Choose your course and put your knowledge into practice. Work through realistic admin tasks in simulated Azure, AWS, Intune, Entra, Defender, Sentinel and Microsoft 365 consoles a Red Hat Enterprise Linux terminal, a Kubernetes cluster terminal and a Windows PowerShell console, get guided hints and check your work — without touching a real environment.
First five tasks in every course are free, repeatable and have no expiry · No credit card required.
Nineteen courses, each with its own simulated portal, terminal or console and a guided path from first task to exam-ready.
Take fictional retail data from raw files to a trusted analytics result: manage access, configure ingestion, transform rows with supported SQL, PySpark and KQL, then diagnose and repair failures. A focused Fabric teaching simulation with result-based checks.
Microsoft Fabric · Lakehouse · Pipelines · SQL · PySpark · KQL · Monitoring
30 practical labs
Take a fictional web application from code to secure deployment: protect main, configure YAML pipelines, publish tests and artifacts, control releases and investigate failures. A bounded Azure DevOps teaching simulation with saved-state checks.
Azure Repos · YAML pipelines · Artifacts · Approvals · Federation · Monitoring
30 practical labs
Turn fictional sales extracts into a trusted report: clean and combine data, connect a star schema, write DAX measures, build interactive visuals, test regional row-level security and configure service settings. A focused Power BI teaching simulation, graded on the data and model you leave behind.
Power Query · Relationships · DAX · Reports · RLS · Refresh
25 practical labs
Start from zero: cloud concepts as decisions, real portal tasks for resource groups, networks, storage and identity, and evidence reading for cost, security and monitoring.
Azure portal · Cloud concepts · Cost Management · Entra ID · Monitor
36 practical labs + 3 troubleshooting challenges
Learn the fundamentals of security, compliance and identity by doing: apply Zero Trust, build Conditional Access and PIM policies, protect networks and secrets, read Defender and Sentinel evidence, and configure labels, DLP, retention, eDiscovery and Compliance Manager — every task graded on the result you leave behind.
Zero Trust · Microsoft Entra · Defender · Sentinel · Microsoft Purview
36 practical labs + 3 troubleshooting challenges
Learn data fundamentals by doing: classify data and file formats, tell transactional from analytical workloads, design keys and tables, pick Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Blob and Files for each job, set consistency and partition keys, and shape pipelines, Fabric items and Power BI models and reports — every task graded on the result you leave behind.
Azure SQL · Azure Cosmos DB · Azure Storage · Microsoft Fabric · Power BI
36 practical labs + 3 troubleshooting challenges
Configure cloud resources, networks and storage. Practise access control, monitoring, backup and troubleshooting.
Azure portal · Networking · Storage · Monitoring
41 practical labs + 6 troubleshooting challenges
Manage the device lifecycle: enrol endpoints, deploy apps and configure compliance, security and updates.
Microsoft Intune · Enrolment · Apps · Endpoint security
98 practical labs
Run identity operations: govern users and groups, secure authentication and Conditional Access, integrate applications and prove the audit trail.
Microsoft Entra ID · Conditional Access · Applications · Identity Governance
68 practical labs
Triage incidents, hunt threats and automate detections across Defender XDR, Sentinel and Purview in a realistic SOC workspace.
Defender XDR · Microsoft Sentinel · Defender for Endpoint · Purview
50 practical labs
Build your administration foundations: manage identities, prepare Copilot access and protect shared information.
Microsoft Entra · Microsoft 365 · SharePoint · Purview
44 practical labs
Start with AWS: cloud concepts as decisions, real console tasks for S3, IAM, VPC, EC2 and RDS, and evidence reading for cost, security and support.
AWS Management Console · IAM · VPC · S3 · Billing
36 practical labs + 3 troubleshooting challenges
Design real AWS architectures: build multi-tier VPCs, lock down IAM and networking, and make the security, resilience, performance and cost trade-offs the exam tests.
VPC · IAM · Auto Scaling · RDS · Cost Explorer
36 practical labs + 4 troubleshooting challenges
Work in a simulated RHEL 10 terminal: users and sudo, LVM and XFS storage, SELinux and firewalld, systemd, scheduling, networking, boot recovery and Podman — graded on the resulting system state, like the real exam.
RHEL 10 shell · LVM · SELinux · firewalld · systemd · Podman
36 practical labs + 4 troubleshooting challenges
Automate a four-node lab from a simulated control node: write real playbooks, roles and templates, run them with ansible-playbook and ansible-navigator, and get graded on the managed nodes' resulting state, like the real exam.
Ansible playbooks · Roles · Vault · System roles · ansible-navigator
36 practical labs + 4 troubleshooting challenges
Administer and repair a prepared Kubernetes cluster from a Linux-style desktop: run supported kubectl commands, edit YAML, inspect workloads, networking and storage, then test yourself in three timed practice exams. Assessment checks resulting cluster state and operational outcomes.
kubectl · YAML · RBAC · Scheduling · Networking · Storage · Troubleshooting · 3 timed exams
30 practical labs + 3 timed practice exams
Work in a simulated Kubernetes cluster from a terminal: run kubectl, write and fix real YAML, schedule and expose workloads, lock them down with RBAC and network policy, manage storage, ship with Helm, Kustomize and GitOps, and read metrics and logs — every task graded on the cluster state you leave behind.
kubectl · Pods and Deployments · Services · RBAC · Helm · GitOps · Prometheus · cloud native ecosystem
36 practical labs + 4 troubleshooting challenges
Work in a simulated Linux terminal: the command line and shell scripts, users and permissions, services, storage and networking, backups and troubleshooting, then cloud, security, Git, containers and project basics — every task graded on the system state you leave behind.
Linux command line · systemd · Networking · Security basics · Git · Containers · Cloud and DevOps fundamentals
36 practical labs + 4 troubleshooting challenges
A real PowerShell session against a simulated Windows estate — a workstation, two servers and a domain controller. Objects through the pipeline, scripts you write are executed and graded, Active Directory, remoting, scheduled tasks and the differences between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7.
Pipeline · Scripting · Active Directory · Remoting · Scheduled tasks · PowerShell 7
36 practical labs + 4 troubleshooting challenges
Your first five labs in each course are free, repeatable and have no expiry. Founding members get the first 15 tasks of their founding exam’s course.
Full course labs €14.99 / 30 days · Practice exam + labs €29.99 / 60 days
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Choose your founding examIndependent training simulations. No real tenant, devices, servers or cloud resources are modified. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Red Hat, the Linux Foundation or the CNCF. KCNA and LFCA are used only as descriptive names of exams.