Microsoft Virtual Academy -An Overview

Microsoft Virtual Academy is a website for Developers and IT Pros offering free Microsoft training delivered by experts .

Microsoft Virtual Academy – MVA is a cloud-based learning experience focusing on Microsoft Technologies. You can access a variety of training content online to assist you in becoming one of the renowned experts in the IT Pro and developer communities around the world. MVA provides its users with a virtual university experience: the students can select a course and study the material and then complete the self-assessment. Students on MVA can get access to information and training on the latest Microsoft technologies to help prepare them to maintain a long-term relationship with Microsoft. Learning through MVA is free of charge, and you can study any time at your own pace.

The MVA platform is hosted on the latest Microsoft Azure technology, which provides a responsive online learning experience!

Microsoft Virtual Academy has thousands of courses on various technologies, at various skill levels and in various different forms – Live Events, Videos, PowerPoints, PDFs, etc.Here’s a link to some of the most popular courses right now:

• Windows Azure Security Overview
• C# Fundamentals for Absolute Beginners
• Developing in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 Jump Start
• Windows Azure Web Sites - Deep Dive Jump Start
• Building Business Apps with Visual Studio Lightswitch
• Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications Jump Start
• Microsoft Azure Developer Camp: Build a Cloud-Native App
• Getting Started with PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start
• Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start
• Building Web Apps with ASP.NET Jump Start

But if you’re after a particular topic or product, you might prefer to search through the Courses page for a specific topic that interests you.Check it out and keep up to date with the changes being rolled out across various products.This is great way to learn new products and do get some practical expect of it. Since this is a common learning area we can't complain about how the material has been provided. if you are at expert level it would little annoying to read each line but at the same time it helps beginner. There are some time it has glitch and all but it can be corrected if you know what you are learning. I would prefer to go through books first and then try to do labs which helps a lot and you can do some extra things as well.
I love MVA... can't complain!I have completed one course on cloud recently "Introduction to Private,Hybrid and public Cloud "Post completion you will get point which will add to your current ranking on portal .You will get a transcript "certificate" for course completion ,something like this :For more information visit : http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com

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