Free Microsoft Training courses
Microsoft has revamped its highly successful Virtual Academy website with a more dynamic and interactive homepage and some great free Microsoft training courses - here are five of our favorites.
Microsoft has scored a lot of praise for its Virtual Academy website, which offers registered users free access to hundreds of IT-related training courses. Now, the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) is back in the spotlight with a totally redesigned version of the MVA website.
The new MVA website includes a great new homepage that makes it much easier for visitors to jump to the different tech categories containing the training they're looking for. The homepage contains links to the RSS feeds that list MVA's newest and most popular courses. The page also displays the latest tweets from the MVA Twitter feed (@MSVirtAcademy) and has links to all of the various MVA social networking pages, including the YouTube channel. It even displays the most current post from the MVA blog.
Most impressive is the global friendliness of the new MVA website. The site is now available in ten different languages, including French, Japanese, Spanish Latin America, and Simplified Chinese.
Top Free MVA Courses
So, what are the most popular MVA courses? Here are the top five with some related certification info for each one.
1. C# Fundamentals For Absolute Beginners
The C# Fundamentals for Absolute Beginners course is a good fit for anyone looking to start their IT certification journey with a Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification from the Developer track. It is also a great starting point for candidates who want to pursue the more advanced Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer certification.The course is comprised of 25 video episodes each outlining a C# concept applicable to video games, mobile and client applications.
A perfect training option for candidates who want to earn the MTA certification in Database Fundamentals (see next item for distantly related higher-level database credentials), this course offers a good introduction to Microsoft SQL Server terminology and concepts. Beginners learn skills to work with relational databases, database management systems and database components. Video lessons cover creating databases and database objects, using DML statements, SQL server administration and more.
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Where could one find information about free online SharePoint Server 2010 training courses from Microsoft
The best place for finding information about free online SharePoint Server 2010 training courses from Microsoft is to visit the Microsoft Learning website.
free online microsoft training course? | Yahoo Answers
I'm assuming your looking for MS Office training.
There is quite a bit of free training. Start here:
Go down aways and select the 2003 tab (even if you have an earlier version that 2003 you can still do the training - you just can't do the practice sessions). Or if you have 2007 select that tab.
I find them easy to follow and informative.
Cheers.
