{"id":663,"date":"2013-01-22T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-26T08:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:42:21","slug":"free-microsoft-virtual-academy-courses-on-hyper-v-and-microsoft-virtualization-for-vmware-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/blog\/2013\/01\/22\/free-microsoft-virtual-academy-courses-on-hyper-v-and-microsoft-virtualization-for-vmware-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Microsoft Virtual Academy Courses on Hyper-V and Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is some pretty exciting stuff being brought to you by our <span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\">Microsoft &amp; VMware virtualization experts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/SymonPerriman\">Symon Perriman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WSV_GUY\">Jeff Woolsey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattmcspirit\">Matt McSpirit.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;I know that it&nbsp;may be difficult to block out an entire day for this training, but here is what you can do if you can&#8217;t make it for the entire day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\">Register for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/HyperVJS\">Introduction to Hyper-V&nbsp;<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/vmJS\">Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals&nbsp;<\/a> today. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\">Attend all or some of <\/span><\/span><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/HyperVJS\">Introduction to Hyper-V<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong> on Thursday, January 24<sup>th<\/sup> and <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/vmJS\">Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/strong>on Wednesday, January 30<sup>th<\/sup>. 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