Free or Low-Cost Tech Training

General Tech Training

• CompTIA A+
  • CompTIA A+ certified professionals are proven problem solvers. They support today’s core technologies from security to networking to virtualization and more. CompTIA A+ is the industry standard for launching IT careers into today’s digital world.
  • Professor Messer – Over 95 free A+ training videos
  • Udemy – Low-cost CompTIA A+ training videos
• CompTIA Network+
  • CompTIA Network+ validates the technical skills needed to securely establish, maintain and troubleshoot the essential networks that businesses rely on.
  • Professor Messer – Over 93 free Network+ training videos
  • Udemy – Low-cost CompTIA Network+ training videos
• CompTIA Security+
  • CompTIA Security+ is a global certification that validates the baseline skills necessary to perform core security functions and pursue an IT security career.
  • Professor Messer – Over 177 free Security+ training videos
  • Udemy – Low-cost CompTIA Network+ training videos
• General
  • Udemy – Choose from low-cost 213,000 online video courses with new additions published every month
  • Udacity – Master real, in-demand tech skills from home with Udacity’s 100% online learning platform. Stay ahead of the curve and get the skills you’ll need for the jobs of the future.
  • edX – Access 2000 free online courses from 140 leading institutions worldwide. Gain new skills and earn a certificate of completion
  • Coursera – Coursera Inc. is a U.S.-based massive open online course provider founded in 2012 by Stanford University computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. Coursera works with universities and other organizations to offer online courses, certifications, and degrees in a variety of subjects
  • MIT OpenCourseWare – MIT OpenCourseWare is a web based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
  • Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative – The Simon Initiative. Harnessing a learning-engineering ecosystem. Featured course: Logic & Proofs w/certificate of completion.
  • Linkedin Learning – Huge library of courseware to choose from
  • Per Scholars – Per Scholas is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance economic equity through rigorous training for tech careers and to connect skilled talent to leading businesses. They offer no-cost technical training

Linux

• Linux is the best-known and most-used open source operating system. As an operating system, Linux is software that sits underneath all of the other software
• The Linux Foundation – Never learned Linux? Want a refresh? Develop a good working knowledge of Linux using both the graphical interface and command line across the major Linux distribution families.
• Free Linux Foundation Courses – The Linux Foundation provides a neutral, trusted hub for developers and organizations to code, manage, and scale open technology projects and ecosystems.
• Linux Survival – Linux Survival is a free tutorial designed to make it as easy as possible to learn Linux. Even though Linux has hundreds of commands, there are only about a dozen you need to know to perform most basic tasks.
• Beginner’s Guide for Linux – This course module is specially designed and compiled for those beginners, who want to make their way into the Linux learning process and do the best in today’s IT organizations. This courseware is created as per requirements of the industrial environment with complete entrance to Linux, which will help you to build great success in Linux.
• Linux Fundamentals – This is the first of four tutorials designed to prepare you for the Linux Professional Institute’s 101 exam. In this tutorial, we’ll introduce you to bash (the standard Linux shell), show you how to take full advantage of standard Linux commands like ls, cp, and mv, explain inodes and hard and symbolic links, and much more. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a solid grounding in Linux fundamentals and will even be ready to begin learning some basic Linux system administration tasks.
• Udemy – Low-cost Linux training videos
• Udacity – Master real, in-demand tech skills from home with Udacity’s 100% online learning platform. Stay ahead of the curve and get the skills you’ll need for the jobs of the future.

Cloud

• Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over multiple locations, each of which is a data center.
• Google Cloud Training – Grow in-demand skills in emerging cloud technologies with Google Cloud training and certification. Explore our comprehensive curriculum on Google Cloud Skills Boost – our definitive destination for online learning, skills development, and certifications.
• Microsoft Cloud Training – Grow your skills to build and manage applications in the cloud, on-premises, and at the edge.
• Amazon Web Services Training – The only set of training programs and offerings built by the experts at AWS.
• A Cloud Guru – Learn faster. Move faster. Transform now with courses and real hands-on labs in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and beyond.

Python

• Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language. Python is a popular programming language. Python can be used on a server to create web applications.
• Learn Python the Hard Way – In Learn Python 3 the Hard Way, you’ll learn Python by working through 52 brilliantly crafted exercises. Read them. Type their code precisely. (No copying and pasting!) Fix your mistakes. Watch the programs run. As you do, you’ll learn how a computer works; what good programs look like; and how to read, write, and think about code. Zed then teaches you even more in 5+ hours of video where he shows you how to break, fix, and debug your code—live, as he’s doing the exercises.
• Learn More Python The Hard Way – The next book in the Python series teaches many of the intermediate software development and computer science topics early programmers need to know. It will use Python and the Hard Way exercise format to teach you advanced topics in a structured and logical way.
• Python Code Academy – Free and paid plans to learn basic to intermediate Python
• Learn Python – Get started learning Python with DataCamp’s free Intro to Python tutorial
• Online Python Compiler – Test out your Python skills online while learning with this free Python compiler.

Programming

• Computer programming is the process of performing a particular computation, usually by designing and building an executable computer program.
• Code Academy – Getting started is simple. We’ll give you everything you need to learn to code. Starting is easy. We’ll help you write your first line of code in minutes. Choose Your Skill Path.
• Khan Academy – A nonprofit with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
• Udacity – Master real, in-demand tech skills from home with Udacity’s 100% online learning platform. Stay ahead of the curve and get the skills you’ll need for the jobs of the future.
• Free Code Academy – Our mission: to help people learn to code for free. We accomplish this by creating thousands of videos, articles, and interactive coding lessons

Virtualization

• Virtualization enables the hardware resources of a single computer to be divided into multiple virtual computers, called virtual machines (VMs)
• Virtual Training Company – Enhance your software, business and creative skills with more than 1000 online course titles with certifications, exclusive training by VTC
• VMware Learning – VMware Learning provides training and certification programs to grow your skills and leverage opportunities available with VMware solutions.
• Linkedin Learning – Huge library of courseware to choose from
• Udemy – Choose from low-cost 213,000 online video courses with new additions published every month
• Udacity – Master real, in-demand tech skills from home with Udacity’s 100% online learning platform. Stay ahead of the curve and get the skills you’ll need for the jobs of the future.
• Microsoft Virtual Academy – Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) offers online Microsoft training delivered by experts to help technologists continually learn

Networking and Networking Security

• Learn Cisco – There are hundreds of IT-related certifications that are now available. However, Cisco’s certifications belong to the most recognizable worldwide certifications. Cisco has created the certification process to give administrators a set of skills and equip prospective employers to measure skills or match specific criteria.
• Labminutes Routing & Switching – Free training videos on how to configure Cisco routers and switches
• Labminutes Service Provider – Free training videos on how to configure Cisco routers and switches for service providers
• Labminutes Wireless – Free training videos on how to configure Cisco wireless controllers
• PacketPushers Virtual Toolbox – The Virtual Toolbox is a curated selection of infrastructure tools. Mostly sleeted for Network Engineers and Architects but a wide range of topics that should be relevant to most people.
• GNS3 Academy – All you need to become a network professional. Over 600 hours of network training.
• Networking in Public Cloud Deployments – Need to know more about software-defined networking, network automation, cloud computing, large-scale data centers, network virtualization or overlay networks? You came to the right place – ipSpace.net is focused on helping network engineers and architect understand the benefits and limitations of emerging networking and data center technologies.
• vBrownBag – vBrownBag is a community of people who believe in helping other people.
• Router-Switch – Router-switch.com is building a bridge to connect hardware to the world. Join a community designed to foster your business and career growth.

Labbing Resources

• VMware HoL – HoL stands for Hands On Labs. One of the AWESOME resources that Vmware provides for free
• Cisco dCloud – dCloud stands for “Demo Cloud.” With a free Cisco login, you can access a large variety of labs
• GNS3 – Graphical Network Simulator-3 is a network software emulator first released in 2008. It allows the combination of virtual and real devices, used to simulate complex networks. It uses Dynamips emulation software to simulate Cisco IOS.
• GNS Vaults – GNS3Vault is offering you Cisco labs and scenarios that you can download and use with the GNS3 / Dynamips software. My goal is to have a full range of labs to study for CCNA, CCNP and even CCIE. Besides “full” labs there are also plenty of labs focusing on a single technology like Frame-Relay, RIP, OSPF, EIGRP but also BGP, MPLS and many other technologies!
• Cisco DevNet Sandbox – Run your code against live infrastructure 24×7, free access to a variety of labs; choose from virtualized environments, simulators, and real hardware; Select always on labs or reservation-based labs based on your need.
• Microsoft Hands On Labs – Grow your skills to build and manage applications in the cloud, on-premises, and at the edge.
• AWS Free Tier – The AWS Free Tier provides customers the ability to explore and try out AWS services free of charge up to specified limits for each service. The Free Tier is comprised of three different types of offerings, a 12-month Free Tier, an Always Free offer, and short term trials.
• Osinato – Whether you are testing circuit bandwidth, storm control, L2/L3 forwarding, QOS, load balancing, SD WAN application policies, multicast snooping or any of the other myriad things network engineers do during their day, you need to test with traffic – in lab or production.
• Packet Tracer – Packet Tracer is a free network simulator tool for certification exam preparation, particularly for CCNA students.
• Cisco Packet Tracer – Download Packet Tracer when you enroll in one of the three self-paced Packet Tracer Courses.

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