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C# Test Driven Development
Reynald Adolphe

55m 21s 34,013 Views
Migrating from Office 2003 to Office 2016
David Rivers

1h 55m 4,375 Views
Windows Performance Toolkit: CPU Analysis
Thomas Pantels

1h 5m 402 Views
Microsoft Project Server 2013 Administration
John Riopel

2h 22m 46,555 Views
Windows Performance Toolkit: Spyware Detection
Thomas Pantels

55m 6s 4,381 Views
PowerPoint 2016 Tips and Tricks
Jess Stratton

1h 28m 22,538 Views
OneDrive for Business Essential Training
Jess Stratton

54m 16s 18,960 Views
Windows 10 Anniversary Update Essential Training
Nick Brazzi

7h 51m 31,044 Views

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Excel Tips Weekly
Dennis Taylor
Get a new productivity-boosting tip every Tuesday from Excel expert Dennis Taylor.

11h 50m Appropriate for all 667,333 Views
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Essential Training
Gini von Courter
Personalize experiences with clients, engage intelligently with prospects, and have meaningful follow-ups with your leads by using Microsoft Dynamics. This course demonstrates how to leverage the essential features of this CRM platform, including how to manage customer information, track leads, create action items, build workflows, and more. The features for sales teams and customer services teams are reviewed in this course, including managing contacts and resolving cases.

3h Beginner
Windows Performance Toolkit: CPU Analysis
Thomas Pantels
Make your Windows applications faster and leaner. Learn to analyze and reduce the CPU usage of an application with the Windows Performance Toolkit.

1h 5m Intermediate 402 Views
Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Administration
Robert McMillen
Learn how maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server 2016—the most popular on-premise email solution.

3h 41m Intermediate 298 Views
Foundations of Servers
Ed Liberman
Learn the basics of servers, including user administration, virtualization, storage, security, networking, disaster recovery, and popular server operating systems such as Windows Server and Linux.

2h 40m Beginner 1,383 Views
Microsoft XAML Fundamentals 1: Core Concepts
Walt Ritscher
Learn the basics of XAML, the XML-based markup language for creating better user interfaces for Windows applications.

1h 46m Intermediate 994 Views
Windows Server 2016: New Features
Ed Liberman
Learn new features of Windows Server 2016, which offers major improvements in cloud and virtualization support.

1h 14m Beginner 1,396 Views
Plan a Microsoft Cloud Solution
Sharon Bennett
Move to the cloud. Get a quick introduction to the cloud-based services, including storage, business continuity, and identity management, available in Microsoft Azure.

1h 52m Beginner 1,631 Views
Excel 2016: Data Validation in Depth
Dennis Taylor
Learn how to use the data validation tools in Excel 2016 to control how users input data into workbooks and ensure data is entered consistently and accurately.

1h 34m Advanced 3,731 Views
Windows Server 2012 R2: Implement Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Ed Liberman
Make sure your systems are ready when disaster strikes. Learn how to implement business continuity and disaster recovery using Windows Server 2012 R2.

2h 16m Intermediate 1,375 Views
Windows Performance Toolkit: Spyware Detection
Thomas Pantels
Is your PC running slow? Spyware like keylogger viruses can often go undetected by antivirus software. Learn how to use Windows Performance Toolkit for spyware removal.

55m 6s Intermediate 4,381 Views
Learn Office 365 Groups: The Basics
David Rivers
Learn the basics of Office 365 groups, where teams can collaborate easily using a single shared account for Outlook, OneDrive, Skype, and SharePoint.

1h 27m Intermediate 3,549 Views
PowerPoint 2016: Audio and Video In Depth
Garrick Chow
Make your PowerPoint presentations more engaging by incorporating audio and video. Create multimedia presentations that wow.

2h 12m Intermediate 10,217 Views
Windows Performance Toolkit: Detecting Memory Leaks
Thomas Pantels
Application crashing? Learn how to analyze and fix memory leaks using the tools in Windows Performance Toolkit: Windows Performance Recorder (WPR) and Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA).

53m 32s Intermediate 1,865 Views
Data Visualization Storytelling Essentials
Bill Shander
Learn the keys to telling a story with data from data visualization expert Bill Shander.

1h 37m Intermediate 128,264 Views
PowerPoint for Mac 2016 Tips and Tricks
Jess Stratton
Get PowerPoint tips and tricks to create more engaging presentations. Learn how to format slides, create handouts, and use Excel data in PowerPoint for Mac 2016.

1h 14m Intermediate 3,235 Views
Learn Microsoft SQL Server 2016: The Basics
Adam Wilbert
Never touched a database before? Get a quick introduction to SQL Server 2016. Start creating tables and manipulating data in less than 90 minutes.

1h 21m Beginner 17,546 Views
Windows 10: Manage Remote Access
Brian Culp
Learn how to manage remote access and configure Remote Desktop in Windows 10—and pass Microsoft Certification exam 70-697, Configuring Windows Devices.

2h 5m Intermediate 6,124 Views
Excel 2016: Financial Functions in Depth
Curt Frye
Learn to use Excel functions for financial analysis. Find out how to calculate loan payments, depreciation, rate of return, and more, in Excel 2016.

2h 38m Intermediate 16,674 Views
Power BI Pro Essential Training
Gini von Courter
Create reports, visualizations, and dashboards, complete with charts and maps, with Power BI Pro and get more insights from your company's data.

3h 39m Intermediate 17,166 Views
Visual Studio 2015 Essentials 11: Data Tools
Walt Ritscher
Learn how to manage database connections, manipulate tables, query data, and deploy Azure and SQL Server databases in Visual Studio 2015.

3h 12m Beginner 12,399 Views
Create Flipped Classroom Lessons with Office Mix
Oliver Schinkten
Turn PowerPoint presentations into engaging and interactive flipped classroom lessons complete with voiceover, embedded video, apps, and quizzes with Office Mix.

58m 3s Intermediate 5,766 Views
Microsoft Azure for Developers
Ralph Reilly
Everything a developer needs to know to get started working with Azure, Microsoft's complete cloud offering.

1h 3m Beginner 10,917 Views
Yammer 2016 Essential Training
Gini von Courter
Learn how Yammer works. Find out how to join the conversation or create a new Yammer network at your organization.

2h 25m Appropriate for all 4,803 Views
Excel for Mac 2011: Pivot Tables in Depth
Curt Frye
Learn how to use PivotTables to summarize, sort, count, and chart your organization's data in Excel for Mac 2011.

1h 34m Intermediate 6,721 Views
Mastering Microsoft Project Graphical Reports
Bonnie Biafore
Create more visual and engaging project reports and project dashboards with the built-in charts, graphs, and Report Designer tool in Microsoft Project.

1h 28m Intermediate 4,736 Views
Excel 2016: Macros in Depth
Dennis Taylor
Save time by automating repetitive tasks with Excel macros. Learn how to record, edit, and run simple macros, and program more complex macros with VBA.

3h 33m Intermediate 28,233 Views
PowerPoint 2016 Tips and Tricks
Jess Stratton
Get tips and tricks for designing better presentations with PowerPoint 2016. Learn to format slides, create handouts, and use Excel data.

1h 28m Intermediate 22,538 Views
Windows 10 Anniversary Update Essential Training
Nick Brazzi
Learn the essentials of Windows 10 operating system, including the newest features included with Microsoft's Anniversary Update.

7h 51m Appropriate for all 31,044 Views
Microsoft Project Web Application 2013
John Riopel
Learn how to manage enterprise-level Project Server projects using Project Web App 2013.

1h 46m Advanced 61,565 Views
Microsoft Project Server 2013 Administration
John Riopel
Learn how to configure a Project Server 2013 system to support project managers and other users at your organization.

2h 22m Advanced 46,555 Views
Managing Actual Values in Microsoft Project
Bonnie Biafore
Follow along with project management experts Bonnie Biafore and John Riopel as they share their tips for recording actual values in Microsoft Project.

2h 5m Intermediate 2,435 Views
Microsoft Azure: Security Concepts
David Elfassy
Learn how to secure your Microsoft Azure deployment and Azure services such as Office 365, Exchange, and Azure Active Directory.

1h 50m Intermediate 4,455 Views
Migrating from Office 2003 to Office 2016
David Rivers
Upgrade to Office 2016. Learn how to migrate files and settings from Office 2003 and use the new features in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook 2016.

1h 55m Beginner 4,375 Views
R for Excel Users
Conrad Carlberg
Update your data science skills by learning R. Learn how common data analysis and statistics operations are run in Excel vs. R and how to move data back and forth between each program.

1h 26m Intermediate 19,084 Views
Windows 10 Anniversary Update New Features
Nick Brazzi
Discover the most important new features and improvements in Microsoft's free Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

1h 9m Appropriate for all 10,382 Views
CompTIA A+ Exam Prep (220-902) Part 3: Windows Basics
Mike Meyers
Prepare to take the CompTIA A+ (220-902) exam. Learn how to maintain, back up, and restore Windows and manage users, groups, and permissions.

1h 57m Beginner 10,154 Views
CompTIA A+ Exam Prep (220-902) Part 1: Introduction to Computers
Mike Meyers
Prepare to take the CompTIA A+ (220-902) exam. Get an introduction to the soft skills you need to deal with clients and the three major operating systems covered by the exam.

2h 26m Beginner 23,856 Views
Migrating from Office 2007 to Office 2016
David Rivers
Make the leap from Office 2007 to Office 2016, and take advantage of the latest features and performance improvements in Microsoft's popular productivity suite.

1h 39m Beginner 6,630 Views
Migrating from Office 2013 to Office 2016
David Rivers
Learn how to upgrade to Office 2016 while migrating all your important files, preferences, and settings from Office 2013 intact.

1h Beginner 4,475 Views
Windows 10: Manage Apps
James Gonzalez
Learn how to use Azure RemoteApp, Intune, and Hyper-V to deploy and manage apps across Windows 10 desktops, mobile devices, and virtual machines.

2h 25m Intermediate 5,072 Views
Excel 2016: Managing and Analyzing Data
Dennis Taylor
Learn easy-to-use commands, features, and functions for managing and analyzing large amounts of data in Excel 2016.

3h Intermediate 45,235 Views
Deploying Exchange Server 2016
Robert McMillen
Learn how to deploy Microsoft Exchange Server 2016. Review planning considerations, make a strategy, configure settings, and deploy using instructions provided. Robert McMillen shows you how to create mailboxes, users, and client access roles. He also discusses options you can enable or disable to get the most out of transport rules, Edge servers, databases, and more.

3h 1m Intermediate 9,325 Views
Visual Studio 2015 Essentials 10: Protecting Your Code Base with Source Control Providers
Walt Ritscher
Learn to use the source control options offered in Visual Studio, including Team Foundation, Team Services, GitHub, and Bitbucket, to work with team members more effectively, prevent accidental overwrites, enable rollbacks, and resolve bugs.

2h 36m Beginner 11,390 Views
Excel for Mac 2016: Charts in Depth
Dennis Taylor
Learn to create different kinds of Excel charts, from column, bar, and line charts to doughnut and scatter charts, with Excel for Mac 2016.

4h 22m Intermediate 7,739 Views
Office 365: Implement Identities for SSO
Sharon Bennett
Pass Microsoft Certification exam 70-346. Learn how to implement single sign-on in Office 365 via Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).

1h 1m Intermediate 6,695 Views
Windows 10: Manage Updates and Recovery
James Gonzalez
Learn recovery techniques to support your Windows 10 users. Find out how to restore missing files, install and roll back Windows updates, and get a PC back in working order.

1h 30m Beginner 7,770 Views
Access 2016 Advanced Tips and Tricks
Adam Wilbert
Create a better user experience for your Access users. Transform a boring database into a fast, efficient, and even fun environment.

2h 40m Intermediate 18,282 Views
Migrating from Office 2010 to Office 2016
David Rivers
Upgrading Office? Get used to the new interface and latest features in Office 2016, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

2h 15m Beginner 11,061 Views
Learn Office 365: The Basics
David Rivers
Get a tour of the Microsoft's cloud-based Office software, Office 365, from the perspectives of both an end user and an administrator.

2h 23m Beginner 180,551 Views

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