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Microsoft's AI Skills Fest offers partners 50 days of free AI lessons for beginners and pros, prizes to win, and discounts to check out.
Staying competitive means staying ahead. It’s not just about keeping pace with AI innovation; it’s about setting the pace. To maintain and enhance their value to businesses in 2025 and beyond, channel partners need to take the next step by embracing AI with intention and foresight to help their customers thrive and secure their place in an AI-driven world.
As Microsoft commemorates turning 50, they have introduced the Microsoft AI Skills Fest - 50 days of AI discovery and learning. Running through May 28, 2025, Microsoft Azure partners can deepen their skills with a lineup of curated experiences that will empower you and your team to build and showcase your business and technical AI proficiency—one skill at a time.
AI Training for Everyone
Microsoft's AI Skills Fest offers courses for all skill levels. Beginners can learn about generative AI (Gen AI) through lessons like "Using AI for Everyday Tasks," which covers using AI at home and work, writing effective prompts, and finding helpful resources.
Those familiar with AI concepts can take a course in Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft's data analytics platform. The comprehensive AI Skills Fest challenge will help you prepare for the DP-700 certification in data engineering by teaching you about Fabric, data processing, real-time intelligence, and security.
There’s a lot more. Partners can engage with deep dives, self-paced learning, experiential content, hackathons, and practical sessions that will enhance your AI skills. Participants can earn badges, certifications, and Applied Skills credentials and be part of a global community of learners and innovators. Although the program offers various tiers of learning, it's packaged as a single experience. You can work through any or all the lessons as part of one unified course.
Discounts, Promotions, and Prizes
You may be in luck if you don't want to pay for certifications. Microsoft will offer 50,000 free Microsoft Certification exam vouchers during weekly prize drawings. GitHub is offering a 50 percent discount on its new GitHub Copilot certification exam.
By the end of your 50-day skill-building adventure, you’ll be confident in advising clients on AI strategy and implementation and developing customized AI solutions to meet their unique business needs.
Register today and unlock the future with 50 days of AI discovery and learning.