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Get ready for take off with Microsoft at SQLBits 2024
Microsoft is all set to soar high as the headline sponsor of SQLBits in Farnborough, UK from March 19-23. With their engines revved up, Microsoft is ready to take off and deliver 2 full-day workshops, 40+ sessions, a keynote, a booth, and much more at the event.
Join keynote speaker, Asad Khan, General Manager of SQL, along with other SQL experts, as they take you on a journey through the latest from SQL Server, Azure SQL, Microsoft Fabric, and more. And don’t miss the opportunity to dive into The Cloud Workshop for the SQL Professional led by Bob Ward, geared towards SQL Server users migrating to Azure SQL, and the From Beginner to Certified: A Fabric Analytics Engineer Workshop led by Bradley Ball and Mark Pryce-Maher.
So, come aboard and join us on this informative journey! Start planning which sessions you’ll be attending with our quick reference guide:
Date/Time
Location
Session Title
Speaker
Co-speaker(s)
WEDNESDAY
3/20 – 9:00am
Gate 1
Introduction to Microsoft Fabric
Mohammad Ali
3/20 – 9:00am
Gate 13
PostgreSQL for SQL Server Professionals
Silvano Coriani
3/20 – 9:00am
Gate 4
What You Should Know About Always On Availability Groups
Bob Ward
3/20 – 11:10am
Gate 4
Database of the future is here – Azure SQL Hyperscale deep dive
Arvind Shyamsundar
Aditya Badramraju
3/20 – 11:10am
Gate 3
Simplified SQL modernization journey with Azure SQL Migration Tools: A deep dive
Ajith Krishnan
Neel Ball;
3/20 – 11:10am
Gate 13
SQL DB: a developer’s catalyst
Muazma Zahid
Carlos Robles
Jerry Nixon
3/20 – 1:50pm
Gate 4
Modernize your SQL Data by starting cloud journey with SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc.
Raj Pochiraju
Dhananjay Mahajan
3/20 – 4:00pm
Gate 11
Azure SQL Managed Instance Deep Dive by Microsoft Product Group
Dani Ljepava
Niko Neugebauer; Nevena Nikolic; Uros Milanovic; Djordje Jeremic
THURSDAY
3/21 – 9:00am
Microsoft Keynote
Asad Khan
Yitzhak Kesselman, Bob Ward, Buck Woody, Erin Stellato, Patrick LeBlanc, Adam Saxton
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 10
A Deep Dive into DevOps Practices with Azure SQL
Carlos Robles
Jerry Nixon
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 9
Fly at Mach-speed with Azure SQL Managed Instance
Nevena Nikolic
Uros Milanovic; Niko Neugebauer
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 5
Flying High with Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric
Aitor Murguzur
Luke Moloney
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 12
Hidden Gems in SQL Server 2022 Database Engine
Ajay Jagannathan
Dimitri Furman
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 4
Welcome to the world of SQL Copilots
Bob Ward
Joe Sack
3/21 – 12:00pm
Gate 12
Come see your SQL Perfmon in the cloud
Bob Ward
Dimitri Furman
3/21 – 12:00pm
Gate 8
Discover what’s new in Azure SQL Managed Instance through an exciting Demo Party!
Niko Neugebauer
Nevena Nikolic and Uros Milanovic
3/21 – 12:00pm
Gate 11
What You’ve Been Missing in SSMS
Erin Stellato
Drew Skwiers-Koballa
3/21 – 2:10pm
Gate 1
What’s new on the Power BI Roadmap
Mohammad Ali
Rui Romano
3/21 – 2:10pm
Gate 11
Zero to Hero with SQL Server on Linux – DBA & Developers
Amit Khandelwal
Tejas Shah
3/21 – 3:20pm
Gate 12
Building AI ready applications
Muazma Zahid
Sanjay Mishra
3/21 – 4:50pm
Gate 4
Accelerate your Oracle/Mainframe Modernization journey to Azure SQL
Mukesh Kumar
Asad Khan; Des Fitzgerald
3/21 – 4:50pm
Gate 5
Harnessing Data Science and AI in Fabric
Luke Moloney
Aitor Murguzur
3/21 – 4:50pm
Gate 5
What’s new in SQL Tools
Drew Skwiers-Koballa
FRIDAY
3/22 – 9:00am
Gate 12
Modern models of managing database fleets in Azure PaaS.
Bogdan Gavrilovic
Dani Ljepava, Uros Milanovic
3/22 – 9:00am
Gate 1
Your first flight with Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
Ulrich Christ
Krishnakumar Rukmangathan
3/22 – 10:10am
Gate 1
The Microsoft Data Leadership Panel
Bob Ward
Asad khan, Sanjay Mishra, Muazma Zahid, Alicja Kucharczyk, Mohammed Ali
3/22 – 12:00pm
Gate 11
Data tiering using data Virtualization in SQL
Ajay Jagannathan
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 2
JSON – a first class citizen in Azure SQL DB
Sanjay Mishra
Abhiman Tiwari
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 8
Advancing the DBA’s Role in the Cloud: In the Cockpit of Azure SQL Managed Instance
Dani Ljepava
Djordje Jeremic and Bogdan Gavrilovic
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 6
More for less: Cost optimizing your Azure SQL databases
Aditya Badramraju
Arvind Shyamsundar
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 3
Navigating Modern Authentication in SQL
Jordan Hays
Pieter Vanhove
3/22 – 3:20pm
Gate 8
Making the SQL Query Processor Work for you
Derek Wilson
3/22 – 3:20pm
Gate 1
SQL Server and Windows Server Better together on Azure
Bob Ward
3/22 – 4:50pm
Gate 11
Achieve peak performance and availability for your SQL Server and Azure SQL workloads with core engine enhancements
Ajay Jagannathan
Derek Wilson
3/22 – 4:50pm
Gate 12
Extendable by Design: Building Generative AI Apps with Postgres and Vector Storage and Azure AI
Adam Wolk
SATURDAY
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 12
SQL Server Containers & Kubernetes – Going to Production!
Amit Khandelwal
Tejas Shah
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 9
Azure SQL DB Data Portability : Mirroring, CDC, Export/Import and DataSync
Rajesh Setlem
Carlos Robles
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 12
Confidential development with Always Encrypted using enclaves
Pieter Vanhove
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 10
HADR on SQL Server on Azure VMs: Everything you Need to Know
David Pless
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 2
Operational insights in your hybrid-cloud multi-cloud SQL inventory outside azure using Arc SQL Server
Dhananjay Mahajan
3/23 – 10:10am
Gate 7
Deep {sky}diving into Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
Jeroen Luitwieler
Chunhua Gu
3/23 – 10:10am
Gate 11
Perfecting business continuity for Azure SQL DB
Rajesh Setlem
3/23 – 2:10pm
Gate 3
Business continuity of on-prem SQL Servers using Azure services through Arc
Dhananjay Mahajan
Raj Pochiraju
3/23 – 2:10pm
Gate 4
SQL Server on Azure VM – Configuring for Price-Performance
David Pless
3/23 – 2:10pm
Gate 5
The What and the Why of Microsoft Fabric Real-time Analytics
Devang Shah
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 4
A Deep Dive into Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse
Mark Pryce-Maher
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 8
Best Practices in PostgreSQL Tuning: Navigating Key Performance Bottlenecks in the Cloud
Alicja Kucharczyk
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 1
How to design and build AI applications with vector search using Azure OpenAI & Azure Cosmos DB
Theo van Kraay
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 12
SQL Modernization Journey with Tools, Assets & Migration Best Practices
Neel Ball
Ajith Krishnan, Des Fitzgerald
Community Hangar
The Community Hangar is a unique feature of SQLBits, it’s a space where attendees can meet and interact with community groups, experts, and enthusiasts. Find us in the Community Hangar for opportunities to “Meet the PG” or product group – the folks who build the products and features you use every day.
THURSDAY
11:30 – 11:50
Meet the PG: SQL Leadership
Asad Khan, Sanjay Mishra, Muazma Zahid, Ajay Jagannathan, Joe Sack, Tejas Shah, Dhananjay Mahajan, Buck Woody
12 – 12:50
Meet the PG: Power BI with Patrick, Adam & Mohammad
Mohammad Ali, Patrick LeBlanc, Adam Saxton
15:20-16:10
Meet the PG: PostgreSQL in Azure
Alicja Kucharczyk, Adam Wolk, Silvano Coriani
1620-16:40
Meet the PG: Data Platform Security
Pieter Vanhove, Jordan Hays
FRIDAY
11:30 – 11:50
Meet The PG : SQL Server in hybrid and multicloud environments
Dhanajay Mahajan, Raj Pochiraju, Ajay Jagannathan
12:00 – 12:50
Meet The PG: All things Azure SQL DB
Aditya Badramraju, Arvind Shyamsunder, Rajesh Setlem, Dimitri Furman
14:50 – 15:10
Meet the PG : SQL Server on Linux/Containers
Amit Khandelwal, Tejas Shah
15:20 – 16:10
Meet the PG: Developers
Muazma Zahid, Jerry Nixon, Carlos Robles, Abhiman Tiwari
SATURDAY
10:10 – 11:00
Meet the PG: SQL tools
Drew Skwiers-Koballa, Erin Stellato, Subhojit Basak, Carlos Robles
11:30 – 11:50
Meet the PG: Azure SQL Managed Instance
Niko Neugebauer, Dani Ljepava, Nevena Nikolic, Uros Milanovic, Djordje Jeremic, Bogdan Gavrilovic
14:10 – 15:00
Meet the PG: Data Integration
Jeroen Luitwieler, Ulrich Christ, Krishnakumar Rukmangathan, Chunhua Gu
Register today!
To learn more about SQLBits or to register, click here.
Microsoft Tech Community – Latest Blogs –Read More
Get ready for take off with Microsoft at SQLBits 2024
Microsoft is all set to soar high as the headline sponsor of SQLBits in Farnborough, UK from March 19-23. With their engines revved up, Microsoft is ready to take off and deliver 2 full-day workshops, 40+ sessions, a keynote, a booth, and much more at the event.
Join keynote speaker, Asad Khan, General Manager of SQL, along with other SQL experts, as they take you on a journey through the latest from SQL Server, Azure SQL, Microsoft Fabric, and more. And don’t miss the opportunity to dive into The Cloud Workshop for the SQL Professional led by Bob Ward, geared towards SQL Server users migrating to Azure SQL, and the From Beginner to Certified: A Fabric Analytics Engineer Workshop led by Bradley Ball and Mark Pryce-Maher.
So, come aboard and join us on this informative journey! Start planning which sessions you’ll be attending with our quick reference guide:
Date/Time
Location
Session Title
Speaker
Co-speaker(s)
WEDNESDAY
3/20 – 9:00am
Gate 1
Introduction to Microsoft Fabric
Mohammad Ali
3/20 – 9:00am
Gate 13
PostgreSQL for SQL Server Professionals
Silvano Coriani
3/20 – 9:00am
Gate 4
What You Should Know About Always On Availability Groups
Bob Ward
3/20 – 11:10am
Gate 4
Database of the future is here – Azure SQL Hyperscale deep dive
Arvind Shyamsundar
Aditya Badramraju
3/20 – 11:10am
Gate 3
Simplified SQL modernization journey with Azure SQL Migration Tools: A deep dive
Ajith Krishnan
Neel Ball;
3/20 – 11:10am
Gate 13
SQL DB: a developer’s catalyst
Muazma Zahid
Carlos Robles
Jerry Nixon
3/20 – 1:50pm
Gate 4
Modernize your SQL Data by starting cloud journey with SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc.
Raj Pochiraju
Dhananjay Mahajan
3/20 – 4:00pm
Gate 11
Azure SQL Managed Instance Deep Dive by Microsoft Product Group
Dani Ljepava
Niko Neugebauer; Nevena Nikolic; Uros Milanovic; Djordje Jeremic
THURSDAY
3/21 – 9:00am
Microsoft Keynote
Asad Khan
Yitzhak Kesselman, Bob Ward, Buck Woody, Erin Stellato, Patrick LeBlanc, Adam Saxton
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 10
A Deep Dive into DevOps Practices with Azure SQL
Carlos Robles
Jerry Nixon
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 9
Fly at Mach-speed with Azure SQL Managed Instance
Nevena Nikolic
Uros Milanovic; Niko Neugebauer
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 5
Flying High with Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric
Aitor Murguzur
Luke Moloney
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 12
Hidden Gems in SQL Server 2022 Database Engine
Ajay Jagannathan
Dimitri Furman
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 4
Welcome to the world of SQL Copilots
Bob Ward
Joe Sack
3/21 – 12:00pm
Gate 12
Come see your SQL Perfmon in the cloud
Bob Ward
Dimitri Furman
3/21 – 12:00pm
Gate 8
Discover what’s new in Azure SQL Managed Instance through an exciting Demo Party!
Niko Neugebauer
Nevena Nikolic and Uros Milanovic
3/21 – 12:00pm
Gate 11
What You’ve Been Missing in SSMS
Erin Stellato
Drew Skwiers-Koballa
3/21 – 2:10pm
Gate 1
What’s new on the Power BI Roadmap
Mohammad Ali
Rui Romano
3/21 – 2:10pm
Gate 11
Zero to Hero with SQL Server on Linux – DBA & Developers
Amit Khandelwal
Tejas Shah
3/21 – 3:20pm
Gate 12
Building AI ready applications
Muazma Zahid
Sanjay Mishra
3/21 – 4:50pm
Gate 4
Accelerate your Oracle/Mainframe Modernization journey to Azure SQL
Mukesh Kumar
Asad Khan; Des Fitzgerald
3/21 – 4:50pm
Gate 5
Harnessing Data Science and AI in Fabric
Luke Moloney
Aitor Murguzur
3/21 – 4:50pm
Gate 5
What’s new in SQL Tools
Drew Skwiers-Koballa
FRIDAY
3/22 – 9:00am
Gate 12
Modern models of managing database fleets in Azure PaaS.
Bogdan Gavrilovic
Dani Ljepava, Uros Milanovic
3/22 – 9:00am
Gate 1
Your first flight with Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
Ulrich Christ
Krishnakumar Rukmangathan
3/22 – 10:10am
Gate 1
The Microsoft Data Leadership Panel
Bob Ward
Asad khan, Sanjay Mishra, Muazma Zahid, Alicja Kucharczyk, Mohammed Ali
3/22 – 12:00pm
Gate 11
Data tiering using data Virtualization in SQL
Ajay Jagannathan
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 2
JSON – a first class citizen in Azure SQL DB
Sanjay Mishra
Abhiman Tiwari
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 8
Advancing the DBA’s Role in the Cloud: In the Cockpit of Azure SQL Managed Instance
Dani Ljepava
Djordje Jeremic and Bogdan Gavrilovic
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 6
More for less: Cost optimizing your Azure SQL databases
Aditya Badramraju
Arvind Shyamsundar
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 3
Navigating Modern Authentication in SQL
Jordan Hays
Pieter Vanhove
3/22 – 3:20pm
Gate 8
Making the SQL Query Processor Work for you
Derek Wilson
3/22 – 3:20pm
Gate 1
SQL Server and Windows Server Better together on Azure
Bob Ward
3/22 – 4:50pm
Gate 11
Achieve peak performance and availability for your SQL Server and Azure SQL workloads with core engine enhancements
Ajay Jagannathan
Derek Wilson
3/22 – 4:50pm
Gate 12
Extendable by Design: Building Generative AI Apps with Postgres and Vector Storage and Azure AI
Adam Wolk
SATURDAY
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 12
SQL Server Containers & Kubernetes – Going to Production!
Amit Khandelwal
Tejas Shah
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 9
Azure SQL DB Data Portability : Mirroring, CDC, Export/Import and DataSync
Rajesh Setlem
Carlos Robles
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 12
Confidential development with Always Encrypted using enclaves
Pieter Vanhove
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 10
HADR on SQL Server on Azure VMs: Everything you Need to Know
David Pless
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 2
Operational insights in your hybrid-cloud multi-cloud SQL inventory outside azure using Arc SQL Server
Dhananjay Mahajan
3/23 – 10:10am
Gate 7
Deep {sky}diving into Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
Jeroen Luitwieler
Chunhua Gu
3/23 – 10:10am
Gate 11
Perfecting business continuity for Azure SQL DB
Rajesh Setlem
3/23 – 2:10pm
Gate 3
Business continuity of on-prem SQL Servers using Azure services through Arc
Dhananjay Mahajan
Raj Pochiraju
3/23 – 2:10pm
Gate 4
SQL Server on Azure VM – Configuring for Price-Performance
David Pless
3/23 – 2:10pm
Gate 5
The What and the Why of Microsoft Fabric Real-time Analytics
Devang Shah
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 4
A Deep Dive into Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse
Mark Pryce-Maher
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 8
Best Practices in PostgreSQL Tuning: Navigating Key Performance Bottlenecks in the Cloud
Alicja Kucharczyk
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 1
How to design and build AI applications with vector search using Azure OpenAI & Azure Cosmos DB
Theo van Kraay
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 12
SQL Modernization Journey with Tools, Assets & Migration Best Practices
Neel Ball
Ajith Krishnan, Des Fitzgerald
Community Hangar
The Community Hangar is a unique feature of SQLBits, it’s a space where attendees can meet and interact with community groups, experts, and enthusiasts. Find us in the Community Hangar for opportunities to “Meet the PG” or product group – the folks who build the products and features you use every day.
THURSDAY
11:30 – 11:50
Meet the PG: SQL Leadership
Asad Khan, Sanjay Mishra, Muazma Zahid, Ajay Jagannathan, Joe Sack, Tejas Shah, Dhananjay Mahajan, Buck Woody
12 – 12:50
Meet the PG: Power BI with Patrick, Adam & Mohammad
Mohammad Ali, Patrick LeBlanc, Adam Saxton
15:20-16:10
Meet the PG: PostgreSQL in Azure
Alicja Kucharczyk, Adam Wolk, Silvano Coriani
1620-16:40
Meet the PG: Data Platform Security
Pieter Vanhove, Jordan Hays
FRIDAY
11:30 – 11:50
Meet The PG : SQL Server in hybrid and multicloud environments
Dhanajay Mahajan, Raj Pochiraju, Ajay Jagannathan
12:00 – 12:50
Meet The PG: All things Azure SQL DB
Aditya Badramraju, Arvind Shyamsunder, Rajesh Setlem, Dimitri Furman
14:50 – 15:10
Meet the PG : SQL Server on Linux/Containers
Amit Khandelwal, Tejas Shah
15:20 – 16:10
Meet the PG: Developers
Muazma Zahid, Jerry Nixon, Carlos Robles, Abhiman Tiwari
SATURDAY
10:10 – 11:00
Meet the PG: SQL tools
Drew Skwiers-Koballa, Erin Stellato, Subhojit Basak, Carlos Robles
11:30 – 11:50
Meet the PG: Azure SQL Managed Instance
Niko Neugebauer, Dani Ljepava, Nevena Nikolic, Uros Milanovic, Djordje Jeremic, Bogdan Gavrilovic
14:10 – 15:00
Meet the PG: Data Integration
Jeroen Luitwieler, Ulrich Christ, Krishnakumar Rukmangathan, Chunhua Gu
Register today!
To learn more about SQLBits or to register, click here.
Microsoft Tech Community – Latest Blogs –Read More
Get ready for take off with Microsoft at SQLBits 2024
Microsoft is all set to soar high as the headline sponsor of SQLBits in Farnborough, UK from March 19-23. With their engines revved up, Microsoft is ready to take off and deliver 2 full-day workshops, 40+ sessions, a keynote, a booth, and much more at the event.
Join keynote speaker, Asad Khan, General Manager of SQL, along with other SQL experts, as they take you on a journey through the latest from SQL Server, Azure SQL, Microsoft Fabric, and more. And don’t miss the opportunity to dive into The Cloud Workshop for the SQL Professional led by Bob Ward, geared towards SQL Server users migrating to Azure SQL, and the From Beginner to Certified: A Fabric Analytics Engineer Workshop led by Bradley Ball and Mark Pryce-Maher.
So, come aboard and join us on this informative journey! Start planning which sessions you’ll be attending with our quick reference guide:
Date/Time
Location
Session Title
Speaker
Co-speaker(s)
WEDNESDAY
3/20 – 9:00am
Gate 1
Introduction to Microsoft Fabric
Mohammad Ali
3/20 – 9:00am
Gate 13
PostgreSQL for SQL Server Professionals
Silvano Coriani
3/20 – 9:00am
Gate 4
What You Should Know About Always On Availability Groups
Bob Ward
3/20 – 11:10am
Gate 4
Database of the future is here – Azure SQL Hyperscale deep dive
Arvind Shyamsundar
Aditya Badramraju
3/20 – 11:10am
Gate 3
Simplified SQL modernization journey with Azure SQL Migration Tools: A deep dive
Ajith Krishnan
Neel Ball;
3/20 – 11:10am
Gate 13
SQL DB: a developer’s catalyst
Muazma Zahid
Carlos Robles
Jerry Nixon
3/20 – 1:50pm
Gate 4
Modernize your SQL Data by starting cloud journey with SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc.
Raj Pochiraju
Dhananjay Mahajan
3/20 – 4:00pm
Gate 11
Azure SQL Managed Instance Deep Dive by Microsoft Product Group
Dani Ljepava
Niko Neugebauer; Nevena Nikolic; Uros Milanovic; Djordje Jeremic
THURSDAY
3/21 – 9:00am
Microsoft Keynote
Asad Khan
Yitzhak Kesselman, Bob Ward, Buck Woody, Erin Stellato, Patrick LeBlanc, Adam Saxton
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 10
A Deep Dive into DevOps Practices with Azure SQL
Carlos Robles
Jerry Nixon
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 9
Fly at Mach-speed with Azure SQL Managed Instance
Nevena Nikolic
Uros Milanovic; Niko Neugebauer
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 5
Flying High with Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric
Aitor Murguzur
Luke Moloney
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 12
Hidden Gems in SQL Server 2022 Database Engine
Ajay Jagannathan
Dimitri Furman
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 4
Welcome to the world of SQL Copilots
Bob Ward
Joe Sack
3/21 – 12:00pm
Gate 12
Come see your SQL Perfmon in the cloud
Bob Ward
Dimitri Furman
3/21 – 12:00pm
Gate 8
Discover what’s new in Azure SQL Managed Instance through an exciting Demo Party!
Niko Neugebauer
Nevena Nikolic and Uros Milanovic
3/21 – 12:00pm
Gate 11
What You’ve Been Missing in SSMS
Erin Stellato
Drew Skwiers-Koballa
3/21 – 2:10pm
Gate 1
What’s new on the Power BI Roadmap
Mohammad Ali
Rui Romano
3/21 – 2:10pm
Gate 11
Zero to Hero with SQL Server on Linux – DBA & Developers
Amit Khandelwal
Tejas Shah
3/21 – 3:20pm
Gate 12
Building AI ready applications
Muazma Zahid
Sanjay Mishra
3/21 – 4:50pm
Gate 4
Accelerate your Oracle/Mainframe Modernization journey to Azure SQL
Mukesh Kumar
Asad Khan; Des Fitzgerald
3/21 – 4:50pm
Gate 5
Harnessing Data Science and AI in Fabric
Luke Moloney
Aitor Murguzur
3/21 – 4:50pm
Gate 5
What’s new in SQL Tools
Drew Skwiers-Koballa
FRIDAY
3/22 – 9:00am
Gate 12
Modern models of managing database fleets in Azure PaaS.
Bogdan Gavrilovic
Dani Ljepava, Uros Milanovic
3/22 – 9:00am
Gate 1
Your first flight with Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
Ulrich Christ
Krishnakumar Rukmangathan
3/22 – 10:10am
Gate 1
The Microsoft Data Leadership Panel
Bob Ward
Asad khan, Sanjay Mishra, Muazma Zahid, Alicja Kucharczyk, Mohammed Ali
3/22 – 12:00pm
Gate 11
Data tiering using data Virtualization in SQL
Ajay Jagannathan
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 2
JSON – a first class citizen in Azure SQL DB
Sanjay Mishra
Abhiman Tiwari
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 8
Advancing the DBA’s Role in the Cloud: In the Cockpit of Azure SQL Managed Instance
Dani Ljepava
Djordje Jeremic and Bogdan Gavrilovic
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 6
More for less: Cost optimizing your Azure SQL databases
Aditya Badramraju
Arvind Shyamsundar
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 3
Navigating Modern Authentication in SQL
Jordan Hays
Pieter Vanhove
3/22 – 3:20pm
Gate 8
Making the SQL Query Processor Work for you
Derek Wilson
3/22 – 3:20pm
Gate 1
SQL Server and Windows Server Better together on Azure
Bob Ward
3/22 – 4:50pm
Gate 11
Achieve peak performance and availability for your SQL Server and Azure SQL workloads with core engine enhancements
Ajay Jagannathan
Derek Wilson
3/22 – 4:50pm
Gate 12
Extendable by Design: Building Generative AI Apps with Postgres and Vector Storage and Azure AI
Adam Wolk
SATURDAY
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 12
SQL Server Containers & Kubernetes – Going to Production!
Amit Khandelwal
Tejas Shah
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 9
Azure SQL DB Data Portability : Mirroring, CDC, Export/Import and DataSync
Rajesh Setlem
Carlos Robles
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 12
Confidential development with Always Encrypted using enclaves
Pieter Vanhove
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 10
HADR on SQL Server on Azure VMs: Everything you Need to Know
David Pless
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 2
Operational insights in your hybrid-cloud multi-cloud SQL inventory outside azure using Arc SQL Server
Dhananjay Mahajan
3/23 – 10:10am
Gate 7
Deep {sky}diving into Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
Jeroen Luitwieler
Chunhua Gu
3/23 – 10:10am
Gate 11
Perfecting business continuity for Azure SQL DB
Rajesh Setlem
3/23 – 2:10pm
Gate 3
Business continuity of on-prem SQL Servers using Azure services through Arc
Dhananjay Mahajan
Raj Pochiraju
3/23 – 2:10pm
Gate 4
SQL Server on Azure VM – Configuring for Price-Performance
David Pless
3/23 – 2:10pm
Gate 5
The What and the Why of Microsoft Fabric Real-time Analytics
Devang Shah
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 4
A Deep Dive into Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse
Mark Pryce-Maher
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 8
Best Practices in PostgreSQL Tuning: Navigating Key Performance Bottlenecks in the Cloud
Alicja Kucharczyk
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 1
How to design and build AI applications with vector search using Azure OpenAI & Azure Cosmos DB
Theo van Kraay
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 12
SQL Modernization Journey with Tools, Assets & Migration Best Practices
Neel Ball
Ajith Krishnan, Des Fitzgerald
Community Hangar
The Community Hangar is a unique feature of SQLBits, it’s a space where attendees can meet and interact with community groups, experts, and enthusiasts. Find us in the Community Hangar for opportunities to “Meet the PG” or product group – the folks who build the products and features you use every day.
THURSDAY
11:30 – 11:50
Meet the PG: SQL Leadership
Asad Khan, Sanjay Mishra, Muazma Zahid, Ajay Jagannathan, Joe Sack, Tejas Shah, Dhananjay Mahajan, Buck Woody
12 – 12:50
Meet the PG: Power BI with Patrick, Adam & Mohammad
Mohammad Ali, Patrick LeBlanc, Adam Saxton
15:20-16:10
Meet the PG: PostgreSQL in Azure
Alicja Kucharczyk, Adam Wolk, Silvano Coriani
1620-16:40
Meet the PG: Data Platform Security
Pieter Vanhove, Jordan Hays
FRIDAY
11:30 – 11:50
Meet The PG : SQL Server in hybrid and multicloud environments
Dhanajay Mahajan, Raj Pochiraju, Ajay Jagannathan
12:00 – 12:50
Meet The PG: All things Azure SQL DB
Aditya Badramraju, Arvind Shyamsunder, Rajesh Setlem, Dimitri Furman
14:50 – 15:10
Meet the PG : SQL Server on Linux/Containers
Amit Khandelwal, Tejas Shah
15:20 – 16:10
Meet the PG: Developers
Muazma Zahid, Jerry Nixon, Carlos Robles, Abhiman Tiwari
SATURDAY
10:10 – 11:00
Meet the PG: SQL tools
Drew Skwiers-Koballa, Erin Stellato, Subhojit Basak, Carlos Robles
11:30 – 11:50
Meet the PG: Azure SQL Managed Instance
Niko Neugebauer, Dani Ljepava, Nevena Nikolic, Uros Milanovic, Djordje Jeremic, Bogdan Gavrilovic
14:10 – 15:00
Meet the PG: Data Integration
Jeroen Luitwieler, Ulrich Christ, Krishnakumar Rukmangathan, Chunhua Gu
Register today!
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Get ready for take off with Microsoft at SQLBits 2024
Microsoft is all set to soar high as the headline sponsor of SQLBits in Farnborough, UK from March 19-23. With their engines revved up, Microsoft is ready to take off and deliver 2 full-day workshops, 40+ sessions, a keynote, a booth, and much more at the event.
Join keynote speaker, Asad Khan, General Manager of SQL, along with other SQL experts, as they take you on a journey through the latest from SQL Server, Azure SQL, Microsoft Fabric, and more. And don’t miss the opportunity to dive into The Cloud Workshop for the SQL Professional led by Bob Ward, geared towards SQL Server users migrating to Azure SQL, and the From Beginner to Certified: A Fabric Analytics Engineer Workshop led by Bradley Ball and Mark Pryce-Maher.
So, come aboard and join us on this informative journey! Start planning which sessions you’ll be attending with our quick reference guide:
Date/Time
Location
Session Title
Speaker
Co-speaker(s)
WEDNESDAY
3/20 – 9:00am
Gate 1
Introduction to Microsoft Fabric
Mohammad Ali
3/20 – 9:00am
Gate 13
PostgreSQL for SQL Server Professionals
Silvano Coriani
3/20 – 9:00am
Gate 4
What You Should Know About Always On Availability Groups
Bob Ward
3/20 – 11:10am
Gate 4
Database of the future is here – Azure SQL Hyperscale deep dive
Arvind Shyamsundar
Aditya Badramraju
3/20 – 11:10am
Gate 3
Simplified SQL modernization journey with Azure SQL Migration Tools: A deep dive
Ajith Krishnan
Neel Ball;
3/20 – 11:10am
Gate 13
SQL DB: a developer’s catalyst
Muazma Zahid
Carlos Robles
Jerry Nixon
3/20 – 1:50pm
Gate 4
Modernize your SQL Data by starting cloud journey with SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc.
Raj Pochiraju
Dhananjay Mahajan
3/20 – 4:00pm
Gate 11
Azure SQL Managed Instance Deep Dive by Microsoft Product Group
Dani Ljepava
Niko Neugebauer; Nevena Nikolic; Uros Milanovic; Djordje Jeremic
THURSDAY
3/21 – 9:00am
Microsoft Keynote
Asad Khan
Yitzhak Kesselman, Bob Ward, Buck Woody, Erin Stellato, Patrick LeBlanc, Adam Saxton
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 10
A Deep Dive into DevOps Practices with Azure SQL
Carlos Robles
Jerry Nixon
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 9
Fly at Mach-speed with Azure SQL Managed Instance
Nevena Nikolic
Uros Milanovic; Niko Neugebauer
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 5
Flying High with Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric
Aitor Murguzur
Luke Moloney
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 12
Hidden Gems in SQL Server 2022 Database Engine
Ajay Jagannathan
Dimitri Furman
3/21 – 10:10am
Gate 4
Welcome to the world of SQL Copilots
Bob Ward
Joe Sack
3/21 – 12:00pm
Gate 12
Come see your SQL Perfmon in the cloud
Bob Ward
Dimitri Furman
3/21 – 12:00pm
Gate 8
Discover what’s new in Azure SQL Managed Instance through an exciting Demo Party!
Niko Neugebauer
Nevena Nikolic and Uros Milanovic
3/21 – 12:00pm
Gate 11
What You’ve Been Missing in SSMS
Erin Stellato
Drew Skwiers-Koballa
3/21 – 2:10pm
Gate 1
What’s new on the Power BI Roadmap
Mohammad Ali
Rui Romano
3/21 – 2:10pm
Gate 11
Zero to Hero with SQL Server on Linux – DBA & Developers
Amit Khandelwal
Tejas Shah
3/21 – 3:20pm
Gate 12
Building AI ready applications
Muazma Zahid
Sanjay Mishra
3/21 – 4:50pm
Gate 4
Accelerate your Oracle/Mainframe Modernization journey to Azure SQL
Mukesh Kumar
Asad Khan; Des Fitzgerald
3/21 – 4:50pm
Gate 5
Harnessing Data Science and AI in Fabric
Luke Moloney
Aitor Murguzur
3/21 – 4:50pm
Gate 5
What’s new in SQL Tools
Drew Skwiers-Koballa
FRIDAY
3/22 – 9:00am
Gate 12
Modern models of managing database fleets in Azure PaaS.
Bogdan Gavrilovic
Dani Ljepava, Uros Milanovic
3/22 – 9:00am
Gate 1
Your first flight with Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
Ulrich Christ
Krishnakumar Rukmangathan
3/22 – 10:10am
Gate 1
The Microsoft Data Leadership Panel
Bob Ward
Asad khan, Sanjay Mishra, Muazma Zahid, Alicja Kucharczyk, Mohammed Ali
3/22 – 12:00pm
Gate 11
Data tiering using data Virtualization in SQL
Ajay Jagannathan
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 2
JSON – a first class citizen in Azure SQL DB
Sanjay Mishra
Abhiman Tiwari
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 8
Advancing the DBA’s Role in the Cloud: In the Cockpit of Azure SQL Managed Instance
Dani Ljepava
Djordje Jeremic and Bogdan Gavrilovic
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 6
More for less: Cost optimizing your Azure SQL databases
Aditya Badramraju
Arvind Shyamsundar
3/22 – 1:40pm
Gate 3
Navigating Modern Authentication in SQL
Jordan Hays
Pieter Vanhove
3/22 – 3:20pm
Gate 8
Making the SQL Query Processor Work for you
Derek Wilson
3/22 – 3:20pm
Gate 1
SQL Server and Windows Server Better together on Azure
Bob Ward
3/22 – 4:50pm
Gate 11
Achieve peak performance and availability for your SQL Server and Azure SQL workloads with core engine enhancements
Ajay Jagannathan
Derek Wilson
3/22 – 4:50pm
Gate 12
Extendable by Design: Building Generative AI Apps with Postgres and Vector Storage and Azure AI
Adam Wolk
SATURDAY
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 12
SQL Server Containers & Kubernetes – Going to Production!
Amit Khandelwal
Tejas Shah
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 9
Azure SQL DB Data Portability : Mirroring, CDC, Export/Import and DataSync
Rajesh Setlem
Carlos Robles
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 12
Confidential development with Always Encrypted using enclaves
Pieter Vanhove
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 10
HADR on SQL Server on Azure VMs: Everything you Need to Know
David Pless
3/23 – 9:00am
Gate 2
Operational insights in your hybrid-cloud multi-cloud SQL inventory outside azure using Arc SQL Server
Dhananjay Mahajan
3/23 – 10:10am
Gate 7
Deep {sky}diving into Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
Jeroen Luitwieler
Chunhua Gu
3/23 – 10:10am
Gate 11
Perfecting business continuity for Azure SQL DB
Rajesh Setlem
3/23 – 2:10pm
Gate 3
Business continuity of on-prem SQL Servers using Azure services through Arc
Dhananjay Mahajan
Raj Pochiraju
3/23 – 2:10pm
Gate 4
SQL Server on Azure VM – Configuring for Price-Performance
David Pless
3/23 – 2:10pm
Gate 5
The What and the Why of Microsoft Fabric Real-time Analytics
Devang Shah
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 4
A Deep Dive into Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse
Mark Pryce-Maher
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 8
Best Practices in PostgreSQL Tuning: Navigating Key Performance Bottlenecks in the Cloud
Alicja Kucharczyk
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 1
How to design and build AI applications with vector search using Azure OpenAI & Azure Cosmos DB
Theo van Kraay
3/23 – 4:00pm
Gate 12
SQL Modernization Journey with Tools, Assets & Migration Best Practices
Neel Ball
Ajith Krishnan, Des Fitzgerald
Community Hangar
The Community Hangar is a unique feature of SQLBits, it’s a space where attendees can meet and interact with community groups, experts, and enthusiasts. Find us in the Community Hangar for opportunities to “Meet the PG” or product group – the folks who build the products and features you use every day.
THURSDAY
11:30 – 11:50
Meet the PG: SQL Leadership
Asad Khan, Sanjay Mishra, Muazma Zahid, Ajay Jagannathan, Joe Sack, Tejas Shah, Dhananjay Mahajan, Buck Woody
12 – 12:50
Meet the PG: Power BI with Patrick, Adam & Mohammad
Mohammad Ali, Patrick LeBlanc, Adam Saxton
15:20-16:10
Meet the PG: PostgreSQL in Azure
Alicja Kucharczyk, Adam Wolk, Silvano Coriani
1620-16:40
Meet the PG: Data Platform Security
Pieter Vanhove, Jordan Hays
FRIDAY
11:30 – 11:50
Meet The PG : SQL Server in hybrid and multicloud environments
Dhanajay Mahajan, Raj Pochiraju, Ajay Jagannathan
12:00 – 12:50
Meet The PG: All things Azure SQL DB
Aditya Badramraju, Arvind Shyamsunder, Rajesh Setlem, Dimitri Furman
14:50 – 15:10
Meet the PG : SQL Server on Linux/Containers
Amit Khandelwal, Tejas Shah
15:20 – 16:10
Meet the PG: Developers
Muazma Zahid, Jerry Nixon, Carlos Robles, Abhiman Tiwari
SATURDAY
10:10 – 11:00
Meet the PG: SQL tools
Drew Skwiers-Koballa, Erin Stellato, Subhojit Basak, Carlos Robles
11:30 – 11:50
Meet the PG: Azure SQL Managed Instance
Niko Neugebauer, Dani Ljepava, Nevena Nikolic, Uros Milanovic, Djordje Jeremic, Bogdan Gavrilovic
14:10 – 15:00
Meet the PG: Data Integration
Jeroen Luitwieler, Ulrich Christ, Krishnakumar Rukmangathan, Chunhua Gu
Register today!
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Think like a People Scientist: Understanding and interpreting your survey data
At Viva Glint, our customers frequently ask us how to ‘think more like a People Scientist’ at key moments in their employee listening lifecycle. For example, how would a People Scientist think about designing a survey or listening strategy? What would they consider when analyzing and interpreting survey results in preparation for a boardroom meeting? Or perhaps, how do they use their skills to influence acting on employee feedback? On February 20th, we were delighted to bring you the first webinar in this series on ‘Think like a People Scientist’ to answer all your questions and more!
During this webinar, Jennifer Stoll (Principal People Scientist), Jason Thomas (Senior People Scientist) and Ben Tankus (People Science Analyst) shared their collective experiences and tips and tricks on how to approach the analysis of employee survey data. They spoke about the importance of understanding the impact of both internal factors (i.e. organizational priorities, organizational context etc.) and external factors (i.e. economic/industry trends) during the analysis. They also explained how to use the different types of reports available in Viva Glint to gather insights, some basic data science principles to be aware of, and how to use survey comments to aid your understanding of the employee experience.
If you missed the live event, watch the recording here. You can also access the slide presentation below which includes a list of further resources to help you.
For other upcoming events in this series see our event listings page.
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The AI Study Guide: Azure Machine Learning Edition
The AI Study Guide: Discover Machine Learning with these free Azure resources
Welcome to the February edition of the Azure AI Study Guide. Every month I’ll be spilling the tea on the best and newest tools for skilling up on Azure AI. This month we’re putting on our thinking caps to investigate Azure Machine Learning (ML). I’ll give you a quick breakdown of what it is, then we’ll explore a four-week roadmap of our top FREE resources for you to continue your AI learning journey! And as a bonus, stay tuned to the end to see what makes machine learning and generative AI a dynamic duo.
First things first: What is Machine Learning?
Short and sweet, Machine Learning is what happens when a computer learns from data without explicit programming. Algorithms help the computer improve its performance over time by analyzing data and identifying patterns, enabling it to make predictions, classifications, and decisions based on learned information.
Meet Robo
Imagine you have a pet robot named Robo. He’s cuddly and eager to please, but he didn’t come fully pre-programmed. So to make his owner—you—happy, he’s going to use machine learning to learn and adapt to his environment.
Say you want Robo to recognize different fruits so he can bring you a snack upon request. He has sensors that collect data about his surroundings, so to help you show him an apple or a banana. Robo examines each, and the algorithms within his software analyze the data. These algorithms are like Robo’s “brain,” capable of recognizing patterns and making connections. Now, when you show Robo a banana, he’ll say, “That looks like a banana!” Robo uses what he has learned from the seeing the different fruits to make decisions. It’s like Robo’s brain is figuring things out on its own!
The learning process is continuous. As Robo interacts with you and the world, he gathers more data, feeds it back into the algorithms, and further refines his understanding. This creates a feedback loop that allows Robo to become more and more personalized and responsive over time. Eventually he’ll learn to not only distinguish produce, but also learn new tricks you teach him.
Go from Azure Machine Learning novice to expert in 4 weeks.
Now that we have a basic grasp on ML, let’s jump into the FREE 4-week ML roadmap I’ve built out for you below. This study guide is going to empower developers and data scientists alike to build, deploy, and manage high-quality models faster and with confidence.
Week 1: Fundamentals
Introduction to Machine Learning: Unleash the power of Machine Learning, zero coding required! This interactive journey dives into the heart of ML without the intimidating jargon.
Explore the Azure Machine Learning Workspace: Build the foundation for your Azure Machine Learning adventures and navigate the workspace like a pro with these powerful instruments.
Quick start tutorial: Get started with Azure Machine Learning: Master the core features of Azure Machine Learning with this hands-on tutorial. Build, train, and register your AI brainchild, then deploy your model to the cloud and make predictions in real-time.
Week 2: Get your hands dirty
Build Classical Machine Learning Models with Supervised Learning: Train models to see the future? Yes, please! Supervised learning lets you do just that. Feed it examples, and it learns to make predictions, constantly refining its knowledge based on feedback. Explore the individual components of the learning process, and exactly how this process can improve a model.
Tutorial: Upload, access and explore your data in Azure Machine Learning: Let’s dive into prototyping, the secret weapon of early ML exploration. Learn how to upload your data to cloud storage, create an Azure ML data asset, and more.
Video: Collaborate on machine learning assets across teams and workspaces with Azure ML registries: Collaborate like never before with Azure ML registries. Share, discover, and reuse valuable ML assets like models, pipelines, and environments across your entire organization.
Week 3: Approaching expert status
Deploy and consume models with Azure Machine Learning – Training | Microsoft Learn: You’ve trained your model—now, deploy it in your app! Enhance user experience with a service that enables real-time predictions for individual or small sets of data points.
Video series: Scaling your AI/ML practices with MLOps and Azure Machine Learning: Join Seth Juarez and an amazing lineup of guests for a three-part series on powering AI and ML with Azure.
Episode 1: Abe Omorogbe gives an overview of MLOps and how to utilize AzureML MLOps capabilities to streamline the process of moving ML experiments from training to inference.
Episode 2: Setu Chokshi introduces the Azure MLOps (v2) Solution Accelerator and its value proposition. He also shares some customer use-cases!
Episode 3: Scott Donohoo demos how to use the Azure MLOps Solution Accelerator to securely train, deploy and manage ML models in production environments.
Week 4: Start training and earn a badge!
Train and evaluate deep learning models: Strap in for some cutting-edge ML/AI. “Deep learning” is an advanced form of ML that tries to emulate the human brain, using artificial neural networks that process numeric inputs rather than electrochemical stimuli.
Train a model and debug it with Responsible AI dashboard: Machine learning models should not only excel in accuracy but also adhere to ethical principles. In this module you’ll learn how to create a responsible AI dashboard, mitigate biases in your data, and meet compliance regulation requirements.
Assessment: Train and deploy a machine learning model with Azure Machine Learning: OK, hotshot, time to show off! Demonstrate your ability to train and deploy ML models to earn a Microsoft Applied Skills credential (and a cool badge).
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate: This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: design and prepare a ML solution; explore data and train models; prepare a model for deployment; and deploy and retrain a model. (Note: Price for certification exam is based on the country or region in which the exam is proctored.)
Extra goodies
Gen AI + ML = BFFs
Generative AI and Azure Machine Learning are powerhouses individually, but together they create a synergy that unlocks even greater potential. For example, a common issue with training ML models is a lack of sufficient data. But generative AI can create synthetic data, allowing the ML model to learn from broader and more diverse datasets, improving its effectiveness and generalizability.
To learn more about this dynamic duo, check out this series of videos produced by Azure experts:
A Beginners Guide to AI: Azure Machine Learning: Passionate about building bespoke AI solutions? Join us for a comprehensive introduction to Azure’s Machine Learning service, guiding you on when and why to train your unique models. Elevate your AI prowess and start tailoring solutions that resonate with your vision.
Build and maintain your company Copilot with Azure ML and GPT-4 : Large AI models are transforming the way we live and work. Harnessing these technologies for real-world applications requires purpose-built tooling to enable effective prompt engineering, experimentation, and safety mechanisms that deliver great customer experiences.
Prompt flow: An end-to-end tool to streamline prompt engineering: By streamlining the development, evaluation, and continuous integration and deployment of prompt engineering projects, prompt flow empowers data scientists and LLM application developers with an experience that combines natural language prompts, templating language, a list of built-in tools and Python code.
Streamline Your AI Application Development with Prompt Flow in Azure Machine Learning: Prompt flow also provides a streamlined experience to quickly create prompt workflows that connect large language models to your organizations data to create intelligent applications.
Deploy and fine-tune large AI models with your data with Foundation Models in Azure Machine Learning: Learn how to provide native capabilities to fine-tune and deploy foundation models from multiple open-source repositories using Azure Machine Learning components and pipelines.
For these and more AI training content, visit our AI learning hub. See you next month!
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CISA, OMB, ONCD and Microsoft collaborate on new logging playbook for Federal agencies
As part of our efforts to increase security defaults and follow the principle of secure by design, we are happy to share that a feature change initiated by Microsoft engineering will enable more logging capabilities for Purview Audit (Standard). We have worked closely with the Executive Office of the President (EOP), the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to prioritize this effort for U.S. government customers. This data will provide new telemetry to assist in meeting OMB 21-31 logging requirements for customers without E5 capability. This data enhances threat hunting capabilities for business email compromise (BEC), advanced nation-state threat activities, and possible insider risk scenarios. We are striving to ensure your organization can leverage these additional audit capabilities as quickly as possible. To assist in this, Microsoft and CISA will also be providing the Microsoft Expanded Cloud Log Implementation Playbook which will provide an in-depth look at each of the new log events and how they can be used to support hunting and incident response operations at your organization.
CRITICAL INFORMATION:
There are no prerequisite actions for your organization. These added logging capabilities will be enabled by default (excluding SearchQueryInitiatedExchange and SearchQueryInitiatedSharePoint, see below).
Unified Audit Log (UAL) Ingestion Size
The expanded logging capabilities will significantly increase (up to 10x) the data flowing into your SIEM or other security appliance if you are currently ingesting Office 365 Unified Audit Logs (UAL)
Your organization should plan accordingly during your Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) processes to ensure no unexpected expenses occur for your SIEM
Retention
At a minimum, Microsoft will log and store on your behalf for 180 days in Purview Compliance and no additional action is required for that change.
This is an increase from 90 days for previous Audit Standard customers
SearchQueryInitiatedExchange and SearchQueryInitiatedSharePoint:
These are critical log events necessary for capturing threat actor behavior outlined in the Microsoft Expanded Cloud Log Implementation Playbook
These log events are not enabled by default – it is strongly recommended to enable them as outlined in the Microsoft Expanded Cloud Log Implementation Playbook and in Step 4: Enable Audit (Premium) events.
BACKGROUND:
Vasu Jakkal recently announced an expansion of Microsoft’s cloud logging accessibility in her blog post Expanding Cloud Logging to Give Customers Deeper Security Visibility. This message was reinforced by Rudra Mitra in a follow-up blog post Expanding Audit Logging and Retention within Microsoft Purview for Increased Security Visibility. If you have not done so, please take a moment to read about the changes, this blog covers at a high level the context for the initiative. This change will impact government departments & agencies who do not currently have access to Microsoft Purview Audit Premium (E5/G5/Compliance Mini-Suite). And for those that do have Audit Premium, they will retain the additional capabilities of intelligent insights and extended retention periods, in addition to higher bandwidth and prioritized access to the API.
The new logging capabilities will now offer government Microsoft M365 E3 customers the ability to gain insights into detailed logs pertaining to the access of email (via MailItemsAccessed), and to the user entered search strings in both SharePoint and Exchange (via UserSearchQueries) if configured. This data will provide you with powerful insights to hunt for and detect both business email compromise (BEC), advanced nation state threats, and insider risks that seek to gain access to your organization’s most sensitive information.
To aid in operationalizing these added capabilities, Microsoft has partnered with CISA to jointly publish the Microsoft Expanded Cloud Log Implementation Playbook. The intent of this playbook is to provide cyber defenders with an overview of the critical logging events that have been added, including descriptions, data fields, and insights on their usability from a forensics and incident response perspective. The playbook also highlights key instructions for enabling SearchQueryInitiatedExchange and SearchQueryInitiatedSharePoint and ensuring that other log events have not been inadvertently disabled (including instructions for re-enabling). Lastly, the playbook provides a threat actor behavior driven approach for leveraging the added logging capabilities in detecting even the most advanced state-sponsored activities. These behaviors include Credential Access, Exfiltration, and Impact providing both proactive and reactive analytical methodologies for each. In addition, the playbook provides cyber defenders with KQL-based Advanced Hunting queries which can be used as a template for detecting the threat actor behaviors described in the scenario. Although it is not an all-encompassing document, this playbook is designed to be a force multiplier for our U.S. government partners, ensuring they are leveraging this data to the fullest extent possible.
This shift to provide increased logging for all customers worldwide will take time. A phased rollout approach will be utilized to ensure that backplane capacities and other performance metrics are closely monitored. However, we have prioritized our federal customers, and we are striving to ensure those who are not currently leveraging an E5 license receive this logging expansion as quickly as possible. This communication is to inform our government partners that all remaining customers in GCC, GCC-H, and DoD environments will be receiving these expanded logging capabilities in a staggered deployment over the next 30 days.
About the Author
Casey Kahsen is an accomplished information security professional with over 15 years of experience across government, international, critical infrastructure, and private sectors. Specializing in malware analysis, digital forensics, incident response, and cyber threat intelligence, Casey has effectively enhanced national cybersecurity measures and international partnerships. His expertise in leading technical teams through the full spectrum of onsite hunt and incident response engagements demonstrates a strategic balance of operational excellence, innovation, and skill development.
In his career, Casey has been instrumental in executing high-impact incident response and proactive hunt operations within significant U.S. Federal entities, managing complex environments of over 250,000 endpoints. Including a pioneering a methodology for nation-state cyber campaign documentation and tracking, which was leveraged by U.S. departments and shared with international allies for improved cyber defensive strategies.
In his current role at Microsoft, Casey is part of the Federal Security team, where he is a Sr. Technical Specialist focusing on incident response, threat hunting, and critical infrastructure. In this role, he supports the US Federal Government in their most complex cybersecurity challenges. Ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and problem solving skills are applied to combating our nation’s most persistent cyber threats.
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Microsoft Learn for Organizations: Jump-start team technical training
It’s no surprise that organizations, teams, and individuals all need technical expertise to succeed. Since today’s teams have limited time to build new skills for their key projects, there’s an increasing demand for technical training that can be covered in self-directed, always-on, digital resources—outside of the classroom. To help meet these team skill-building needs, we’re happy to announce Microsoft Learn for Organizations—a faster, more focused way to help close skill gaps and drive business success across your organization. This valuable resource features curated collections that help take the guesswork out of learning journeys so learners can apply new skills to quickly unblock projects. And this is just the beginning. We’ll make regular updates to include the latest technology and skills, adding collections, features, and more.
What is Microsoft Learn for Organizations?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations serves as the front door to all that Microsoft Learn offers for learners engaged in team training. It’s your trusted source to get your teams skilled up and ready to power AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud. Its focus is on streamlining what it takes for teams to gain technical skills to meet project and business goals. Resources include:
AI skill-building resources.
Curated collections (for organization leaders and for learners) that link to:
Learning paths and other self-paced content.
On-demand videos and events.
Gamified learning opportunities and skills challenges.
Instructor-led training (ILT) with Training Services Partners (TSPs) to help learners gain tech skills that translate from the classroom to the workplace.
Credentials, including Microsoft Certifications and Microsoft Applied Skills.
Success stories that explore how organizations achieve and benefit from a culture of learning.
Connections to a global community of learners and experts to help broaden expertise.
Which collections are available?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations includes a number of self-paced collections to help jump-start team training and skill up your teams for success. The initial collections include:
Build and modernize with AI. Help accelerate the benefits of AI at your organization by training everyone on this transformational technology.
Accelerate developer productivity. Equip yourself with essential skills to harness transformative AI tools, fostering innovation and accelerating developer productivity.
Get started with organizational skilling. Explore skill-building resources that you can use to start creating a learning culture within your organization.
Migrate and secure Windows Server and SQL Server workloads. Build the skills to guide your organization’s migration to the cloud with a wide variety of training options for Azure.
Migrate enterprise apps. Discover an extensive array of resources designed to help your organization efficiently migrate enterprise applications at scale.
Migrate SAP. Find out how to support your organization’s SAP migration efforts with a selection of skill-building resources.
Power business decisions with cloud-scale analytics. Uncover the potential of cloud-scale analytics to transform data into actionable insights at enterprise scale.
Transform your organization with skills for business professionals. Find out how to strategically apply Microsoft solutions across your organization, using training to empower business users and leaders.
Who can benefit from this new skill-building resource?
This exciting new self-service resource is for all organizations—for-profit or nonprofit, large or small—that want to train their teams and get the most value from their investment in Microsoft products, solutions, and technologies. It can benefit:
Team leaders who need to upskill team members to unblock key tech projects.
Learning managers who are focused on employee development to help meet organizational goals.
Anyone involved in coordinating training programs (formal or informal) who is interested in reducing barriers to technical skill-building.
All learners, especially those who need to accelerate project outcomes with tailored training to fit their learning styles and their demanding schedules, along with a way to certify and validate their newly gained skills.
Ready to jump-start your team training and help close skill gaps?
When you train your teams, develop a learning culture, and promote continuous learning development, it’s good not only for team members but also for your business. Closing tech skill gaps is one of the best ways for individuals to meet their professional goals and for organizations to meet their business goals—it’s a win-win.
Microsoft Learn offers expert and engaging learning experiences that are relevant to real-world challenges that your team members face every day. And Microsoft Learn for Organizations meets your team members wherever they are in their learning journey, to help them gain the technical expertise they need to thrive, demonstrate their expertise through industry-standard credentials, and validate that their skills remain top-notch.
Go to Microsoft Learn for Organizations, explore the collections and other resources, share them with your colleagues, and join the community. Stay tuned for more details as we evolve Microsoft Learn for Organizations to help ensure that your teams can keep up with changing roles and responsibilities, take their skills and projects to the next level, and help drive project and organizational success.
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What’s New in Sales Copilot – February 2024
Microsoft Copilot for Sales is reimagining sales. Integrated seamlessly into your daily tools across Microsoft 365 and Teams, Copilot for Sales harnesses the power of generative AI and customer data to keep sellers in their flow of work so they can spend more time with customers.
This month, we’re bringing you an exciting enhancement in Collab Spaces, and also highlighting new content, Copilot for Sales Tip Time.
Enable collab spaces creation and access from lists and cards for Account and Opportunity records.
Today, limited creation and engagement with Collab Spaces represents a lost opportunity. Selling is a team sport and seamless collaboration over key information that moves a deal forward is critical.
We’re excited to announce we’ve added contextual entry points for Collab Spaces by enabling Account and Opportunity collab space creation and access from both record lists and record detail cards.
Here’s how:
From the Sales tab:
From a record list, choose the ellipsis menu, and “Teams” to create or access linked Collab Spaces.
From a record’s detail view, create or access Collab Spaces linked to that record from the Collaborate in Teams card.
Create and access Collab Spaces from Account and Opportunity records’ list and detail views
Learn more about Collaboration Spaces in Copilot for Sales.
Copilot for Sales Tip Time
Copilot for Sales Tip Time can serve as a foundation for your training of Copilot for Sales users, customers, or partners! This content includes use cases and demonstrates how each feature will benefit sellers, administrators, and sales managers.
It aims to assist sellers in understanding the capabilities of Copilot for Sales; providing quick tips, facilitating product learning, and, more significantly, enabling them to make the most of the great features we provide. At the same time, tip time assists administrators who perform customizations and sales managers who need usage data.
Get started
Ready to join us and other top-performing sales organizations worldwide? Reach out to your Microsoft sales team or visit our product web page.
Ready to install Sales Copilot? Have a look at our deployment guide for Dynamics 365 Sales users or our deployment guide for Salesforce users.
Ready to learn all the details? Check out the Copilot for Sales product documentation.
Stay connected
Want to stay connected? Learn about the latest improvements before everyone else at https://aka.ms/salescopilotupdates. Join our community in the community discussion forum and we always welcome your feedback and ideas in our product feedback portal.
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Unlocking Your Career Potential with Microsoft Fabric Career Hub
In the ever-evolving technology field, we are demanded to keep up with the new advancements and be able to set and choose the right career paths in conjunction with the technologies we are interested in. However, this is not always easy, as there are many factors that can influence our decisions, such as market demand, personal preferences, skill gaps, and career goals. How can we navigate through these challenges and find the best opportunities for our professional growth?
Why use Microsoft Fabric Career Hub?
Microsoft Fabric Career Hub is a web-based portal that helps developers explore and plan their career paths within Microsoft Fabric. Whether you are a student, a beginner, or an experienced developer, you can use the Career Hub to:
– Discover the different roles and technologies that Microsoft Fabric supports
– Assess your current skills and identify your skill gaps and learning needs.
– Find relevant learning paths, work towards certification, and initiatives that can help you advance your career goals.
– Connect with other developers and mentors who can offer you guidance, feedback, and opportunities.
Harnessing the learning resources
If you are passionate about working and analyzing data, you don’t want to miss the opportunity to prepare for the DP-600: Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric certification exam in the Career Hub.
The Career Hub is more than just a collection of learning paths, certification, and initiatives. It is a dynamic and interactive platform that helps you master the skills and knowledge required for the DP-600 exam and beyond. The Certification Journey is a fun and rewarding start that takes you through five steps to achieve your certification goal. You will learn from experts, practice with real questions, and get a 50% exam discount along the way by completing the Fabric Analytics Engineer Challenge.
Leveraging Community and Network
The Group Learning section in the Career Hub allows you to:
Get hands-on – The Microsoft Fabric Global AI Hack is your playground for creating and experimenting with Microsoft Fabric while having the opportunity to build Fabric and AI solutions.
Get Advice – A wide range of experts available to with discussions on career paths, learning, roles, and exam strategies to set you up for success in your career path on the Career Hub Forum.
Get mentorship – Learning rooms enable you and experts to have environment where you can have direct a deep dive in small groups into specific questions via asynchronous discussions and virtual session.
Unveiling Career Opportunities
Within the Career Hub you have access to gain insights from community leaders and experts who are within the field. These insights come with advice on how to navigate your career path with Fabric for different roles. The platform also enables you to gain deeper understanding of what kind of roles are available for people who use Fabric, how Microsoft Fabric fits into each of those roles and an estimate of the average salary each role has. This information is available on the Role Guidance section.
Bonus – Educators can build a comprehensive curriculum centered around Microsoft Fabric, aimed at empowering your students in cloud-powered app development by following this guide.
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Azure API Center: The First Look
Let’s say you work for a company that has a lot of APIs. You might have a few questions:
How do you manage the lifecycle of those APIs?
What governance would you apply to these APIs?
What is the list of environments needed to manage these APIs?
What are the deployment strategies for those APIs?
How would you integrate those APIs with other services?
As your company’s number of APIs increases, so does the complexity of managing them. Azure API Center (APIC) is a central repository for your APIs lifecycle management, and it offers the more efficient ways for management. Throughout this post, I will take a first look at what Azure API Center is and what it offers.
You can find a sample code from this GitHub repository.
Prerequisites
There are a few prerequisites to use Azure APIC effectively:
Visual Studio Code with the Azure API Center extension, Rest Client extension and Kiota extension
Azure CLI with the API Center extension
Azure Developer CLI for easy resource provisioning through Bicep
API Center instance provisioning
There are three ways to provision an APIC instance:
Through Bicep
Through Azure CLI
Through Azure Portal
I’m not going to discuss how to provision an APIC instance in this article. But here’s the reference you can do it by yourself through Bicep – Azure API Center Sample
Register APIs to APIC
The purpose of using APIC is to manage your company’s APIs in a centralised manner. From design to deployment, APIC tracks all the histories. To register your APIs to APIC, you can use either Azure CLI or Azure Portal.
Let’s say there’s a weather forecast API you have designed and developed. You have an OpenAPI document for the API, but not implemented yet. Let’s register the API to APIC.
az apic api register
-g “my-resource-group”
-s “my-api-center”
–api-location ./weather-forecast.json
If you want to register another API through the Azure Portal, you can do it by following the official documentation.
Import APIs from API Management to APIC
If you have already working APIs in Azure API Management (APIM), you can import them to APIC through Azure CLI. But it requires a few more steps to do so.
First of all, you need to activate Managed Identity to the APIC instance. It can be either system identity or user identity, but I’m going to use the system identity for now.
az apic service update
-g “my-resource-group”
-s “my-api-center”
–identity ‘{ “type”: “SystemAssigned” }’
Then, get the principal ID of the APIC instance.
APIC_PRINCIPAL_ID=$(az apic service show
-g “my-resource-group”
-s “my-api-center”
–query “identity.principalId” -o tsv)
Now, register the APIC instance to the APIM instance as an APIM reader.
APIM_RESOURCE_ID=$(az apim show
-g “my-resource-group”
-s “my-api-center”
–query “id” -o tsv)
az role assignment create
–role “API Management Service Reader Role”
–assignee-object-id $APIC_PRINCIPAL_ID
–assignee-principal-type ServicePrincipal
–scope $APIM_RESOURCE_ID
And finally, import APIs from APIM to APIC.
az apic service import-from-apim
-g “my-resource-group”
-s “my-api-center”
–source-resource-ids “$APIM_RESOURCE_ID/apis/*”
Now, you have registered and imported APIs to APIC. But registering those APIs to APIC does nothing to do with us. What’s next then? Let’s play around those APIs on Visual Studio Code.
View APIs on Visual Studio Code – Swagger UI
So, what can you do with the APIs registered and imported to APIC? You can view the list of APIs on Visual Studio Code. First, you need to install the Azure API Center extension on Visual Studio Code.
Once you install the extension, you can see the list of APIs on the extension. Choose one of the APIs and right-click on it. Then, you can see the context menu. Click on the Open API Documentation menu item.
You will see the Swagger UI page, showing your API document. With this Swagger UI, you can test your API endpoints.
Test APIs on Visual Studio Code – Rest Client
Although you can test your API endpoints on the Swagger UI, you can also test them in a different way. For this, you need to install the Rest Client extension on Visual Studio Code.
After you install the extension, choose one of the APIs and right-click on it. Then, you can see the context menu. Click on the Generate HTTP File menu item.
Within the HTTP file, you can actually test your API endpoints with different payloads.
Generate client SDK on Visual Studio Code – Kiota
You can write up the client SDK by yourself. But it’s time consuming and fragile because the API can change at any time. But what if somebody or a tool creates the client SDK on your behalf?
One of the greatest features of this APIC extension offers is to generate client SDKs. You can generate the client SDKs for your APIs in different languages. Although the API itself has no implementation yet, you can still work with the client SDK because you know what you need to send and what you will receive in return through the SDK. For this, you need to install the Kiota extension on Visual Studio Code.
After you install the extension, choose one of the APIs and right-click on it. Then, you can see the context menu. Click on the Generate API Client menu item.
Because I have a Blazor web application, I’m going to generate a C# client SDK for the API. The Kiota extension finds out all the API endpoints from APIC. You can choose them all or just a few of them. Click the :play_button: button, and it generates the client SDK for you.
Add the necessary information like class name and namespace of the client SDK, and output folder. Finally it asks in which language to generate the client SDK. There are currently 9 languages available for now. I’m going to choose C#.
The Kiota extension then generates the client SDK into the designated directory.
Consume the generated client SDK within an application
Now, the client SDK has been generated by the Kiota extension from APIC to my Blazor application. Because it uses the Kiota libraries, I need to install the following Kiota NuGet packages to my Blazor web application.
dotnet add ./src/WebApp/ package Microsoft.Kiota.Http.HttpClientLibrary
dotnet add ./src/WebApp/ package Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Form
dotnet add ./src/WebApp/ package Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Json
dotnet add ./src/WebApp/ package Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Text
dotnet add ./src/WebApp/ package Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Multipart
Add dependencies to the Program.cs file and update the Home.razor file to consume the client SDK. Then you will be able to see the result.
Your web application as the API consumer works perfectly with the client SDK generated from APIC.
So far, I’ve walked through how Azure API Center can handle your organisation’s APIs as a central repository, and played around the APIC extension on VS Code. This post has shown you how to provision the APIC instance, register and import APIs in various ways, and how to test those APIs on VS Code and generate the client SDKs directly from VS Code.
As I mentioned in the beginning, taking care of many APIs in one place is crucial as your ogranisation grows up. You might think that you don’t need APIC if your organisation’s API structure is relatively simple. However, even if your organisation is small, APIC will give you better overview of APIs, and how they can interconnected with each other.
More about Azure API Center?
If you want to learn more about APIC, the following links might be helpful.
Azure API Center
Create the first API Center
Playlist: Azure API Center
Azure API Center Feedback
This article was originally published on Dev Kimchi.
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Azure AI Translator announces Synchronous Document Translation
Seattle—Feb 21, 2024—Today, we are pleased to announce the public preview of the synchronous operation of document translation feature in Azure AI Translator service. This new synchronous operation allows users to translate a document in real time into a target language.
Document translation enables users to translate complex documents in a variety of file formats including Text, HTML, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook messages whilst preserving the source document’s format and layout. The service autodetects the language of the text in the source document if it is unknown to the user. In addition, the user in the request can optionally send a glossary of terms to apply when translating the document.
Enterprise customers, using document translation asynchronous batch operation, have provided feedback that their employees managing highly confidential documents are hesitant to upload them to a shared cloud storage of their organization for translation. New synchronous operation addresses such need by processing and translating the entire document in memory, avoiding a need to store documents in any storage, even temporarily. The synchronous operation takes a document as part of the request, translates the textual content in the document into a specified target language, and returns the translated document as part of the response. It supplements asynchronous batch operation of document translation which has been generally available since May 2021.
Document Translation
Asynchronous batch operation
Synchronous operation (preview)
Asynchronously translates batches of up to 1000 documents, into up to 10 target languages in a single request.
Synchronously translates a single document into single target language.
Upload the document to translate into Azure blob storage. In the request, send the Azure blob storage location URLs of source and target documents.
In the request send the source document and get the translated document in the response.
Translate large documents of size up to 40MB
Translate a document of size up to 10MB
Supports translation of document formats including Text, HTML, Markdown, Office, Outlook message, PDF, and legacy Office and Open document formats.
Supports translation of document formats including Text, HTML, Markdown, Office, and Outlook message.
Document translation synchronous operation is priced at the same rate as asynchronous batch operation.
To try and adopt document translation synchronous operation, as a prerequisite you need an active Azure subscription and an Azure AI Translator resource. Please use the following code samples to try it out.
Sample curl command to translate a document:
curl -i -X POST “{document-translation-endpoint}/translator/document:translate?sourceLanguage={language_code}&targetLanguage={language_code}&api-version=2023-11-01-preview”
-H “Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key:{Your resource key}”
–form “document={full-path-to-source-file};type={content-type}/{file-extension}”
–output “{full-path-to-translated-file}”
Python code sample to translate a document:
import requests
import os
#Construct URL
endpoint = “<Your document translation endpoint>”
path = “/translator/document:translate”
url = endpoint + path
headers = {
“Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key”: “<Your resource key>”
}
# Define the parameters
# Get list of supported languages and code here: https://aka.ms/TranslatorLanguageCodes
params = {
“sourceLanguage”: “<source language code>”,
“targetLanguage”: “<target language code>”,
“api-version”: “2023-11-01-preview”
}
# Include full path, file name and extension
input_file = “<full path to source file>”
output_file = “<full path to translated file>”
# Open the input file in binary mode
with open(input_file, “rb”) as document:
# Define the data to be sent
# Find list of supported content types here: https://aka.ms/dtsync-content-type
data = {
“document”: (os.path.basename(input_file), document, “<Your file content type>”)
}
# Send the POST request
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, files=data, params=params)
# Write the response content to a file
with open(output_file, “wb”) as output_document:
output_document.write(response.content)
References:
User documentation
Pricing
Send your feedback to mtfb@microsoft.com
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Microsoft Learn for Organizations: Jump-start team technical training
It’s no surprise that organizations, teams, and individuals all need technical expertise to succeed. Since today’s teams have limited time to build new skills for their key projects, there’s an increasing demand for technical training that can be covered in self-directed, always-on, digital resources—outside of the classroom. To help meet these team skill-building needs, we’re happy to announce Microsoft Learn for Organizations—a faster, more focused way to help close skill gaps and drive business success across your organization. This valuable resource features curated collections that help take the guesswork out of learning journeys so learners can apply new skills to quickly unblock projects. And this is just the beginning. We’ll make regular updates to include the latest technology and skills, adding collections, features, and more.
What is Microsoft Learn for Organizations?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations serves as the front door to all that Microsoft Learn offers for learners engaged in team training. It’s your trusted source to get your teams skilled up and ready to power AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud. Its focus is on streamlining what it takes for teams to gain technical skills to meet project and business goals. Resources include:
AI skill-building resources.
Curated collections (for organization leaders and for learners) that link to:
Learning paths and other self-paced content.
On-demand videos and events.
Gamified learning opportunities and skills challenges.
Instructor-led training (ILT) with Training Services Partners (TSPs) to help learners gain tech skills that translate from the classroom to the workplace.
Credentials, including Microsoft Certifications and Microsoft Applied Skills.
Success stories that explore how organizations achieve and benefit from a culture of learning.
Connections to a global community of learners and experts to help broaden expertise.
Which collections are available?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations includes a number of self-paced collections to help jump-start team training and skill up your teams for success. The initial collections include:
Build and modernize with AI. Help accelerate the benefits of AI at your organization by training everyone on this transformational technology.
Accelerate developer productivity. Equip yourself with essential skills to harness transformative AI tools, fostering innovation and accelerating developer productivity.
Get started with organizational skilling. Explore skill-building resources that you can use to start creating a learning culture within your organization.
Migrate and secure Windows Server and SQL Server workloads. Build the skills to guide your organization’s migration to the cloud with a wide variety of training options for Azure.
Migrate enterprise apps. Discover an extensive array of resources designed to help your organization efficiently migrate enterprise applications at scale.
Migrate SAP. Find out how to support your organization’s SAP migration efforts with a selection of skill-building resources.
Power business decisions with cloud-scale analytics. Uncover the potential of cloud-scale analytics to transform data into actionable insights at enterprise scale.
Transform your organization with skills for business professionals. Find out how to strategically apply Microsoft solutions across your organization, using training to empower business users and leaders.
Who can benefit from this new skill-building resource?
This exciting new self-service resource is for all organizations—for-profit or nonprofit, large or small—that want to train their teams and get the most value from their investment in Microsoft products, solutions, and technologies. It can benefit:
Team leaders who need to upskill team members to unblock key tech projects.
Learning managers who are focused on employee development to help meet organizational goals.
Anyone involved in coordinating training programs (formal or informal) who is interested in reducing barriers to technical skill-building.
All learners, especially those who need to accelerate project outcomes with tailored training to fit their learning styles and their demanding schedules, along with a way to certify and validate their newly gained skills.
Ready to jump-start your team training and help close skill gaps?
When you train your teams, develop a learning culture, and promote continuous learning development, it’s good not only for team members but also for your business. Closing tech skill gaps is one of the best ways for individuals to meet their professional goals and for organizations to meet their business goals—it’s a win-win.
Microsoft Learn offers expert and engaging learning experiences that are relevant to real-world challenges that your team members face every day. And Microsoft Learn for Organizations meets your team members wherever they are in their learning journey, to help them gain the technical expertise they need to thrive, demonstrate their expertise through industry-standard credentials, and validate that their skills remain top-notch.
Go to Microsoft Learn for Organizations, explore the collections and other resources, share them with your colleagues, and join the community. Stay tuned for more details as we evolve Microsoft Learn for Organizations to help ensure that your teams can keep up with changing roles and responsibilities, take their skills and projects to the next level, and help drive project and organizational success.
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Microsoft Learn for Organizations: Jump-start team technical training
It’s no surprise that organizations, teams, and individuals all need technical expertise to succeed. Since today’s teams have limited time to build new skills for their key projects, there’s an increasing demand for technical training that can be covered in self-directed, always-on, digital resources—outside of the classroom. To help meet these team skill-building needs, we’re happy to announce Microsoft Learn for Organizations—a faster, more focused way to help close skill gaps and drive business success across your organization. This valuable resource features curated collections that help take the guesswork out of learning journeys so learners can apply new skills to quickly unblock projects. And this is just the beginning. We’ll make regular updates to include the latest technology and skills, adding collections, features, and more.
What is Microsoft Learn for Organizations?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations serves as the front door to all that Microsoft Learn offers for learners engaged in team training. It’s your trusted source to get your teams skilled up and ready to power AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud. Its focus is on streamlining what it takes for teams to gain technical skills to meet project and business goals. Resources include:
AI skill-building resources.
Curated collections (for organization leaders and for learners) that link to:
Learning paths and other self-paced content.
On-demand videos and events.
Gamified learning opportunities and skills challenges.
Instructor-led training (ILT) with Training Services Partners (TSPs) to help learners gain tech skills that translate from the classroom to the workplace.
Credentials, including Microsoft Certifications and Microsoft Applied Skills.
Success stories that explore how organizations achieve and benefit from a culture of learning.
Connections to a global community of learners and experts to help broaden expertise.
Which collections are available?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations includes a number of self-paced collections to help jump-start team training and skill up your teams for success. The initial collections include:
Build and modernize with AI. Help accelerate the benefits of AI at your organization by training everyone on this transformational technology.
Accelerate developer productivity. Equip yourself with essential skills to harness transformative AI tools, fostering innovation and accelerating developer productivity.
Get started with organizational skilling. Explore skill-building resources that you can use to start creating a learning culture within your organization.
Migrate and secure Windows Server and SQL Server workloads. Build the skills to guide your organization’s migration to the cloud with a wide variety of training options for Azure.
Migrate enterprise apps. Discover an extensive array of resources designed to help your organization efficiently migrate enterprise applications at scale.
Migrate SAP. Find out how to support your organization’s SAP migration efforts with a selection of skill-building resources.
Power business decisions with cloud-scale analytics. Uncover the potential of cloud-scale analytics to transform data into actionable insights at enterprise scale.
Transform your organization with skills for business professionals. Find out how to strategically apply Microsoft solutions across your organization, using training to empower business users and leaders.
Who can benefit from this new skill-building resource?
This exciting new self-service resource is for all organizations—for-profit or nonprofit, large or small—that want to train their teams and get the most value from their investment in Microsoft products, solutions, and technologies. It can benefit:
Team leaders who need to upskill team members to unblock key tech projects.
Learning managers who are focused on employee development to help meet organizational goals.
Anyone involved in coordinating training programs (formal or informal) who is interested in reducing barriers to technical skill-building.
All learners, especially those who need to accelerate project outcomes with tailored training to fit their learning styles and their demanding schedules, along with a way to certify and validate their newly gained skills.
Ready to jump-start your team training and help close skill gaps?
When you train your teams, develop a learning culture, and promote continuous learning development, it’s good not only for team members but also for your business. Closing tech skill gaps is one of the best ways for individuals to meet their professional goals and for organizations to meet their business goals—it’s a win-win.
Microsoft Learn offers expert and engaging learning experiences that are relevant to real-world challenges that your team members face every day. And Microsoft Learn for Organizations meets your team members wherever they are in their learning journey, to help them gain the technical expertise they need to thrive, demonstrate their expertise through industry-standard credentials, and validate that their skills remain top-notch.
Go to Microsoft Learn for Organizations, explore the collections and other resources, share them with your colleagues, and join the community. Stay tuned for more details as we evolve Microsoft Learn for Organizations to help ensure that your teams can keep up with changing roles and responsibilities, take their skills and projects to the next level, and help drive project and organizational success.
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Microsoft Learn for Organizations: Jump-start team technical training
It’s no surprise that organizations, teams, and individuals all need technical expertise to succeed. Since today’s teams have limited time to build new skills for their key projects, there’s an increasing demand for technical training that can be covered in self-directed, always-on, digital resources—outside of the classroom. To help meet these team skill-building needs, we’re happy to announce Microsoft Learn for Organizations—a faster, more focused way to help close skill gaps and drive business success across your organization. This valuable resource features curated collections that help take the guesswork out of learning journeys so learners can apply new skills to quickly unblock projects. And this is just the beginning. We’ll make regular updates to include the latest technology and skills, adding collections, features, and more.
What is Microsoft Learn for Organizations?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations serves as the front door to all that Microsoft Learn offers for learners engaged in team training. It’s your trusted source to get your teams skilled up and ready to power AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud. Its focus is on streamlining what it takes for teams to gain technical skills to meet project and business goals. Resources include:
AI skill-building resources.
Curated collections (for organization leaders and for learners) that link to:
Learning paths and other self-paced content.
On-demand videos and events.
Gamified learning opportunities and skills challenges.
Instructor-led training (ILT) with Training Services Partners (TSPs) to help learners gain tech skills that translate from the classroom to the workplace.
Credentials, including Microsoft Certifications and Microsoft Applied Skills.
Success stories that explore how organizations achieve and benefit from a culture of learning.
Connections to a global community of learners and experts to help broaden expertise.
Which collections are available?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations includes a number of self-paced collections to help jump-start team training and skill up your teams for success. The initial collections include:
Build and modernize with AI. Help accelerate the benefits of AI at your organization by training everyone on this transformational technology.
Accelerate developer productivity. Equip yourself with essential skills to harness transformative AI tools, fostering innovation and accelerating developer productivity.
Get started with organizational skilling. Explore skill-building resources that you can use to start creating a learning culture within your organization.
Migrate and secure Windows Server and SQL Server workloads. Build the skills to guide your organization’s migration to the cloud with a wide variety of training options for Azure.
Migrate enterprise apps. Discover an extensive array of resources designed to help your organization efficiently migrate enterprise applications at scale.
Migrate SAP. Find out how to support your organization’s SAP migration efforts with a selection of skill-building resources.
Power business decisions with cloud-scale analytics. Uncover the potential of cloud-scale analytics to transform data into actionable insights at enterprise scale.
Transform your organization with skills for business professionals. Find out how to strategically apply Microsoft solutions across your organization, using training to empower business users and leaders.
Who can benefit from this new skill-building resource?
This exciting new self-service resource is for all organizations—for-profit or nonprofit, large or small—that want to train their teams and get the most value from their investment in Microsoft products, solutions, and technologies. It can benefit:
Team leaders who need to upskill team members to unblock key tech projects.
Learning managers who are focused on employee development to help meet organizational goals.
Anyone involved in coordinating training programs (formal or informal) who is interested in reducing barriers to technical skill-building.
All learners, especially those who need to accelerate project outcomes with tailored training to fit their learning styles and their demanding schedules, along with a way to certify and validate their newly gained skills.
Ready to jump-start your team training and help close skill gaps?
When you train your teams, develop a learning culture, and promote continuous learning development, it’s good not only for team members but also for your business. Closing tech skill gaps is one of the best ways for individuals to meet their professional goals and for organizations to meet their business goals—it’s a win-win.
Microsoft Learn offers expert and engaging learning experiences that are relevant to real-world challenges that your team members face every day. And Microsoft Learn for Organizations meets your team members wherever they are in their learning journey, to help them gain the technical expertise they need to thrive, demonstrate their expertise through industry-standard credentials, and validate that their skills remain top-notch.
Go to Microsoft Learn for Organizations, explore the collections and other resources, share them with your colleagues, and join the community. Stay tuned for more details as we evolve Microsoft Learn for Organizations to help ensure that your teams can keep up with changing roles and responsibilities, take their skills and projects to the next level, and help drive project and organizational success.
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Microsoft Learn for Organizations: Jump-start team technical training
It’s no surprise that organizations, teams, and individuals all need technical expertise to succeed. Since today’s teams have limited time to build new skills for their key projects, there’s an increasing demand for technical training that can be covered in self-directed, always-on, digital resources—outside of the classroom. To help meet these team skill-building needs, we’re happy to announce Microsoft Learn for Organizations—a faster, more focused way to help close skill gaps and drive business success across your organization. This valuable resource features curated collections that help take the guesswork out of learning journeys so learners can apply new skills to quickly unblock projects. And this is just the beginning. We’ll make regular updates to include the latest technology and skills, adding collections, features, and more.
What is Microsoft Learn for Organizations?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations serves as the front door to all that Microsoft Learn offers for learners engaged in team training. It’s your trusted source to get your teams skilled up and ready to power AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud. Its focus is on streamlining what it takes for teams to gain technical skills to meet project and business goals. Resources include:
AI skill-building resources.
Curated collections (for organization leaders and for learners) that link to:
Learning paths and other self-paced content.
On-demand videos and events.
Gamified learning opportunities and skills challenges.
Instructor-led training (ILT) with Training Services Partners (TSPs) to help learners gain tech skills that translate from the classroom to the workplace.
Credentials, including Microsoft Certifications and Microsoft Applied Skills.
Success stories that explore how organizations achieve and benefit from a culture of learning.
Connections to a global community of learners and experts to help broaden expertise.
Which collections are available?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations includes a number of self-paced collections to help jump-start team training and skill up your teams for success. The initial collections include:
Build and modernize with AI. Help accelerate the benefits of AI at your organization by training everyone on this transformational technology.
Accelerate developer productivity. Equip yourself with essential skills to harness transformative AI tools, fostering innovation and accelerating developer productivity.
Get started with organizational skilling. Explore skill-building resources that you can use to start creating a learning culture within your organization.
Migrate and secure Windows Server and SQL Server workloads. Build the skills to guide your organization’s migration to the cloud with a wide variety of training options for Azure.
Migrate enterprise apps. Discover an extensive array of resources designed to help your organization efficiently migrate enterprise applications at scale.
Migrate SAP. Find out how to support your organization’s SAP migration efforts with a selection of skill-building resources.
Power business decisions with cloud-scale analytics. Uncover the potential of cloud-scale analytics to transform data into actionable insights at enterprise scale.
Transform your organization with skills for business professionals. Find out how to strategically apply Microsoft solutions across your organization, using training to empower business users and leaders.
Who can benefit from this new skill-building resource?
This exciting new self-service resource is for all organizations—for-profit or nonprofit, large or small—that want to train their teams and get the most value from their investment in Microsoft products, solutions, and technologies. It can benefit:
Team leaders who need to upskill team members to unblock key tech projects.
Learning managers who are focused on employee development to help meet organizational goals.
Anyone involved in coordinating training programs (formal or informal) who is interested in reducing barriers to technical skill-building.
All learners, especially those who need to accelerate project outcomes with tailored training to fit their learning styles and their demanding schedules, along with a way to certify and validate their newly gained skills.
Ready to jump-start your team training and help close skill gaps?
When you train your teams, develop a learning culture, and promote continuous learning development, it’s good not only for team members but also for your business. Closing tech skill gaps is one of the best ways for individuals to meet their professional goals and for organizations to meet their business goals—it’s a win-win.
Microsoft Learn offers expert and engaging learning experiences that are relevant to real-world challenges that your team members face every day. And Microsoft Learn for Organizations meets your team members wherever they are in their learning journey, to help them gain the technical expertise they need to thrive, demonstrate their expertise through industry-standard credentials, and validate that their skills remain top-notch.
Go to Microsoft Learn for Organizations, explore the collections and other resources, share them with your colleagues, and join the community. Stay tuned for more details as we evolve Microsoft Learn for Organizations to help ensure that your teams can keep up with changing roles and responsibilities, take their skills and projects to the next level, and help drive project and organizational success.
Microsoft Tech Community – Latest Blogs –Read More
Microsoft Learn for Organizations: Jump-start team technical training
It’s no surprise that organizations, teams, and individuals all need technical expertise to succeed. Since today’s teams have limited time to build new skills for their key projects, there’s an increasing demand for technical training that can be covered in self-directed, always-on, digital resources—outside of the classroom. To help meet these team skill-building needs, we’re happy to announce Microsoft Learn for Organizations—a faster, more focused way to help close skill gaps and drive business success across your organization. This valuable resource features curated collections that help take the guesswork out of learning journeys so learners can apply new skills to quickly unblock projects. And this is just the beginning. We’ll make regular updates to include the latest technology and skills, adding collections, features, and more.
What is Microsoft Learn for Organizations?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations serves as the front door to all that Microsoft Learn offers for learners engaged in team training. It’s your trusted source to get your teams skilled up and ready to power AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud. Its focus is on streamlining what it takes for teams to gain technical skills to meet project and business goals. Resources include:
AI skill-building resources.
Curated collections (for organization leaders and for learners) that link to:
Learning paths and other self-paced content.
On-demand videos and events.
Gamified learning opportunities and skills challenges.
Instructor-led training (ILT) with Training Services Partners (TSPs) to help learners gain tech skills that translate from the classroom to the workplace.
Credentials, including Microsoft Certifications and Microsoft Applied Skills.
Success stories that explore how organizations achieve and benefit from a culture of learning.
Connections to a global community of learners and experts to help broaden expertise.
Which collections are available?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations includes a number of self-paced collections to help jump-start team training and skill up your teams for success. The initial collections include:
Build and modernize with AI. Help accelerate the benefits of AI at your organization by training everyone on this transformational technology.
Accelerate developer productivity. Equip yourself with essential skills to harness transformative AI tools, fostering innovation and accelerating developer productivity.
Get started with organizational skilling. Explore skill-building resources that you can use to start creating a learning culture within your organization.
Migrate and secure Windows Server and SQL Server workloads. Build the skills to guide your organization’s migration to the cloud with a wide variety of training options for Azure.
Migrate enterprise apps. Discover an extensive array of resources designed to help your organization efficiently migrate enterprise applications at scale.
Migrate SAP. Find out how to support your organization’s SAP migration efforts with a selection of skill-building resources.
Power business decisions with cloud-scale analytics. Uncover the potential of cloud-scale analytics to transform data into actionable insights at enterprise scale.
Transform your organization with skills for business professionals. Find out how to strategically apply Microsoft solutions across your organization, using training to empower business users and leaders.
Who can benefit from this new skill-building resource?
This exciting new self-service resource is for all organizations—for-profit or nonprofit, large or small—that want to train their teams and get the most value from their investment in Microsoft products, solutions, and technologies. It can benefit:
Team leaders who need to upskill team members to unblock key tech projects.
Learning managers who are focused on employee development to help meet organizational goals.
Anyone involved in coordinating training programs (formal or informal) who is interested in reducing barriers to technical skill-building.
All learners, especially those who need to accelerate project outcomes with tailored training to fit their learning styles and their demanding schedules, along with a way to certify and validate their newly gained skills.
Ready to jump-start your team training and help close skill gaps?
When you train your teams, develop a learning culture, and promote continuous learning development, it’s good not only for team members but also for your business. Closing tech skill gaps is one of the best ways for individuals to meet their professional goals and for organizations to meet their business goals—it’s a win-win.
Microsoft Learn offers expert and engaging learning experiences that are relevant to real-world challenges that your team members face every day. And Microsoft Learn for Organizations meets your team members wherever they are in their learning journey, to help them gain the technical expertise they need to thrive, demonstrate their expertise through industry-standard credentials, and validate that their skills remain top-notch.
Go to Microsoft Learn for Organizations, explore the collections and other resources, share them with your colleagues, and join the community. Stay tuned for more details as we evolve Microsoft Learn for Organizations to help ensure that your teams can keep up with changing roles and responsibilities, take their skills and projects to the next level, and help drive project and organizational success.
Microsoft Tech Community – Latest Blogs –Read More
Microsoft Learn for Organizations: Jump-start team technical training
It’s no surprise that organizations, teams, and individuals all need technical expertise to succeed. Since today’s teams have limited time to build new skills for their key projects, there’s an increasing demand for technical training that can be covered in self-directed, always-on, digital resources—outside of the classroom. To help meet these team skill-building needs, we’re happy to announce Microsoft Learn for Organizations—a faster, more focused way to help close skill gaps and drive business success across your organization. This valuable resource features curated collections that help take the guesswork out of learning journeys so learners can apply new skills to quickly unblock projects. And this is just the beginning. We’ll make regular updates to include the latest technology and skills, adding collections, features, and more.
What is Microsoft Learn for Organizations?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations serves as the front door to all that Microsoft Learn offers for learners engaged in team training. It’s your trusted source to get your teams skilled up and ready to power AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud. Its focus is on streamlining what it takes for teams to gain technical skills to meet project and business goals. Resources include:
AI skill-building resources.
Curated collections (for organization leaders and for learners) that link to:
Learning paths and other self-paced content.
On-demand videos and events.
Gamified learning opportunities and skills challenges.
Instructor-led training (ILT) with Training Services Partners (TSPs) to help learners gain tech skills that translate from the classroom to the workplace.
Credentials, including Microsoft Certifications and Microsoft Applied Skills.
Success stories that explore how organizations achieve and benefit from a culture of learning.
Connections to a global community of learners and experts to help broaden expertise.
Which collections are available?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations includes a number of self-paced collections to help jump-start team training and skill up your teams for success. The initial collections include:
Build and modernize with AI. Help accelerate the benefits of AI at your organization by training everyone on this transformational technology.
Accelerate developer productivity. Equip yourself with essential skills to harness transformative AI tools, fostering innovation and accelerating developer productivity.
Get started with organizational skilling. Explore skill-building resources that you can use to start creating a learning culture within your organization.
Migrate and secure Windows Server and SQL Server workloads. Build the skills to guide your organization’s migration to the cloud with a wide variety of training options for Azure.
Migrate enterprise apps. Discover an extensive array of resources designed to help your organization efficiently migrate enterprise applications at scale.
Migrate SAP. Find out how to support your organization’s SAP migration efforts with a selection of skill-building resources.
Power business decisions with cloud-scale analytics. Uncover the potential of cloud-scale analytics to transform data into actionable insights at enterprise scale.
Transform your organization with skills for business professionals. Find out how to strategically apply Microsoft solutions across your organization, using training to empower business users and leaders.
Who can benefit from this new skill-building resource?
This exciting new self-service resource is for all organizations—for-profit or nonprofit, large or small—that want to train their teams and get the most value from their investment in Microsoft products, solutions, and technologies. It can benefit:
Team leaders who need to upskill team members to unblock key tech projects.
Learning managers who are focused on employee development to help meet organizational goals.
Anyone involved in coordinating training programs (formal or informal) who is interested in reducing barriers to technical skill-building.
All learners, especially those who need to accelerate project outcomes with tailored training to fit their learning styles and their demanding schedules, along with a way to certify and validate their newly gained skills.
Ready to jump-start your team training and help close skill gaps?
When you train your teams, develop a learning culture, and promote continuous learning development, it’s good not only for team members but also for your business. Closing tech skill gaps is one of the best ways for individuals to meet their professional goals and for organizations to meet their business goals—it’s a win-win.
Microsoft Learn offers expert and engaging learning experiences that are relevant to real-world challenges that your team members face every day. And Microsoft Learn for Organizations meets your team members wherever they are in their learning journey, to help them gain the technical expertise they need to thrive, demonstrate their expertise through industry-standard credentials, and validate that their skills remain top-notch.
Go to Microsoft Learn for Organizations, explore the collections and other resources, share them with your colleagues, and join the community. Stay tuned for more details as we evolve Microsoft Learn for Organizations to help ensure that your teams can keep up with changing roles and responsibilities, take their skills and projects to the next level, and help drive project and organizational success.
Microsoft Tech Community – Latest Blogs –Read More
Microsoft Learn for Organizations: Jump-start team technical training
It’s no surprise that organizations, teams, and individuals all need technical expertise to succeed. Since today’s teams have limited time to build new skills for their key projects, there’s an increasing demand for technical training that can be covered in self-directed, always-on, digital resources—outside of the classroom. To help meet these team skill-building needs, we’re happy to announce Microsoft Learn for Organizations—a faster, more focused way to help close skill gaps and drive business success across your organization. This valuable resource features curated collections that help take the guesswork out of learning journeys so learners can apply new skills to quickly unblock projects. And this is just the beginning. We’ll make regular updates to include the latest technology and skills, adding collections, features, and more.
What is Microsoft Learn for Organizations?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations serves as the front door to all that Microsoft Learn offers for learners engaged in team training. It’s your trusted source to get your teams skilled up and ready to power AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud. Its focus is on streamlining what it takes for teams to gain technical skills to meet project and business goals. Resources include:
AI skill-building resources.
Curated collections (for organization leaders and for learners) that link to:
Learning paths and other self-paced content.
On-demand videos and events.
Gamified learning opportunities and skills challenges.
Instructor-led training (ILT) with Training Services Partners (TSPs) to help learners gain tech skills that translate from the classroom to the workplace.
Credentials, including Microsoft Certifications and Microsoft Applied Skills.
Success stories that explore how organizations achieve and benefit from a culture of learning.
Connections to a global community of learners and experts to help broaden expertise.
Which collections are available?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations includes a number of self-paced collections to help jump-start team training and skill up your teams for success. The initial collections include:
Build and modernize with AI. Help accelerate the benefits of AI at your organization by training everyone on this transformational technology.
Accelerate developer productivity. Equip yourself with essential skills to harness transformative AI tools, fostering innovation and accelerating developer productivity.
Get started with organizational skilling. Explore skill-building resources that you can use to start creating a learning culture within your organization.
Migrate and secure Windows Server and SQL Server workloads. Build the skills to guide your organization’s migration to the cloud with a wide variety of training options for Azure.
Migrate enterprise apps. Discover an extensive array of resources designed to help your organization efficiently migrate enterprise applications at scale.
Migrate SAP. Find out how to support your organization’s SAP migration efforts with a selection of skill-building resources.
Power business decisions with cloud-scale analytics. Uncover the potential of cloud-scale analytics to transform data into actionable insights at enterprise scale.
Transform your organization with skills for business professionals. Find out how to strategically apply Microsoft solutions across your organization, using training to empower business users and leaders.
Who can benefit from this new skill-building resource?
This exciting new self-service resource is for all organizations—for-profit or nonprofit, large or small—that want to train their teams and get the most value from their investment in Microsoft products, solutions, and technologies. It can benefit:
Team leaders who need to upskill team members to unblock key tech projects.
Learning managers who are focused on employee development to help meet organizational goals.
Anyone involved in coordinating training programs (formal or informal) who is interested in reducing barriers to technical skill-building.
All learners, especially those who need to accelerate project outcomes with tailored training to fit their learning styles and their demanding schedules, along with a way to certify and validate their newly gained skills.
Ready to jump-start your team training and help close skill gaps?
When you train your teams, develop a learning culture, and promote continuous learning development, it’s good not only for team members but also for your business. Closing tech skill gaps is one of the best ways for individuals to meet their professional goals and for organizations to meet their business goals—it’s a win-win.
Microsoft Learn offers expert and engaging learning experiences that are relevant to real-world challenges that your team members face every day. And Microsoft Learn for Organizations meets your team members wherever they are in their learning journey, to help them gain the technical expertise they need to thrive, demonstrate their expertise through industry-standard credentials, and validate that their skills remain top-notch.
Go to Microsoft Learn for Organizations, explore the collections and other resources, share them with your colleagues, and join the community. Stay tuned for more details as we evolve Microsoft Learn for Organizations to help ensure that your teams can keep up with changing roles and responsibilities, take their skills and projects to the next level, and help drive project and organizational success.
Microsoft Tech Community – Latest Blogs –Read More
Microsoft Learn for Organizations: Jump-start team technical training
It’s no surprise that organizations, teams, and individuals all need technical expertise to succeed. Since today’s teams have limited time to build new skills for their key projects, there’s an increasing demand for technical training that can be covered in self-directed, always-on, digital resources—outside of the classroom. To help meet these team skill-building needs, we’re happy to announce Microsoft Learn for Organizations—a faster, more focused way to help close skill gaps and drive business success across your organization. This valuable resource features curated collections that help take the guesswork out of learning journeys so learners can apply new skills to quickly unblock projects. And this is just the beginning. We’ll make regular updates to include the latest technology and skills, adding collections, features, and more.
What is Microsoft Learn for Organizations?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations serves as the front door to all that Microsoft Learn offers for learners engaged in team training. It’s your trusted source to get your teams skilled up and ready to power AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud. Its focus is on streamlining what it takes for teams to gain technical skills to meet project and business goals. Resources include:
AI skill-building resources.
Curated collections (for organization leaders and for learners) that link to:
Learning paths and other self-paced content.
On-demand videos and events.
Gamified learning opportunities and skills challenges.
Instructor-led training (ILT) with Training Services Partners (TSPs) to help learners gain tech skills that translate from the classroom to the workplace.
Credentials, including Microsoft Certifications and Microsoft Applied Skills.
Success stories that explore how organizations achieve and benefit from a culture of learning.
Connections to a global community of learners and experts to help broaden expertise.
Which collections are available?
Microsoft Learn for Organizations includes a number of self-paced collections to help jump-start team training and skill up your teams for success. The initial collections include:
Build and modernize with AI. Help accelerate the benefits of AI at your organization by training everyone on this transformational technology.
Accelerate developer productivity. Equip yourself with essential skills to harness transformative AI tools, fostering innovation and accelerating developer productivity.
Get started with organizational skilling. Explore skill-building resources that you can use to start creating a learning culture within your organization.
Migrate and secure Windows Server and SQL Server workloads. Build the skills to guide your organization’s migration to the cloud with a wide variety of training options for Azure.
Migrate enterprise apps. Discover an extensive array of resources designed to help your organization efficiently migrate enterprise applications at scale.
Migrate SAP. Find out how to support your organization’s SAP migration efforts with a selection of skill-building resources.
Power business decisions with cloud-scale analytics. Uncover the potential of cloud-scale analytics to transform data into actionable insights at enterprise scale.
Transform your organization with skills for business professionals. Find out how to strategically apply Microsoft solutions across your organization, using training to empower business users and leaders.
Who can benefit from this new skill-building resource?
This exciting new self-service resource is for all organizations—for-profit or nonprofit, large or small—that want to train their teams and get the most value from their investment in Microsoft products, solutions, and technologies. It can benefit:
Team leaders who need to upskill team members to unblock key tech projects.
Learning managers who are focused on employee development to help meet organizational goals.
Anyone involved in coordinating training programs (formal or informal) who is interested in reducing barriers to technical skill-building.
All learners, especially those who need to accelerate project outcomes with tailored training to fit their learning styles and their demanding schedules, along with a way to certify and validate their newly gained skills.
Ready to jump-start your team training and help close skill gaps?
When you train your teams, develop a learning culture, and promote continuous learning development, it’s good not only for team members but also for your business. Closing tech skill gaps is one of the best ways for individuals to meet their professional goals and for organizations to meet their business goals—it’s a win-win.
Microsoft Learn offers expert and engaging learning experiences that are relevant to real-world challenges that your team members face every day. And Microsoft Learn for Organizations meets your team members wherever they are in their learning journey, to help them gain the technical expertise they need to thrive, demonstrate their expertise through industry-standard credentials, and validate that their skills remain top-notch.
Go to Microsoft Learn for Organizations, explore the collections and other resources, share them with your colleagues, and join the community. Stay tuned for more details as we evolve Microsoft Learn for Organizations to help ensure that your teams can keep up with changing roles and responsibilities, take their skills and projects to the next level, and help drive project and organizational success.
Microsoft Tech Community – Latest Blogs –Read More