Training
Training and teaching
Microsoft Certified TrainerCurrent, 2026
I teach Azure and Microsoft security, and present to technical audiences on the infrastructure underneath. Free community sessions are listed here with their date, time zone and registration details.
Areas taught
What I teach
Drawn from the recorded series and presentation work below.
- AZ-900
Azure fundamentals
Cloud concepts and core Azure services, for people starting out.
- AZ-104
Azure administration
Identity, governance, storage, compute, networking and monitoring in Azure.
- SC-200
Security operations
Microsoft Defender and Sentinel: detection, investigation and response.
- Presentations
Hybrid infrastructure
On-premises estates, Azure Local and the hybrid layer between them and Azure.
Community
Upcoming sessions
Each session states who it is for, what you need in front of you, and what you should be able to do afterwards. Recordings and slides are added once available.
No sessions scheduled yet.
Sessions appear here once the date and registration details are confirmed. To hear about the next one, email mail@palanikumar.net.
How I teach
From the slide to the console
I teach the way I work: the concept, then the steps in the portal or in PowerShell, then what goes wrong and how it tells you. Every session states its prerequisites and limitations up front, and ends with something you can go and try.
Archive
Recorded training series
19 recorded sessions across 3 training series. The recordings are not public yet: selected recordings will be added after review, with links to where they are hosted.
SC-200
Microsoft Security Operations Analyst
Not yet published. Selected recordings will be added after review.
AZ-104
Microsoft Azure Administrator
Not yet published. Selected recordings will be added after review.
AZ-900
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Not yet published. Selected recordings will be added after review.
Contact
Training enquiries
Senior architecture roles, training, or a technical question about something on this site: email is the best way to reach me. LinkedIn is where I share shorter technical notes.