{"id":2454,"date":"2014-12-08T00:10:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T00:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebeagle.itgroove.net\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:39:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:39:50","slug":"microsoft-virtual-academy-a-great-learning-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2014\/12\/08\/microsoft-virtual-academy-a-great-learning-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Virtual Academy &#8212; a great learning tool!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Virtual Academy<\/a> for a lot of personal training.\u00a0 There is a lot of good information and a number of great <em><strong>free<\/strong><\/em> courses available through MVA.\u00a0 I even got to record two MVA sessions while I was at the MVP Global Summit in November, 2014, and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience even though I was pretty nervous going into the first session.<\/p>\n<p>A number of MVP\u2019s as well as Microsoft staffers have created a wide range of content for almost any particular Microsoft-oriented subject you could imagine.\u00a0 And there is more being created all of the time.\u00a0 Much of the content is arranged into training tracks that align with the study requirements for many Microsoft certifications.\u00a0 And, of course, there are the intense <strong><em>Jump Start <\/em><\/strong>sessions that do deep dives into all sorts of subjects.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d like to share a few links from MVA that speak to the IT \u201cgeneralist\u201d or, more specifically, the guy (or gal) that is tasked with knowing all this stuff in smaller organizations.\u00a0 The links below will be very helpful to you (and to others), as well.\u00a0 I urge you to take a look and explore MVA, I think you\u2019ll be pleased with what you find!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Licensing Server 2012 R2:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com\/training-courses\/licensing-windows-server-2012-r2?prid=ca_ITProMVP_ALL\">http:\/\/www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com\/training-courses\/licensing-windows-server-2012-r2?prid=ca_ITProMVP_ALL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Windows 8.1 Deployment Jump Start:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com\/training-courses\/windows-8-1-deployment-jump-start?prid=ca_ITProMVP_ALL\">http:\/\/www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com\/training-courses\/windows-8-1-deployment-jump-start?prid=ca_ITProMVP_ALL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com\/training-courses\/windows-server-2012-r2-essentials?prid=ca_ITProMVP_ALL\">http:\/\/www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com\/training-courses\/windows-server-2012-r2-essentials?prid=ca_ITProMVP_ALL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Migrating Legacy Windows Server to 2012 R2 and Microsoft Azure:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com\/training-courses\/migrate-legacy-windows-server-to-2012-r2-and-microsoft-azure?prid=ca_ITProMVP_ALL\">http:\/\/www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com\/training-courses\/migrate-legacy-windows-server-to-2012-r2-and-microsoft-azure?prid=ca_ITProMVP_ALL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have used Microsoft Virtual Academy for a lot of personal training.\u00a0 There is a lot of good information and a number of great free courses available through MVA.\u00a0 I even got to record two MVA sessions while I was at the MVP Global Summit in November, 2014, and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2014\/12\/08\/microsoft-virtual-academy-a-great-learning-tool\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[460,606],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Microsoft Virtual Academy - a great learning tool! 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