Azure Essentials - Free Training
At Ignite 2017, we launched the new Microsoft Azure Essentials, the best place to get started with and learn more about Azure. Don`t know what is Azure, or want to learn more about Azure and Cloud? Just choose a topic and use the curated set of demo videos, hands-on labs, and product trials to learn about and try Azure at your own pace. Be sure to also check out the Azure learning paths, and Azure certification. You can access all this content for free at Azure.com/EssentialsAzure Essentials just got an upgrade - Free learning resources
Forget Moore’s Law. It seems like the pace of migration to the cloud is doubling every month now. We see the shift to the cloud and love to hear about how it’s helping your organization and your career. Azure Essentials is meeting your need to expand your skills and is the single best resource to learn Azure, get training and have access to practical and free learning resources. Now we’ve made it even easier for you get exactly what you need with these upgrades: New Azure Essentials topics have been added. Watch the short video, do the Hands-on Labs and practice what you learned in a live environment with these new topics: Managing VM’s and Resources Data Visualization and Modeling Data Analytics The new Progress Tracker (requires log in) gives you a quick view of what you’ve already completed and allows you to add items to your queue for later. You will also see what is new since your last visit. No more need to log in to access most of the learning resources so accessing the content is even easier. Whether you’re picking up where you left off or starting your Azure education from scratch, Azure Essentials is more capable and accessible than ever. Take a look. Whether you’re picking up where you left off or starting your Azure education from scratch, Azure Essentials is more capable and accessible than ever. Take a look.How to Learn Microsoft Azure in 2020
How to Learn Microsoft Azure in 2020 :party_popper:☁🎓 The year 2019 is almost over, and usually, we take the time to look back at the year and also to find some New Year’s resolutions for the new year. Why not take all that energy and prepare for the cloud computing era and advance your career by learning Microsoft Azure. In this post, I try to give you a quick look at how you can get started to learn Microsoft Azure in 2020. You can read more here: https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/12/how-to-learn-microsoft-azure-in-2020/Register for Tech Accelerator: Mastering Azure and AI Adoption (Feb 11-12)
Register and join us for an exciting event for developers and cloud architects hosted right here on the Tech Community! We have a great line-up of sessions on February 11-12, 2025 featuring demos from Microsoft and AMD experts. Our two-day agenda will cover: Essential resources to accelerate your next Azure and AI project or enhance your existing deployments In-depth technical guidance from Microsoft experts to enhance your Azure workloads AMD products and solutions to advance cloud adoption Check out the schedule and sign up for a VIP experience today: Tech Accelerator: Mastering Azure and AI - February 11-12, 2025'Why Resiliency Matters' - Webinar Registrations now open
Our recent analysis indicates that 74% of customer outages could have been prevented by following reliability guidance in the Well-Architected Framework (WAF)*. Ignoring WAF can lead to more frequent outages, diminished CSAT, and risk to ACR. No matter the workload, customers need help protecting service continuity. Help your customers reduce risk with a Proactive Resilience engagement by designing resilient cloud workloads, or remediating existing critical workloads. In this webinar, Azure Advanced Specialized partners can learn how to deliver Proactive Resilience engagements to provide their customers actionable guidance, recommendations for reliability and uptime; and improved confidence and understanding of Azure. This webinar is an abridged version of our Proactive Resiliency Workshop series, designed for Sales BDMs and non-technical staff. We have three webinar options available, select the time that best suits your schedule: EMEA Timezone: Monday Oct 21 4:00-5:00PM London Time UTC+0 Asia Timezone: Tuesday Oct 22 10:30-11:30AM Singapore Time UTC+8 Americas Timezone: Wednesday Oct 23 1:00-2:00PM PDT UTC+10 AMD is proud to sponsor our webinar series. Microsoft and AMD’s Long-Term Partnership stretches to their commitment to technical education and innovation. Their sponsorship of this workshop is a testament to their commitment to the technology community and their belief in the importance of continued learning and development. If you are interested in learning more about how AMD can support your customers’ proactive resiliency efforts, please visit AMD and Azure | Microsoft Azure
Comparision on Azure Cloud Sync and Traditional Entra connect Sync.
Introduction In the evolving landscape of identity management, organizations face a critical decision when integrating their on-premises Active Directory (AD) with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD). Two primary tools are available for this synchronization: Traditional Entra Connect Sync (formerly Azure AD Connect) Azure Cloud Sync While both serve the same fundamental purpose, bridging on-prem AD with cloud identity, they differ significantly in architecture, capabilities, and ideal use cases. Architecture & Setup Entra Connect Sync is a heavyweight solution. It installs a full synchronization engine on a Windows Server, often backed by SQL Server. This setup gives administrators deep control over sync rules, attribute flows, and filtering. Azure Cloud Sync, on the other hand, is lightweight. It uses a cloud-managed agent installed on-premises, removing the need for SQL Server or complex infrastructure. The agent communicates with Microsoft Entra ID, and most configurations are handled in the cloud portal. For organizations with complex hybrid setups (e.g., Exchange hybrid, device management), is Cloud Sync too limited?April 22 Tech Accelerator: Azure Security and AI Adoption
Tech Accelerator: Azure security and AI adoption | Microsoft Community Hub On April 22, 2025 Microsoft and AMD will be hosting an online event focused on Azure Security and Adoption. This event is part of Azure Essentials, targeting developers and cloud architects with L200-300 content. Experts will be on-hand to moderate live Q&A, speakers include Uli Hoffmann, Joey Snow and Richard Diver. Topics covered will include: Security for Migration and AI projects Azure platform security How Microsoft datacenters are secure by design Microsoft Cloud for Defender's role in safeguarding AI applications. The event will be hosted on the Tech Community as a live event. We hope to see you there!Azure Essentials training - AI Ready and Proactive Security
Partners can register for newly scheduled training sessions for Azure Essentials today. These multi-day workshops will be delivered virtually live across 3 timezones. Check out the agendas for AI Ready and Proactive Security below. AI Ready Anyone can build an AI workload, but is it well-architected and can it be managed and governed in a consistent manner? This 2-day workshop will help partners deploy environments and design workloads using best practices developed and codified by Microsoft’s cloud solution architects. It will incorporate landing zone architectures that support baseline reference architectures for GenAI chatbots found in the Azure Architecture Center. The solutions will incorporate policy related to security, reliability and compliance, while adhering to the design principles and tradeoffs found in the Azure Well-Architected Framework. Once these policies have been configured and declared within the Azure Landing Zone, the workshop will leverage an accelerator to simplify the deployment of Azure AI Foundry. The end of day one will take learners through an exercise of setting up a GenAIOps process and relevant team roles. The second day will switch gears towards individual workloads with an architecture and design session of a well-architected AI workload. The hands-on lab will take the learners through an assessment of a sample AI workload design, illustrating the key concepts and considerations specific to AI workloads. The session will then delve into building a PoC and getting it ready to deploy into production with tools, such as Content Safety, Chaos Studio and AI Foundry. Day two will round out with a discussion about ways to evolve, continuously improve, and monitor the workload once it’s in production. This two-day online workshop is a crucial opportunity for partners to enhance their understanding and capabilities building environments and designing/operating AI workloads. Earn a digital badge Attendees who participate in the live sessions of this workshop will earn a digital badge. These badges, which serve as a testament to your engagement and learning, can be conveniently accessed and shared through the Credly digital platform. Please note that accessing on-demand content does not meet the criteria for earning a badge. May 27-28, 2025 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | APAC (IST) May 28-29, 2025 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | EMEA (BST) & AMER (PDT) Go to registration → Proactive Security The L300 Partner Readiness Session on Security on Azure is a crucial opportunity for partners to enhance their understanding and capabilities in securing Azure environments. This session is designed to help partners stay ahead in the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud security, ensuring they can effectively protect their clients' data and infrastructure. Participants will gain valuable insights into best practices and advanced security strategies on Azure, which will enable them to deliver superior security solutions to their customers. The outcomes of this session include improved proficiency in leveraging Azure security services and capabilities, enhanced ability to respond to security threats, and a deeper understanding of modern security operations. The session spans 6-8 hours and includes comprehensive content across various architecture and technical aspects of properly enabling security on Azure, including: Assessing security in an Azure environment and identifying vulnerabilities Designing Azure Landing Zone for enhanced security, at the environment and application layers Understanding Modern SecOps and other essential security frameworks Implementing security protocols with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Earn a digital badge Attendees who participate in the live sessions of this workshop will earn a digital badge. These badges, which serve as a testament to your engagement and learning, can be conveniently accessed and shared through the Credly digital platform. Please note that accessing on-demand content does not meet the criteria for earning a badge. May 27-28, 2025 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | APAC (IST) May 28-29, 2025 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | EMEA (BST) & AMER (PDT) Go to registration →
