Learn about recent improvements to playlists, skilling sessions, partner discovery, and credentials, based on what learners and team leaders told us they need to build skills with confidence.
Priya Vaidyanathan is a Director of Product Management at Microsoft, where she leads the product management teams that are building AI Skills Navigator.
AI Skills Navigator exists to help people and teams build confidence with AI skills, through clear paths, practical learning, and guidance that fits real work.
It brings together trusted training and credentials from Microsoft, LinkedIn, GitHub, and other sources in one connected experience so you can build skills without bouncing between tools.
Since launch, we’ve kept improving the experience, guided by your feedback, based on how people are learning and working.
For the deeper story behind why we built AI Skills Navigator, read The moment AI skilling stopped being optional—and started being personal.
Today’s post focuses on what’s changed, including recent updates designed to make it easier to guide teams, learn at your own pace, and stay on track.
Skilling playlists: From small teams to organization-wide rollouts
Skilling playlists in AI Skills Navigator turn priorities into clear, role-aligned paths, helping teams focus on the skills that matter for their day-to-day work. They’re often where people begin, especially when team leaders want learning plans tied to real projects and role-specific responsibilities.
The process for creating playlists is now more transparent and efficient. As you draft a playlist with AI support, you can see why specific content is suggested, apply your own judgment, and adjust as needed. You can also select multiple AI-suggested prompts in a single interaction, reducing manual effort while maintaining control of what your teams learn next.
We’ve improved visibility for playlist owners and team leaders. Real-time progress tracking helps you see how your learners are moving through a playlist, spot where support may be needed, and adjust plans as priorities change.
Progress view in an AI Skills Navigator skilling playlist.
We’ve also enhanced skilling playlists to support wider rollouts, whether you’re guiding a small team or coordinating learning across an organization. We made this change based on your feedback, so playlists can scale with your needs—without added complexity.
Skilling sessions: Now more flexible for real workdays
Skilling sessions in AI Skills Navigator feature content written by human experts and presented by AI, with in-session support from the Skilling Coach agent. You can ask questions at any time, and the coach prompts quick knowledge checks and reflections to reinforce what you’re learning.
Recent improvements give learners more control over how they explore the sessions, including the ability to move forward or rewind, adjust playback speed, and save progress to resume later.
These updates make it easier for learners to fit deeper learning into their workdays, while continuing to build skills they can apply right away.
Pro tip: Find skilling sessions in Explore content, where you can browse and filter by learning type.
Explore content and filter by learning type.
Microsoft Training Services Partners: Tailored, local training support
From individual skill‑building to supporting your team’s goals, Training Services Partners can help. They can tailor instructor-led training to your needs, from role- and project-specific enablement to local language delivery and flexible formats (in-person, virtual, or blended).
The new Training Services Partners directory in AI Skills Navigator makes it easier to discover Microsoft partners that can support human‑led training, customized programs, and organization‑wide skilling initiatives.
This directory helps organizations move from individual learning to coordinated, supported skilling, without having to search across multiple sites or programs.
New content and credentials: All in one place
AI Skills Navigator brings training and credentials together so you can follow a clear path and build toward readiness.
The Microsoft Certified: AI Transformation Leader and Microsoft Certified: AI Business Professional Certifications are now generally available, giving individuals and organizations a way to validate applied capability—not just knowledge. With training and credential prep in one place, you can focus on getting ready and proving what you can do.
Earn an AI Transformation Leader or AI Business Professional Certification.
As we continue evolving the content and credentials available in AI Skills Navigator, our focus remains the same: making it easier for you to find relevant learning, build skills that stick, and demonstrate progress over time.
We’re listening—and continuing to improve AI Skills Navigator
These updates reflect your feedback: you’ve asked for clearer ways to guide teams with playlists, more flexible learning through skilling sessions, and more support when you want it, through partner discovery and credentials in one place.
We’ll keep evolving AI Skills Navigator based on how people learn, how teams work, and what we hear from individuals and organizations. And we’ll continue sharing updates as the experience grows.
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Stay tuned for more updates soon. In our next Inside AI Skills Navigator post, we’ll take a closer look at skilling playlists.
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