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Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge: Earn One Certification Exam w/ Challenge Expired
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Microsoft Store offers One Microsoft Certification Exam for Free when you complete any Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge listed below through April 19, 2024.
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Note: This exam offer is exam-specific and only redeemable for select Microsoft exams. While you can take any of the select eligible exams, please see the challenge that aligns with each exam below. View Official Rules.
Available Challenges (select the challenge that corresponds to your desired certification exam):
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Note: This exam offer is exam-specific and only redeemable for select Microsoft exams. While you can take any of the select eligible exams, please see the challenge that aligns with each exam below. View Official Rules.
Available Challenges (select the challenge that corresponds to your desired certification exam):
- Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Build next generation apps with Azure OpenAI
- Aligned Certification Exam: AI-102 Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution
- Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Azure AI Fundamentals
- Aligned Certification Exam: AI-900 Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
- Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Fabric Analytics Engineer
- Aligned Certification Exam: DP-600 Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric
- Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Azure Machine Learning
- Aligned Certification Exam: DP-100 Designing and Implementing a Data Science Solution on Azure
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Challenge details
The Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge starts on March 19, 2024, at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC and ends on April 19, 2024, at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC.
You must provide an email address during registration for the Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge. You will be contacted via the email address you provide with the free certification details.
By completing one challenge within the Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge, eligible individuals are entitled to one free Microsoft Certification exam.
Offer details
You can only claim one offer per person, regardless of the number of challenges you complete.
Prior to redeeming your free certification exam, government employees must check with their employers to ensure their participation is permitted, and in accordance with applicable policies and laws.
This exam offer may be redeemed to take one (1) Microsoft Certification exam, delivered at an authorized Pearson Vue testing center or through a Pearson Vue online proctoring site by June 24, 2024.
This exam offer is exam-specific and only redeemable for select Microsoft exams. While you can take any of the select eligible exams, please see the challenge that aligns with each exam below. Eligible exams include:
Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Build next generation apps with Azure OpenAI
Aligned Certification Exam: AI-102 Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution
Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Azure AI Fundamentals
Aligned Certification Exam: AI-900 Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Fabric Analytics Engineer
Aligned Certification Exam: DP-600 Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric
Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Azure Machine Learning
Aligned Certification Exam: DP-100 Designing and Implementing a Data Science Solution on Azure
There are no prerequisites to taking an exam. However, to achieve the Microsoft Certification, you must first achieve the prerequisites. If you take and pass the expert exam before the prerequisite, then you won't achieve the Microsoft Certification until you meet all the requirements of that Microsoft Certification.
This exam offer redemption window starts on April 26, 2024, and expires on June 24, 2024, inclusive of booking and taking the exam.
This exam offer expiration date cannot be extended under any circumstances.
This exam offer may only be redeemed once.
This exam offer may not be redeemed or exchanged for cash, credit or refund.
This exam offer is nontransferable and is void if you alter, revise or transfer it in any way.
You must be older than 14 years of age to participate in the Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge. If Microsoft determines that you are not the minimum age, you will not be entitled to a free Microsoft certification exam and Microsoft reserves the right to legal action against you.
Void in Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Region of Crimea, and where prohibited.
For support issues, get help through [email protected]. The support team will respond in three business days.
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Terms and conditions
Challenge details
The Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge starts on March 19, 2024, at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC and ends on April 19, 2024, at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC.
You must provide an email address during registration for the Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge. You will be contacted via the email address you provide with the free certification details.
By completing one challenge within the Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge, eligible individuals are entitled to one free Microsoft Certification exam.
Offer details
You can only claim one offer per person, regardless of the number of challenges you complete.
Prior to redeeming your free certification exam, government employees must check with their employers to ensure their participation is permitted, and in accordance with applicable policies and laws.
This exam offer may be redeemed to take one (1) Microsoft Certification exam, delivered at an authorized Pearson Vue testing center or through a Pearson Vue online proctoring site by June 24, 2024.
This exam offer is exam-specific and only redeemable for select Microsoft exams. While you can take any of the select eligible exams, please see the challenge that aligns with each exam below. Eligible exams include:
Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Build next generation apps with Azure OpenAI
Aligned Certification Exam: AI-102 Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution
Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Azure AI Fundamentals
Aligned Certification Exam: AI-900 Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Fabric Analytics Engineer
Aligned Certification Exam: DP-600 Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric
Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Azure Machine Learning
Aligned Certification Exam: DP-100 Designing and Implementing a Data Science Solution on Azure
There are no prerequisites to taking an exam. However, to achieve the Microsoft Certification, you must first achieve the prerequisites. If you take and pass the expert exam before the prerequisite, then you won't achieve the Microsoft Certification until you meet all the requirements of that Microsoft Certification.
This exam offer redemption window starts on April 26, 2024, and expires on June 24, 2024, inclusive of booking and taking the exam.
This exam offer expiration date cannot be extended under any circumstances.
This exam offer may only be redeemed once.
This exam offer may not be redeemed or exchanged for cash, credit or refund.
This exam offer is nontransferable and is void if you alter, revise or transfer it in any way.
You must be older than 14 years of age to participate in the Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge. If Microsoft determines that you are not the minimum age, you will not be entitled to a free Microsoft certification exam and Microsoft reserves the right to legal action against you.
Void in Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Region of Crimea, and where prohibited.
For support issues, get help through [email protected]. The support team will respond in three business days.
https://www.microsoft.c
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Shoot me your resume and requirements if you want. Doing OEM scale IIoT/plant floor smart machine stuff in a 'low tech' industry. So need lots of generalists, shallow but wide tech stacks.
edit: and/or freelance. I'm guessing that's a crowded space on the coasts, but in the flyover states, where you're probably working in/for more industrial or bespoke spaces on solutions rather than products, there's still a large gap to be filled. If you can jump on a plane every few weeks, there's enough mostly-remote work out here. And those folks really don't want to deal with offshore options. It's surprisingly hard to find a dev for a 6 month project (e.g. my wife works for a $1bn credit union in the Midwest who needed a bunch of system integrations and automation done) unless you're willing to go through a consulting firm, where you're paying the company 2-3x what the dev is getting.
Gig work sucks, especially if you're trying to build a family, but it does look really good on a resume, at least in my opinion.
I am in similar job search situation after facing funding challenges with our most recent IIoT startup. We developed full-stack IIoT solutions complete with hardware, wireless infra, data analytics(AI/ML) and dashboards. We are having sales challenges post COVID - the sales cycles are too long and not enough leads are converting.
I looked for consulting/remote/full-time jobs, but am getting cold shoulders for lot of qualifying positions. Am following up leads on LinkedIn/Indeed. Would love to get any info for freelance/full-time positions in IIoT/Software/Architecture. Have got very few interviews which I advance to the final stage where they turn me down at final stage without feedback.
Can PM you more info.
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I agree that 900 level has questionable value. I took AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals or something (yep, it was forgettable) and I didn't bother to cash in the voucher because more than half of the content was Azure marketing fluff.
That said, I use Azure on a daily basis. It is massive, it is not going away, and if Microsoft is gonna provide quality learning material beyond the basic Documentation, I'll always give it a shot.
If I have enough time can I do all the challenges and redeem each of these certification tests or just one of these is allowed?
Entra is the rename for Azure Active Directory. It is only a rename for that single Azure service.
Also, and this is way off topic and not the norm, but personally: in these spaces, I really don't care much about specific skills or training. Show me you can think like a programmer (actually: think like a hacker, but that's an aside to this aside), that you have decent soft skills, that I can sit next to you 50 hours a week, that you can take feedback, be a problem solver without getting precious about your solution, have a youthful energy (not age, but just don't be a freakin' curmudgeon. I know 70+ year-olds who are more youthful than my own kids).
Good luck on the job search. FWIW, I actually avoid people with advanced degrees. Not to paint with too broad a brush, but so far everyone with a PhD I've interviewed and/or hired has just been a huge pain. I think it's specific to our field, but between the fact that it's a STEM major that doesn't require an advanced degree (so the degree sets them apart), and just the overall personality types who go that route, the attitudes, inflexibility and overall condescension have yet to be worth it. Not to mention the boil-the-ocean over-engineering...
Anyhow, back to the topic: I will be suggesting (an actual suggestion, not a 'suggestion') that everyone on my teams at least takes a shot at one of these. It won't affect your compensation (as if I control that), but definitely will help you get on the cooler projects everyone wants in on. I'll let them use some work hours (IDK what the lift is here, could they do this with, say, 5-10 hours a week on the clock, an expectation of a match on their own time?).
edit Think you added that last bullet while I was replying, but: YES! And there's so much marketing speak/smoke and mirrors out there, people with actual certs would be very high on my radar, as they actually have something behind the lingo /edit
Second edit: When I interview, I'm not actually quizzing you on what AI/ML can do but what it can't. Knowing what the limitations are actually demonstrates a much higher level of knowledge than regurgitating some article about what it can/could.
Thanks for being a good person 🙏🏻
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I am in similar job search situation after facing funding challenges with our most recent IIoT startup. We developed full-stack IIoT solutions complete with hardware, wireless infra, data analytics(AI/ML) and dashboards. We are having sales challenges post COVID - the sales cycles are too long and not enough leads are converting.
I looked for consulting/remote/full-time jobs, but am getting cold shoulders for lot of qualifying positions. Am following up leads on LinkedIn/Indeed. Would love to get any info for freelance/full-time positions in IIoT/Software/Architecture. Have got very few interviews which I advance to the final stage where they turn me down at final stage without feedback.
Can PM you more info.
Thanks
I think you nailed the problem with the AI bubble, especially when it comes to productization: it's kind of like VR, in that everyone can see how there could/can/will be use cases, but getting people to actually plunk down cash is really challenging. I sit on both sides of that table all day, with vendors bringing in IIoT related solutions, packages, etc., and talking to our customers as a potential provider, partner, etc.
I could talk all day about it, I'll just say that, because I work for an OEM, I've been able to get funding by making it very clear I have no intention of ever 'selling' IIoT. I provide tooling that enables our service folks, primarily. They drive a lot of cashflow, and making their job easier, faster, smarter, even proactive pays massive dividends. Parts sales, etc. all fold into that. But as for sales, it's just table stakes. It's not a line item, don't try to sell it.
Getting off my soapbox, though, and to your question: I was actually wondering the same thing as I was responding: we work with lots of contractors, some on project POs and some straight staff aug, but the only two avenues I'm aware of are to go through a firm, or personal relationships. Quite a few of the outside people I work with either used to work for us as employees, went solo and we're just one of their accounts, or knew someone who knew someone, etc.
My point is that, even though the spaces are new, the business side of it is still the same: if you want to freelance, you really only have two routes: do gig work where someone is taking a good chunk (for a consulting firm, e.g.) or just building up via networking, contacts, etc.
Not the answer you want, obviously, and trust me I wish there was a good way to find talented freelancers, but I don't know of any, personally.
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