Digital Nexus

The Department of National Defence is partnering with Microsoft to invest in the professional growth of Defence Team members. The Microsoft Enterprise Skills Initiative (ESI) provides hands-on training for a variety of Microsoft products. Moreover, Defence Team members can obtain industry-recognized certifications in Office 365, Azure, Power Platforms and Dynamics 365. Choose options that best fit your learning style, and advance your technical skills while earning achievements or preparing for a Microsoft certification.

Offerings

• Microsoft Learn. Find online learning paths that combine short, step-by-step tutorials, browser-based, interactive coding and scripting environments, and task-based achievements.
• Microsoft Virtual Training Days. These one-day digital events with live-chat moderators cover fundamentals and advanced topics for Azure, Dynamics 365, security.
• Microsoft-Delivered Courses. Live, hands-on, instructor-led training on consecutive days or in a blended experience across multiple weeks that includes chalk talks, self-study, and community engagement.

Registration

• Navigate to the ESI Learner Experience Portal (LxP)
• Log in using your cloud account (i.e. name@ecn.forces.gc.ca). If you are not prompted to link your work email account, you can do so under the Settings tab.
• On first login, select your preferences for language, time zone, and role.

For additional information on the registration process, consult the LxP help file.

Microsoft Certifications

To learn more about the free certification process, consult the following step-by-step video.

The Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) Digital Academy supports public servants and CAF members through a suite of courses that introduce foundational digital mindsets, skills and tools. Courses have a focus on combining new skills in digital/data, and were designed with a focus on their application within the Government of Canada.

The Discover Series

As one of the School's business lines, the Digital Academy supports public servants and CAF members at all stages of their learning and career progression through the Discover Series.

Other Offerings

For the complete list of CSPS courses, events and programs, consult the following page.

Registration

• Navigate to the CSPS site;
• Choose your preferred language;
• Click ‘Sign in’ on the top right of the screen;
• Create an account or sign in with your existing CSPS account;
• Navigate to the CSPS Learning catalogue on the top left of the screen;
• Search for the desired course or select the Digital, data and design topic;
• Select your course, register and launch the course!

Note that some course might have pre-requisite to complete to be able to register.

The Data Literacy Roadmap (available on DWAN only) provides a learning pathway based on your role and level of data literacy. It details learning opportunities from both internal and external providers, organized by topic and level of complexity.

Scheduled Training

A monthly updated lists of instructor-led scheduled courses can be viewed at the top of each section of the Data Literacy Roadmap.

Registration to Scheduled Training

Send an email to +ADM(DIA)Training-EntrainementSMA(DIA) positional mailbox. Make sure to include:

• The name of the course,
• The date of the course, and
• Your first name and last name.