From Infrastructure Specialist to Data Center Operations Manager

As an administrator, you’re in charge of design, configuration, and maintenance. As a Windows Server administrator, you’ll need to reposition your skills for the hosted data center, so that you can work in standardised environments, with standardised applications. You’ll be monitoring, provisioning, and managing the data centre with Microsoft System Center.

Associated Training Courses:

10215: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Server Virtualisation

10750: Private Cloud Monitoring and Operations with System Center 2012

10751: Beta - Private Cloud Configuration and Deployment with System Center 2012
 

From Web Developer to Cloud Developer

As a cloud developer, you’ll need to understand how applications are designed, developed, and deployed for platform as a service (PaaS). You’ll focus on innovation and integration, and you’ll work more closely with business units to help them increase productivity. Consider expanding your skills to include identity and access control, through Windows Communication Foundation, and HTML5, to provide richer websites without the need for third-party plug-ins.

Associated Training Courses:
 
10263: Developing Windows Communication Foundation Solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

10265: Developing Data Access Solutiong with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
 

From Database Developer to Data Steward

As you move from your role as database administrator to data steward in a cloud environment, you’ll need to be able to design and manage databases anywhere. Being able to architect a cloud strategy and identify data to move to cloud storage will be important skills as you work with SQL Azure cloud-based relational database services built on Microsoft SQL Server technologies.

Associated Training Courses:

10774: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012

10775: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases

10776: Developing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases

10777: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

10778: Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
 

From Administrator to Office 365 Administrator

As an IT administrator, you’ve probably specialised in a particular technology, such as Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, or Microsoft Lync. As a Microsoft Office 365 administrator, you’ll build on this expertise as you move from an on-premise deployment model to a public cloud model. You’ll need to develop your planning, design, and infrastructure skills to migrate, deploy, and administer a hosted Office 365 solution.

Associated Training Courses:

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010:
10135: Configuring, Managing and Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
10233: Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

Microsoft SharePoint 2010:
10174: Configuring and Administering Microsoft SharePoint 2010
10231: Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure

Microsoft Lync Server 2010:
10534: Planning and Designing a Microsoft Lync 2010 Solution
10533: Deploying, Configuring and Administering Microsoft Lync