Automate your workflow with GitHub Actions Part 1 of 2

Microsoft Learn organizes four taught modules into the first part of its Actions series. Basic automation leads into continuous integration, Azure deployment and GitHub Script. The text-based sequence suits learners who prefer reading and exercises to a single video course. It is listed as one curriculum, with its component modules kept together as one study choice.

What you will learn

• Plan repository automation around a workflow.
• Build and test an application through continuous integration.
• Use GitHub Script to interact with repository activity.

Who this suits

A GitHub account is the published prerequisite. The path spans beginner and intermediate material; a small application you understand will provide useful context for deployment exercises.

Before you enroll

Learning content is free, while external GitHub and Azure usage remains subject to account limits and service charges. A Learn achievement is different from a professional certification exam.

Read the self-paced Microsoft Learn modules without purchasing a course. Check current requirements for saving progress and running exercises. Azure resources or hosted automation beyond included allowances can create separate costs.

Put it into practice

Adapt one module’s workflow to a separate sample repository. Explain the trigger, permissions and resulting artifact, then reproduce one failure and use its logs to locate the problem.

Source and review

This overview is based on the provider's published information, checked on 14 October 2026. It is an editorial assessment, not a claim that we completed the resource. Time filters are approximate study ranges; projects and exercises can take longer.

The time filter is an editorial estimate for reading and short exercises across four modules, not a provider video-runtime claim. Independent implementation can take longer.

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Supporting provider sources

• docs.github.com: supporting course information