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Microsoft
Secure Your Applications
Microsoft Azure provides a comprehensive suite of security tools and services to help you safeguard your organization's data and applications. Secure Your Applications is the right course for you if you want to become an Azure security engineer. In this course, you will learn how Azure Key Vault helps to safeguard cryptographic keys and secrets that cloud applications and services use using defense in depth strategy. You will get acquainted with practice on how to create and manage access to secrets, certificates, and keys. This course will thoroughly give you knowledge about the Microsoft identity platform, which enables you to configure and keep track of secure access to an application. You will also understand the important factors while developing web apps using user sign in, API calls, daemon, and noninteractive apps. You will have the chance to learn about app registration and the various permissions that the Microsoft identity platform supports. You will also learn to set up an app registration, build an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant, and register an application with App registrations. In this course, you will explore Microsoft Graph services and learn to configure Microsoft Graph permissions. You will gain an understanding of managed identities in detail. You will also learn to configure and deploy web app certificates. This is the fourth course in a series of seven courses that will prepare you to succeed in the AZ-500 exam.
Northwestern University
High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation
Are leaders born or made? Learn the essential skills to develop and expand your leadership repertoire, design teams for collaboration, and craft win-win negotiation strategies. High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation focuses on leadership, teamwork, and negotiation. Students will engage in self-assessments to analyze their leadership style, develop team charters to optimize their groups, and develop a game plan for effective negotiation. Recurring course sessions repeat every 2 weeks on Monday with an enrollment period of 5 days.
Northwestern University
Content, Advertising & Social IMC
Want your content to go viral? Who doesn't! It takes a thoughtful, integrated approach to make content that stands out in our increasingly oversaturated world. In this fourth course of the Social Marketing Specialization - "Content, Advertising & Social IMC" - you will learn how marketers are successfully navigating today's media landscape. You will learn why developing engaging content for your audience is an essential component in effective social marketing. A panel of experts will unlock the paid/owned/earned media riddle and replace it with an integrated who/what/where approach that utilizes platform-specific messaging to grow your market share. This course also includes an overview of the integrated marketing communications strategy for social and how it is being deployed around the globe, as well as gamification tips to keep your audiences coming back for more. In addition, you will learn the secrets to advertising on Facebook and other social sites. Additional MOOC 4 faculty include: * Judy Ungar Franks (President, The Marketing Democracy, Ltd. & Lecturer, Medill Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern) * Steffi Decker (Junior Partner, Chong and Koster) * Joey Strawn (Director of Integrated Marketing, Industrial Strength Marketing)
Google Cloud
Build a Two Screen Flutter Application
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this lab you will build simple two page app that demonstrates the basics of Flutter. At the end of this lab you will have a simple application that demonstrates why Flutter is so popular with developers.
Cisco Learning and Certifications
Scaling and Optimizing BGP
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of advanced BGP routing scalability and performance techniques essential for managing large-scale networks. You will gain practical knowledge of migrating to and configuring BGP route reflectors to overcome the limitations of traditional iBGP full-mesh architectures, significantly reducing the number of required sessions while maintaining efficient route propagation. The course also covers Cisco IOS performance enhancements—including PMTU discovery, BGP PIC, BFD, NSF awareness, and route dampening—designed to optimize router CPU resources and accelerate network convergence. Unique to this program is its detailed focus on configuring and monitoring BGP features with real Cisco IOS commands, enabling hands-on proficiency of route reflectors, peer groups, and advanced scalability mechanisms. You will understand how to implement peer groups to minimize administrative overhead and how route dampening controls instability at AS borders to improve routing reliability. By course completion, you will be equipped to design and operate scalable, high-performance BGP networks, preparing you for challenges faced in large service provider environments and full internet routing scenarios. With its blend of theory, configuration practice, and performance optimization, this course stands out as an essential resource for network engineers seeking to enhance network stability and scalability in dynamic, real-world settings.
EDUCBA
Mastering Kafka Consumer Systems for Telecom Data
By the end of this course, learners will be able to build, configure, and optimize Apache Kafka producer and consumer systems using real telecom data. They will deploy Kafka infrastructure, implement Spring Boot–based consumers, manage offsets with manual commit strategies, and analyze Kafka’s polling mechanisms for reliable, real-time message processing. This hands-on course benefits anyone seeking practical, industry-ready Kafka skills. Using a telecom data scenario, learners gain firsthand experience with real-world streaming challenges—working through message production, Zookeeper coordination, console validation, and advanced consumer behavior. Instead of abstract theory, the course emphasizes applied learning through step-by-step demonstrations and functional code examples. What makes this course unique is its end-to-end, scenario-driven approach, guiding learners from foundational Kafka concepts to building production-level consumer pipelines. With clear walkthroughs, structured modules, and real-time debugging demonstrations, learners will confidently develop resilient Kafka applications suitable for large-scale data environments. Whether you are upskilling for a data engineering career or enhancing backend development expertise, this course equips you with the essential tools to operate Kafka in real-world systems.
Khalifa University
Introduction to HSE Engineering
This course provides practical, real-world insights into the essential principles of health, safety, and environmental (HSE) management. You’ll learn how to identify workplace hazards, assess risks, and implement effective strategies to ensure safety, protect the environment, and meet legal compliance standards. Along the way, we’ll explore accident causation models, workers’ compensation systems, and the global evolution of HSE regulations, with a special focus on industries like oil and gas, manufacturing, and construction. No matter your current experience level, this course will give you the tools and confidence to tackle complex HSE challenges. If you’re new to the field, you’ll discover step-by-step frameworks to help you assess risks and develop actionable solutions. If you’re already a professional, this course will offer advanced techniques for improving compliance, fostering a culture of safety, and navigating legal responsibilities. Whether you’re aiming to protect workers, improve operational efficiency, or drive sustainability initiatives, this course serves as your guide to understanding and applying HSE principles effectively. By the end, you’ll be equipped to create safer workplaces, prevent accidents, and contribute to a healthier, more sustainable future.
University of Pennsylvania
People Analytics
People analytics is a data-driven approach to managing people at work. For the first time in history, business leaders can make decisions about their people based on deep analysis of data rather than the traditional methods of personal relationships, decision making based on experience, and risk avoidance. In this brand new course, three of Wharton’s top professors, all pioneers in the field of people analytics, will explore the state-of-the-art techniques used to recruit and retain great people, and demonstrate how these techniques are used at cutting-edge companies. They’ll explain how data and sophisticated analysis is brought to bear on people-related issues, such as recruiting, performance evaluation, leadership, hiring and promotion, job design, compensation, and collaboration. This course is an introduction to the theory of people analytics, and is not intended to prepare learners to perform complex talent management data analysis. By the end of this course, you’ll understand how and when hard data is used to make soft-skill decisions about hiring and talent development, so that you can position yourself as a strategic partner in your company’s talent management decisions. This course is intended to introduced you to Organizations flourish when the people who work in them flourish. Analytics can help make both happen. This course in People Analytics is designed to help you flourish in your career, too.
Google Cloud
Migrating a Monolithic Website to Microservices on Google Kubernetes Engine
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this lab you will deploy a monolithic application to a Google Kubernetes Engine cluster, then break it down into microservices.
University of Colorado Boulder
Predicting Extreme Climate Behavior with Machine Learning
Throughout Predicting Extreme Climate Behavior with Machine Learning, you'll explore both theoretical concepts and practical applications or machine learning and data analysis. You'll begin by analyzing unsupervised learning algorithms, mastering techniques like clustering and dimensionality reduction, and applying them to real-world climate datasets. You'll also explore supervised learning, gaining hands-on experience with algorithms such as Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, and Neural Networks. This course can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS) degree offered on the Coursera platform. The MS-DS is an interdisciplinary degree that brings together faculty from CU Boulder’s departments of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Science, and others. The degree offers targeted courses, short 8-week sessions, and pay-as-you-go tuition. Admission is based on performance in three preliminary courses, not academic history. CU degrees on Coursera are ideal for recent graduates or working professionals. Learn more: MS in Data Science: https://www.coursera.org/degrees/master-of-science-data-science-boulder
Macquarie University
Global sustainability and corporate social responsibility: Be sustainable
It is no longer acceptable for organisations to focus entirely on financial success if they are to be competitive on the global stage. As corporate scandals continue to make headlines, you will expand your strategic thinking beyond your organisation’s competitive financial environment to consider its broader impact on society. You will grapple with the conflicting outcomes of maximising financial return and societal impact as you develop the skills to create a balance that is sustainable. Through structured learning activities (video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments) you will gain an appreciation of how important sustainability will be for every organisation in the future – and how to achieve it.
University of Cambridge
User experience design
Nowadays, in a time everyone is required to continuously acquire new skills, it is extremely relevant to make sure that we understand the importance of having a user-centred, inclusive mindset, what being a UX Designer means and what tools are available to efficiently craft meaningful experiences. This course will emphasise the central role of thinking creatively with empathy, and the importance of understanding different methods to approach problem solving, innovation, and establish a working practice that helps to craft inclusive experiences. The UX Design course will stress the importance of inclusion and diversity in the creative process, storytelling, pitching and advocating about ideas to influence peers by delivering inclusive experiences across different countries. With this course participants will be able to transition in to UX Design roles, approach life with a more empathetic, inclusive attitude, and infuse the UX Design mindset to colleagues and friends.
Alex Genadinik
Find & Buy Premium-Looking Domain Names Cheaply
Course recently updated and completely re-filmed to be more effective at helping you find amazing domain names! This course will make you come across as stronger entrepreneur by enabling you to find a premium looking and professional domain name for your business. VALUE OF A GREAT DOMAIN NAME FOR BRANDING AND LONG-TERM BUSINESS SUCCESS Your domain name is the first thing people see even before coming to your site, and they form their first opinion about your business when seeing your domain name. So learn to get a domain name that will make a great impression on your clients. A great A-level domain name will do wonders for your business. All your clients and potential business contacts will be impressed. A great domain makes the entrepreneur look savvy and experienced. Plus, your clients will trust you more because your company will look professionally branded, and more legitimate. Additionally, once you practice my strategies enough, and become good at finding great domain names, you will be able to sell them online, and generate an income that way. Before you start any project in the future, or if you don't have a website or a domain name yet, get this course and follow my creative strategies for finding a domain name. You will be so happy that you took this curse because a domain name can stay with you for years, and all it takes is a great 1-time effort in the beginning. And then, every day after that, you will be reaping the benefits of having an A-level domain that impresses people and makes you look like a great entrepreneur. RESPONSIVE AND CARING INSTRUCTOR: WORLD-CLASS STUDENT SUPPORT If you have questions, know that I am here to help! I answer 99% of student questions within 24 hours. Many students tell me that other instructors don't respond. Well, I do because 1) I care about my students. 2) I feel a responsibility to make sure that students get their money's worth from the course. Invest in your future. Enroll now.
Packt
Managing Collaboration and Meetings in Microsoft Teams
This course 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. In this course, you will learn to manage chat, collaboration, and meeting experiences within Microsoft Teams. By the end of this course, you will be equipped to configure messaging policies, manage external access, and control collaboration via private channels. You’ll also dive into meeting management, including configuring meeting settings, creating meeting policies, and setting up live events. You will explore the configuration of app policies in Microsoft Teams, including app permission and setup policies. The course also covers crucial security and compliance management tasks, like assigning admin roles, setting retention and compliance policies, defining information barrier policies, and more. This course is designed for IT professionals, administrators, and anyone looking to enhance their Microsoft Teams skills. No prior Microsoft Teams experience is required, but a basic understanding of office collaboration tools and IT systems is helpful. It’s an intermediate-level course perfect for those ready to take charge of Teams management.
Skillshare
7-Day Personal Branding Challenge: Get Paid to Be You
Do you want to share your talents or sell your skills but don’t know how to get started? In this course taught by Sina Port, you will learn about techniques that use your personal values, passions, and skills to design a Personal Brand as unique as you are! Whether you want to land more clients for your business, get a job or be promoted, attract more eyes to your work, or simply be recognized - this course will show you how to get paid to be who you are. A Personal Brand helps you sell yourself to others before they even meet you. Because visibility equals credibility. Have you ever wondered how to get more life, career & business opportunities? How to get recognized in your field not just for what you do but for who you are? Then this class is for you! Create a Personal Brand in 7 days! This 7-day Personal Branding challenge is a great way to get in the habit of creating your brand and social media presence every day without being shy about or overthinking what you’re sharing. The benefit of creating brand content every day for 7 days is that by the 7th day, you will have multiple social media platforms and online content up and running for people to discover you. If you’re starting from scratch, this is the perfect place for you to start. But even if you already are visible online, these resources can help you refocus and optimize your content with clear brand strategies. In this class, you will learn … * How to find out what you’re good at and communicate it to the world, without feeling like a cringe salesperson. * Where to find (the right!) audience. * How to grow your social media presence to attract more life, career & business opportunities. * Strategies & tricks that help you to never run out of content ideas * How to build a brand that helps you monetize your talents "But I... * ...don’t have a big social media following?" You can build an online presence without one just fine! * ...don’t have a website?" You will learn tips and tricks for branding without fancy tools! * ...am not talented and I have no idea why people would be interested in me?" You'll learn how to find and share what you’re good at without losing yourself on the way. Join Sina Port, and take the first step in growing your Personal Brand and online presence. Instructor bio: Sina Port is a brand strategist, creative entrepreneur, podcaster, and adidas Brand Manager who started her first mini-business when she was 16 years old, and moved abroad while she studied, living in Spain, Malaysia, and the UK. Sina now lives in Germany and spends her time podcasting, and consulting brands like adidas, BMW, and TikTok on how to brand with purpose. Sina's Personal Branding journey started in 2018 when she was struggling to find a career that fit who she wanted to be. So she launched the Shared Diversity podcast, where she talked about how to use the power of diversity to help brands change the world. Her channels grew over the next few years, and she started making videos about broader topics like personal branding, business, and how to design a fulfilling creative career for yourself.
Packt
Mastering QuickBooks® 2025
Mastering QuickBooks® 2025 is your complete guide to mastering digital bookkeeping and financial management using QuickBooks Online. As businesses increasingly shift toward cloud-based accounting, the ability to manage financial operations efficiently has become an essential skill for professionals and entrepreneurs alike. In this course, you’ll gain hands-on experience setting up QuickBooks Online, managing payroll, automating workflows, and generating reports to streamline business processes. By following practical exercises and real-world examples, you’ll learn to optimize accounting tasks, simplify tax preparation, and improve overall business performance. What makes this course stand out is its blend of foundational knowledge and advanced techniques, ensuring that learners can apply theory directly in real business scenarios. With step-by-step guidance, you’ll gain confidence in handling transactions, tracking expenses, and managing compliance. This course is ideal for small business owners, bookkeepers, and accounting students who want to master QuickBooks Online. While no prior experience is required, a basic understanding of accounting principles will help learners maximize their outcomes.