Microsoft Learn

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Microsoft Learn provides free official learning paths, documentation and practice assessments for Microsoft technologies and certifications.

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Strengths and watch-outs

Strengths

  • Official training organized around Microsoft roles and products
  • Free learning paths and knowledge checks
  • Practice assessments with answer explanations

Watch out for

  • Azure exercises use your own subscription and can incur usage charges
  • Some learners find the text-heavy format slow

What learners say

Practice assessment is easier than the real exam

An AZ-104 passer describes the free practice assessment as easier than the certification exam.

Learning paths are a solid foundation but often not sufficient alone

AZ-104 candidates describe using the modules as a foundation and adding other preparation for deeper practice.

Practice questions can lag behind exam updates

A PL-900 discussion reports practice questions lagging changes to the exam content.

On CertUp

AZ-900

Free official course

AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals course

Microsoft's official self-paced modules for the three skill areas, with text, videos and knowledge checks. They link to the Azure documentation the exam draws on and follow the exam outline exactly.

Great fit if you want the official material at no cost

Poor fit if you learn best from video; choose Scott Duffy or John Savill

Free first look

AZ-900 Practice Assessment

Official questions from Microsoft's exam team, with an answer, rationale and learning link for every question. Candidates call it mostly simple multiple choice, and its bank repeats quickly across attempts.

Great fit if you want a free baseline in your first week and a look at Microsoft's own wording.

Poor fit if you need exam-style drag-and-drop or drop-down items or fresh questions on every attempt; add Tutorials Dojo.

See all AZ-900 courses →

AZ-104

Free official course

Microsoft Learn: AZ-104 course

Microsoft's own self-paced learning paths for each AZ-104 skill area, linked to the Azure documentation the exam draws on. The same course is taught as a four-day class by training partners. Learn is also the reference you can open during the exam.

Great fit if you want the official material at no cost

Poor fit if you learn best from video; choose Scott Duffy

Free first look

AZ-104 practice assessment

Microsoft's own practice questions, written by the team that builds the exam, with a rationale and learning links for every answer. Candidates consistently find it much easier than the real exam.

Great fit if you want a free baseline and a quick read on which skill areas need work.

Poor fit if you want exam-length scenarios or a timed run; move on to MeasureUp or Tutorials Dojo.

See all AZ-104 courses →

AI-901

Free official course

AI-901 Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals course

Microsoft's official AI-901 course is two learning paths: one on AI concepts and one on building apps and agents in Microsoft Foundry. Text lessons are followed by guided exercises, so you practise the skills the exam measures.

Great fit if you want the official material and hands-on Foundry practice

Poor fit if you learn best from video; choose Scott Duffy

See all AI-901 courses →

SC-300

Free official course

SC-300 course on Microsoft Learn

Microsoft's learning paths for SC-300, with text modules and exercises you run in your own tenant. The material is what the exam is written against, and you can read it without an account.

Great fit if you want the official material the exam is written against

Poor fit if you learn better from video; choose Christopher Nett's course

Free first look

SC-300 practice assessment

Microsoft's own practice questions, written by the team that builds the exam, with a rationale and learning links for every answer. Candidates find its short questions easier than the exam's paragraph-length scenarios.

Great fit if you want a free baseline and a read on which Entra skill areas need work.

Poor fit if you want long scenarios or a timed run; move on to MeasureUp.

See all SC-300 courses →

PL-300

Free official course

Microsoft Learn: PL-300 course

The official learning paths for preparing, modeling, visualizing and managing data in Power BI, with exercises. Training partners also teach the same material as a class.

Great fit if you want the official syllabus at no cost

Poor fit if you learn best from video; choose Burton's or Schuler's course

Free first check

PL-300 Practice Assessment

Free questions from Microsoft with an answer, a rationale and a Learn link for every question, then a score breakdown. Candidates find the questions shorter and simpler than the exam's, which adds a case study and ordering tasks.

Great fit if you want a free first check of your gaps before spending anything.

Poor fit if you want a timed run, case studies or step-ordering tasks; use MeasureUp.

See all PL-300 courses →

AZ-305

Free official syllabus

Design Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (AZ-305T00)

Microsoft's official course covering governance, compute, application architecture, storage, data integration, authentication, networks, business continuity and migrations, with case studies. You can study it through free self-paced learning paths or take a four-day instructor-led class.

Great fit if you want the official syllabus at no cost, or your employer pays for a class

Poor fit if you want a short video review; choose Scott Duffy or Microsoft's video series

Free first check

AZ-305 Practice Assessment

Free questions from Microsoft with an answer, a rationale and a Learn link for each, then a score breakdown. Candidates find the questions much simpler than the exam's long, requirement-heavy scenarios and case study.

Great fit if you want a free first check of your gaps before spending anything.

Poor fit if you want case-study practice or exam-level difficulty; use MeasureUp or Tutorials Dojo.

See all AZ-305 courses →

SC-100

Free official course

SC-100 course on Microsoft Learn

Microsoft's official SC-100 learning paths, one for each skill area on the exam. The text lessons teach the material the exam is written against, and the course costs nothing.

Great fit if you want the official material the exam is written against

Poor fit if you learn better from video; choose John Christopher or Christopher Nett

Free first check

SC-100 Practice Assessment

Free questions from Microsoft with an answer, a rationale and a Learn link for each, then a score breakdown. It is a short first check; Microsoft says the exam can add case studies and other question types.

Great fit if you want a free first check of your gaps across the four skill areas.

Poor fit if you want a timed full run or long case-study scenarios; use MeasureUp and Microsoft Learn's case studies.

See all SC-100 courses →

MD-102

Free full course

MD-102 course on Microsoft Learn

Microsoft's official learning paths for MD-102, with text modules, knowledge checks and exercises you run in your own tenant. It is the material the exam is written against, and the skills list is dated October 27, 2026.

Great fit if you want the official material the exam is written against

Poor fit if you learn better from video; choose John Christopher's course

Free first look

MD-102 Practice Assessment

A free question set from Microsoft's exam team, with a rationale and a documentation link for every answer. Candidates score well on it and still find the real exam more scenario-heavy.

Great fit if you want a free, official check of wording and weak areas before you spend anything.

Poor fit if you want exam-level difficulty or a score that predicts a pass; use MeasureUp.

See all MD-102 courses →

SC-900

Free official material

SC-900 course on Microsoft Learn

Microsoft's four learning paths for SC-900, one per skill area, with short knowledge checks. They are written by the company that sets the exam, are self-paced and are text-based.

Great fit if you want the official material the exam is written against

Poor fit if you learn better from video; choose Duffy or Savill

Free first look

SC-900 Practice Assessment

A free question set from Microsoft's exam team, with a rationale and documentation link for every answer. Some candidates call it all they needed; others scored over 80% and still missed the product-choice questions.

Great fit if you want a free, official check of the question style and your weak areas.

Poor fit if you want many scenario questions or a score you can trust as a pass signal; add Tutorials Dojo.

See all SC-900 courses →

SC-500

Free official course

SC-500 course on Microsoft Learn

Microsoft's learning paths for SC-500, the material the exam is written against, as text modules with exercises you run in your own Azure subscription.

Great fit if you want the official material the exam is written against

Poor fit if you learn better from video; choose John Christopher

See all SC-500 courses →

SC-200

Free official course

SC-200 course on Microsoft Learn

Microsoft's learning paths for SC-200 cover Sentinel, Defender XDR and KQL, with exercises you run in your own Azure subscription. They are the official material the exam is written against, and the course is free.

Great fit if you want the official material the exam is written against

Poor fit if you learn better from video; choose John Christopher's course

Free first look

SC-200 Practice Assessment

Microsoft's own practice questions, with explanations and suggested Learn modules for what you missed. Microsoft's separate exam sandbox lets you try the real exam's question screens.

Great fit if you want a free check of the official question style and a list of modules to revisit.

Poor fit if you need volume or a long timed run; use Tutorials Dojo or MeasureUp.

See all SC-200 courses →

MS-102

Free official course

MS-102 course on Microsoft Learn

Microsoft's learning paths for MS-102, covering tenant management, identity synchronization, security and compliance. Self-paced text modules with exercises follow the skills the exam measures.

Great fit if you want the official material the exam is written against

Poor fit if you learn better from video; choose John Christopher's or Christopher Nett's course

Free first look

MS-102 Practice Assessment

Microsoft's own practice questions, with explanations, from the MS-102 page on Learn. Microsoft's separate exam sandbox lets you try the real exam's question screens.

Great fit if you want a free check of the official question style before paying for anything.

Poor fit if you need long scenario practice or a timed full run; use MeasureUp.

See all MS-102 courses →

AI-103

Free official course

Develop AI apps and agents on Azure (AI-103T00)

Microsoft's official learning paths for each AI-103 skill area, with hands-on labs in Microsoft Foundry. The content is free to read and works through the skills the exam measures in the order Microsoft teaches them.

Great fit if you want the official syllabus with labs and no course fee

Poor fit if you learn best from video; choose Luke Ginn's or Alan Rodrigues' course

Free first look

AI-103 Practice Assessment

Microsoft's official practice questions, now hosted on AI Skills Navigator, where you must sign in to start. Microsoft's separate exam sandbox lets you try the real exam's question screens.

Great fit if you want a free official check of the question style before paying.

Poor fit if you need full-length timed tests; use Tutorials Dojo or MeasureUp.

See all AI-103 courses →

AB-900

Free official course

Explore Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent Administration

Microsoft's free learning path for AB-900, organized around the three skill areas on the exam. Text lessons and knowledge checks cover Microsoft 365 services, data protection and governance, and Copilot and agent administration.

Great fit if you want the official material the exam is written against

Poor fit if you learn better from video; choose Savill or Pluralsight

Free official check

AB-900 Practice Assessment

Microsoft's own practice questions, linked from the certification page. The score report gives the answer, a rationale and reading links for every question, and you can retake it as often as you like.

Great fit if you want the closest thing to Microsoft's own wording before paying for anything.

Poor fit if you need several fresh full-length sets; add Tutorials Dojo or MeasureUp.

See all AB-900 courses →

PL-900

Free official course

Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900T00)

Microsoft's official modules for the five PL-900 skill areas, including Copilot Studio agents. It is about 6 hours of text and exercises on Microsoft Learn and matches the July 2026 update.

Great fit if you want free material that matches the July 2026 update

Poor fit if you learn best from video; choose Phillip Burton's course

Free official check

PL-900 Practice Assessment

Microsoft's own practice questions, with an answer, rationale and reading links for every question on the score report. Candidates who took the exam after July 2026 say it covers the older topics well but has little on Copilot Studio.

Great fit if you want a free first check on Power Apps, Power Automate and Dataverse wording.

Poor fit if you want deep practice on the new Copilot Studio agents area.

See all PL-900 courses →

DP-900

Free official course

Microsoft Learn: DP-900 course

Microsoft's official self-paced modules for the four DP-900 skill areas, with knowledge checks along the way. The exam is written against this material, so it is the most direct route to the skills measured.

Great fit if you want the official material the exam is written against at no cost

Poor fit if you learn best from video; choose Scott Duffy's course

Free official check

DP-900 Practice Assessment

Microsoft's own practice questions, with an answer, rationale and reading links for every question on the score report. You can retake it as often as you like.

Great fit if you want the closest thing to Microsoft's wording and a diagnostic before paying.

Poor fit if you want several full-length timed sets; MeasureUp and Whizlabs give more volume.

See all DP-900 courses →

AZ-400

Free official course

Design and Implement Microsoft DevOps Solutions (AZ-400T00)

Microsoft's official course, taken as self-paced learning paths or a four-day instructor-led class. It covers work tracking, source control, pipelines, deployments, infrastructure as code, security and monitoring.

Great fit if you want the official syllabus at no cost

Poor fit if you learn best from video; choose Alan Rodrigues' Udemy course

Free first look

AZ-400 practice assessment

Official questions with a rationale and a documentation link for every answer in your score report. It shows the exam's question style, but not its length, case studies or labs.

Great fit if you want a free read on the exam's style and your weak areas before spending anything.

Poor fit if you need volume or a timed full-length run; use MeasureUp.

See all AZ-400 courses →

DP-600

Free official course

Implement analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric (DP-600T00)

Microsoft's official learning paths for DP-600 cover data stores, transformation, semantic models and security, with Fabric exercises after the lessons. The same course is also taught as an instructor-led class by training partners, who set the price.

Great fit if you want the official syllabus at no cost

Poor fit if you learn best from video; choose Phillip Burton's course

Free first look

DP-600 practice assessment

Official questions with a rationale and a documentation link for every answer in your score report. It shows the exam's question style, but not its length, case studies or hands-on depth.

Great fit if you want a free read on the exam's style and your weak areas before spending anything.

Poor fit if you need volume or a timed full-length run; use MeasureUp.

See all DP-600 courses →

DP-700

Free official course

Implement data engineering solutions using Microsoft Fabric (DP-700T00)

The official learning paths for DP-700, covering ingestion, transformation, real-time intelligence, security and monitoring, with Fabric labs. Training partners also run it as an instructor-led class.

Great fit if you want the official syllabus at no cost

Poor fit if you learn best from video; choose Phillip Burton

Free first look

DP-700 practice assessment

Official questions with a rationale and a documentation link for every answer in your score report. It shows the exam's question style, but not its length or its long case-study scenarios.

Great fit if you want a free read on the exam's style and your weak areas before spending anything.

Poor fit if you need volume or a timed full-length run; use MeasureUp or CertiAce.

See all DP-700 courses →

GitHub Copilot

Free official start

GitHub Copilot Fundamentals Part 1

Nine official modules on responsible AI, prompt engineering, Copilot Spaces, Copilot across the IDE, chat, CLI and GitHub.com, management and customization, developer use cases and unit testing.

Great fit if you want the official starting point at no cost

Poor fit if you need agent mode, MCP and cloud agent coverage; continue with Part 2

Free follow-up

GitHub Copilot Fundamentals Part 2

Six official modules on Copilot agent mode, the cloud agent, the GitHub MCP server, code reviews and pull requests, and using Copilot with JavaScript and Python.

Great fit if you finished Part 1 and want agent mode, MCP and code review

Poor fit if you want practice questions rather than lessons; use Microsoft's practice assessment

Free first look

GH-300 Practice Assessment

Microsoft's own practice questions, with the answer, a rationale and doc links for each question in the score report. Candidates treat it as a baseline and add a harder bank before booking.

Great fit if you want Microsoft's own question style and a free baseline before spending anything.

Poor fit if you want volume or a timed full-length run; use MeasureUp or Krausen's exams.

See all GitHub Copilot courses →

GitHub Foundations

Free official start

GitHub Foundations Part 1 of 2

Eight official Microsoft Learn modules on Git, GitHub, products and plans, Copilot, Codespaces, Projects and Markdown, with hands-on exercises. The official GH-900 study guide recommends it.

Great fit if you want the official starting point at no cost

Poor fit if you need deep coverage of security and administration; continue to Part 2

Remaining exam topics

GitHub Foundations Part 2 of 2

Eight more official modules on open source, InnerSource, secure repositories, administration, authentication, pull requests and repository history. The official GH-900 study guide recommends it alongside Part 1.

Great fit if you finished Part 1 and want the remaining domains

Poor fit if you want practice questions rather than lessons; use Microsoft's free practice assessment

Free first look

GH-900 Practice Assessment

Microsoft's own practice questions, with the answer, a rationale and doc links for each question in the score report. Candidates find the real exam harder, and one answer in it has been disputed.

Great fit if you want Microsoft's own question style and a free baseline before spending anything.

Poor fit if you want volume or select-all practice at exam difficulty; add GHCertified or a paid bank.

See all GitHub Foundations courses →

GitHub Actions

Free official start

Automate your workflow with GitHub Actions Part 1 of 2

Four official modules on automating development tasks, building CI workflows, deploying to Azure and using GitHub Script and the GitHub API. The GH-200 study guide recommends it.

Great fit if you want the official starting point at no cost

Poor fit if you need custom actions and enterprise management; continue with Part 2

Free official follow-up

Automate your workflow with GitHub Actions Part 2 of 2

Three official modules on publishing to GitHub Packages, creating and publishing custom actions, and managing GitHub Actions in the enterprise. It covers the enterprise topics that Part 1 leaves out.

Great fit if you finished Part 1 and want custom actions and enterprise management

Poor fit if you want hands-on labs rather than lessons; choose KodeKloud

Free first look

GH-200 Practice Assessment

Microsoft's own practice questions, with the answer, a rationale and doc links for each question in the score report. Candidates who score well here often score lower on GHCertified's harder questions.

Great fit if you want Microsoft's own question style and a free baseline before spending anything.

Poor fit if you need volume or enterprise-scale coverage; add GHCertified, Krausen or Tutorials Dojo.

See all GitHub Actions courses →

AI-200

Free official course

Develop AI cloud solutions on Azure (AI-200T00)

Microsoft's official course for the exam, covering container hosting, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL with pgvector, Managed Redis, messaging, Functions and security. You learn through self-paced text modules and labs, or take it as a five-day instructor-led class.

Great fit if you want the official syllabus with labs at no cost

Poor fit if you learn best from video; choose Luke Ginn's course

See all AI-200 courses →

GitHub Certified: Agentic AI Developer

Official starting point

Foundations of Agentic AI in GitHub

The official introduction to the plan, act and evaluate agent lifecycle and to GitHub's role in assigning, reviewing and merging agent work. The GH-600 study guide recommends it as a starting point.

Great fit if you want the official starting point

Poor fit if you need the later domains; continue with the next two modules

Agent design and SDLC

Designing Agent Architecture and SDLC Integration

The official module on designing agent architecture and fitting agents into the software development lifecycle. It covers the exam's first domain, which carries 15 to 20 percent of the exam.

Great fit if you are working on the first domain

Poor fit if you want hands-on labs; build agent workflows yourself alongside it

MCP and agent tooling

Tooling, MCP, and Agent Execution Environments

The official module on tools, MCP servers and the environments agents run in. It covers the exam's largest domain, so it deserves the most study time of the three.

Great fit if you are new to MCP servers

Poor fit if you already configure MCP servers and agent setup steps; go to the study guide's linked docs

See all GitHub Certified: Agentic AI Developer courses →

GitHub Administration

Free official start

GitHub fundamentals - Administration basics and product features Part 1 of 2

Four official modules on GitHub basics, administration controls, GitHub's products and plans, and secure repository practices. Microsoft's GH-100 study guide recommends the path, and it is self-paced and free.

Great fit if you want the official starting point at no cost

Poor fit if you need hands-on practice; pair it with a GitHub Enterprise trial

Free second path

GitHub fundamentals - Administration basics and product features Part 2 of 2

Five official modules on security policies, identity and authentication, enterprise support and adoption, GitHub Actions in the enterprise and GitHub Packages. It continues from Part 1 and is recommended in the official study guide.

Great fit if you finished Part 1 and want the remaining domains

Poor fit if you want practice questions rather than lessons; use Microsoft's free practice assessment

Free official baseline

GH-100 Practice Assessment

Microsoft's own practice questions, which show the style, wording and difficulty of the real exam and let you review explanations afterwards. A good baseline, though small on its own.

Great fit if you want a free official baseline before spending anything, and a readiness check near the end.

Poor fit if you need a large bank to drill; candidates who passed paired it with MeasureUp.

See all GitHub Administration courses →

Best for / not for

Best for

  • Candidates who want a free official starting point
  • Learners who prefer text-based modules and documentation

Not for

  • Learners who want video-first instruction
  • Candidates looking for a large full-length exam simulator

Alternatives

FAQ

Is Microsoft Learn free?

Self-paced training and practice assessments are free. Azure exercises require an Azure subscription and can incur resource charges.

Do I need an account?

You can read training content without an account. Sign in to save progress, bookmarks and achievements.

Are the free Azure sandboxes still available?

No. Azure exercises now use your own Azure subscription.

How does it differ from MeasureUp?

Microsoft Learn provides free training and practice assessments. MeasureUp sells separate practice tests.

Last updated October 2026