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Microsoft UK Developers

Welcome to Microsoft UK Developers, a place to find resources that will help you build new tech and professional skills.

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Start a new path

We're here to help you start your technical journey with Microsoft. Learn in-demand technical and career skills. Plus, gain industry recognised certifications that will help you get your first - or new - job.

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Developer tools

These free resources will help you get started building your first projects.

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Visual Studio Code

Develop, maintain, collaborate and deploy apps for web and any OS.

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GitHub

Join the open source community on the largest and most advanced dev platform in the world.

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.NET

.NET is a free, cross-platform, open source developer platform. Get tools and libraries to build any type of app, including web, mobile, desktop, games, IoT, cloud, and microservices.

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Open. Collaborative. Flexible.

Open Source enables Microsoft products and services to bring choice, technology and community to our customers.

Get stuck into GitHub and Azure

Curated video guides to help you learn new skills.

Embrace the open source future

Leveraging the power of the open source community lets developers create cost-efficient solutions that are built with collaboration in mind. Whether you're looking to innovate faster and more securely with open source on Azure, or take advantage of open source offerings like .NET or Visual Studio, there are plenty of avenues in which you can start your open source journey.

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Starting your first open source project

Lee Englestone shares the successes he's seen by starting his first open source project.

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  • Dev resources

    Watch content on-demand, get up to speed on the latest news, and join our dev-driven communities.

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    Microsoft’s Learn TV is the home for unlimited technical shows and live events that you can watch anytime, anywhere.

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    Read the latest dev news, get tips, best practices and more.

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    Join a dev community that cares about the same tech as you do from gaming, web, development and app design to machine learning and system administration.s

Keep on learning

Poornima lets her work do the talking. She continues to build the skills and showcase her expertise as a developer with certifications and flexible learning paths.

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30 Days to Learn It

How do you plan on thriving in your field? Complete a challenge within 30 days and take the next step in becoming a subject matter expert.

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