Put yourself to the test! Gain knowledge and skills to create an inclusive culture for people of all abilities with our new Accessibility Fundamentals challenge.
Receive free unlimited access to MS Learn Paths and instructor-led Microsoft Training Days.
Compete
Compete by earning points as you complete the learning paths and track your progress through a custom team leaderboard.
Get Certified + Celebrate
Award your learners with a 50% off Microsoft Exam Certification Voucher, get certified and celebrate!
Learning tools for individual learning styles
At Microsoft, we recognize that learning styles are different. That’s why we’ve created the Cloud Skills Challenge, a 30-day challenge which provides your team with an in-class training experience paired with self-paced learning modules to provide your organization with the tools you need to successfully skill up and earn industry recognized certifications.
Microsoft Learn
Microsoft Learn is a free online training platform that provides hands-on, interactive learning for products and services within the Microsoft ecosystem
Self-paced learning paths
Explore topics in-depth through guided paths or learn how to accomplish a specific task through individual modules.
300+ guided modules
Discover the power of the Microsoft ecosystem and start your learning journey today by exploring the large selection of learning paths and modules.
Hands-on learning
Microsoft Learn helps you discover new skills, find certifications, and advance your career in minutes with interactive, hands-on learning.
Microsoft Virtual Training Days
Microsoft Virtual Training Days are free, in-depth, virtual training events that guide your team toward the many possibilities for career and organizational impact today and tomorrow. With weekly events to match every skill level, this is your opportunity to grow your technical skills and gain the confidence to navigate what’s ahead.
Why Attend?
Dive deep into new skills and ideas at free virtual training events.
Jump-start new technical initiatives for your organization.
Discover new possibilities for impact while learning the platforms and skills to achieve them
What is the Microsoft Cloud Skills Challenge?
The Microsoft Cloud Skills Challenge is a fun, free and interactive skilling program that provides you with access to Microsoft resources to help you build skills for the role that most interests you! Gain access to a curated Microsoft Learn path and Microsoft Virtual Training Days. You can compete with peers in the industry through an online leaderboard.
The Cloud Skills Challenge will help you skill up on Microsoft Cloud Technologies via a gamified experience utilizing Microsoft Learn content.
Choose your skilling path below and start building new skills today!
use the arrow keys to navigate through the pivots and tab to focus on focusable content inside a pivot section
Identity and Access Administrator
Information Protection Administrator
Security Operations Analyst
Desktop Manager
Teams Administrator
Teams Voice Engineer Expert
Azure Administrator
Data Professional
AI Professional
Azure Developer Associate
Accessibility
Accessibility
With more than 1 billion people with disabilities in the world, Microsoft believes that accessibility is essential to delivering on our mission to “empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.” However, our mission doesn’t begin and end with the products we create and the services we offer.
Microsoft Canada has a NEW Accessibility Fundamentals individual cloud skills challenge to help you learn more about accessibility and how to help build a more inclusive world, all while going head-to-head with your peers in this friendly and informative challenge.
Build your knowledge on best accessibility practices and strategies to create inclusive organizations that truly empower people of all abilities to reach their full potential in the workforce.
Self-Paced Learning
Step 1: Register for the Cloud-Skills Challenge Leaderboard
Register for the leaderboard and begin to gain points as you complete the modules in the Learning Path. Watch your progress as you compete amongst your peers in the industry!
This Microsoft Learn Path will provide you with access to correlated learning that includes module content, interactive labs, video tutorials, and knowledge checks. There are foundational, intermediate, and advanced topics within the learning pathway to assist your team members, at any level.
Optional Learning Path: Deliver engaging and accessible virtual events with Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365
Step 1: Start the learning path
"The one thing we can never get back is time. This is the most valuable thing an event attendee shares with you. Whether you are a seasoned producer or new to creating virtual events, this learning path walks you through the fundamentals of delivering compelling events using Microsoft 365 technology. Learn best practices for accessibility, inclusion, and engagement as you create your virtual event. Review processes that prioritize the clarity of your message, the attendee experience, and your ongoing engagement strategy.
Compelling events are about people - this training includes content for event organizers, producers, moderators, and attendees."
As people increasingly shift to hybrid work, protecting your organization’s information and managing risk should be a top priority. No matter your skill level, Cloud Skill Challenge will help your team gain the technical skills and knowledge you need to enable employees to work securely and achieve more from anywhere.
Learn how to harness powerful Microsoft compliance capabilities to keep your company protected.
Self-Paced Learning
Step 1: Register for the Cloud-Skills Challenge Leaderboard
Register for the leaderboard and begin to gain points as you complete the modules in the Learning Path. Watch your progress as you compete amongst your peers in the industry!
Microsoft Learn Path: Information Protection Administrator
This Microsoft Learn Path will provide you with access to correlated learning that includes module content, interactive labs, video tutorials, and knowledge checks. There are foundational, intermediate, and advanced topics within the learning pathway to assist your team members, at any level.
Once you have completed the challenge, email CanadaSkilling@microsoft.com with your username and you will be eligible to receive a 50% off Microsoft Exam Certification Voucher.
Once you receive your certification voucher, you will be ready to take the SC-400 exam!
Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk
This event will give you the opportunity to expand your skillset and connect with Microsoft experts. Save your seat at an upcoming event in Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk.
Get ready to explore how to:
Understand, identify, and protect your most sensitive data.
Identify and take action on insider risks and code-of-conduct violations.
When employees are confident in their ability to collaborate remotely and securely, they are free to achieve more without worry. No matter your skill level, the Cloud Skill Challenge will help you learn how to protect data, devices, and applications while simplifying IT and minimizing the impact on employees.
Self-Paced Learning
Step 1: Register for the Cloud-Skills Challenge Leaderboard
Register for the leaderboard and begin to gain points as you complete the modules in the Learning Path. Watch your progress as you compete amongst your peers in the industry!
Microsoft Learn Path: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst
This Microsoft Learn Path will provide you with access to correlated learning that includes module content, interactive labs, video tutorials, and knowledge checks. There are foundational, intermediate, and advanced topics within the learning pathway to assist your team members, at any level.
Once you have completed the challenge, email CanadaSkilling@microsoft.com with your username and you will be eligible to receive a 50% off Microsoft Exam Certification Voucher.
Once you receive your certification voucher, you will be ready to take the SC-200 exam!
This event will give you the opportunity to expand your skillset and connect with Microsoft experts. Save your seat at an upcoming event in Modernize Security and Defend Against Threats
During the training event, you will explore how to:
Utilize Microsoft 365 Defender and Azure Defender to mitigate threats.
Integrate cloud app security and device management plans.
With Zero Trust being a top concern for companies, staying on top of today’s fast-moving landscape and securing identities is key for any organization. No matter your skill level, Cloud Skill Challenge will help you gain the technical skills and knowledge you need to enable employees to work securely and achieve more from anywhere.
Learn how to harness powerful Microsoft capabilities and the Zero Trust framework to keep your company protected.
Self-Paced Learning
Step 1: Register for the Cloud-Skills Challenge Leaderboard
Register for the leaderboard and begin to gain points as you complete the modules in the Learning Path. Watch your progress as you compete amongst your peers in the industry!
Microsoft Learn Path: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator
This Microsoft Learn Path will provide you with access to correlated learning that includes module content, interactive labs, video tutorials, and knowledge checks. There are foundational, intermediate, and advanced topics within the learning pathway to assist your team members, at any level.
Once you have completed the challenge, email CanadaSkilling@microsoft.com with your username and you will be eligible to receive a 50% off Microsoft Exam Certification Voucher.
Once you receive your certification voucher, you will be ready to take the SC-300 exam!
This event will give you the opportunity to expand your skillset and connect with Microsoft experts. Save your seat at an upcoming event in Zero Trust Foundations.
During the training event, you will explore how to:
Implement an identity management solution.
Administer and authentication and access management solution.
Plan and implement an identity governance strategy.
Discover our latest modern management solutions and build on your expertise of how to manage, deploy and configure new modern desktop solutions! No matter your skill level, the Cloud Skill Challenge will help your team gain the technical skills and knowledge you need to enable employees to manage modern desktop solutions.
Self-Paced Learning
Step 1: Register for the Cloud-Skills Challenge Leaderboard
Register for the leaderboard and begin to gain points as you complete the modules in the Learning Path. Watch your progress as you compete amongst your peers in the industry!
Microsoft Learn Path: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate
This Microsoft Learn Path will provide you with access to correlated learning that includes module content, interactive labs, video tutorials, and knowledge checks. There are foundational, intermediate, and advanced topics within the learning pathway to assist your team members, at any level.
Once you have completed the challenge email CanadaSkilling@microsoft.com with your username and you will be eligible to receive a 50% certification vouchers for the Microsoft Certification exam.
Once you receive your certification voucher, you will be ready to take the Modern Desktop Administrator Associate exam!
This event will give you the opportunity to expand your skillset and connect with Microsoft Experts to accelerate your deployment and utilisation of the latest endpoint management capabilities in support of remote, on-premises and hybrid work. Get the tools and training to put Microsoft Surface to work – creating a high level of endpoint security through integrated hardware, firmware, software and identity protection.
To be productive in a remote environment, your employees need to be able to safely collaborate from anywhere. Reimagine what collaboration looks like in today’s era of remote work with the Cloud Skill Challenge and learn how to get the most out of Microsoft Teams online meetings, calling, video and chat, and empower your workforce to work from any location on any device.
Self-Paced Learning
Step 1: Register for the Cloud-Skills Challenge Leaderboard
Register for the leaderboard and begin to gain points as you complete the modules in the Learning Path. Watch your progress as you compete amongst your peers in the industry!
Microsoft Learn Path: Teams Administrator Associate
This Microsoft Learn Path will provide you with access to correlated learning that includes module content, interactive labs, video tutorials, and knowledge checks. There are foundational, intermediate, and advanced topics within the learning pathway to assist your team members, at any level.
Once you have completed the challenge, email CanadaSkilling@microsoft.com with your username and you will be eligible to receive a 50% off Microsoft Exam Certification Voucher.
Once you receive your certification voucher, you will be ready to take the MS-700 exam!
This event will give you the opportunity to expand your skillset and connect with Microsoft experts. Save your seat at an upcoming event in Enable Hybrid Work with Microsoft Teams.
During the training event, you will explore how to:
Enable your people to meet and collaborate from home.
Make productivity applications available on any device.
If you’re a telecommunications professional that knows how to plan, design, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot an integrated communications solution using Microsoft Teams, this expert certification can help you move your career forward.
Self-Paced Learning
Step 1: Register for the Cloud Skills Challenge Leaderboard
Register for the leaderboard and begin to gain points as you complete the modules in the Learning Path. Watch your progress as you compete amongst your peers in the industry!
This Microsoft Learn Path will provide you with access to correlated learning that includes module content, interactive labs, video tutorials, and knowledge checks. There are foundational, intermediate, and advanced topics within the learning pathway to assist your team members, at any level.
Once you have completed the challenge, email CanadaSkilling@microsoft.com
with your username and you will be eligible to receive a 50% certification vouchers for the Microsoft Certification exam.
Once you receive your certification voucher, you will be ready to take the MS-720 exam!
This event will give you the opportunity to expand your skillset and connect with Microsoft experts. Save your seat at an upcoming event in Teams Phone.
During the training event, you will explore how to:
Deploy Teams Phone to call, chat, and meet in a single app.
Use Direct Routing to make and receive external calls on any device with Teams.
Explore how to use auto attendants and call queues.
Be more connected and collaborative with virtual calling features.
To create your vision for tomorrow, you need to understand what the cloud can do for you and your company today. Learn how Microsoft Azure’s cloud service solutions can help your business stay up and running while overcoming challenges big and small. You will learn about cloud-computing concepts, models, and services, covering topics such as public, private, and hybrid cloud as well as infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and software as a service.
Self-Paced Learning
Step 1: Register for the Cloud-Skills Challenge Leaderboard
Register for the leaderboard and begin to gain points as you complete the modules in the Learning Path. Watch your progress as you compete amongst your peers in the industry!
Microsoft Learn Path: Azure Administrator Associate
This Microsoft Learn Path will provide you with access to correlated learning that includes module content, interactive labs, video tutorials, and knowledge checks. There are foundational, intermediate, and advanced topics within the learning pathway to assist your team members, at any level.
Once you have completed the challenge, email CanadaSkilling@microsoft.com with your username and you will be eligible to receive a 50% off Microsoft Exam Certification Voucher.
Once you receive your certification voucher, you will be ready to take the AZ-900 exam!
This event will give you the opportunity to expand your skillset and connect with Microsoft experts. Save your seat at an upcoming event in Azure Fundamentals.
During the training event, you will explore how to:
Get started with Azure.
Integrate Azure with your existing networks.
Better understand key cloud concepts and core services, including pricing, support, and cloud security.
Learn the fundamentals of core database concepts in a cloud environment and build your foundational knowledge of cloud data services. No matter your skill level, the Cloud Skill Challenge will help you explore relational and non-relational data offerings as well as big data and modern data warehouse analytics solutions in Azure.
Self-Paced Learning
Step 1: Register for the Cloud-Skills Challenge Leaderboard
Register for the leaderboard and begin to gain points as you complete the modules in the Learning Path. Watch your progress as you compete amongst your peers in the industry!
Microsoft Learn Path: Azure Database Administrator
This Microsoft Learn Path will provide you with access to correlated learning that includes module content, interactive labs, video tutorials, and knowledge checks. There are foundational, intermediate, and advanced topics within the learning pathway to assist your team members, at any level.
Once you have completed the challenge, email CanadaSkilling@microsoft.com with your username and you will be eligible to receive a 50% off Microsoft Exam Certification Voucher.
Once you receive your certification voucher, you will be ready to take the DP-900 exam!
This event will give you the opportunity to expand your skillset and connect with Microsoft experts. Save your seat at an upcoming event in Data Fundamentals.
During the training event, you will explore how to:
Learn the roles, tasks and responsibilities involved in managing data in a cloud environment.
Gain basic skills for working with relational and non-relational cloud data services in Azure, including provisioning and deploying relational and non-relational databases.
Discover the solutions it’s possible to create with AI—and the Azure services that can help you build those solutions. No matter your skill level, the Cloud Skill Challenge will help you understand the challenges and risks with AI, Azure Machine Learning capabilities, computer vision in Azure and much more!
Self-Paced Learning
Step 1: Register for the Cloud-Skills Challenge Leaderboard
Register for the leaderboard and begin to gain points as you complete the modules in the Learning Path. Watch your progress as you compete amongst your peers in the industry!
Microsoft Learn Path: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
This Microsoft Learn Path will provide you with access to correlated learning that includes module content, interactive labs, video tutorials, and knowledge checks. There are foundational, intermediate, and advanced topics within the learning pathway to assist your team members, at any level.
Once you have completed the challenge, email CanadaSkilling@microsoft.com with your username and you will be eligible to receive a 50% off Microsoft Exam Certification Voucher.
Once you receive your certification voucher, you will be ready to take the AI-900 exam!
This event will give you the opportunity to expand your skillset and connect with Microsoft experts. Save your seat at an upcoming event in AI Fundamentals.
During the training event, you will explore how to:
Get an overview of basic AI concepts and applications.
Create no-code predictive models with Azure Machine Learning.
Learn more about conversational AI, natural language processing, and computer vision in Microsoft Azure.
Whether you’re a professional developer or you write code for fun, developing with Microsoft Azure puts the latest cloud technology and best-in-class developer tools at your fingertips.
Self-Paced Learning
Step 1: Register for the Cloud-Skills Challenge Leaderboard
Register for the leaderboard and begin to gain points as you complete the modules in the Learning Path. Watch your progress as you compete amongst your peers in the industry!
This Microsoft Learn Path will provide you with access to correlated learning that includes module content, interactive labs, video tutorials, and knowledge checks. There are foundational, intermediate, and advanced topics within the learning pathway to assist your team members, at any level.
Once you have completed the challenge email CanadaSkilling@microsoft.com with your username and you will be eligible to receive a 50% certification vouchers for the Microsoft Certification exam.
Once you receive your certification voucher, you will be ready to take the AZ-204 Azure Developer Associate exam!
The Microsoft Cloud Skills Challenge program is designed to build technical skills within your organization including, self-paced learning and virtual training to support continuous growth and development. The Microsoft Cloud Skills Challenge is a programmatic offering available to all Microsoft customers.
All modules for the corresponding Microsoft Learn Path must have been successfully completed by the participant within the deadline indicated on the Challenge Leaderboard To be eligible. A valid Microsoft Learn account is required to participate. Free accounts can be set up here: aka.ms/learn
Offer good only in Canada to eligible individuals that have registered for the Cloud Skills Challenge (the “Challenge”) on or before June 30, 2023 (the “Request”). A limited quantity of 50% off exam voucher codes (the “Voucher Codes”) are available for distribution and will be awarded to eligible individuals in the order in which their Request is received by Microsoft. Limit of one (1) Voucher Code per individual. Voucher Codes are valid for 60 days upon receipt. The Voucher Code is non-transferable, cannot be combined with any other offer and is not redeemable for cash. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient. Any Voucher Code returned as non-deliverable will not be re-issued. Microsoft reserves the right to substitute the Voucher Code with an item of equal or greater value. Microsoft reserves the right to cancel, change, or suspend the Challenge at any time without notice.
