Azure and 365 training

[strawberry]

I'd like to work on a test azure and 365 domain, Whats the best way to get a trial? Or is there a cheap paid option?

[Steve21]

I guess it depends what you're trying to do, but there are just normal trial options to sign up for: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/ etc

 

Or did you mean specifically with Edu options/licenses etc?

 

Steve

[jmak]

If you work in education, you should be able to get access to the Microsoft Imagine Academy for free:

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/education/imagine-academy/default.aspx

 

Not 100% on what licences are free, but you used to be able to get all operating systems with full licences.

 

You can also get Azure trials and deploy servers for free.

 

I've just subscribed to a Microsoft 365 Business Basic account at my own expense (£3.80/month) so that I can play with all the settings in the admin console without any chance of breaking anything that's user affecting - also seemed like a cheap way of getting 1TB cloud storage.

[willtech]

Office 365 sign up for the Microsoft 365 Developer Program. Free developer sandbox free, renewable 90-day Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription.

 

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program

[strawberry]

Office 365 sign up for the Microsoft 365 Developer Program. Free developer sandbox free, renewable 90-day Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription.

 

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program

 

Awesome, sorry to ask silly questions. The scenario i need to replicate is a full AD, a production 365, I need to set it to replicate some accounts via azure connect. Do you yhink this would be possible or does the sandbox stop me from connecting to an AD?

[NicholasEsping]

This should be possible. I really haven't found anything I cant do in the Developer program that I can with our Regular Tenant besides access the education specific things like the intune for education portal.

[willtech]

Awesome, sorry to ask silly questions. The scenario i need to replicate is a full AD, a production 365, I need to set it to replicate some accounts via azure connect. Do you yhink this would be possible or does the sandbox stop me from connecting to an AD?

 

Not silly question at all. it allows connecting to an AD via ad connect but it is best to have a test AD system to connect to really as I would not use a live AD. Users you can add quiet a few it just you will not be able to licence more then the licence count for dev plan.

[Roberto]

Awesome, sorry to ask silly questions. The scenario i need to replicate is a full AD, a production 365, I need to set it to replicate some accounts via azure connect. Do you yhink this would be possible or does the sandbox stop me from connecting to an AD?

 

It’s all good. You can create a Windows server VM in the freebie tenant/azure trial, install AD & AD Connect, and fill your boots.

[strawberry]

Great news. thought this might end up costing me a small fortune. Thanks all!

[RobD]

This may or may not help but I did some Azure training recently:

 

I used these resources which I can recommend:

 

AZ-900:

https://www.udemy.com/course/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-training-bootcamp/

AZ-104:

https://www.udemy.com/course/70533-azure/

 

These labs using the free credit for new accounts from MS:

AZ-900:

https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-900T0x-MicrosoftAzureFundamentals

az-104:

https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-104-MicrosoftAzureAdministrator

 

Then these practise exams:

AZ-900:

https://www.whizlabs.com/microsoft-azure-certification-az-900/

AZ-104:

https://www.whizlabs.com/microsoft-azure-certification-az-104/

[strawberry]

There's some MS training up with free azure exam vouchers too, thats on my radar but i'm working on MS700 at the moment. It's a whole new world for an old dog like me!

 

I've labbed out the new domain today, tomorrow i'll setup 365 to replicate the current situation, then Saturday i'll start with AD connect. Wish me luck folks!

Thanks again for all the help

[steve]

Keep an eye in the MS events page for the free training (some fundamentals have the free exams) https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/events/training-days/

 

The MS Learn site for me is a great resource for training: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/