Page 32 - Microsoft Learn News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Microsoft introduces Cloud Skills Challenge with 10 Universities in the Country April, 6, 2021 Sri Lankan undergraduates recently participated in the Cloud Skills Challenge (CSC) as part of their professional development. The CSC impacted their professional development while opening the door for them to explore new skills, platforms, and career opportunities. The CSC is a training experience where learners can follow pre-determined course paths that link Microsoft Learn modules based on their topics, like Azure fundamentals, machine learning, or Power Platform. Microsoft Learn provides a free...

Share New Delhi: Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced it has helped over 30 million people in 249 countries and territories gain access to digital skills, of which close to 3 million are from India. This tops its initial goal of 25 million last June. Microsoft Corp. is also extending its commitment to help 250,000 companies globally make a skills-based hire in 2021. From laid-off factory workers to retail associates and truck drivers, millions of people turned to online learning courses from GitHub, LinkedIn and Microsoft during the pandemic to help prepare for and secure the most in-demand r...

UAE government, Microsoft advance women’s empowerment efforts 03 Apr 2021 The UAE government is committed towards supporting global efforts in bridging the gender gap. WAM Ohood Bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government and the Future, has reaffirmed the UAE government’s commitment towards supporting global efforts in bridging the gender gap, achieving balance, and ensuring equal opportunities between women and men in various fields, through promoting partnerships between government and private sectors. Minister Al Roumi stated in her keynote speech, deliver...

Microsoft empowers more than a quarter million UAE-based professionals DUBAI, 3 days ago Microsoft has announced that a global digital-skilling initiative launched in partnership with LinkedIn has allowed more than a quarter million people in the UAE to acquire digital skills during the Covid-19 crisis.   The achievement stems from a programme launched in June 2020 by Microsoft and LinkedIn to support companies in moving to a skills-based recruitment methodology, leaving behind legacy approaches that placed emphasis on less relevant attributes, such as previous role or age. Since the pro...

Share Microsoft has revealed that it helped over 30 million people in 249 countries and territories gain access to digital skills, topping its initial goal of 25 million last June. According to the Country Manager, Microsoft Nigeria, Akin Banuso, this is extending the company’s commitment to helping 250,000 companies make a skills-based hire in 2021. He said the unemployment rate in the country is estimated at 33.3 per cent, this can be attributed to the loss of jobs attributed to the pandemic and the skills gaps required to thrive in the Post-Covid era. He further noted that “It is essen...