Hey Devs!
The world is changing every day because technology is advancing fast. The present and the future of our society is driven by us, IT professionals. But the tech industry requires us to be capable!
Microsoft offers Free technical training in various technologies stacks, and tools. On this article, we explore the best ones.
Note that this post is not affiliated or sponsored by Microsoft. I'm just publicizing the initiatives.
Let's start!
For Beginners
Are you a beginner? Or a professional looking for a career transition and don't know which path to take?
Start here ➡️ Microsoft Learn Career Paths.
Highlights:
⚫️ AI Engineer
🟠 DevOps
View all the Microsoft career paths here.
For Workers
Are you a worker seeking to just enhance your Resume/CV with IT skills? Explore the most relevant trainings for today work challenges on LinkedIn!
Start here ➡️ LinkedIn Learning.
Highlights:
⚫️ Career Essentials in Generative AI
🔵 Master Professional Soft Skills
🟠 Career Essentials in Data Analysis
🔵 Manage Remote and Hybrid Teams
🔴 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
View all the LinkedIn courses here.
Honorable mentions:
🔗 Microsoft 365 Training (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.)
For Students
Are you an IT student who wants access to software for your studies and projects?
And we have a gem here: GitHub Student Developer Pack, thats enables a GitHub Pro account for students, with free tier on many services and tools. To activate, validate your student status on GitHub.
Start here ➡️ GitHub Student Developer Pack.
Highlights:
🟣 GitHub Pro Account
🟣 GitHub Copilot
🟣 GitLens Pro
🟣 Heroku: $13 (USD) credits
🔵 Microsoft Azure: $100 (USD) credits
🔵 Digital Ocean: $200 (USD) credits
🟢 MongoDB Atlas: $50 (USD) credits
🟡 Codédex: 6 months of free access
🔴 FrontendMasters: 6 months of free access
🔴 Mailgun: 1 year of 20.000 emails and 100 validations
🟠 Namecheap: 1 year of .me domain and SSL certificate
View all the GitHub offers for students here.
Honorable mentions:
🔗 Microsoft 365 for Education: for eligible institutions, get free access to the 356 apps, just entering your educational email.
🔗 Microsoft Student Certifications: earn at a discounted price, by validating your student status.
For Developers
Developers, Microsoft Learn is your best friend!
Free learning paths, that can be done at any time. Some learning paths already prepare you for the exams to obtain Microsoft Certifications!
Adding one of the trainings to your Resume will certainly make you stand out.
Start here ➡️ Microsoft Learn.
Highlights:
🔵 Azure Fundamentals: Cloud Concepts
⚫️ Create conversational AI solutions
⚫️ Deploy and consume models with Azure Machine Learning
🟠 Introduction to version control with Git
🟤 Build web pages with HTML and CSS for beginners
🟡 Build JavaScript apps using TypeScript
🟢 Build JavaScript apps with Node.js
🟣 Build web apps with ASP.NET Core for beginners
🔴 Create and run C# console applications
🔴 Write your first code using C#
🟢 Get started querying with T-SQL
🟡 Get started with Data Analytics and Power BI
View all the Microsoft trainings here.
Honorable mentions:
Bonus: For Founders
Are you a startup founder who already has your product on the market?
Microsoft also offers the program "Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub" to helps startups by providing access to expert guidance, services, AI and more resources to build startups and expand it. Open to all, with no funding required.
Start here ➡️ Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub.
Highlights:
🟢 1:1 meetings with experts from Microsoft
🟡 $150K (USD) in Azure credits
🔵 Generative AI models, like OpenAI ChatGPT advanced models
🟣 GitHub Enterprise, LinkedIn Premium, Microsoft 365, and Visual Studio
🔴 M12 venture capital fund
View all the offers for startups here
I hope you enjoyed! 😃✌🏻
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