Preparing for the course
- 1. Redeem your Digital Microsoft Official Courseware (DMOC)
- 2. Create a Microsoft account
- 3. Enable an Azure subscription
- Can I use my own device?
1. Redeem your Digital Microsoft Official Courseware (DMOC)
To activate your DMOC, you will need to access Skillpipe, the digital courseware reader.
To access Skillpipe:
- Click on: https://www.skillpipe.com.
- If you are new to Skillpipe, please register and create an account
- To redeem your digital courseware, access the main menu, click on the ”+ Add” button and enter your license code.
- When prompted, you must accept the License Agreement before you can access or use the courseware.
- End User License Agreement: The courseware is licensed, not sold, and is governed by the License Agreement accompanying the courseware.
2. Create a Microsoft account.
- Open your Internet browser in new Private window or InPrivate window.
- Create a new e-mail account on Outlook.com.
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3. Enable an Azure subscription
- Azure Pass
- The Training Center will provide the Azure Pass Voucher.
- Free 15-day or 30-day.
- No credit or debit card required.
- Azure Pass limitations.
- WARNING:
- Azure pass cannot be activated on your business/organization account.
- Azure pass cannot be activated on an account that has already used or tested any Azure subscription.
- The training center does not provide a replacement Azure Pass.
- How to redeem
- Open your Internet browser in new Private window or InPrivate window.
- Log in with the new Outlook account created earlier at https://outlook.live.com/owa/.
- Go to https://www.microsoftazurepass.com/Home/HowTo?Length=5 and follow the steps.
WARNING: Do not close the browser or refresh while the Azure Pass is being activated. Either of these options will cancel your Azure Pass.
- Extra: Enable Visual Studio Dev Essentials (https://my.visualstudio.com/).
- Azure Free Account (You’ll have 30 days to use it)
- Use the new Microsoft account.
- Requires a credit or debit card, depending on the country.
- Go to https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/.
- Select ‘Free account’ and follow the steps.
- Lab Hoster Azure Cloud Slice or Cloud Express Pass
- Alternative to using Azure Passes, you will receive Azure credentials from within the lab environment.
- The access is limited to resources required for the lab.
- Each lab can be launched up to ten times.
- The labs can not be saved and later resumed.
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4. Enable Online lab host
Labs are run through an Authorized Lab Hosters(ALHs) for Microsoft Official Curriculum.
The trainee does not choose which lab hoster he wants to use, this decision is made by the training center.
Testing the Lab hoster Environment
Troubleshooting
- Use Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or another HTML5 compliant browser
- Ensure you aren’t connected to a VPN at the same time
- If you are on a corporate network, make sure your IT department doesn’t have any firewall rules that would block access
- [go deploy][https://docs.godeploy.it/general/connectivity-requirements]
- Skilable
- XtremeLabs
- If there is an issue with your local network configuration, a simple reboot may resolve it
- Lab host service status and active incident
- Testing Internet Connectivity
- A http://www.speedtest.net/ test should be carried out by selecting London or New York.
- Ensure there is a latency of less than 200ms.
- A latency of less than 150ms will give the best lab experience.
Can I use my own device?
- Yes, you just have to prepare your machine with all the necessary software. See the list of required software.
- However, it has the disadvantage that the instructor cannot help you directly. The Lab host provides functionality where the instructor directly interacts with your lab environment.
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