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AI Fluency for Everyone
AI basics, generative AI, responsible AI, and using Copilot day to day. No technical background needed.
7 modules
Welcome to the Agentic AI Age
What AI agents are, and how to build, manage, and share your own. No code required.
7 modules
Work Smarter with Copilot
Set up the free Microsoft Copilot Chat and learn to write prompts that work. About 90 minutes.
3 modules
Cybersecurity Essentials
Common threats, cryptography, authentication, and network, device, and app security. No IT background needed.
6 modules
Data Literacy for Everyone
Core data concepts, what data analytics involves, and the main roles and tools. A foundation for Power BI.
3 modules

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Everyone
AI Fluency for Everyone → Welcome to the Agentic AI Age → Data Literacy for Everyone → Cybersecurity Essentials
At work
Work Smarter with Copilot → Copilot at Work: Email, Docs & Excel → Automate Your Work → Low-Code & AI → Cloud for Nontechnical Professionals
Developers
Python First Steps → C# First StepsEnglish → GitHub Foundations → GitHub Foundations: Part 2English → Code with GitHub Copilot → Code with GitHub Copilot: Part 2English → Automate with GitHub ActionsEnglish → Query Data with SQLEnglish → Build Generative AI Apps on AzureEnglish

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