Hands-on material

Microsoft Cloud Workshop

Microsoft Cloud Workshops (MCWs) are used globally by Microsoft and partners. Currently, there are over 30 full-day design and hands-on lab workshops. We have created most of this content, keeping it up to date with regular refreshes and updates.

We helped Microsoft innovate their process to onboard thousands of Cloud Solution Architects (CSAs) into this new role, back in 2015. The one-week intensive in-person boot camp used cloud workshops to validate the learners' ability to think about how Azure services fit together from a high level, architectural perspective, given a set of customer requirements. To do this, attendees would review detailed customer requirements, whiteboard candidate architectures, then present those architectures to another team. At the end of the session, the lead coach would present the preferred solution to the entire group. Attendees would move on to implement the preferred solution through a four-hour hands-on lab.

The MCWs are still used for onboarding cloud architects today. In addition, cloud architects oftentimes run workshops with their customers to help them better understand cloud architectures and services.

Events in a Box

We have delivered hundreds of virtual and in-person training events and conferences throughout the years, large and small. We understand the challenges of scheduling an event, coordinating attendee sign-ups, and following up with attendees leading up to the event to ensure maximum attendance. We also know first-hand the challenges around handling the technical aspects of delivering a live event with streaming video, projectors, student lab environments, and any number of features that help maintain a high level of engagement. Each event delivery is unique and a learning experience for the events that follow. When it comes to running events, we know what works well and the pitfalls to avoid.

Do you have a virtual or live training event or conference but do not have the infrastructure or desire to handle the logistics? Let us help you organize and run an event that your attendees will remember. Whether you want to deliver a training event from our catalog of expert-led courses, your own training curriculum, or a conference, we can take care of the complex parts, including:

• Event portal containing details and sign-up forms
• Attendee communications leading up to the event
• Expert trainers and coaches (training events)
• Keynote speakers and celebrity moderators (conferences)
• World-class speakers (conferences)
• Hosted lab environments (training and conferences)
• Training content

Here are a few examples of conferences and events we have delivered:

• Conferences (in-person)
  1. Microsoft Bootcamp & Partner Bootcamp
  2. Azure + AI conference
  3. DEVintersection conference
  4. SharePoint Conference
• Virtual Events
  1. Synapse Analytics Bootcamp
  2. Data & AI Partner Bootcamp
  3. Data & AI Roadshow
  4. Technical training workshops
  5. Employee upskilling workshops
  6. Technical solution selling workshops
     • Technical upskilling
     • Soft skills

Virtual courses

Online Learning Curriculum

Our team of industry experts can build custom learning content for your organization.

For example, we have created Microsoft Learn learning paths for AI & Data Science, data engineering, data visualization, and certification. Each learning path contains several self-paced modules that offer a mix of student learning material, hands-on exercises, and quizzes.

• Data engineering with Azure Databricks learning path: https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/data-engineer-azure-databricks/
• Perform data science with Azure Databricks learning path: https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/perform-data-science-azure-databricks/
• Create and use analytics reports with Power BI learning path: https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/create-use-analytics-reports-power-bi/
• Model data in Power BI learning path: https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/model-power-bi/
• Data analysis in Power BI learning path: https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/perform-analytics-power-bi/
• Manage workspaces and datasets in Power BI learning path: https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-workspaces-datasets-power-bi/
• Prepare data for analysis learning path: https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/prepare-data-power-bi/
• Visualize data in Power BI learning path: https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/visualize-data-power-bi/
• Realize integrated analytical solutions with Azure Synapse Analytics learning path (worked on module content with MS): https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/realize-integrated-analytical-solutions-with-azure-synapse-analytics/
• Data integration at scale with Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Pipeline learning path (worked on module content with MS): https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/data-integration-scale-azure-data-factory/
• Work with Data Warehouses using Azure Synapse Analytics learning path (worked on module content with MS): https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/work-with-data-warehouses-using-azure-synapse-analytics/