Microsoft & LinkedIn launch 350 Free courses + 6 Career Essentials professional certificates e.g. Business / Data analyst @ LinkedIn

Microsoft and LinkedIn have announced they will be providing free access to 350 courses and six new Career Essentials professional Certificates for six of the most in-demand jobs in the digital economy. This includes

• Administrative Professional
• Project Manager
• Business Analyst
• Systems Administrator
• Software Developer
• Data Analyst

The new courses and certificates will be offered in seven languages, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. All courses are available on LinkedIn at opportunity.linkedin.com. In addition, Microsoft-developed courses are also available on Microsoft Community Training (MCT) and in downloadable format for use on other Learning Management Systems.

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Administrative professional

Develop essential skills needed for administrative roles, including communication, writing, time management, and must-have software skills.

Skills you’ll learn:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Writing skills
• Time management tools
• Basic software skills


Earn a Career Essentials in Administrative Assistance Professional Certificate


Project Manager

Discover how to manage projects effectively with scheduling, budgeting, and communication, and explore PM tools in Microsoft 365.

Skills you’ll learn:

• Scheduling, budgeting, and plan building

• Stakeholder management
• Assessing and managing risks
• Project management software


Earn a Career Essentials in Project Management Professional Certificate



Business analyst

Explore foundational business analysis concepts and understand key processes. Practice using software tools for common business analysis tasks.  

Skills you’ll learn:

• Agile principles
• Requirements for gathering and analysis
• Data science basics

Earn a Career Essentials in Business analysis Professional Certificate

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Systems administrator

Learn about this multifaceted role — from managing on-site, cloud, physical, and virtual implementations, as well as storage security.

Skills you’ll learn:

• Server and operating systems basics

• Basic networking
• Cloud admin
• Backup, recovery, and security


Earn a Career Essentials in Systems administration Professional Certificate


Data analyst

Explore foundational concepts used in data analysis and practice using software tools for data analytics and data visualization. 

Skills you’ll learn:

• Data gathering and cleaning

• SQL queries
• Quality data sets and visualizations
• Data analysis software tools


Earn a Career Essentials in data analysis Professional Certificate


Software Developer

Understand the core concepts and structure of programming languages and learn how they’re applied.

Skills you’ll learn:

• Programming core concepts
• Working with collections
• Using external code
• Finding and fixing bugs


Earn a Career Essentials in software development Professional Certificate