I know you have heard of gamification, but have you ever heard of festiation? This is what Microsoft will do in April and May, with the Microsoft Ai Skills Fest. It's a bit strange, but it also seems that it is a lot of fun.
Free AI training for everyone
Microsoft's AI Skills Fest offers lessons open at all skill levels. You can learn the first stages of lessons if you are new in AI, or work on deeper subjects if you are more familiar with the concepts of AI. Although there are learning levels, it is packed as a single experience. You can cross a part or all of the lessons as part of a unified course.
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Courses are available in Albanian, Arabic, Portuguese Brazilian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese Macedonian, Slovenian, Spanish, Thai, Thai Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
Unfortunately, the conversational klingon is not proposed.
But there is much more, including hackathons, rhythm learning, challenges, community forums and meetings, and even (is it really a surprise?) An opportunity for Microsoft's partners to launch their training linked to AI and their related goods.
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For those who start with AI, there are lessons like Use of AI for daily tasks. This lesson will help you “understand generative AI and identify the means to use AI at home and at work. Write effective prompts and find useful resources”.
As an example of the most advanced subjects, you can Follow a Microsoft fabric courseMicrosoft data analysis platform. The challenge helps you prepare for DP-700 certification. During skills holidays, the course is free, but if you want to become certified, it is something you will have to pay Apart from the skills holiday environment, and it's about $ 165.
Price and discounts
If you don't want to pay certifications, you might be lucky. If you enter the Microsoft Ai Skills Fest Challenge Salongers (Another name that I could not catch up), you may be able to win one of the 50,000 free certification vouchers allocated during weekly drawings.
Github offers a 50% reduction code for the new GitHub certification exam, Github Copilot. Once you have finished the Github Learn module, you will receive a reduction code, which will be valid until May 28, 2025. To make sure you don't do end the examination June 30, 2025.
Register
I'll do it. I signed up in Microsoft Ai Skills Fest registration page. It is a free training on a hot topic of a very respected company, so it is really worth checking.
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