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Question about Microsoft IT specialist certification, in relation to Coursera.
Please, bear with me, as it took me 3 hours just to get navigated here for help.
I am taking IT courses with Coursera. I am not an IT professional...I am trying to change my career and my life.
I was taking Googles IT Support Specialist course, but after 4 days of classes, I came across a major roadblock: Outdated information on their QwikLabs setup.
The course was at least a year behind, the Demo on how to use Qwiklabs was seriously outdated, and Google has changed Qwiklabs into a "Pay to Create" gimmick that really doesn't work for anyone that is a Student, imo. $25+ to create a project, per project, and then 3 cents an hour while its running, can build up really fast.
It was also changes and charges that Coursera was unaware of.
So, how does this relate?
I want to switch over to Microsoft IT Support courses and certification, but i want to make sure that its up to date, and that i won't run into another "out of the course" pay wall structure, because i really don't have that kind of money to throw around like that. It may not seem like a major deal to alot of people, but I am maintaining two households, on two continents, off one paycheck, and Im a kitchen employee...so Im sure alot of people can relate to how this is suddenly an issue.
Can anyone verify how up-to-date that course is, from Microsoft, on Coursera? Im trying to change my life, and its already upsetting finding i wasted a weeks worth of effort.
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I am not mistaken , what I wrote is taken directly from the top of this page
This community is for Training Services Partners to access information or ask questions regarding the commercial delivery of official Microsoft training. It is not a community for learners or exam candidates to check on course or exam status
The level of change in IT especially with AI makes it very difficult to keep any learning content up to date.
Rather than Coursera use the free learning content on Microsoft Learn https://learn.microsoft.com
This is where Microsoft reps directed me, when I asked....so according to Microsoft themselves, or at least their representatives, you are mistaken.
And AI doesn't mean that it will be 2 years out of date, which is what I had to deal with over at Google. Im just looking for something at least more current, like their demos of assignments matching up, more or less, with the actual product, and not a completely different system all together.
thank you for your time.
