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Eligible Visual Studio subscriptions include subscriptions to DataCamp. With DataCamp, you can learn all the data science skills you need from the comfort of your browser. You get to choose when and what you learn. With no software to install and no special hardware requirements, learning data science is easier than ever.
The duration of your DataCamp benefit depends upon your Visual Studio subscription.
Activation steps
- Sign in to https://my.visualstudio.com/benefits.
- Locate the DataCamp benefit tile in the 'Professional Development' category, and click on Activate.
- On the DataCamp page, you can create a new account. You can choose to enter an email address and password, or sign in using existing accounts from Facebook, LinkedIn, or Google. Once you've provided your sign-in information, click Get Started.NoteWhen you begin creating your account, you may receive the following error message: 'OOPS! Your promo code is invalid or expired.' This happens because when your promo code is created, it expires after a few minutes. If you receive this message, simply return to the Benefits page and click on the Activate link on the DataCamp benefit tile.
- Once your account has been created, you can choose a learning path. Options include:
- Learning R for Data Science
- Start Learning Python for Data Science
- Develop your Data Science Skillset
Just click on your chosen path to get started. - After you have selected your path, you can further refine your learning path by selecting a goal. For example, if you chose the 'Develop your Data Science Skillset' path, you will see the following options. Choose an option, or click I am not sure. Show me all career paths to create a broader path.
- Based on the path and options you have selected, you'll see a selection of Career Tracks. Click on the Enroll button for the track of your choice.
- Once you have enrolled in your track, the first course in that track will open. You'll see a tutorial explaining how to interact with the course, including navigation and completing the course exercises.
You can stop at any point, and resume your training in your next session. Just visit http://www.datacamp.com, and sign in. You'll see your dashboard and can resume your training right where you paused. Simply click Continue Track.
Eligibility
Subscription Level | Channels | Benefit | Renewable? |
---|---|---|---|
Visual Studio Enterprise (Standard) | VL, Azure, Retail, | 3 months | No. Available to new subscribers only |
Visual Studio Professional (Standard) | VL, Azure, Retail | 3 months | No. Available to new subscribers only |
Visual Studio Test Professional (Standard) | VL, Retail | 3-months | No. Available to new subscribers only |
MSDN Platforms (Standard) | VL, Retail | 3-months | No. Available to new subscribers only |
Visual Studio Enterprise (Standard) | NFR1 | Not available | N/A |
Visual Studio Enterprise, Visual Studio Professional (monthly cloud) | Azure | Not available | N/A |
1Includes: Not for Resale (NFR), FTE, Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Regional Director (RD), Microsoft Partner Network (MPN), Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP), Microsoft Certified Trainer, BizSpark, Imagine
Note
Microsoft no longer offers Visual Studio Professional Annual subscriptions and Visual Studio Enterprise Annual subscriptions in Cloud Subscriptions. There will be no change to existing customers experience and ability to renew, increase, decrease, or cancel their subscriptions. New customers are encouraged to go to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/pricing/ to explore different options to purchase Visual Studio.
Not sure which subscription you're using? Connect to https://my.visualstudio.com/subscriptions to see all the subscriptions assigned to your email address. If you don't see all your subscriptions, you may have one or more assigned to a different email address. You'll need to sign in with that email address to see those subscriptions.
Support resources
- Need help with using DataCamp? Check out these resources:
- DataCamp Community, featuring forums and tutorials.
- DataCamp Help Center, where search support topics and see request user questions.
- For assistance with sales, subscriptions, accounts and billing for Visual Studio Subscriptions, contact Visual Studio Subscriptions Support.
- Have a question about Visual Studio IDE, Azure DevOps Services or other Visual Studio products or services? Visit Visual Studio Support.
Data programming has been a topic of interest of mine for the past year and peaked just a few months ago. I started attending R sessions at conferences to gain as much knowledge as I could and to decide if this was a development track I wanted to pursue. R and Python have been gaining in popularity over the past several years so I thought maybe I was late to the game. Judging by the crowd at these conferences there were a lot of beginners and curious attendees. Maybe I'm not so late after all.
After enough research and conferences, I decided that R was the better fit and aligned well with my career path. So, I scratched the itch. Well, I tried. However, like most people learning something new, I had lots and lots of questions but didn't want to waste anymore time searching for online help. R was incredibly confusing and I was getting nowhere fast, so I switched directions and looked for a structured learning program instead. If there was a logical learning progression for guitar or jiu jitsu, I had decided that there must be one for data programming too.
Turns out I was right...I think. I started out with a free trial from DataCamp but after a couple of weeks I realized that the subscription would save me a lot of time and frustration.
After making it half way through the intermediate R course I asked Robert Daniel, Chief Sales Officer at DataCamp, to join me on the podcast to talk a little bit about online learning for data scientists. Don't worry, this episode isn't a sales pitch for DataCamp. Because my journey took about a year, I imagine that others are also looking for resources and wondering where to get started. If that's you, listen to this episode. It's intended to be informative and a short listen.
Enjoy and leave a comment below if you have other resources that you'd like to recommend.
On this episode we discuss the following…
- Intro to DataCamp and their mission
- Why online learning has emerged and servicing the data scientist community
- How businesses are adopting online programs to train their data scientists
- What DataCamp has learned from learners over the past 4 years and how that’s driving product innovation
- How DataCamp designs their learning tracks around the way data scientists learn
- The two main differences between DataCamp and other online learning programs
- Continuing your data programming education and available learning tracks