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Learn how to optimize deployment and infrastructure costs using Azure Virtual Desktops native scaling tool Autoscale. Learn how to configure Autoscale so that session host VMs are only running when you need them to be.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Configure Automation
• Create Scale
• Knowledge Check
• Summary and Knowledge Check

Products: M365, Azure, Azure Virtual Desktop

Roles: Administrator

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Cloud Computing, Finance Accounting, Remote Hybrid Work

Duration: 14 minutes

Use Power BI to understand where your money is being spent in Azure so you can help your organization to optimize its costs.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Analyze Costs Power Bi
• Hybrid Benefits Power Bi
• Reservations Power Bi
• Data Connector Power Bi
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Azure, Azure Cost Management

Roles: Administrator, Developer

Level: Beginner

Subjects: Finance Accounting, Data Analytics

Duration: 27 minutes

Learn about Microsoft Security Copilot and Intune for securing corporate IT. Enhance security operations, get contextual responses, and improve incident response. Implement naming conventions and manage devices efficiently.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Understand Benefits Microsoft Security Copilot Intune
• Implement Strong Naming Conventions
• Rename Device Microsoft Intune
• Add Groups Organize Users Devices
• Understand Authentication Microsoft Copilot Security
• Integrate Microsoft Security Copilot Microsoft Intune
• Leverage Prompting Features Microsoft Copilot Security
• Sample Prompts Microsoft Intune
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Intune, Ms Copilot

Roles: Administrator, Security Engineer, Security Operations Analyst, Solution Architect, Support Engineer

Level: Beginner

Subjects: Data Analytics, It Management Monitoring, Threat Protection

Duration: 47 minutes

Performance optimization, also known as performance tuning, involves making changes to the current state of the semantic model so that it runs more efficiently. Essentially, when your semantic model is optimized, it performs better.

Units in this learning path:

• 1 Introduction
• 1a Optimization Techniques
• 2 Performance
• 3 Variables
• 4 Reduce Cardinality
• 5 Directquery Models
• 6 Aggregations
• 7 Check
• 8 Summary

Products: Power Bi, Power Platform

Roles: Data Analyst

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Data Modeling

Duration: 69 minutes

This module explores comprehensive best practices for Microsoft 365 Copilot and key extension methods, ensuring you harness the full potential and versatility of Copilot's functionality.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Examine Working with AI
• Best Practices Copilot
• Examine Effective Prompt
• Review Prompting Best Practices
• Extend Copilot with Plugins
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: M365, Office 365, Ms Copilot, M365 Apps

Roles: Administrator, Business Owner, Business User

Level: Beginner

Duration: 30 minutes

Learn how you can evaluate and improve app load times. By regularly reviewing and measuring your app, you can proactively identify and remediate startup performance problems.

Units in this learning path:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Monitor Start Performance Issues
• 3 Optimize on Start
• 4 Data Load Strategies
• 5 Check
• 6 Summary

Products: Power Apps

Roles: Maker

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Custom App Development

Duration: 30 minutes

Learn how to optimize business processes using Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Modules in this learning path:

• Unlock Productivity Unleash Creativity AI Powered Chat
• Draft Impactful Documents Using AI
• Present Copilot Microsoft Powerpoint
• From Inbox Impact Improve Your Email Workflows AI
• Uncover New Data Insights AI

Products: M365, Office 365

Roles: Business User

Level: Beginner

Subjects: Artificial Intelligence, Business Applications, Compliance, Productivity, Security

Duration: 180 minutes

Microsoft Azure offers Azure Hybrid Benefit, which helps organizations reduce costs when migrating to the cloud environment. You can leverage several Azure discounts and combine them with other services and strategic pricing offerings.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Azure Hybrid Benefit Overview
• Azure Hybrid Benefit Capabilities
• Azure Hybrid Benefit Activation
• Optimize Usage Azure Hybrid Benefit
• Maximize Savings Azure Hybrid Benefit
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Azure, Azure Openai

Roles: Solution Architect, Technology Manager, AI Engineer

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 72 minutes

This module looks at cost models and cost optimization features in Azure NetApp Files.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Storage Cool Access
• Reserved Capacity
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Azure Netapp Files

Roles: Administrator, Solution Architect

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Cloud Computing, Storage

Duration: 23 minutes

Optimize data warehouse query performance in Azure Synapse Analytics

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Understand Performance Issues Related to Tables
• Exercise Understand Performance Issues Related to Tables
• Understand Table Distribution Design
• Use Indexes to Improve
• Understand Query Plans
• Exercise Use Table Distribution Indexes to Improve Performance
• Create Statistics to Improve
• Improve with Materialized Views
• Use Read Committed Snapshot for Data Consistency
• Optimize Common Queries with Result Set Caching
• Exercise See How Statistics Affects Query Plan
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Azure Synapse Analytics

Roles: Data Engineer

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Data Storage

Duration: 97 minutes

Optimize Azure SQL Database performance by choosing the right service tier and managing concurrency with isolation levels. Analyze queries with execution plans and DMVs. Use Query Store for plan management and resolve blocking and deadlocks.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Recommend Database Configurations
• Preserve Data Integrity Isolation Levels
• Evaluate Query Performance
• Monitor Tune Queries Query Store
• Identify Resolve Blocking Deadlocks
• Exercise Optimize Query Performance
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Azure, Azure SQL Database, SQL Server

Roles: Database Administrator, Developer, Data Engineer

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Databases, Cloud Computing

Duration: 104 minutes

Explore complementary strategies to optimize generative AI model performance, including prompt engineering, system messages, model parameters, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and fine-tuning. Learn when to use each strategy and how to combine them.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Prompt Engineering
• Retrieval Augmented Generation
• Fine Tune Model
• Compare Combine Strategies
• Exercise
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Azure AI Foundry

Roles: Data Scientist, AI Engineer

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing

Duration: 101 minutes