The ultimate soft skills toolkit
Go beyond and gain the skills to help you be more confident, well-rounded and ready for what the future brings. Learn from a wide range of soft skills to complement your technical knowledge including public speaking, remote working, career advice and more.
This page is constantly updated with new resources, so be sure to bookmark it and check back often.
Certification and Exam Preparation
- How to get started with Microsoft certifications by EY Kalman
- Getting started with Microsoft developer certifications by TechNet UK
- How to take a Microsoft Certification Exam Online by Thomas Maurer
- Exam Tips by Jese Navaranjan
- Azure Certifications Study Group on LinkedIn by David Okeyode
- Taking the Azure (AZ-900) and Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) Exams by Jamie Maguire
- Exam and Certification Experiences by EY Kalman
- The 70-762 Developing SQL Databases exam by Jese Navaranjan
Public Speaking and Influencing Others
- How to present better online by Rory Neary
- How individual contributors can become brilliant technical leaders by TechNet UK
- Tips on public speaking by Andres Pineda, Phil Haack, Cecil Phillip and Scott Hanselman
- Public speaking with Scott Hanselman, Kendra Havens, Maria Naggaga Nakanwagi, Kasey Uhlenhuth, and Donovan Brown
- Public Speaking Skills for Quiet People by Michelle Dickinson
Event Planning
- Use Microsoft Teams to run a virtual lab or virtual hackathon event by Robert J. Gates
- How to host Tech Workshops and Trainings online by Thomas Maurer
Remote Working
- Remote working for the masses by Andy Morrell
- Three ways our developers maintain productivity while working remotely by Justin Davies
- How to skill up while stuck at home by TechNet UK
- Working From Home – Tips and Tricks by Dan Clarke
- Top 5 ways your Azure AD can help you enable remote work by Sue Bohn
- Working remotely – dealing with spotty downloads by Steven Murawski
- Visual Studio Subscriptions resources for remote learning and productivity by Caity Buschlen
- A guide to successful remote working and working from home by Stephen Haunts
- Remote work: Engineering’s perspective on humanizing the remote work experience by Laura Heisman
- Reimagining IT to support the hybrid workforce: five months later by Dave Backman
- Pair Programming by Dan Clarke
Mental Health Advice
- Let’s Talk Mental Health – An AMA by Christine Karambelas
- Mental Health Affects Someone Like Me by Gem Hill and Ryan Yates
- Burnout in tech: how to protect your people by Ed Pearson
- Open Sourcing Mental Health by Ed Finkler and Josh Holmes
- 3 Health Tips For IT Workers by Jamie Maguire
Building Business Cases
- The Role of Qualitative Data in Making Business Decisions by Rick Delgado
Working Open Source
- Starting my first Open Source project by Lee Englestone
- GitHub! Code better together with GitHub and Microsoft Teams by Amit Oberoi
Mentorship
- The power of community and mentorship within technology by Sean Rajnis and Andrea Angella
Productivity
- It’s all about Deliberate Practice – Talent Is Overrated by Andrea Angella
- Developer Productivity: My Talk at DDDSW by Dan Clarke
- Parent Driven Development Podcast
Career Advice
- Sharing Your Work (Without It Being a Horrible, Terrifying Experience) by Dona Sarkar
- How to Gain New Experience and Change Jobs (Without Dealing with Gatekeepers) by Dona Sarkar
- One Minute Monday – You need a plan for your career by Alison Mulligan
- What’s it really like working in AI? by Amy Boyd, Galiya Warrier, Terry McCann and Cheng Zhang
- Steps to becoming an IT Contractor by Jamie Maguire
- How I Became a Microsoft MVP in Artificial Intelligence by Jamie Maguire
