Succeeding in today's evolving landscape of cloud, data, and AI requires ongoing education. Microsoft Learn offers state-of-the-art materials to enhance career advancement. Whether interested in AI, cloud computing, or development pathways, our new structured learning opportunities prepare you for upcoming technological innovations.
This guide is grouped into our top Azure cloud solution areas and highlights these skilling modalities:
- Plans on Microsoft Learn: Guided learning for top Azure and AI tools and solutions that offer curated content, milestones, and automated reminders to keep you motivated.
- Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days: Free, in-depth training sessions for building skills and expertise in Microsoft tools and services.
- Azure Essentials Show: Bite-sized episodes that offer practical guidance, technical insights, and hands-on cloud solutions.
- Microsoft Learn training modules: Interactive, self-paced tutorials to help learners at any level develop skills.
- On-demand training and events: Interactive workshops, videos, and more.
- Credentials and certifications
Build groundbreaking solutions on the Azure AI platform
Plans on Microsoft Learn
Create agentic AI solutions by using Azure AI Foundry — Harness the latest agentic AI technologies as you learn to use Azure AI Foundry, build AI-driven agents, create custom Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions, and fine-tune models to optimize performance for your applications.
Find the best model for your generative AI solution with Azure AI Foundry — Find and deploy the best models for generative AI solutions using Azure AI Foundry. Learn to enable multimodal models, select and benchmark models, evaluate performance metrics, and build multimodal applications with Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI Service.
Build secure and responsible AI solutions and manage generative AI lifecycles — This plan introduces AI security and responsible AI practices to enhance the security of AI environments. You’ll learn to evaluate and improve generative AI outputs, assess risks with Azure AI Foundry, and mitigate harmful content using Azure AI Content Safety.
Microsoft Learn training modules
Credential
Create an intelligent document processing solution with Azure AI Document Intelligence
Migrate, innovate and secure for efficiency and scalability on Azure
Plans on Microsoft Learn
Migrate and Secure Windows Server Workloads on Azure — This plan equips you with the skills to migrate and manage Windows Server workloads on Azure. You’ll learn to move on-premises workloads to Azure, integrate hybrid environments with Azure Arc, and use Azure tools for monitoring, backup, identity management, and governance.
Migrate Windows Server workloads and VMware solutions to be AI-ready — Learn how to migrate Windows Server workloads and VMware resources to Azure, including deploying Azure VMware Solution. You'll also explore integrating hybrid environments with Azure Arc and mastering monitoring, backup, identity management, and governance for Azure administrators.
Migrate Linux and PostgreSQL workloads to maximize workload performance — Explore the migration of Linux and PostgreSQL workloads to Azure and discover the services Azure offers for Linux environments. Learn to create, configure, and connect to Linux workloads, leverage IaaS and PaaS solutions, and migrate with enhanced scalability, security, and privacy.
Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days
Migrate and Secure Windows Server and SQL Server Workloads
Migrate Linux and PostgreSQL to Azure
On-demand training and events
Migrate to Innovate: Be AI Ready, Be Secure
Leverage large-scale cloud data analysis to drive decision-making
Plans on Microsoft Learn
Elevate your Microsoft Fabric data engineering skills: Prepare for Exam DP-700 — Build expertise in Microsoft Fabric, including its architecture, data ingestion, transformation, and storage solutions. Learn data processing with Apache Spark, implement analytics and real-time intelligence, optimize performance, and secure data access. Prepare for Exam DP-700 to earn the Fabric Data Engineer Associate Certification.
Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days
Implement a Lakehouse with Microsoft Fabric
Implement Data Security with Microsoft Purview
Microsoft Learn training modules
Implement operational databases in Microsoft Fabric
Get started with SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric
Create advanced AI software that transforms industries
Plans on Microsoft Learn
Practical Foundation for AI Agents: A Developer's Guide on Azure AI Foundry, Apps, and Data — Go beyond theory to master the essentials of data, AI, and applications for AI Agent Solutions. You'll learn to build end-to-end AI workflows with Azure AI Foundry, design intelligent AI agents, and integrate scalable Azure services for secure, high-performance AI applications.
From Enthusiasts to Enterprise Java: A Practitioner’s Guide — Gain the skills to deploy, manage, and optimize Java applications on Azure using modern cloud-native approaches. You’ll learn containerization, Kubernetes, and Azure services while applying FinOps principles, cloud governance, and architectural best practices for scalable, cost-efficient solutions.
From Kubernetes to Enterprise-Grade AKS: A Practitioner's Guide — Discover how to efficiently run Kubernetes workloads in the cloud using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). You’ll learn to deploy and scale cloud-native applications, enhance security and cost efficiency, and automate operations while mastering Kubernetes fundamentals and best practices.
Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days
Build an AI App with Azure using RAG
Migrate and Modernize your Apps for AI-powered Solutions
Develop Your Own Custom Copilots with Azure AI
Azure Essentials Show
Build Intelligent Apps on Azure
Streamline the development process and reduce time-to-market
On-demand training and events
Microsoft Reactor series: Python + AI
Microsoft Reactor series: GitHub Copilot Bootcamp
Optimize your SAP environment for maximum performance
Plans on Microsoft Learn
Migrate SAP on Azure for business transformation — Gain the skills to manage SAP workloads on Azure for optimal performance and scalability. Learn about SAP solutions on Azure, deploy SAP HANA on memory-intensive VMs, integrate key Azure services, and plan migrations for on-premises or RISE with SAP workloads.
Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days
Migrate and Modernize SAP on the Microsoft Cloud
Microsoft Learn training modules
Run SAP on the Microsoft Cloud
Azure Essentials resources help improve Azure and AI cost efficiency and performance of workloads
Plans on Microsoft Learn
Manage Cost Efficiency of Azure and AI investments — Gain a comprehensive understanding of financial best practices, strategic pricing, and tools to optimize your Azure and AI investments. Learn how FinOps enhances efficiency, explore Azure pricing offers, and master budgeting and cost calculation for your cloud deployments.
Improve Resiliency and Security of Azure and AI workloads
Deepen AI and Azure Skills to Manage, Optimize and Secure projects -- Dive deep into how to architect, operate, and secure workloads and environments for resiliency, security, and performance, by using best practice tools and frameworks.
Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Days
Mastering Essentials of Reliability, Security, and Performance on Azure
There’s always more to learn with Azure
Get started on your Azure learning journey and access even more skilling resources by visiting Microsoft Learn. We’ll also have some exciting announcements at this year’s Microsoft Build, May 19-22 in Seattle, so register now!
Updated May 09, 2025
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