New free courses at Microsoft Virtual Academy, February 2016



    The beginning of the year! And we are pleased to share with you an overview of the new free courses at the Microsoft MVA Virtual Academy . Microsoft experts regularly continue to issue courses and prepare materials specifically for you to provide relevant information to developers and IT professionals.

    NEW! Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for start-ups
    Are you going to release your first product as an entrepreneur? In this course, you can learn about the basic principles of application lifecycle management that are essential to your dream. We consider a version control system, release management, automated testing and much more. Learn what terms such as Git, SCRUM, and TDD mean and find out why they can provide better quality first release than competitors.

    Hit! Introduction to ASP.NET 5
    In this example-rich lesson for beginners (the first in a series), you will become familiar with data modeling, managing user queries, and connecting to a server database. Get a solid foundation for developing your ASP.NET knowledge and skills and start building your own applications. Continue with practical examples of using ASP.NET.

    Website Development Using Python and Django
    Learn how to get started with Django in Visual Studio, how to create dynamic, data-driven applications, and how to deploy applications in Microsoft Azure. Explore the object-relational mapping (ORM) system provided by Django and learn how to ensure that your page is detected by search engines. At the same time, you will see how instructors create a website from scratch.

    Introduction to using JSON in C #
    Want to learn how to work with JSON in C #?
    Get familiar with the JSON syntax and learn how to parse and create JSON files. You will also learn how to create a console application that uses a JSON file to load and save application data.

    Hit! Using Node.js with Visual Studio Code
    Under the fascinating guidance of experts Stacey Mulcahy and Rami Sayar, learn how to create sites in Visual Studio Code using Node.js (one of the easiest and fastest ways to develop real-time applications on the Internet today). Learn the functions of this tool, the order of their settings and basic commands. Learn how to create basic REST APIs using Node.js and the Express platform, how to connect web applications to a database, and how to debug Node.js applications using the Visual Studio Code editor.

    Microsoft Azure for Node.JS Developers
    In recent years, Node.js has gained popularity among a new class of developers who prefer the paradigm of asynchronous programming. For the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, it makes no difference whether your applications are built on the basis of Node.js, ASP.NET, Java, or PHP. And it is in this course that you will become familiar with the Microsoft Azure cloud platform in the context of Node.JS. It will consider all the basic aspects that a developer needs to run applications in the cloud.

    We reveal the secrets of LINQ
    . You have probably been using LINQ for a long time, but have you thought about the basic elements and their interaction? Find out about this under the guidance of our team of experts! By the end of the day, you will have a deep understanding of one of the most important modern libraries of the .NET platform.

    Hit!Development of virtual and augmented reality applications on the Microsoft platform
    All the issues of building virtual reality applications on the Microsoft platform in one course - from the basic principles of stereo imaging and tracking head turns to deeper issues of highly effective implementation of augmented reality in C ++ / DirectX.

    NEW! Cloud backend for Android and iOS applications on Microsoft Azure
    The course will help developers on the Android and iOS platforms in mastering the launch of the server side of mobile applications using Microsoft Azure. The course goes beyond basic knowledge, addresses cross-platform development issues, and takes a deep look at the Azure SDK for the Android and iOS platforms. The course contains a large number of demonstrations and practical recommendations.

    Hit! Windows 10 on the corporate network
    If in the future you plan to switch to Windows 10, it's time to look at the approaches and tools for migration, the ability to manage devices with Windows 10, as well as some security technologies for the new OS. In the course, you can get acquainted with the features of migration from Windows 7 and 8.1 to Windows 10, understand when and why you can use provisioning, what tools besides group policies can be used to manage Windows 10, see what Windows Hello biometric authentication is like.

    Hit! Running Linux on Microsoft Azure
    Do you use Linux cloud solutions? Interested in how to use Linux in the Microsoft Azure Cloud? Try this course! The course includes all the information you need to get started with Linux virtual machines on Azure, even if you are not familiar with the Microsoft cloud platform.

    NEW! What's New in Windows Server 2016 Preview
    An expert team will talk about many new automation features, as well as supporting technology partners and your own investment in open source solutions. These sessions cover advanced virtualization functionality, as well as automated processes and settings that help you deploy computing resources, storage resources, and network resources faster. Get to know new features that reduce system downtime, learn how consecutive updates can help speed up the adaptation of updates and operating systems for the Hyper-V server and scalable file server, and learn about new storage replication technology. Additionally, Nano Server server technology will be introduced.

    In-depth look at Azure Resource Manager scripts and models
    Learn how to manage resource groups with Azure Resource Manager (ARM). Explore ARM with an international team of experts who will demonstrate technologies and tools to easily increase or decrease the number of infrastructure components during application development, testing, or operation.

    Windows Azure Pack: Database as a Service (DBaaS)
    Experts will introduce you to the features of the DBaaS offer as part of Azure Pack, which provides a powerful shared server part of SQL Server that users can use in self-service or programmatically using a rich set of APIs. Using the DBaaS model, application owners and developers can independently prepare and receive exactly what is required for their applications and workloads.

    NEW! Security in the cloud world
    Do you protect IT assets in a public or hybrid cloud? Concerned about the rise of cyber security threats? You have found the right course! Experience the Microsoft experience that the company has gained by responding to customer cybersecurity incidents and helping customers protect their cloud assets and manage their shared responsibility for the security of cloud services.

    Building Linux clusters in Azure
    The course discusses how to organize the operation of a high availability cluster in the cloud, which tasks are primarily necessary for this to be solved. The configuration of fault-tolerant storage based on DRBD, as well as cluster software Corosync and Pacemaker, designed to organize the coordinated operation of cluster nodes, is discussed in detail. In addition, using the STONITH library as an example, the configuration of the fencing system for failed nodes is described in detail. Particular attention is paid to configuring all components to work in the Azure cloud infrastructure, however, for the most part, the instructions are correct for building a cluster and in a traditional architecture system, without using a cloud!

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