Curated By Carla - Issue #26 - March Forth With FREE Training Resources!

Happy March 4th everyone! I hope that you are doing well. This week has been gangbusters for FREE programs! Both Azure and Amazon Web Services have free programs to get you certified.

FYI - Microsoft is still hosting its free Azure Cloud Week For Partners from March 14-18. You will need a business email to register. All of these FREE trianing resources including Microsoft Cloud Week to help you upskill and reskill your career!

Another Friday means another This Week In AWS Community! March brings so much opportunity for AWS learning as well as the Machine Learning Week coming up next week. Check out this brand-new installment!

As I mentioned above, AWS is hosting a FREE Machine Learning Week next week. You will need a business email to register. If you or someone you know are interested in AWS and machine learning, check this out!

AWS also is hosting its FREE Get AWS certified associate challenge. You can complete the FREE SysOps Administrator or Solutions Architect Associate learning path and receive a FREE official practice exam. This is a great way to prepare for passing your AWS associate exam!

Finally, AWS announces that it will retire its Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C02) exam for its SAA-C03 exam starting August 30, 2022. This means that you haev 6 months to pass the current SAA-C02 exam.

Now onto Microsoft Azure! This week Microsoft has released its spring skills challenge for AZ-900, DP-900, AI-900, PL-900 and SC-900. Complete their respective Microsoft Learn learning path, attend the virtual training days and receive a FREE exam voucher! You must complete the learning path by March 21, 2022. You must pass the exam by April 30, 2022!

Also this week, Microsoft has announced that the AZ-720 Azure Support Engineer beta exam will come out later this March. It is somewhat an offshoot from AZ-700 Azure Network Engineer Associate. Keep your eyes peeled for that 80% off beta exam code!

Finally, do not forget that Microsoft is hosing its Azure Cloud Week March 14. You will need a business email to register for this event!

Here’s my Google Cloud Jumpstart session recap! We talk about the Associate Cloud Engineer certification exam plus virtual machines, containers, Kubernetes and virtual networks.

If you are thinking about going for your CISSP certification, FRSecure is offering a FREE exam prep training every Monday and Wednesday starting April 11, 2022. Click the link below to register.

Whew! This week is absolute bonkers about how much news and FREE programs are out there to help YOU get cloud certified. Good luck!

Carla