Free Online Courses By Microsoft Virtual Academy

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Free Online Courses Offered

Developer courses

Beginner Level – Kodu

Kodu lets students create games on Windows computers using a simple visual programming language. Through making games, students also have opportunities to express themselves creatively, solve problems, and tell stories. In this webinar we will show teachers how to use Kodu in the classroom – even if they have no prior design or programming skills.

Beginner Level Top 5 Bootstrap Concepts Explained

Why is Bootstrap one of the most widespread and influential JavaScript frameworks? For starters, it’s an intuitive and versatile open source framework for organizing content on a page and building UIs. Join developer Adrian Leven as he steps through five top Bootstrap questions and concepts to explain some of the tips, tricks, and pitfalls that every front-end developer should know before they start using it. Begin with an overview of what Bootstrap is, and then dive into how to center an element both vertically and horizontally. From there, look at how to maintain consistent height between your columns, discover the significance of the sr-only tag, and explore the various sizings that are specified within the framework’s grid system. Get started with Bootstrap today!

Intermediate Level IT Expert Roundtable: Using Azure Data Lake for Advanced Analytics

Join a team of Microsoft IT experts, as they talk about how Microsoft built a centralized, big data architecture on Azure Data Lake to connect supply chain data and processes. These experts were members of a team that authored a significant paper on this topic. Listen in as they point out how bringing data together helped eliminate the tendency to operate and make decisions in silos. Hear answers to key questions on Azure Data Lake, including the very basic, “What is Azure Data Lake?” and, “What drove Microsoft to build this solution?” Plus, learn what “data democratization” is, find out how Microsoft implemented ownership and governance in Azure Data Lake, whether Data Lake takes the place of a traditional data warehouse, and much more. Learn how Microsoft teams now take advantage of advanced analytics and machine learning for deeper insights and innovation with data.

Part 1 of 4: Overview of existing tools to create Azure Container Service clusters

In this 4 part series of setting up a Kubernetes cluster with Azure Container Service we explore Azure CLI, Azure Resource Manager, and Terraform. This is a first part of the series on setting up a Ku golnazal.

Intermediate Level Building Your Azure Skills Toolkit: Highlights

If you’d like to learn how to enhance your apps with cloud services, we’ve got a highlights course for you! Join the experts and explore the foundations, in this training, which shows you how to implement some of the basic Azure services.

See lots of practical demos, too, to help you put your new skills to work. Find out how to create an Angular SPA mixed template, and learn about Cognitive Services and the Computer Vision API. Hear about the various versions of Active Directory in Azure, and see how to use Active Directory B2C to integrate social accounts. Get the details on Azure Search integration, and explore the different types of storage in Azure.

NOTE: Ready for a deeper dive? The free edX training course, Building your Azure Skills Toolkit, goes into greater detail on all of these topics and more. Check it out!

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IT Pro Courses

Intermediate Level IT Expert Roundtable: Using Azure Data Lake for Advanced Analytics

Hear answers to key questions on Azure Data Lake, including the very basic, “What is Azure Data Lake?” and, “What drove Microsoft to build this solution?” Plus, learn what “data democratization” is, find out how Microsoft implemented ownership and governance in Azure Data Lake, whether Data Lake takes the place of a traditional data warehouse, and much more. Learn how Microsoft teams now take advantage of advanced analytics and machine learning for deeper insights and innovation with data.

Intermediate Level Windows 10 Features for a Mobile Workforce

Would you like to learn more about Windows 10 features—especially for today’s mobile workforce? Don’t miss this helpful exploration, and get the details on everything from the basics to configuration. Plus, get links to more in-depth edX courses on these same topics. Start with a look at how to use Windows Configuration Designer to perform common provisioning tasks.

See how to enable shared PC mode on a Windows 10 workgroup device, and then find out how to deploy apps using a provisioning package. Learn to use Windows Defender Security Center, configure Azure AD join, and see a demonstration on configuring Windows Update settings.

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Data Pro courses

Intermediate Level Installing, Configuring, and Managing Microsoft SQL Server on Linux

If you’ve been looking for a course that explores Microsoft SQL Server on Linux, look no further. This team of Microsoft SQL Engineering experts covers everything you need to know about SQL Server on Linux—from technology evolution to future features in vNext. Begin with a look at current features, as you get a high-level overview of SQL Server on Linux. Explore installation, containers, and DevOps, along with the critical high availability, disaster recovery, backup/restore capabilities in SQL Server on Linux. Then discover the architecture and performance features, Linux-based tools, and security and troubleshooting. Plus, learn about the different options to run your SQL Server on Linux workloads in the cloud—and much more.

Beginner Level Microsoft Social Engagement

This Digital Learning course provides insight into your social media footprint. Learn how to build search queries and navigate Social Engagement to get the most out of it. Plus, examine different strategies for managing your social presence.

Explore the social engagement circle and social strategy, and look at brand reputation and social business opportunities. Walk through the process of building and maintaining the search query process. Take a look at post consumption and analytics, configure social to CRM automation options, and much more.

Intermediate Level Python Tools for Visual Studio 2017

Want to get started with Python Tools for Visual Studio 2017? Instructor Steve Dower steps you through the process, from installation to debugging and everything in between. Visual Studio on Windows provides open-source support for the popular Python language through the Python Development and Data Science workloads (Visual Studio 2017) and the free Python Tools for Visual Studio extension. Install Visual Studio, and follow along to set it up and to use Visual Studio Python Development features. Learn how to install Python Support, get Python code, and manage Python environments. Get the details on editing the code and using the Python Interactive Window, along with how to debug, profile, and test Python. Want next steps? We’ll point you to even more information on working with Python in Visual Studio.

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