Azure Storage is a Microsoft cloud storage solution for modern data storage scenarios. Azure Storage offers a massively scalable object store for data objects, a file system service for the cloud, a messaging store for reliable messaging, and a NoSQL store. This course gives a broad level of knowledge on the overall landscape of Azure Storage, as well as an introduction to all the concepts. Instructor Charbel Nemnom focuses on providing hands-on knowledge to employ and manage data storage strategies on Azure effectively, and the latest and greatest features of Azure storage has to offer for IT professionals and developers. In particular, you can explore Azure Blob Storage, Azure Files, and Azure Queues, as well as security, import and export, and backup services for Azure Storage. By the end of the course, you’ll have everything you need to build and manage your own Azure Storage solutions.

Are you an Azure developer looking for ways to use Azure templates? This course from CloudSkills.io steps through using the Azure Portal to store and publish Azure Resource Manager templates. Instructor Matt Alford shows you how to create a new template spec and explains working with template spec versions and access control. Matt covers how to create and edit template specs in PowerShell, instead of the Azure Portal. He goes over the workflow around linked templates, and how template specs can simplify the process, then gives you a chance to explore an end-to-end template spec deployment using Azure DevOps and GitHub.

Note: This course was created by CloudSkills.io. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

Azure bietet eine reichhaltiges Angebot an Möglichkeiten, Infrastruktur in die Cloud auszulagern. In diesem Training zeigt Ihnen Azure-Experte Karsten Ulferts was Azure im Bereich IaaS zu bieten hat, angefangen bei einem Überblick zu generellen Aspekten der Cloud wie Datensicherheit und Kostenstruktur, bis zur Einrichtung virtueller Maschinen und Netzwerke und passender Storage-Lösungen. Natürlich spielt auch der Azure Ressource Manager, als zentrales Werkeug zum Bereitstellen und Verwaltung ihrer Ressourcen, ebenso wie Kommandozeilen-Tools wie PowerShell und CLI, eine wichtige Rolle in diesem Training. Wenn Sie als IT-Administrator sich einen tiefergehenden Überblick über Azure verschaffen möchten, ist dieses Training genau das Richtige für Sie.

Are you a developer preparing for the AZ-204 certification exam, or wanting to learn how to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize solutions in Azure? In this course, instructor Vishwas Lele gives you useful information about becoming a certified Azure solutions developer and the AZ-204 exam, then discusses Azure Cache for Redis and how to implement it the right way. Vishwas introduces you to caching and specifically to Azure Cache for Redis, then demonstrates how to use it in an ASP.NET web app. He walks you through selecting Redis tiers, as well as eviction policies. Vishwas introduces you to Azure Monitor and Application Insights and shows you how to integrate Application Insights with a sample web application. After explaining web tests and web alerts in Application Insights, he winds up with a challenge/solution set on monitoring performance.

Understanding the scope of the cloud is an overwhelming task, even for a seasoned developer. This course looks at the big picture of Microsoft Azure. This perspective can help you understand the many Azure offerings and assess which best fit your organization's cloud strategy. Those just entering the cloud will find the course to be a valuable resource they can return to again and again. Instructor Walt Ritscher kicks off the course by comparing the three cornerstones of the cloud: software as a service, infrastructure as a service, and platform as a service. He then covers Azure subscription options and costs and dives deeper into specific Azure services. He covers web hosting, cloud storage, Azure security, infrastructure, DevOps tools, backup, hybrid cloud systems, and media encoding, as well as event and notification services. Review the services that interest you or zoom out for a more complete picture of this powerful cloud-computing platform.

While LinkedIn—the world's largest and most powerful network of professionals—is widely recognized as a top recruiting tool, it also offers features that companies and individuals can leverage for business-to-business (B2B) marketing. In this course, join LinkedIn expert Viveka von Rosen as she shares best practices, tips, and strategies for effectively conducting B2B marketing on the LinkedIn platform. Viveka shares step-by-step actions that individuals on your sales team can take using video, updates, and other features. She also shares how to leverage Company Pages for B2B marketing, including how to use Company Pages as a content hub for employee advocacy.

Netiquette, or good digital citizenship, is becoming more and more important in our careers and personal lives. Many of the same rules you would apply to be courteous in person also apply online, but there are some important differences. This course walks you through what you need to know to practice good netiquette. Learn why it’s important to keep professional emails even toned in wording and punctuation, then focus on how you can respect the email recipient’s time, while still making sure your email gets read. When dealing with social media, practice asking yourself if it’s something you would say out loud. Remember the human being behind the brand account, and be mindful of your digital footprint. For general netiquette, learn how to determine whether or not to engage and how to spot potential security hazards.

Imagine a world where you trusted your ideas and felt good about what you created. This world, where you can create more easily and more often, exists. Creativity evangelist Denise Jacobs is the founder and CEO of The Creative Dose, where she promotes techniques to unlock creativity and spark innovation in people, teams, and workplaces. In this course, Denise helps you silence the voice of self-doubt and start doing your best work now. Learn how to stop self-sabotage, kick-start idea generation, lose your fear of judgement, and build a fresh and improved mindset—the foundation for maximum unfettered creativity. By the end, you’ll have a roadmap of how to get unstuck, do your best work, and channel your creativity as a force for positive change in the world.

Images often require the same adjustments. For example, events like weddings are shot on the same day with the same light, same backdrops, and so on. Rather than painstakingly edit each one, if you batch process your photos with automation, you can save a ton of time and get the same result more quickly. This course reveals the workflow and tools to use to batch process your photo collections. Photographer Rich Harrington first explains what can and can’t be done with batch processing. He then introduces four different toolsets for performing the work: native apps built into macOS and Windows; utilities and web-based tools such as XnConvert, IffanView, and QuickScale; the professional-grade Adobe suite including Photoshop and Lightroom; and the AI-based features offered in Luminar AI. Along the way, Rich shows how to create to extend the benefits of your initial adjustments even further.

Note: This course was created by Rhed Pixel. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.

In recent years, organizations have faced an unprecedented amount of talent loss. While there are numerous external forces that may cause employees to leave a company—opportunities for advancement, more flexible schedules, better pay—you also need to look at the possibility that biased practices in your organization are pushing employees to leave. In this course, Jodi-Ann Burey shows how an approach rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) best practices can help your company leverage inclusion practices to get at the business of truly caring for employees, provide an equitable workplace for all, and retain your valuable workforce. She shows you ways to think more systematically about why people quit, not just any organization, but your organization specifically. As Jodi-Ann explains, a revolving door of talent is costly, not just in time and money, but in credibility, as it makes it difficult to maintain commitments to retain a diverse workforce.

Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit, but also like the stability of working for an established company? This audio-only course, adapted from the Modern Mentor podcast, aims to help you combine your love of innovation with the comfort of full-time employment. Podcast host Rachel Cooke explains how intrapreneurship enables you to harness your creativity at work while positioning yourself as an invaluable asset. Rachel first defines intrapreneurship and explains who might consider it, and then provides actionable steps to bring intrapreneurship to life in your own organization. She even walks through example scenarios that will help you learn how to pioneer ideas and collaborate with corporate management.

This course was created by Macmillan Publishers. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.

We all understand the value and necessity of processes in business, but did you know you can create processes that will be just as valuable to your career and daily life? In this course, Dave Crenshaw offers a powerful guide for anyone who wants a systematic way to improve their productivity. Dave explains how customized “unique habits” help you find your own pathway. He stresses the importance of knowing your motivation, as aiming for a specific result can help drive you forward. Dave steps through a two-week test to try out the success system you build, then shows you how to fine-tune the system and explains when it might be time to get a new system. He concludes with a discussion of ways to hold yourself accountable to your own unique success system.

This course was created by Dave Crenshaw and Invaluable Inc. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.

With the "Great Reshuffle," employees are quitting their jobs at the highest rates in over 20 years, and 41% of the global workforce is considering leaving their jobs. Manager relationships are becoming the make-or-break point for whether employees stay or go. Join veteran HR leader Laurie Ruettimann as she reveals the data behind why it's more important than ever to be a manager who demonstrates empathy and inspires loyalty from the workforce. Laurie covers basics first: be someone people can trust, be an example of integrity, and be relentlessly inclusive. She steps you through ways to inspire your employees to grow. Laurie finishes up by showing you how you can help your team members love their work by being a next-level mentor, a fun-loving boss, and a leader who is genuinely invested in your employees’ well-being.

Why do we procrastinate? Why not just finish what we need to do and move on? In this audio-only course, instructor Petr Ludwig introduces practical, research-based techniques you can use to beat procrastination. Petr explains how you can build willpower through good habits and nourishing both your body and your mind. He shows you simple, direct methods to block distractions and push past your social comfort zone. Petr discusses how to create healthy habits and track your progress with a habit list. He emphasizes the power of motivation and goes into extrinsic motivation, goal-focused intrinsic motivation, and journey-based intrinsic motivation. Petr concludes with the strategy of proactively resting before you’re tired, in order to rest more efficiently and effectively.

This course was created by Pete Mockaitis of How to Be Awesome at Your Job. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.

The best leaders and managers are also incredible coaches. Coaching is all about elevating each team member to be the best person that they can be in their role. In this course, Dr. Eric Zackrison explains how to go from manager to coach. Eric covers the foundations of effective coaching. He presents a pre-work guide to help you assess your team and set the stage for effective coaching. Eric shows you how to create a supportive climate and foster collaboration. He shares how to create effective coaching sessions that can help you close the gaps in your team. In closing, Eric describes how to follow best practices, measure your success, set goals, and prioritize effectively.

This course was created by Madecraft. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

Scores of capable, bright, and intellectually curious women end up abandoning the corporate world before they attain positions of power. The obstacles they face along the way—such as systemic sexism, long hours, and conflicting family priorities—often influence their decision to bow out early. Author, speaker, and consultant Joan Kuhl has spent much of her career researching these obstacles and advocating for corporate inclusivity. In this course, Joan lays out the key barriers that hold women back in their careers, as well as the steps they can take to overcome these obstacles and become more courageous leaders. Learn about the importance of mentorship in building your career, the myth of the "good girl" (and how it can negatively impact your career), how to navigate conflict and deal with difficult personalities, and more.

Do you dream about going out on your own in the project management world and being your own boss? In this course, Seyi Kukoyi, PMP, a project management entrepreneur and educator with 10+ years of experience, shares knowledge from his personal experience, with contributions from collaborator Bonnie Biafore, PMP, a best-selling author with 25+ years of experience in project management and training. Project management can be applied to projects within any industry, so when you’re starting as a project management entrepreneur, it can be helpful to specialize in some way. Seyi identifies ways you can gain experience and certifications when you’re starting out. He focuses on how to build and maintain your network and how to promote your services and availability. Seyi shows you how to keep a satisfied client base and how to delegate work to others. In conclusion, he discusses choices that will help you maintain or regain momentum in your entrepreneurial career.

All organizations face barriers to diversity and inclusion, such as implicit bias and stereotyping. One key solution to these challenges is allyship. Allyship is integral to diversity efforts because it allows those who are at lower risk of discrimination the opportunity to advocate for others to gain visibility, validity, and credibility for their work and their contributions. Join Kenji Yoshino, renowned NYU Law professor and director of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, to learn why allyship is important, how to become an ally, and how to grow as an ally along a three-stage maturity curve. Using the innovative concept of the Empathy Triangle, and a set of realistic scenarios, this course teaches allies how to reach wise allyship decisions, help people affected by non-inclusive behavior, and relate to sources of non-inclusive behavior.

In today’s world, communicating via video has become increasingly important. Whether you’re working remotely, collaborating with clients, or managing a distributed team, you’re likely finding yourself on video or using video as a tool to share information much more often than you did in the past. In this course, creative director and production expert Noah Edelson shares his tips on how to be influential on video. Noah goes over the fundamentals of video, including the types of video technologies available and the tools offered within each of these. He then dives into the elements of a successful video performance and gives best practices for presenting information. He goes on to cover communication tactics for video and explains how to relay a message that resonates. Noah reviews common formats for video communication and gives pro tips for each of these mediums. He concludes by sharing an overview of how to produce your content to achieve maximum impact.

This course was created by Madecraft. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

If you’re new to management, you probably have one huge fear: that you’ll fail. While you probably became a manager because you excelled at your previous position, managing people brings a whole world of new challenges that require new skills. People can be unpredictable, and if you’re not properly equipped, the threat of failure is very real. In this course, Kirsten Blakemore teaches how to be a heart-forward manager who leads with compassion, curiosity, and integrity. She shares specific tips on how to lead teams remotely and how to create a cohesive and open team culture. Kirsten covers how to handle tricky tasks like giving difficult feedback and managing tough conversations. Finally, she gives advice on how to manage time as a leader, and how to manage a team to ensure their success. Join Kirsten as she shares her roadmap to make your transition into people leadership easier, leaving you prepared to enjoy your promotion and thrive on your new career path.

This course was created by Madecraft. We are pleased to host this training in our library.