Step 1: Explore Career Paths
Learn what a day in the life of a Dynamics 365 functional consultant happens to be, the average salary for an Azure administrator, and more.
Microsoft Learn Career Connected
Microsoft partners and customers need people that have the technical skills that can expand their business. Let us help you get the skills you need, meet the employers that are hiring through our LinkedIn private group, and get the job you want.
Four steps to a new career
For now, Microsoft Learn Career Connected is bringing together job seekers and companies looking for people skilled in Microsoft Dynamics 365 in the United States and countries in Western Europe. We are working to expand into more countries and technologies soon. In the meantime, if you are interested in another career path, steps 1, 3, and 4 will support you well as you look to make a career move.
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Step 2: Get Connected
Join our private LinkedIn group and get connected directly to employers and career development opportunities in Dynamics 365.
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Step 3: Get Prepared
Get started with learning the technical skills for your next job or explore career development opportunities through our partners.
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Step 4: Optimize your LinkedIn Profile
Want to ensure you are getting noticed? Follow these steps to make your LinkedIn profile work for you.
Review different ways to get prepared
Whether you are looking to build new skills on your own or connect with workforce development programs, learning partners, local universities, or non-profit organizations, our Career Connected program works with a variety of programs across the globe to help you level up your skills to help you along your career path.
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Microsoft Learn
Explore a topic in-depth through guided paths or learn how to accomplish a specific task through individual modules at your own pace.
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Certification
Earn certifications that show you are keeping pace with today’s technical roles and requirements.
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Student Certification
Free Microsoft fundamentals certifications are available to all eligible students.
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FDM
We recruit, train and deploy individuals to work with our clients around the world, creating careers.
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Catalyte
Our programs offer life-changing opportunities for anyone, regardless of background or prior experience.
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Revolent
Our two-year program combines training, certification, and paid work experience with our clients. And best of all—you get paid through it all.
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Modern Talent Hub
Find your ideal Business Applications career in the Microsoft Partner Ecosystem in Spain, Denmark, Norway, or Sweden.
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Experis Manpower Group
Every day, we connect people to meaningful work across a wide range of skills and industries helping to power the success of clients around the world.
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Microsoft Military Affairs
Transform your military experience into a career in IT. MSSA offers 17-week technical training customized for in-demand careers.
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General Assembly
We are pioneers in education and career transformation, specializing in today's most in-demand skills.
Explore these exciting careers
Microsoft technologies are used by our customers and partners to run everything from your local coffee shop to building spaceships. Whatever your interests, let us help you find the right career path.
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A data analyst enables businesses to maximize the value of their data assets through visualization and reporting tools. They are also responsible for profiling, cleaning, and transforming data. Their responsibilities also include designing and building scalable and effective data models, and enabling and implementing the advanced analytics capabilities into reports for analysis. A data analyst works with the pertinent stakeholders to identify appropriate and necessary data and reporting requirements, and then they are tasked with turning raw data into relevant and meaningful insights.
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You're a domain expert who helps others implement the latest technology solutions to meet their needs. Discover the skills and gain the expertise needed to become a successful Functional Consultant.
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Self-directed and solution-focused, and you work with the maker tools of Microsoft Power Platform to solve business problems. You might have experience with Visual Basic for Applications, Excel PivotTables, Teams, and other tools. Although you might not have formal IT training, you’re comfortable working with IT administrators, and Microsoft Power Platform developers using technology to solve business problems.
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Leverages end-to-end technical expertise in large scale distributed systems' infrastructure, code, inter- and intra-service dependencies, and operations to proactively and continuously develop and improve the reliability, performance, efficiency, latency, and scalability of services and/or products operating at scale.
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Microsoft Learn Career Connected FAQ
What is Microsoft Learn Career Connected?
Microsoft Learn Career Connected is a program designed to address the talent gap at scale by recruiting, training, and placing job seekers worldwide. In our current phase of the program, the Microsoft Learn Career Connected is focused on supporting individuals who are exploring careers in Microsoft Dynamics 365 with Microsoft partners in the United States and Western Europe.
Will there be additional phases of the program?
Yes, we anticipate that Microsoft Learn Career Connected will expand to include additional areas and countries as well as different careers aligned to Microsoft technologies and services.
What type of job seekers can join Microsoft Learn Career Connected?
Whether you have experience, are looking for a career change, finishing up college/ university/ polytechnic/ community college, or are just starting from scratch, there is an opportunity for you. This program is intended to support the development of individuals new to the Microsoft Dynamics space – individuals with less than six months of professional experience with Microsoft Dynamics.
What Microsoft Dynamics 365 roles are the focus of this initial phase of the program?
In this phase of the program, we are focused on two roles:
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Functional Consultant
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Functional Consultant
What are the requirements for joining the Microsoft Learn Career Connected?
- I have less than six months of professional experience with Microsoft Dynamics
- I have earned a trophy by completing a Microsoft Dynamics learning path, and this trophy is posted on the licenses and certifications section of my LinkedIn profile;
- I have received access to the “Get Started with LinkedIn - LinkedIn Video Tutorial”, and I have updated my LinkedIn profile in accordance with such tutorial;
- I have earned, or may one day earn, one Microsoft Dynamics 365 certification; and
- I understand that I may remain in this Career Connected Group for no more than six (6) months. After six (6) months, I will be removed from the Career Connected Group and graduated into the Dynamics tech community.
What is the cost of joining Microsoft Learn Career Connected?
There is no cost. It is free.
What are the benefits of joining Microsoft Learn Career Connected?
Through Microsoft Learn Career Connected, you will have the opportunity to connect with employers in the Microsoft ecosystem as well as training, placement, and recruiting partners who can help you grow your skills and land a job.
Within the Microsoft Talent Community on LinkedIn you will learn about job postings, opportunities to attend training events, and job fairs. Further, our community moderator will guide you towards developing the skills you need and presenting your profile in a way that will help you land a job.
Why is Microsoft Learn Career Connected hosted in a LinkedIn private group?
LinkedIn Groups provide a place for individuals to share their insights and experiences, ask for guidance, and build valuable connections. Because this group is hosted on LinkedIn, you are subject to the LinkedIn User Agreement and Privacy Policy.
As we are within the LinkedIn platform, this means that individuals in the group may review your profile information. Further, you may also review the profile information of other group members as well as the employers, training, placement, and recruiting partners that are a part of the group.
Do I need to create a profile to access content on Microsoft Learn?
Although profile creation is not required to access Microsoft Learn content, you will need to create a profile using a personal Microsoft Account (example: email with outlook or Hotmail domain) in order to track your course progress. You can have up to five school/work accounts and one personal account linked to your profile.
To link your accounts, please follow these steps:
- Log in to your existing profile
- Navigate to the profile page
- Click the Settings tab
- Under Account Management, + click "Add account"
- Sign in with the account you are linking to complete
If you receive a message saying, "you are about to merge these two profiles," it means the account you are linking already has registered a profile. As you continue, you can merge your user data from both profiles together. Review the Microsoft Learn FAQ topic “Can I merge two profiles of mine into one?” for more details. Remember: each profile can have one personal account and up to five work or school accounts linked.
What is the Microsoft ecosystem?
The Microsoft ecosystem is made up of a network of companies that we work with to meet our customers’ business needs. This network is made up of partner firms, independent software vendors, and third-party providers leading digital transformation.
What is the cost of working with the training, placement, and recruiting partners that are a part of Microsoft Learn Career Connected?
Microsoft is not involved in determining any costs or fees associated with the training, placement, and recruiting partners. Some are free, some have a cost, and some will pay you. You will need to work with the individual program.
How can I get additional help?
There are several ways of gaining additional help for your questions related to Microsoft Learn Career Connected while you are on the Microsoft Learn site. The Training and certification help page has a list of common issues and a feedback channel which allows you to log issues while learning. You can search for specific tags or issues in the Q&A forum. For specific support questions you may have of the workforce development programs, learning partners, local universities, or non-profit organizations that are a part of this program, you will need to reach out to them.