-step, completely customizable CLX program is a personalized and self-paced journey that culminates in a certificate of completion allowing you to maximize learning while minimizing time invested. At the end of the course, you’ll also receive a 50% off voucher toward the cost of an exam.

New CLX track coming soon: Sentinel Security (not related to a certification)

CLX certification retirement.

At Microsoft Learn we want to be sure that you have up-to-date training and certification resources that reflect today’s in demand roles and skills. To meet this goal while keeping in mind learner and organization feedback, we’re retiring the following certifications and their required exams from our Azure portfolio, effective July 31, 2023:

For more details, recommended certification options, and Q&As that cover possible impact and next steps, read Keeping tech skills current: Announcing updates to Azure and support engineer training and certification portfolios.

Explore your career possibilities virtually.

Our aim is to equip you and your organization with the necessary tools and technical training to achieve success in the ever-changing workplace. To this end, we offer free and comprehensive events known as Microsoft Virtual Training Days which cater to different skill levels and offer accelerated virtual events. By participating in these events, you can boost your technical skills and confidence to navigate present and future opportunities.

Learn Live with subject matter experts and a great community.

Looking for more personal interaction? Earn badges and prepare for certifications with our series of Learn Live sessions.

Learn Live: Azure Core IaaS Study Hall

Walk through how to build infrastructure solutions with Azure IaaS services and products. Start maximizing the value of your IT investments by learning about highly secure, available, and scalable cloud services. (Runs through May 18, 2023.)

Learn Live: FastTrack on Azure

Learn along with expert Azure engineers as they walk through hands-on exercises, share demos, and answer your questions to connect the dots and accelerate your Azure solution implementation. (Runs through June 28, 2023.)

Build your expertise and compete with others in the Cloud Skills Challenge.

Our Microsoft Cloud Skills Challenge is an online learning event that helps people improve their cloud computing skills in Microsoft Azure. The challenges give you the chance to earn badges and certifications demonstrating your proficiency in specific areas of cloud computing. You’ll also compete with other participants to earn points and climb the leaderboards.

Sign up now for the next challenge: Securely Migrate & Optimize with Azure.

Explore and grow with Microsoft Learn Collections.

With hand-picked documentation, learning modules, and community content, official Microsoft Learn Collections are designed to help you explore and learn. Personalize your learning experience and share with your teams by creating custom collections of trainings. Through your profile, you can create, name, manage and share your collections.

Join a learning room.

Come and join our learning rooms, a unique space where you can connect with both experts and peers. Led by Microsoft Learn experts, our learning rooms provide a dedicated and secure environment for you to engage directly with an expert and delve into topic-specific questions through asynchronous discussions and virtual sessions.

Learn at your own speed with self-paced training on Microsoft Learn.

Access hundreds of free, interactive, self-paced learning paths and modules covering cloud computing, AI, security, databases, and other topics, all localized into multiple languages. The following are some of our recent releases:

Get ready for your certification exam.

With our latest free exam preparation resource, Practice Assessments on Microsoft Learn, you can assess your knowledge, identify any knowledge gaps, and better prepare for your certification exam.

These assessments offer an overview of the question style, wording, and difficulty level that you can expect on the actual exam. By taking these practice assessments, you can evaluate your readiness, pinpoint areas that require additional preparation, and bridge any knowledge gaps, bringing you closer to success in passing your exam.

We will be launching Practice Assessments for other exams soon, so check back for more.

Keep it going with a certification renewal.

You’ve put in many long hours of work to earn your Microsoft Certifications, demonstrating your ability to keep pace with today’s technology and succeed in the digital world. Unless you renew them, however, your Microsoft role-based and specialty certifications expire annually. The convenient Microsoft Certification renewal process ensures that you’re current on the latest technology.

Renewing your certification is free, but there is a six-month eligibility window you must target before your certification expires. Assessments are short and open-book, and you can take them as many times as you want before your certification expires. Learn more about the certification renewal process here.

You have the skills! Share your know-how with others.

It takes dedication to earn a new Azure skill or certification. After you’ve passed a certification exam or completed your training and are ready to put your new skills to work, be sure to celebrate your Azure skills with your network.

If you’re ready to utilize our learning resources, check out our Microsoft Learn page. There you can find the courses mentioned above and much more, and you can get access to additional resources, sign up for help, and dive into the world of Microsoft Learn. We’re excited to see you there!

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