Introducing Learn TV and Continued Investments in Microsoft Learn
This post was written by Jeff Sandquist, Corporate Vice President, Developer Relations.
This week at Microsoft Build 2020, we are excited to announce several new digital experiences that empower our customers to achieve more, with the preview release of Learn TV, GA release of Microsoft Q&A, and Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors.
Learn TV
Learn TV is a new content experience offering daily live, pre-recorded, and on-demand video programming for developers and engineers within the Microsoft Learn platform. Today Microsoft Learn offers hundreds of free self-paced learning modules and Learn TV expands on this to bring together live streams, shows, and instructional videos from Microsoft Cloud Advocates, Product Group leaders, and communities, making the Learn platform a one-stop shop to learn and grow.
Learn TV will be a single aggregation point of technical video content and will bring together live and on-demand content across Microsoft properties such as Channel 9 and first party events and hackathons, with casual developer conversations and instructor-led sessions from advocates and engineers.
Q&A
For over 10 years the MSDN and TechNet Forums played a key part in enabling our customers to unblock their business scenarios by offering a platform where technical questions could be answered by Microsoft and the community. Last October we launched our preview of Q&A with support for 11 services and have been hard at work improving this community based on your feedback and support. This week we are excited to share that Microsoft Q&A has graduated to General Availability (GA). Microsoft Q&A is now the single question and answer destination for all Azure products and services.
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors
Last week we announced the launch of Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors who are a global Community of student leaders that help their peers learn about things they care about most, from social impact to new technologies. Ambassadors get a first look at new Microsoft technologies, gain leadership skills and receive mentoring from professionals in the industry. Adding to this announcement Microsoft Learn now has a new home just for educators and students.
We've partnered with universities to create new learning paths based on their popular courses in data science, cloud development, and AI engineering, all tailored for the students that want to build in-demand job skills and educators that want to teach them:
- Carnegie Mellon University: Intro to Cloud Administration and Intro to Cloud Development
- Oxford University: Cloud & Artificial Intelligence: Principles of Edge Computing
- University of California at Berkeley: Foundations of Data Science
We want your feedback
We hope you take advantage of all the free training launched and enjoy Learn TV. We welcome your feedback as to what you'd like to see next.
Schedule
Preliminary launch day on Learn TV
| Start Time (UTC) | Start Time (Pacific) | Description | |
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| May 21, 3:00 PM | May 21, 8:00 AM | 92+Pike A recap of all things tech. News, guests, & games. |
Live |
| May 21, 4:00 PM | May 21, 9:00 AM | Building fairer AI Systems with Fairlearn In this AI show, you will learn about Fairlearn, a community-driven open source machine learning fairness toolkit. |
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| May 21, 4:27 PM | May 21, 9:27 AM | How to Test Models for Fairness with Fairlearn Deep-Dive Fairlearn, which empowers developers of artificial intelligence systems to assess their systems' fairness and mitigate any observed fairness issues. |
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| May 21, 4:41 PM | May 21, 9:41 AM | Fairlearn in Practice at EY Hear from the data science team at EY on how they're using Fairlearn. |
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| May 21, 4:51 PM | May 21, 9:51 AM | How to Explain Text Models with IntepretML Deep Dive Learn about Interpret-Text, expanding support for NLP machine learning models such as BERT. |
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| May 21, 5:02 PM | May 21, 10:02 AM | How to Explain Models with IntepretML Deep Dive InterpretML introduces a state-of-the-art glass box model (EBM), and provides an easy access to a variety of other glass box models and blackbox explainers. |
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| May 21, 5:30 PM | May 21, 10:30 AM | #FiveThings about Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code is a really popular text editor. But why did Microsoft create it? Listen in to Burke Holland and Amanda Silver talk about all things VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/?WT.mc_id=javascript-learntv-buhollan. |
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| May 21, 5:46 PM | May 21, 10:46 AM | Building full-stack Node.js web apps with Visual Studio Code Node.js is a scalable JavaScript server runtime with a huge ecosystem of open source packages and a variety of front-end frameworks to build web apps with, like Angular, React, and Vue. In this demo-packed session you'll learn how Visual Studio Code, our open source, cross-platform editor, supercharges your productivity as we build a web app, including debugging front-end and server-side code and deploying. |
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| May 21, 6:42 PM | May 21, 11:42 AM | Create a Node.js app in Azure in minutes! Only have a few minutes? How about creating your first Node.js app in Azure with that time! John Papa and Simona Cotin show you the easy steps to quickly get your first app created and deployed to the Azure cloud platform (https://azure.microsoft.com/?WT.mc_id=javascript-learntv-jopapa) |
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| May 21, 7:00 PM | May 21, 12:00 PM | 92+Pike A recap of all things tech. News, guests, & games. |
Live |
| May 21, 8:00 PM | May 21, 1:00 PM | Manage your cloud and hybrid environments like a pro with event-based automation Learn some canonical scenarios of event-based automation that will help you and your teams automate tasks, control costs, or process alerts in real-time. |
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| May 21, 8:32 PM | May 21, 1:32 PM | What every Visual Studio Code user should know about GitHub Take a look at the features and extensions for VS Code that might change the way you think. |
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| May 21, 8:57 PM | May 21, 1:57 PM | DevSecOps for Azure With the GitHub Advanced Security features you can integrate security into your DevOps process. |
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| May 21, 9:43 PM | May 21, 2:43 PM | Remote working with Labs in Azure Create dev and test environments in Azure and access them from anywhere while enabling IT to minimize waste and control costs through a set of lab policies. |
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| May 21, 10:20 PM | May 21, 3:20 PM | The 5 top myths about inner source Learn more about inner-source, how to make it work in your org and some surprising lessons about what does and doesn't make a difference. |
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| May 21, 11:00 PM | May 21, 4:00 PM | 92+Pike A recap of all things tech. News, guests, & games. |
Live |
| May 22, 12:00 AM | May 21, 5:00 PM | Windows Server 2008 End of Support: Know your Options The time has come - we are officially at the End of Support for Windows Server 2008. What does this mean? In simple terms - if you are running any Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2 servers in your environment - they will no longer be receiving regular updates from Microsoft AND you will not be able to contact technical support to open tickets or have even basic questions answered about the operating system |
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| May 22, 12:03 AM | May 21, 5:03 PM | Windows Server 2008 End of Support: How to Get Extended Security Updates With the End of Support for Windows Server 2008 on January 14th, 2020 - you no longer have the ability to receive Security Updates or Support for any servers running Windows Server 2008. If you need to keep these systems under some level of support after January 14th - you have a few limited options. |
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| May 22, 12:08 AM | May 21, 5:08 PM | Windows Server 2008 End of Support - Migrating File Servers With the End of Support for Windows Server 2008 on January 14th, 2020 - you no longer have the ability to receive Security Updates or Support for any servers running Windows Server 2008. Ultimately you need to migrate your workloads OFF of the old platform and on to a NEW platform (like Windows Server 2018). How do you go about doing that for key WORKLOADS that can't migrate up to the Cloud? |
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| May 22, 12:20 AM | May 21, 5:20 PM | How to connect Windows Server to Azure hybrid services using Windows Admin Center - Azure Friday Thomas Maurer joins Scott Hanselman to show how you can connect your Windows Servers on-premises to Azure hybrid services like Azure Site Recovery to protect your virtual machines or Azure Update Management to keep your servers up to date. |
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| May 22, 12:35 AM | May 21, 5:35 PM | Azure Unblogged - Windows Containers for IT Pros In this episode of Azure Unblogged I had the chance to speak with Vinicius Apolinario about why you as an IT Pro should care about Windows containers and how to get started! |
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| May 22, 1:03 AM | May 21, 6:03 PM | Azure Unblogged - Azure Stack HCI and the Future We talk about the Azure Stack HCI solution program, why it was created, the value it provides to customers, and some of the work we're doing to engage with customers to improve future versions of the product. |
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| May 22, 1:18 AM | May 21, 6:18 PM | Azure Unblogged - Azure Arc for Servers For customers who want to simplify complex and distributed environments across on-premises, edge, and multicloud, Azure Arc enables deployment of Azure services anywhere and extends Azure management to any infrastructure. |
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| May 22, 1:33 AM | May 21, 6:33 PM | Manage and govern your hybrid servers using Azure Arc Thomas Maurer joins Donovan Brown to show how you can manage and govern your Windows and Linux machines hosted outside of Azure on your corporate network or other cloud provider, similarly to how you manage native Azure virtual machines. When a hybrid machine is connected to Azure, it becomes a connected machine and is treated as a resource in Azure. |
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| May 22, 1:47 AM | May 21, 6:47 PM | SMB over QUIC Preview of the new SMB over QUIC capabilities coming to Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, and Azure. This demo shows the user experience and network behaviors of SMB when we replace TCP/IP with the QUIC protocol for easier and more secure use over the Internet. Hybrid and mobile users and their apps will no longer need VPNs to securely access their files at the edge or in the cloud. |
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| May 22, 1:51 AM | May 21, 6:51 PM | Windows Server 2008 End of Support: Know your Options The time has come - we are officially at the End of Support for Windows Server 2008. What does this mean? In simple terms - if you are running any Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2 servers in your environment - they will no longer be receiving regular updates from Microsoft AND you will not be able to contact technical support to open tickets or have even basic questions answered about the operating system |
|
| May 22, 1:55 AM | May 21, 6:55 PM | Windows Server 2008 End of Support: How to Get Extended Security Updates With the End of Support for Windows Server 2008 on January 14th, 2020 - you no longer have the ability to receive Security Updates or Support for any servers running Windows Server 2008. If you need to keep these systems under some level of support after January 14th - you have a few limited options. |
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| May 22, 2:00 AM | May 21, 7:00 PM | Scaling .NET for Apache Spark processing jobs with Azure Synapse When you are processing gigs or terabytes of data, it's important to have resources that will help you scale to fit your data processing needs. |
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| May 22, 2:36 AM | May 21, 7:36 PM | Intro to DocFX DocFX is an open source, static site generator that can produce documentation from source code as well as Markdown files. |
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| May 22, 3:00 AM | May 21, 8:00 PM | Windows Server 2008 End of Support: Know your Options The time has come - we are officially at the End of Support for Windows Server 2008. What does this mean? In simple terms - if you are running any Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2 servers in your environment - they will no longer be receiving regular updates from Microsoft AND you will not be able to contact technical support to open tickets or have even basic questions answered about the operating system |
|
| May 22, 3:03 AM | May 21, 8:03 PM | Windows Server 2008 End of Support: How to Get Extended Security Updates With the End of Support for Windows Server 2008 on January 14th, 2020 - you no longer have the ability to receive Security Updates or Support for any servers running Windows Server 2008. If you need to keep these systems under some level of support after January 14th - you have a few limited options. |
|
| May 22, 3:08 AM | May 21, 8:08 PM | Windows Server 2008 End of Support - Migrating File Servers With the End of Support for Windows Server 2008 on January 14th, 2020 - you no longer have the ability to receive Security Updates or Support for any servers running Windows Server 2008. Ultimately you need to migrate your workloads OFF of the old platform and on to a NEW platform (like Windows Server 2018). How do you go about doing that for key WORKLOADS that can't migrate up to the Cloud? |
|
| May 22, 3:20 AM | May 21, 8:20 PM | How to connect Windows Server to Azure hybrid services using Windows Admin Center - Azure Friday Thomas Maurer joins Scott Hanselman to show how you can connect your Windows Servers on-premises to Azure hybrid services like Azure Site Recovery to protect your virtual machines or Azure Update Management to keep your servers up to date. |
|
| May 22, 3:35 AM | May 21, 8:35 PM | Azure Unblogged - Windows Containers for IT Pros In this episode of Azure Unblogged I had the chance to speak with Vinicius Apolinario about why you as an IT Pro should care about Windows containers and how to get started! |
|
| May 22, 4:03 AM | May 21, 9:03 PM | Azure Unblogged - Azure Stack HCI and the Future We talk about the Azure Stack HCI solution program, why it was created, the value it provides to customers, and some of the work we're doing to engage with customers to improve future versions of the product. |
|
| May 22, 4:18 AM | May 21, 9:18 PM | Azure Unblogged - Azure Arc for Servers For customers who want to simplify complex and distributed environments across on-premises, edge, and multicloud, Azure Arc enables deployment of Azure services anywhere and extends Azure management to any infrastructure. |
|
| May 22, 4:33 AM | May 21, 9:33 PM | Manage and govern your hybrid servers using Azure Arc Thomas Maurer joins Donovan Brown to show how you can manage and govern your Windows and Linux machines hosted outside of Azure on your corporate network or other cloud provider, similarly to how you manage native Azure virtual machines. When a hybrid machine is connected to Azure, it becomes a connected machine and is treated as a resource in Azure. |
|
| May 22, 4:47 AM | May 21, 9:47 PM | SMB over QUIC Preview of the new SMB over QUIC capabilities coming to Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, and Azure. This demo shows the user experience and network behaviors of SMB when we replace TCP/IP with the QUIC protocol for easier and more secure use over the Internet. Hybrid and mobile users and their apps will no longer need VPNs to securely access their files at the edge or in the cloud. |
|
| May 22, 4:51 AM | May 21, 9:51 PM | Windows Server 2008 End of Support: Know your Options The time has come - we are officially at the End of Support for Windows Server 2008. What does this mean? In simple terms - if you are running any Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2 servers in your environment - they will no longer be receiving regular updates from Microsoft AND you will not be able to contact technical support to open tickets or have even basic questions answered about the operating system |
|
| May 22, 4:55 AM | May 21, 9:55 PM | Windows Server 2008 End of Support: How to Get Extended Security Updates With the End of Support for Windows Server 2008 on January 14th, 2020 - you no longer have the ability to receive Security Updates or Support for any servers running Windows Server 2008. If you need to keep these systems under some level of support after January 14th - you have a few limited options. |
|
| May 22, 5:00 AM | May 21, 10:00 PM | Manage your cloud and hybrid environments like a pro with event-based automation Learn some canonical scenarios of event-based automation that will help you and your teams automate tasks, control costs, or process alerts in real-time. |
|
| May 22, 5:26 AM | May 21, 10:26 PM | What every Visual Studio Code user should know about GitHub Take a look at the features and extensions for VS Code that might change the way you think. |
|
| May 22, 5:47 AM | May 21, 10:47 PM | DevSecOps for Azure With the GitHub Advanced Security features you can integrate security into your DevOps process. |
|
| May 22, 6:27 AM | May 21, 11:27 PM | Remote working with Labs in Azure Create dev and test environments in Azure and access them from anywhere while enabling IT to minimize waste and control costs through a set of lab policies. |