The 3 best Microsoft Azure courses in 2026

In this course, you’ll explore the fundamentals of Azure Monitoring and Analytics. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the key features offered by Azure Monitor, setting the stage for proficient resource management. Learn to configure basic monitoring in Azure, enabling proactive measures to ensure optimal resource performance. Dive into the intricacies of setting up and managing alerts based on diverse conditions and thresholds, ensuring a timely response to critical situations. Delve further into advanced monitoring techniques, exploring the power of Log Analytics and custom dashboards.

This course equips you with the essential skills to take generative AI models from development to production. You will learn to implement robust MLOps practices on Azure, including automated CI/CD pipelines, version control, and full lifecycle management for your models. Simultaneously, you will dive into the critical principles of Responsible AI, using Microsoft’s framework to build fair, transparent, and ethical models that you can deploy with confidence.

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This course is designed to guide you through deploying a full MERN stack application on Azure Cloud using Azure DevOps pipelines for seamless CI/CD integration. You’ll start by getting a solid introduction to cloud infrastructure, the role of public cloud providers, and the fundamental models like IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. The course then dives in