BORDONARO ACADEMY
The market will not deliver your Azure people. So we build yours.
109,000 IT positions in Germany are unfilled, filling one takes 7.7 months on average, and 79 percent of companies expect it to get worse (Bitkom 2025). Waiting is not a strategy. In 5 to 10 days I turn your admins into Azure operators, your seniors into architects and whole crews into cloud teams. With labs instead of slide marathons, led by a 8x Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer. More than 800 professionals from 47 companies have flown this route over the last ten years.
- MVP since 2019
- MCT
- 800+ professionals trained
- 47 companies in the last 10 years
- Formats: 5 or 10 days, 5+5 package
- Remote or on site
What you get here and nowhere else.
1
Disconnected and sovereign as a training
Air-gapped deployment, operations without internet, sovereign AI with Foundry Local: based on our market overview, no other German provider currently offers this. For critical infrastructure, public sector and defence it is daily business.
2
Labs on real enterprise hardware
Practice happens in the Tier 4 lab with 800+ cores, not in a simulator. What your people break here, they will never break at your site again.
3
A trainer from real operations
MCT, 8x MVP, running Azure Stack Hub since 2017. Your people learn from someone who operates what he teaches every day: in the Tier 4 lab and in projects from critical infrastructure to defence.
TRACK CATALOG
All tracks at a glance
From the AZ-900 entry level to disconnected operations and sovereign AI. Every track with audience, outcomes, agenda and price.
FOUND-05Azure Foundation ExpressTraining in German or English5 daysRemote live in express format, in-house optionalfrom €4,900plus VAT
Audience
Career switchers and IT-adjacent roles without Azure experience who need a solid foundation in 5 days.
Outcomes
- Confidently classify cloud and Azure core concepts and explain them in a business context
- Operate core services in the portal yourself: compute, storage, networking, identity
- Understand pricing models and control costs with calculator and budgets
- Exam readiness for AZ-900
Agenda
Certification anchor
AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals), with business relevance instead of pure exam drill.
from €4,900plus VAT
Per person, 5 training days. In-house from €6,900 per training day, up to 12 people.
OPS-10Azure Cloud OperatorTraining in German or English10 daysRemote live in express format, in-house optionalfrom €9,800plus VAT
Audience
Windows and Linux admins taking Azure environments into production operations. Basic virtualization and networking knowledge assumed.
Outcomes
- Administer Azure environments independently: compute, storage, networking, identity
- Set up production-ready monitoring and alerting: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics
- Run hybrid scenarios with Windows Server and Azure Arc
- Exam readiness for AZ-104
Agenda
Certification anchor
AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate), extended with excerpts from AZ-800/801.
from €9,800plus VAT
Per person, 10 training days. In-house from €6,900 per training day, up to 12 people.
ARCH-10Azure Hybrid Architect ExpressTraining in German or English10 daysRemote live in express format, in-house optionalfrom €9,900plus VAT
Audience
Senior engineers with Azure operations experience at AZ-104 level moving into the architect role.
Outcomes
- Design and justify Azure architectures based on CAF and WAF
- Plan hybrid networks with hub-spoke, VPN, ExpressRoute and Private Endpoints
- Govern and manage on-prem resources consistently with Azure Arc
- Exam readiness for AZ-305 and AZ-700
Agenda
Certification anchor
AZ-305 and AZ-700, with CAF and WAF as the method framework.
from €9,900plus VAT
Per person, 10 training days. In-house from €6,900 per training day, up to 12 people.
LOCAL-5X5Azure Local Operator incl. Disconnected OperationsTraining in German or English5+5 days (two blocks)Package: block 1 remote live, block 2 with disconnected labs on sitefrom €10,500plus VAT
Audience
On-prem operators with a Hyper-V or VMware background, especially from critical infrastructure, defence and public sector.
Outcomes
- Plan, deploy and run Azure Local clusters: sizing, networking, Storage Spaces Direct, AKS
- Master lifecycle operations: updates, monitoring, Arc integration, troubleshooting
- Disconnected operations: deploy air-gapped and run without a permanent cloud connection
- Assess and execute migrations from VMware and Azure Stack Hub
Agenda
Certification anchor
No Microsoft exam covers disconnected operations. Oriented on AZ-800/801, certificate of completion by BORDONARO IT.
from €10,500plus VAT
Per person, 10 training days as a 5+5 package (two blocks). In-house from €8,900 per training day, up to 12 people, including lab design on your hardware.
ASH-05Azure Stack Hub BridgeTraining in German or English5 daysRemote live in express format, in-house optionalfrom €5,250plus VAT
Audience
Azure Stack Hub operators in the refresh phase who keep running their environment or prepare the move to Azure Local.
Outcomes
- Run Azure Stack Hub safely: updates, secrets, capacity
- Make a well-founded refresh decision: keep running, Azure Local or cloud
- Assess and plan migration paths to Azure Local
- First-hand knowledge: Azure Stack Hub runs in production in the in-house Tier 4 lab
Agenda
Certification anchor
AZ-600 (Azure Stack Hub Operator). Microsoft has retired the exam; its content remains the operations standard.
from €5,250plus VAT
Per person, 5 training days. In-house from €6,900 per training day, up to 12 people.
AI-05Sovereign AI OperatorTraining in German or English5 daysRemote live, air-gapped capstone on site recommendedfrom €5,250plus VAT
Audience
Platform admins and on-prem specialists who run generative AI in isolated environments. Focus on operations, no data science.
Outcomes
- Deploy, run and update LLMs on-prem with Foundry Local
- Build RAG pipelines fully on-prem: embeddings, vector store, guardrails
- Air-gapped operations: model and update supply without internet access
- Prove GDPR, NIS2 and critical-infrastructure requirements architecturally
Agenda
Certification anchor
No Microsoft exam covers air-gapped AI. AI-102 as orientation, certificate of completion "Sovereign AI Operator".
from €5,250plus VAT
Per person, 5 training days. In-house from €8,900 per training day, up to 12 people.
IAC-05Azure DevOps & IaC Hands-OnTraining in German or English5 daysRemote live in express format, in-house optionalfrom €3,500plus VAT
Audience
Operators and admins on the path to engineer who want to build and roll out infrastructure as code. Azure knowledge at AZ-104 level recommended.
Outcomes
- Write, test and deploy infrastructure as code with Bicep and Terraform
- Build CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions
- Roll out environments repeatably and versioned instead of click operations
- Lay the foundation for the AZ-400 path
Agenda
Certification anchor
Hands-on track without exam focus. AZ-400 as an optional follow-up path.
from €3,500plus VAT
Per person, 5 training days. In-house from €6,900 per training day, up to 12 people.
SEC-05Azure Security & Identity Deep DiveTraining in German or English5 daysRemote live in express format, in-house optionalfrom €5,250plus VAT
Audience
Security engineers and admins with security responsibility, especially in critical-infrastructure and regulated environments.
Outcomes
- Design and justify zero-trust architectures per SC-100
- Secure identities with Entra ID: Conditional Access, PIM, Identity Protection
- Detect and handle threats with Defender XDR and Sentinel
- Translate critical-infrastructure and NIS2 requirements into Azure security controls
Agenda
Certification anchor
SC-100, SC-200 and SC-300 as the certification map, zero trust as the method framework.
from €5,250plus VAT
Per person, 5 training days. In-house from €6,900 per training day, up to 12 people.
SALES-05Azure Sales AcceleratorTraining in German or English5 daysOn site or remote livefrom €4,450plus VAT
Audience
Sales, account managers and presales at Microsoft partners and system integrators who want to build Azure sales systematically. No Azure knowledge required.
Outcomes
- Calculate and present TCO and ROI arguments for Azure deals yourself
- Master the sovereign sales story: data sovereignty as a closing argument
- Structure discovery, qualification and proposal scoping for Azure projects
- Establish a shared language between sales and presales
Agenda
Certification anchor
Sales enablement without an exam. Optional follow-up path: AZ-900.
from €4,450plus VAT
Per person, 5 training days. In-house from €7,900 per training day, up to 12 people. Distributor sponsoring possible, reference: ADN Distribution.
INHOUSEIn-House ProgramsTraining in German or EnglishindividualAt your site, remote or hybrid, air-gapped possibleon request
Audience
Entire IT teams of companies, public sector and system integrators. The program is assembled from all Academy tracks.
Outcomes
- Program tailored exactly to team skill level and target picture
- Your own use cases and your own environment as the lab base
- Training on your hardware possible, including isolated networks
- Scheduling around day-to-day operations
Agenda
Certification anchor
Certification anchors depending on selected tracks, certificate of completion by BORDONARO IT.
on request
Day rates from €6,900 per training day plus VAT, up to 12 people. Disconnected and sovereign tracks from €8,900 per training day.
WOFWorkforce of the FutureTraining in German or English4 to 8 weeksProgram for entire teams, remote, on site or hybridon request
Audience
Complete IT departments of mid-sized companies, enterprises, public sector and system integrators moving from classic on-prem IT to cloud operations.
Outcomes
- Develop the entire team from classic IT to cloud operations
- Individual learning paths per person based on a skill audit
- Live lab in your own environment with use cases from your own business
- Embedded mentoring during the first weeks of production operations
Agenda
Certification anchor
Certification anchors depending on the track bundle, maturity score as the program conclusion.
on request
Program price based on skill audit and module scope. An inquiry with team size and target picture is enough.
Custom training
Your topic is missing? We compose your training individually.
Modules from all tracks can be combined, in German or English, remote or on site.
All trainings are held in German or English, all prices are starting prices plus VAT. Individually composed trainings are available on request. Ideal as a deep dive after the free Microsoft Cloud Weeks. Based on our market overview, no other German provider currently offers the disconnected and sovereign tracks.
SKILL-AUDIT
Want to bet you don't know what your team can really do?
10 questions. An honest answer. A concrete training path — calibrated by the captain, not by sales.
Question 1 of 10
Can your team confidently explain Azure fundamentals (IaaS/PaaS, shared responsibility) in a business context?
Frequently asked questions
How does a remote live training work?
Live via video conference with a fixed training plan: theory in the morning, labs in the afternoon, daily result checks. Your people work from home or from the office, the trainer is present throughout. A maximum of 12 participants per course.
What does express format mean in practice?
Full training days with one clear learning goal in 5 or 10 days (5+5 package in two blocks), instead of single sessions stretched over months. The pace is high, the result measurable: exam readiness or an operations runbook on the last day.
Are there individual seats or teams only?
Both. In-house formats with up to 12 people are the standard. Selected tracks offer open individual seats, dates on request.
How do in-house and air-gapped work?
Theory remote or on site, disconnected labs always on site: on your hardware or on provided lab hardware. For defence and critical infrastructure we work entirely without internet access, including offline material supply.
What happens after the training?
Every track ends with a certification roadmap: which exam comes next and which practice makes sense until then. On request, coaching sessions follow, or the start of co-management with BORDONARO IT.
SKILL GAP CHECK
Which track fits which profile?
The mapping matrix as a PDF: from admin profile to architect, with track recommendation and certification anchor. Enter your E-Mail and the matrix lands in your inbox.
Unsure which track fits? A 20-minute skill call, and you will know.
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