AI Skilling Week

Microsoft Virtual Training Days

Build the technical skills you need to create possibilities at Microsoft Virtual Training Days from Microsoft Learn. These free training events are designed to build your skills, prepare you for certifications, and provide new opportunities for your career. Explore events that accelerate your understanding of Microsoft Cloud technologies.

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E-book: Create new value for your business with AI

Make AI real for your organization today. Read AI Use Cases for Business Leaders: Realize Value with AI to discover the common scenarios and processes where AI is already having the biggest impact—and see how to bring AI to your organization to boost productivity, optimize efficiency, and generate new business value.

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10:00 - 11:00 | Keynote: AI Skilling Week

Join us for a free 60-minute digital session to launch AI Skilling Week, a five-day digital learning experience designed to kickstart your journey into AI. This event will feature insights from industry leaders and best practices to help you stay ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Who should attend: Business Leaders, IT Professionals, HR Professionals, Chief Learning Officers, Skills & Training Managers

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11:00 - 12:00 | Discover Hour: Power your AI Transformation with the Microsoft Cloud

Join us for a free 60-minute digital session and learn how you can put AI to work, to enhance employee experiences, reshape business processes, reinvent customer engagements and stay ahead of innovation to drive business outcomes. Through a range of guidance, including easy-to-follow demonstrations and real-world use case examples, you’ll discover how to use the Microsoft Cloud to power your AI transformation.

Who should attend: Business Leaders, IT Professionals

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13:00 - 13:45 | Building an AI Strategy

Join us for a free 45-minute digital session designed to empower business leaders and IT professionals with the knowledge to develop a robust AI strategy. This session will provide a comprehensive overview of AI transformation, emphasizing practical steps to align AI implementation with business goals and drive significant value.

Who should attend: Business Leaders, IT Professionals

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14:00 - 15:00 | Getting AI Ready

Many organizations exploring the potential of AI overlook one critical consideration – is their technology estate ready to scale and innovate?

Join us for this free one-hour digital session to understand key design and process decisions for adopting AI workloads at scale, including AI-specific guidance for reliability, governance, resource organization, and networking.

Who should attend: IT Professionals, Data Professionals, Security Professionals

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15:00 - 16:00 | Navigating Your Learning Journey with Microsoft

Join us for a free 60-minute digital session designed to introduce you to a wealth of free learning resources, guide you through navigating MS Learn, and help you create a personalized learning journey to achieve certifications.

Who should attend: Chief Learning Officers, Learning Leads, HR Professionals, Business Leaders, IT Professionals

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11:00 - 13:35 | Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Day: Data Fundamentals

Join us at Data Fundamentals to understand core data concepts and explore Azure cloud data services. Discover the advantages of large-scale data lakehouses and warehouses, real-time analytics, and data visualization. You’ll learn how to use intelligent data platforms including Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and OneLake to unify your data. Gain the knowledge to make your data strategy more efficient, collaborative, and insightful.

This free digital learning session takes place over two days

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11:00 - 14:15 | Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Day: Mastering Reliability, Security, and Performance on Azure

Join us at Mastering Reliability, Security, and Performance on Azure to discover valuable guidance, resources, and tools to maximize your Azure and AI investments. Gain insights into best-practice frameworks designed to optimize cloud spending, drive organizational modernization, and support innovation in the cloud.

This free digital learning session takes place over two days

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11:00 - 15:30 | Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Manage Your Smart Workplace with Microsoft Teams

 Join us at Manage Your Smart Workplace with Microsoft Teams to discover ways to bring intelligent and efficient communications to your organization.

This free digital learning session takes place over two days

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Get involved in a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title attempt!​

To help us achieve our GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title, take part in one of the many online sessions taking place over 24 hours on April 8.​
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View the full schedule of sessions running in the Netherlands and register directly through the clickable PDF for easy access to all the event details.​

Who should attend: Tech Professionals, Business Professionals, Students, Business Leaders​
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E-book: 10 Best Practices to Accelerate​ Your Employees’ AI Skills​

Today, equipping employees with AI skills and expertise is a major challenge for many organizations. In this e-book, you’ll find real-world examples and guidance from Microsoft to help you build successful AI learning initiatives for your organization, including:​

- Ten tips for developing tailored, structured training that gets employees excited about using AI.​
- Learnings and insights from Microsoft’s own experience supporting employees as they become more proficient with AI.​
- Four case studies that illustrate insights shaping the future of skilling initiatives with guidance for beginning your own.​

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09:30 - 14:30 | Mastering Agentic AI: Hands-on Experience (In-person)

Join us for an immersive in-person workshop, where you will discover the power of Agentic AI for your application development and data engineering. Through a flow of engaging explanations of the theory and hands-on exercises, you will learn how to automate complex tasks and processes and ultimately drive innovation.
You will dive deep into cutting-edge technologies including Azure AI Foundry, foundational models, prompt engineering, and the agentic framework (Autogen) alongside its powerful SDK. This workshop promises to be a thrilling journey into the future of AI-driven solutions!

Please note: spaces are limited, and we'll add you to a waitlist for approval once you register.

Tech requirements: Bring your own laptop

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10:00 - 11:00 | Discover Hour: Copilot for Microsoft 365 — Your AI Assistant

During this online event, discover how Copilot works alongside you, providing AI assistance in the Microsoft 365 apps you already use. Plus, experience Copilot in action and how it is transforming businesses.

Who should attend:  Business and IT decision makers, IT Professionals, Chief information and technology officers

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11:00 - 12:00 | Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Marketing

Join us for the Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Marketing, where you will learn how with Microsoft Copilot, you can generate content for campaigns, improve productivity, provide insights into campaigns, and collaborate more effectively.

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12:30 - 13:00 | Free, Secure, and Best on the Market AI: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

Join us for a free 30-minute digital session where we unveil the latest exciting capabilities of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. Discover how this secure, top-tier AI can enhance your productivity and streamline your workflows.

Who should attend: Business professional, IT professionals

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13:00 - 14:00 | Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for IT

Join us for the Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for IT, where you will learn how with Microsoft Copilot, you can seamlessly manage IT operations, troubleshoot technical issues, ensure system security, and apply data-driven insights for strategic decision-making.

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14:00 - 15:00 | AI-Enhanced Security Operations: Microsoft Security Copilot in Action

Join us for a free 60-minute digital session to discover how Security Copilot modernizes security operations and defense intelligence through Generative AI and Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence. A fusion of innovation, vigilance, and adaptability where efficiency and excellence converge.

Who should attend: CISOs, Security Professionals, IT Professionals.

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15:00 - 16:00 | Microsoft 365 Copilot for Executives

Join us at Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Executives to learn how to use Microsoft Copilot to summarize the countless emails, meetings, and chats for a project you were involved in. When Copilot synthesizes your data in this manner, it reaches across your Microsoft 365 tenant to gather this information.

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17:00 - 18:00 | Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Sales

Join us for the Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Sales, where you will learn how to utilize Microsoft Copilot in Loop to conduct market research for a potential new sales market for your company's products. You will learn how to create a market research report, change its format by placing the content in a table, and make a final recommendation on whether your company should enter the new market.

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11:00 - 13:15 | Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Day: Fundamentals

Join us at Azure Fundamentals to develop an understanding of foundational cloud concepts and explore various cloud models, service types, and responsibility sharing. Learn how to manage spending, optimize costs, enhance security, and maintain compliance across your Azure cloud ecosystem, as well as on-premises, hybrid, and multicloud environments.

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11:00 - 13:30 | Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Day: Migrate and Modernize Your Apps for AI-powered Solutions

Join us at Migrate and Modernize Your Apps for AI-powered Solutions and learn how to discover and assess your workloads and efficiently manage your cloud migration Learn how to migrate on-premises web apps to Azure App Service with Azure Migrate—plus, see how migration optimizes costs, enhances security, and boosts developer innovation.

This free digital learning session takes place over two days

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11:00 - 14:25 | Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Day: Accelerate Development with GitHub Copilot

Discover how to use GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat in a Visual Studio Code environment and see how these tools help clarify complex or unfamiliar code and generate project and inline documentation. Plus, learn how to build new code features using prompts and comments, create unit tests, and explore strategies to improve code quality as well as the reliability, performance, and security of existing codebases.

This free digital learning session takes place over two days

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11:00 - 14:00 | Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

Join us at Security, Compliance, and Identity (SCI) Fundamentals to learn how to protect your organization with multiplatform, multicloud security. Explore the basic concepts of SCI and discover Microsoft Security end-to-end solutions that help you safeguard people, data, and infrastructure across your organization.

This free digital learning session takes place over two days

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11:00 - 14:45 | Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Implement Data Security with Microsoft Purview

Join us at Implement Data Security with Microsoft Purview to learn comprehensive strategies for detecting, managing, and protecting critical information throughout its life cycle. You’ll discover how to identify sensitive data, pinpoint critical security risks, and build targeted data loss protection measures with Microsoft Purview solutions, including Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, and Microsoft Purview Adaptive Protection.

This free digital learning session takes place over two days

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10:00 - 13:00 | AI at Work for Finance Professionals (In-person)

Join us to unlock the future of finance at our exclusive, free half-day in-person event, hosted by finance leaders for finance leaders. Discover how cutting-edge AI technologies can transform your finance practices and drive productivity and efficiency.

Who should attend: Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), Finance Directors, Sr. Finance Managers, Finance Procurement Leads, Tax Directors, Divisional Heads of Finance, Technology Leader.

Please note: spaces are limited, and we'll add you to a waitlist for approval once you register.

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10:00 - 11:00 | Harnessing the Power of Gen AI in Legal Departments: Insights from Leading General Counsels

Join us for a free 60-minute digital session on the ever-evolving landscape of legal technology, Generative AI has emerged as a transformative force, reshaping the way Legal departments operate.

Who should attend: Chief Legal Officers (CLOs), General Counsel, Legal Managers, Legal Operations Leaders, Technology Leaders. Strategic Decision Makers.

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11:00 - 11:45 | AI Developer Journey: Navigating Use Cases, Models, and Technical Patterns

Join us for a free 45-minute digital session and embark on your AI developer journey and dive into the captivating world of Generative AI applications. This free one-hour digital event offers a comprehensive exploration of real-life use cases and practical insights on building and deploying AI solutions swiftly using Azure App Templates.

Who should attend: Developers, Engineers, Architects, Data Scientists, Data Engineers

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13:00 - 13:45 | Scaling AI through Platform Engineering Principles

Join us for a free 45-minute digital session designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the GenAI Gateway Pattern and its application in Platform Engineering. The session will cover key concepts, practical insights, and real-world use cases to help participants leverage these technologies effectively.

Who should attend: Developers, Engineers, Architects, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, IT Professionals.

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14:00 - 14:45 | Exploring Agents with AI Foundry

Join us for a free, 45-minute digital session designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of Agents within AI Foundry, focusing on its capabilities, best practices, and the end-to-end lifecycle of building, deploying, maintaining, and managing Agentic AI solutions.

Who should attend: IT Professionals, Developers, Engineers, Data Scientists, AI Enthusiasts

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16:00 - 17:00 | Empower your Service teams with AI

Join us for a free 60-minute digital session designed to optimize your services with AI and take your operations to a new level of efficiency and customer experience. Spend time with Microsoft experts learning about AI tools that help enhance productivity and streamline customer interactions.

Explore strategies to elevate customer experiences, improve insights into your operations, and grow your business. You’ll also see how to craft personalized and connected service experiences using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot. Discover the pivotal role of AI in creating intelligent, sophisticated services.

Who should attend: IT, Operations, Service, Customer Service, and Field Service Professionals

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10:00 - 13:00 | Copilot Prompt-a-thon: Unleashing Impact with AI & Copilot (In-Person)

Join us for an exciting and interactive promptathon session during the AI Skilling Week where you will have the opportunity to explore the creative potential of AI. This hands-on workshop (you need your laptop and your Copilot and/or M365 license in place!) is designed to inspire and challenge attendees to generate innovative prompts and solutions using Microsoft Copilot and other AI tools.

Whether you're an AI enthusiast, a seasoned professional, or simply curious about the possibilities of AI, this promptathon session promises to be an inspiring and educational experience. Come ready to think outside the box, collaborate with others, and unleash your creativity with AI!

Please note: spaces are limited, and we'll add you to a waitlist for approval once you register.

Tech requirements: Bring your own laptop

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11:00 - 15:10 | Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Fundamentals

Join us at Microsoft 365 Fundamentals to learn how to take advantage of AI and support modern work. Streamline daily tasks and ease digital overload with AI assistance while supporting strong security, compliance, privacy, and trust. Explore ways to boost productivity, increase collaboration, and optimize communication with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft 365 Copilot.

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11:00 - 15:20 | Microsoft Power Platform Virtual Training Day: Fundamentals

Join us at Power Platform Fundamentals to learn the basics of building and managing low-code business solutions. Discover how to seamlessly connect your data to analyze real-time business performance, act on insights using custom-built apps, and optimize business processes with automated workflows.

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