Growing access to digital skills
To empower everyone to thrive in the AI economy, we help people build digital skills for jobs and livelihoods, increase access to computer science education, and address key skills gaps.
Our actions
We support learners as they pursue skills that can help them harness the power of AI and other breakthrough technologies that drive inclusive economic growth.
Partnering for collective impact
We work with communities to help support learners and remove barriers to opportunity. Together with our dedicated partners, we have helped more than 80 million people access digital skills since 2020. But there is more work to do.
New skills for a new way of working
Rapidly advancing technology is transforming how we live, learn, and work. Microsoft is focused on helping people around the world stay ahead of emerging skills gaps.
In-demand skills
Providing skills training is complex work. Focused on where we believe we can have the greatest impact, we share content, curriculum, training materials, and insights.
AI skills
AI offers tremendous potential to empower workers around the world—but only if everyone, everywhere has the skills to use it.
Sustainability skills
Climate change is a global challenge today and in the future. We must move quickly to help people access sustainability knowledge and skills.
Cybersecurity skills
Currently there aren’t enough cybersecurity professionals to meet demand. Together, we can help people build skills for these high-wage, high-growth jobs.
Digital literacy and productivity skills
Everyone starts somewhere. To meet learners where they are on their own learning journey, we also make digital literacy, productivity, and cloud skills resources available.
Additional resources
Whether you’re working in a nonprofit, education, or another type of organization, Microsoft has a variety of programs to help your teams and your students to thrive in the digital economy.
Nonprofits
Access learning resources tailored to provide nonprofits’ employees and civil servants with technical skills and knowledge while supporting their trainers in building programs.
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Skills training for your team
Successful digital transformation starts with a culture of continuous learning. We’ve brought together resources to support nonprofits with the technical skills and knowledge needed to grow alongside an ever-evolving digital landscape.
Technology to accelerate your mission
Power your nonprofit with free technology grants and custom-built solutions for nonprofits.
Career connections
Microsoft Learn Career Connected brings together job seekers and companies looking for people interested in Dynamics 365, Azure, Azure Data, Azure AI, security / cybersecurity, or Power Platform. (US only)
Forging new paths to tech careers
Microsoft Leap's mission is to recruit, develop, and upskill unconventional talent for employability into the technology industry worldwide. The program provides a unique integrated learning experience with in-classroom and on-the-job engineering projects designed and customized by Microsoft engineers.
Support for women entrepreneurs
Women in Digital Business is a new initiative by the International Training Centre of the ILO and Microsoft with the objective of unlocking the participation of women entrepreneurs in the digital economy by giving them access to training programs on digital skills.
Educators and education institutions
Educator resources and programs provide wrap-around support so learners can successfully build the skills needed to thrive in the digital economy.
AI skills for educators
Educators are essential to preparing students for the AI economy—and Microsoft has tools designed to support them.
Cybersecurity skills resources
Help build pathways to opportunity. Access resources to help prepare students with skills for these high-wage, high-growth jobs.
Sustainability skills in the classroom
Together we can help prepare the next generation for the jobs of the future through learning initiatives focused on sustainability knowledge and skills. Teaching and learning resources to support learners of all ages are available.
Other organizations
Everyone can benefit from building their digital and AI capacity. Explore additional resources for community leaders and organizations of all types.
Digital inclusion in your community
Building on the success of the Microsoft TechSpark program, we’ve created a US-focused local community engagement framework that brings together organizations and resources to foster local inclusive economic growth.
Microsoft Virtual Training Days
Whether you’re a partner, educator, or business professional, we have plenty of Microsoft events specifically created with your growth in mind. Explore special events and learning opportunities created to help you expand your expertise, learn new skills, and build community.
AI Assessment Tool for your organization
Get strategies and next steps for AI adoption. Try the online AI and Digital Transformation Compass to build a plan with affordable AI tools to increase revenues, reduce costs, bolster engagement, and enhance decision-making.
Featured resources
Microsoft and our partner ecosystem have resources to help scale impact. Access the latest resources.
Chart your course with AI
AI Skills Navigator helps you to learn how to unlock the opportunity and power of AI in your work. Jumpstart your skills goals with AI to help you find the right starting point.
Skills for Jobs learning pathways
To help you get the most in-demand jobs, we offer courses that cover the breadth of career development. We offer free access to 350 courses and nine Career Essentials Certificates by Microsoft and LinkedIn to help job seekers showcase their skills to employers.
New toolkit from TeachAI
The toolkit helps education administrators, leaders, and teachers create thoughtful community guidance to share the potential benefits of incorporating AI in education while mitigating risks.
Local partner resources
Our partners offer resources in multiple languages. Access a sampling of content to support learning in your local community. Additional languages coming soon.
German
Together with Förderverein für Jugend und Sozialarbeit e.V. (fjs) we have developed the "IT-Fitness" initiative as part of our qualification initiative in Germany offering free and beginner-friendly learning experiences in AI, Cybersecurity, and Green Digital Skills.
Italian
Fondazione Mondo Digitale, together with Microsoft, has created a national infrastructure of hubs on generative AI and a network of trainers for the training of local communities including resources for Cloud & AI skills.
Portuguese
A new AI fluency learning pathway is now available in Portuguese. Explore on partner e-learning platforms with learning content ranging from digital literacy through advanced courses in cloud, AI and cybersecurity. Â
Spanish
Fundación Esplai promotes citizen empowerment through community social intervention, socio-educational action and inclusion in the field of information and communication technologies. They offer new courses on AI & Cloud skills.
See it in action
Learn more about how our partners and programs grow access to digital skills and create pathways to jobs.
Ushering in gender diversity in India
CyberShikshaa is a program for training female engineering graduates from small towns in the niche field of cybersecurity.
Simplon matches learners to jobs
Private non-profit partnership enables new-to-tech learners to change careers and a nation to pursue an ambitious AI strategy.
Capacity and skill-building initiative
An Egyptian skill-building initiative has enabled Tawar w 3’ayar to teach computing and other critical skills in more than 800 centers country-wide.
Generation Unlimited Passport to Earning
Passport to Earning is a digital platform that provides young people with free, world-class and job-relevant skills training and positions them for employment opportunities.
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Technology solutions for nonprofits
Power your nonprofit with free technology grants and custom-built solutions for nonprofits.
Inclusion is innovation
At Microsoft, we are partnering with academics and thought leaders from around the globe to provide perspectives on how organizations and individuals can help increase diversity and strengthen a culture of inclusion.
Achieving more together
We believe that companies that can do more, should. Learn about our commitments to ensure the technology we create benefits everyone on the planet as well as the planet itself.
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