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title: "Build Azure Skills Faster with Cloud Academy, a Visual Studio Subscriber Benefit"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-azure-skills-faster-with-cloud-academy-a-visual-studio-subscriber-benefit-tykfeulzt
source_url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/build-azure-skills-faster-with-cloud-academy-a-visual-studio-subscriber-benefit
type: article
source: "Visual Studio Blog"
published: 2026-08-04T14:03:44.078Z
updated: 2026-08-04T14:04:12.255Z
tags: ["azure", "visual-studio"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Build Azure Skills Faster with Cloud Academy, a Visual Studio Subscriber Benefit

**[Visual Studio Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/vs)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Visual Studio subscribers get access to Cloud Academy, a hands-on Azure learning platform included as a subscription benefit. It offers labs, certification prep paths (AI-900, AZ-104, AZ-204, AZ-400, AZ-305), interactive assessments, sandbox environments, and AI-powered guidance. The platform covers real-world Azure scenarios including containerized deployments, Azure Functions, Microsoft Entra ID, and Azure AI. Subscribers can activate the benefit through the Visual Studio Subscriptions portal.

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