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Since June 2020, Microsoft and LinkedIn have helped over 80 million learners access hundreds of courses to help them take the next step in their careers.

We are now at a pivotal moment as AI technology reshapes our global economy. That's why we are expanding our global skilling inititaives by unlocking thought leadership and Professional Certificates to help organizaitonal leaders and individuals alike learn the most in-demand skills today. Professional Certificates allow you to learn, assess skills, and earn plus share you credential all in one place.

Not sure where to start? Take a look at LinkedIn's AI Upskilling Framework based on skills data from LinkedIn's 1 billion members across the globe.

Thrive in a rapidly evolving workplace by enhancing your essential human skills for the AI era. Build adaptability, strengthen decision-making, amplify communication and social intelligence, and integrate generative AI into your creative and critical thinking processes. Develop the skills to stay competitive and effective in an AI-driven world while fostering meaningful human connections. Tune in, pass the final exam, and earn your certificate.

Skills you'll learn:
• Develop an adaptability mindset to navigate AI-driven change.
•  Demonstrate stronger communication and social intelligence skills.
•  Leverage AI to support critical thinking and decision-making.
•  Experiment with AI to enhance creativity and innovation.

Earn your Human Skills in the Age of AI Professional Certificate

Tech professionals and business leaders will explore the fundamentals of machine learning and Al and related Microsoft Azure services. By certificate completion, you'll understand the essential building blocks of AI, generative AI, computer vision, natural language processing, responsible AI, and document intelligence, and you’ll explore the services available on Azure. Tune in, pass the final exam, and earn your certificate.

Skills you'll learn:
• Describe AI and generative AI workloads and considerations.
• Explain fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure.
• Explore features of natural language processing workloads.
• Describe features of computer vision workloads.

Earn your Microsoft Azure AI Essentials Professional Certificate

Learn the core concepts of Artificial Intelligence and generative AI functionality. This learning path will introduce currently available generative AI tools, explore their impacts, and discuss the importance of ethical considerations when using them.

Skills you'll learn:

• Develop an understanding of generative AI models
• Learn the ethical considerations of using generative AI
• Explore the impact of generative AI tools
• Basics of Microsoft 365 Copilot

Earn your Career Essentials in Generative AI Professional Certificate

Learn how to leverage Copilot across the most-used tools in the Microsoft 365 suite: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams. Discover how this AI-powered tool can help you to streamline workflows, create and refine documents and presentations, and increase collaboration.
Skills you’ll learn:
• Streamline workflows and increase productivity.
• Increase collaboration with AI-powered tools.
• Discover the art of prompt writing.
• Create and refine documents and presentations with AI.

Earn your Microsoft Copilot for Productivity Professional Certificate

Learn how to make informed decisions about AI adoption and application as an organizational leader. You'll evaluate the business implications of generative AI and learn how to integrate AI into business strategy, lead responsible AI, build organization-wide AI aptitude, and drive long-term business growth in the age of AI.

Skills you’ll learn:
• Plan for AI adoption and application in your organization.
• Integrate AI into your business strategy.
• Adopt responsible AI practices.
• Build organization-wide AI aptitude.

Earn your AI for Organizational Leaders Professional Certificate

In this learning path, managers at all levels of the organization will learn practical ways to enhance their effectiveness with generative AI—from making team and one-on-one meetings more effective to giving feedback that gets results. You'll also learn how to have meaningful career conversations with employees in an AI context, build a collaborative team culture with generative AI, and use AI responsibly.

Skills you'll learn:
• Apply generative AI in day-to-day management.
• Initiate meaningful career conversations in an AI context.
• Enhance your coaching impact with generative AI.
• Practice responsible AI in your role as a manager.

Earn your AI for Managers Professional Certificate

Begin your cybersecurity journey with modern concepts like zero trust and defense-in-depth while exploring Microsoft's comprehensive security ecosystem: Entra, Defender, Sentinel, Intune, Purview, Priva, and Security Copilot. By certificate completion, you'll understand the essential building blocks of Microsoft's security solutions and how they work together to protect organizations. Tune in, pass the final exam, and earn your certificate.

Skills you’ll learn:
• Explain core security concepts like zero trust and defense-in-depth.
• Apply Microsoft Entra tools for identity and access management.
• Configure basic security settings in Microsoft Defender.
• Use Microsoft Sentinel for threat detection and response.

Earn your Microsoft Security Essentials Professional Certificate

Harness the power of technology to foster sustainable change. This learning path will equip you with an understanding of sustainability concepts vital to businesses, ways sustainability can drive innovation, and tech solutions that can help companies meet strategic sustainability goals.

Skills you’ll learn:
•  Foundational sustainability concepts
•  Opportunities for sustainable innovation
•  Why sustainability is key to a cloud solution
•  Sustainable solutions using Microsoft Cloud

Earn your Career Essentials in Sustainable Tech Professional Certificate