The technical nature of cloud infrastructure involves components such as virtualization, software as a service (SaaS), storage systems, networking technologies, databases, serverless computing services, and more. As these technologies continue to evolve and become more integrated, it’s increasingly important for companies to understand how they work in order to maximize the potential benefits.
As an IT professional, staying competitive means always improving your skills. Cloud computing continues to revolutionize how organizations run their businesses and Microsoft is a key leader in this ever-growing sector. To stay up to date with these advancements and to keep your organization’s workloads and infrastructure well governed, you can take advantage of our wide range of Azure Infrastructure training and skilling programs. Not only will you be developing abilities as an investment in your career, but you’ll also make a lasting impression on your organization and industry by taking advantage of the newest technologies.
Whether it is preventing costly hardware investments or streamlining complex processes within organizations, there are many powerful advantages to gain by properly understanding cloud infrastructure. With its scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness, deploying cloud infrastructure solutions within an organization's existing environment can be incredibly beneficial for both short-term cost savings as well as long-term growth potential.
Get started on your Azure Infrastructure journey
With our lineup of learning paths, skills challenges, certifications, and other resources, you’re sure to find something new on your cloud adoption journey and find the tools you need to manage your company’s Azure digital estate.
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Azure Skills Navigator |
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Download these role-based guides with a variety of resources to help build and deepen your knowledge of Azure. |
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Learn how to recommend, plan, and implement Azure networking solutions, including hybrid networking, connectivity, routing, security, and private access to Azure services. |
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Begin by learning why centrally managed backup for on-premises and cloud data is best for reducing the management burden and costs of a BDR infrastructure while optimizing the speed and reliability of backup and data recovery operations. |
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Deepen your knowledge of Azure fundamental concepts of cloud computing and Azure core infrastructure services, management, monitoring, security, and compliance. |
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Explore core solutions, then move on to solution design principles, including security and compliance. Discover deployment tools and methods to help bring your solution architectures to life. |
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Official Azure Infrastructure Learn Collections |
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Curated content that prepares you for certification exams, specific job roles, and common technical problems all into one place. These lists can help you efficiently skill up for new career opportunities or business needs. |
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Browse the latest white papers, e-books, webinars, videos and blogs to make transitioning your SAP estate to the cloud as seamless as possible. |
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Review a complete, unified experience for deploying and managing SAP workload on the Microsoft Cloud. |
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Protect your data while in use with Azure confidential computing. Learn about the best practices to modernize your cloud infrastructure. |
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Learn about hybrid networking, Private Link, Virtual Network Managers, and DNS. |
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Protect your applications and cloud workloads from network-based cyberattacks with network security services. |
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Find out how to massively scale and secure data lake storage for your high-performance analytics workloads, |
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AKS on Azure Stack HCI and Windows Server automates running containerized applications at scale. AKS makes it quicker to get started hosting Linux and Windows containers in your datacenter. |
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Discover how to extend the Azure platform so your customers can build applications and services with the flexibility to run across datacenters, edge, and multicloud environments. |
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Learn more about running VMware resources on Azure VMware Solution, including how to migrate and modernize your business. |
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Simplify managing your Azure virtual machines and Arc-enabled servers through Automanage. |
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Stay up-to-date with the latest Azure security, performance, and capabilities with Azure Arc–enabled Azure Stack HCI. |
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Collect, analyze, and act on telemetry data from your Azure and on-premises environments to maximize performance and availability of your applications. |
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Review a complete set of computing, networking, and storage resources integrated with workload orchestration services for HPC applications. |
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Plan the architecture for an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment, manage access and security, and manage user environments and apps. |
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See how to innovate anywhere with Azure Arc and the most comprehensive portfolio of hybrid solutions available |
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Learn everything you need to know about architect migration, safeguarding cloud resources, and Azure Backup. |
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Take charge of your Windows Server hybrid cloud management, monitoring, and security. |
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Azure Infrastructure Certifications |
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Azure Fundamentals |
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Associate Certifications |
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Specialty Certifications |
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Expert Certifications |
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Microsoft Virtual Training Days |
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Take advantage of free, in-depth, virtual training events that guide you toward the many possibilities for career and organizational impact today and tomorrow. Many events offer closed captioning in over 20 languages. Check out the full list of events for dates and times, and watch for new ones to launch! |
Infrastructure-related events:
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Microsoft Azure Connected Learning Experience |
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The Connected Learning Experience program is a four-step program that prepares you for the Microsoft Azure certification exams while optimizing your learning experience and minimizing time invested. New tracks are coming soon! |
Infrastructure-related learning tracks:
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30 Days to Learn It |
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Build skills and start your preparation for Microsoft Certifications by completing a challenge within 30 days. Select your challenge, work through learning modules, and exchange ideas with peers through a global community forum. |
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Microsoft Learn Live |
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In this series of Learn Live videos, instructors with deep knowledge of Microsoft technology walk participants through a wide array of Microsoft Learn modules in real time and answer questions live. |
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Your path to skilling begins here
With our library of curated trainings, videos, and certification exams, you have a chance to spark new possibilities in your career. Your newfound expertise in Azure infrastructure can be applied to any number of real-life business scenarios, opening avenues for innovation that help you and your company grow.
Get started today at learn.microsoft.com.
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