{"id":4789,"date":"2022-04-03T11:39:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T03:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/?p=4789"},"modified":"2022-04-03T11:39:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T03:39:25","slug":"cloud-skills-challenge-microsoft-spring-skills-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/?p=4789","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Skills Challenge &#8211; Microsoft Spring Skills Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I just completed the 3 Cloud Skills Challenge, <strong><em>Azure Fundamentals, Azure Data Fundamentals &amp; Security and Compliance Fundamentals,<\/em><\/strong>from Microsoft Learn out of 7,504 Participants and after completing the challenge i attended virtual training course from Microsoft and i obtain to pass the certification exam for <strong><em>AZ-900, DP-900 and SC-900<\/em><\/strong>. This spring, with the goal of boosting career by adding new skills and certifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Azure Fundamentals <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Complete the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/learn\/challenges?id=6f975a2d-d4e3-470b-a09a-178c662fa17f&amp;ocid=AID3042056\">Azure Fundamentals<\/a>&nbsp;Cloud Skills Challenge<\/li><li>Register for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/training-days\/azure\/fundamentals?wt.mc_id=AID3042938_QSG_566510\">Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Day: Fundamentals<\/a>&nbsp;course<\/li><li>Schedule and pass AZ-900 exam with 100% discount<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>This challenge is designed to help you understand relational and non-relational data offerings, its capabilities, and how to provision &#8211; and will prepare you for the DP-900 exam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Introduction to Azure fundamentals &#8211; 43 min<\/li><li>Discuss Azure fundamental concepts &#8211; 24 min<\/li><li>Describe core Azure architectural components &#8211; 27 min<\/li><li>Explore Azure compute services &#8211; 52 min<\/li><li>Explore Azure networking services &#8211; 38 min<\/li><li>Explore Azure Storage services &#8211; 27 min<\/li><li>Explore Azure database and analytics services &#8211; 43 min<\/li><li>Choose the best Azure IoT service for your application &#8211; 27 min<\/li><li>Choose the best AI service for your needs &#8211; 23 min<\/li><li>Choose the best Azure serverless technology for your business scenario &#8211; 20 min<\/li><li>Choose the best tools to help organizations build better solutions &#8211; 21 min<\/li><li>Choose the best tools for managing and configuring your Azure environment &#8211; 27 min<\/li><li>Choose the best monitoring service for visibility, insight, and outage mitigation &#8211; 22 min<\/li><li>Protect against security threats on Azure &#8211; 25 min<\/li><li>Secure network connectivity on Azure &#8211; 34 min<\/li><li>Secure access to your applications by using Azure identity services &#8211; 17 min<\/li><li>Build a cloud governance strategy on Azur &#8211; 48 min<\/li><li>Examine privacy, compliance, and data protection standards on Azure &#8211; 27 min<\/li><li>Plan and manage your Azure costs = 43 min<\/li><li>Choose the right Azure services by examining SLAs and service lifecycle &#8211; 27 min<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Azure Data Fundamentals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Complete the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/learn\/challenges?id=f6d97929-f7a8-40e0-92af-a5dd0557e85f&amp;ocid=AID3042056\">Azure Data Fundamentals<\/a>&nbsp;Cloud Skills Challenge<\/li><li>Register for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/training-days\/azure\/data-fundamentals?wt.mc_id=AID3042938_QSG_566510\">Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Day: Data Fundamentals<\/a>&nbsp;course<\/li><li>Schedule and pass DP-900 exam with 100% discount<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>This challenge is designed to help you understand relational and non-relational data offerings, its capabilities, and how to provision &#8211; and will prepare you for the DP-900 exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Explore core data concepts &#8211; 30 min<\/li><li>Explore data roles and services &#8211; 15 min<\/li><li>Describe concepts of relational data &#8211; 19 min<\/li><li>Explore concepts of non-relational data &#8211; 24 min<\/li><li>Explore concepts of data analytics &#8211; 15 min<\/li><li>Explore fundamental relational data concepts &#8211; 37 min<\/li><li>Explore relational database services in Azure &#8211; 36 min<\/li><li>Query relational data in Azure &#8211; 26 min<\/li><li>Explore Azure Storage for non-relational data &#8211; 38 min<\/li><li>Explore fundamentals of Azure Cosmos DB &#8211; 31 min<\/li><li>Explore fundamentals of modern data warehousing &#8211; 48 min<\/li><li>Get started building with Power BI &#8211; 40 min<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Security and Compliance Fundamentals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Complete the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/learn\/challenges?id=4c3694e5-b944-419b-afe8-685cf4f07cf9&amp;ocid=AID3042056\">Security and Compliance Fundamentals<\/a>&nbsp;Cloud Skills Challenge<\/li><li>Register for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ie\/training-days\/security\/security-compliance-and-identity-fundamentals?wt.mc_id=AID3042938_QSG_566510\">Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity: Fundamentals<\/a>&nbsp;course<\/li><li>Schedule and pass SC-900 exam with 100% discount<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>In this challenge i learn the basic concepts of security, compliance and Identity, the compliance management capabilities in Microsoft, the capabilities of Microsoft Identity and access management solutions, and Microsoft Security solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Introduction to threat protection with Microsoft 365 &#8211; 28 min<\/li><li>Protect against threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint &#8211; 1 hr 12 min<\/li><li>Remediate risks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 &#8211; 49 min<\/li><li>Safeguard your environment with Microsoft Defender for Identity &#8211; 1 hr 8min<\/li><li>Overview of security management in Microsoft 365 Defender &#8211; 10 min<\/li><li>Use reporting in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal &#8211; 12 min<\/li><li>Protect mail with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 -10 min<\/li><li>Secure Windows 10 endpoints &#8211; 12 min<\/li><li>Information protection overview &#8211; 9 min<\/li><li>Information protection and the growing digital estate &#8211; 14 min<\/li><li>Protect your data with sensitivity labels &#8211; 15 min<\/li><li>Prevent data loss &#8211; 12 min<\/li><li>Monitor and analyze sensitive data &#8211; 10 min<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/backpack.png\" alt=\"Backpack\" width=\"146\" height=\"182\"><\/td><td>Furthermore, if you successfully completed all 3 steps from above, Microsoft <strong>send you a Microsoft&nbsp;Skills&nbsp;Award<\/strong>&nbsp;(cool branded backpack) to your postal address. *<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you obtained your certification just email springchallenge@microsoft.com to with a print screen proof of your certification&nbsp;<strong>and&nbsp;<\/strong>your Cloud Skills Challenge name, and you will the instructions on how to get your award*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Getting a free Microsoft Certification is an opportunity and an investment in you and your career. Grab this opportunity and challenge your collaborators\/colleagues to do the Microsoft Skills Challenge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Spring-Challenge.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4799\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more stuff at <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/\">Microsoft Learn<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just completed the 3 Cloud Skills Challenge, Azure Fundamentals, Azure Data Fundamentals &amp; Security and Compliance Fundamentals,from Microsoft Learn out of 7,504 Participants and after completing the challenge i attended virtual training course from Microsoft and i obtain to pass the certification exam for AZ-900, DP-900 and SC-900. 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