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Microsoft Back-End Developer Professional Certificate

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Microsoft Back-End Developer Professional Certificate

Launch your Career in Back-End Development. Start your journey as a back-end developer. Develop job-ready AI-powered skills and earn a certificate from Microsoft. No prior experience is required.

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Instructor: Microsoft

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6 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.7

(80 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

6 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Demonstrate proficiency in designing, implementing, and deploying scalable .NET Core solutions, ensuring performance, security, and maintainability.

  • Apply OOP principles in the creation of modular, scalable solutions in C#, demonstrated through coding projects.

  • Optimize system performance and security, implementing advanced algorithms and caching techniques, resulting in measurable efficiency improvements.

  • Improve development workflows by implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices, ensuring efficient deployment.

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What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: C# (Programming Language)
Category: Pseudocode
Category: Debugging
Category: Algorithms
Category: Program Development
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Back-End Web Development
Category: Version Control
Category: Engineering Software
Category: GitHub
Category: Data Structures
Category: Computational Thinking
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Integrated Development Environments

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: C# (Programming Language)
Category: Debugging
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Microsoft Visual Studio
Category: .NET Framework
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Development Environment
Category: Microsoft Development Tools
Category: Integrated Development Environments

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Middleware
Category: ASP.NET
Category: Routing Protocols
Category: C# (Programming Language)
Category: JSON
Category: .NET Framework
Category: Back-End Web Development
Category: Debugging
Category: Application Frameworks
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Restful API
Category: Server Side
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: SQL
Category: Data Security
Category: Transaction Processing
Category: Object-Relational Mapping
Category: Database Management
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Databases
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Database Design
Category: Query Languages
Category: Data Integrity
Security and Authentication

Security and Authentication

Course 539 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Authentications
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Category: Encryption
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: JSON
Category: Back-End Web Development
Category: Data Storage
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Data Security
Category: Secure Coding
Category: Application Security
Category: ASP.NET
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: .NET Framework

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Scalability
Category: SQL
Category: Query Languages
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Redis
Category: Database Management
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Performance Testing
Category: Distributed Computing
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Systems Architecture

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Structures
Category: Algorithms
Category: Graph Theory
Category: Microsoft Development Tools
Category: Back-End Web Development
Category: .NET Framework
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Scalability
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: C# (Programming Language)
Category: Performance Tuning
Deployment and DevOps

Deployment and DevOps

Course 837 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: CI/CD
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Cloud Security
Category: DevOps
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Scripting
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Microsoft Azure
Category: Debugging
Category: Automation
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Cloud Applications

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