Table of Contents

  • About Microsoft AI Skills Fest
  • April 8: Kickoff Celebration Training Event with a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title attempt
  • April 9 - May 28: 50 Days of AI Learning
  • Lessons from Microsoft's Journey

Microsoft AI Skills Fest 2025: Celebrating Microsoft's 50th Anniversary with Complimentary AI Training

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About Microsoft AI Skills Fest

Join us as we celebrate Microsoft's 50th anniversary, reflecting on how Microsoft’s mission has always been about creating technology that empowers others to innovate and solve real-world problems. To honor this milestone, we’re reinforcing our commitment, as a leading Microsoft Training Services Partner, to equipping everyone with the skills necessary to unlock the future.

The Microsoft AI Skills Fest is a global event starting on April 8, 2025, followed by 50 Days of AI Learning, lasting until May 28, 2025. It is designed for customers, partners, tech and business professionals, business leaders, students, Microsoft employees, and every AI enthusiast. Our shared goal with Microsoft is to help changemakers build the skills they’ll need to thrive in the AI economy.

April 8: Kickoff Celebration Training Event with a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title attempt

Join NetCom Learning on April 8 to kickoff the grand anniversary celebration, live in person in the mighty New York City for exclusive complimentary "Dine & Learn" training sessions - designed for Business Users and Tech Professionals.

Not present in New York? Join us virtually from around the world and build your AI skills with expert guidance from some of the leading Microsoft AI Subject Matter Experts in the industry.

Special Kickoff Celebration Courses include:

  • Use AI for everyday tasks - For Business Users
  • Getting started with agents using Azure AI Agent Service - For Tech Professionals


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The best part? Build and showcase your AI skills while attempting a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title. It’s easy: Join us on April 8th, build your skills, test your knowledge, and attest your participation. We’ll kick things off on April 8 in Australia at 9 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time and finish on April 8 at 4 PM Pacific Daylight Time, with learning events scheduled around the globe. This is a unique opportunity to learn, compete, and celebrate your achievements!

April 9 - May 28: 50 Days of AI Learning

Celebrate Microsoft's 50th anniversary with exclusive free masterclasses, workshops & prompt-a-thons to enhance your AI skills over 50 days of discovery & learning. Whether you're a tech professional, business user, or AI enthusiast, we’ve created a lineup of skill-building opportunities tailored to your needs.

Our exclusive complimentary training offerings will include:

  • Microsoft AI Skills Fest: Prompt Around The World (Registration Link Coming Soon): This exclusive, complimentary, worldwide Prompt-a-thon training series is designed for business and tech professionals to master Microsoft 365 Copilot prompting techniques and embrace UI for AI across job roles.

  • Microsoft 365 Copilot Skilling Days: Exclusive complimentary training series focused on key use cases of Microsoft 365 Copilot aligned to specific departments and job functions - across the most popular apps like Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Teams, and beyond.

  • Microsoft Power BI Dashboard in a Day: This interactive one-day workshop teaches participants how to use Power BI - the business analytics service that gives you a single view of your business data, using live dashboards, rich interactive reports, and the ability to access your data on the go, from your mobile devices.

  • Microsoft Copilot Studio in a Day: A beginner-level training designed for everyone to learn how to respond rapidly to your customers and employees at scale, using next-generation conversational assistants.

  • Microsoft AI Agents Masterclass - A Look into the Future: Designed for leaders and professionals looking to harness AI Agents for enhanced productivity and decision-making, learn about their core capabilities, gain practical insights through live demonstrations, explore real-world use cases, and discover best practices for successful implementation.

  • Microsoft Security Copilot in Defender Masterclass: Master the integration of Security Copilot with Microsoft Defender to optimize threat hunting, improve security workflows, and safeguard your organization from cyber risks. Discover how to streamline threat detection, response, and investigation with next-generation automation and intelligence.

 

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