Microsoft Software & Systems Academy

MSSA is an intensive 17-week technical training program designed to provide transitioning service members, veterans, and reserve members with critical skills required for today's growing technology industry. The program provides training for high-demand careers in the technology industry.

MSSA is a full-time program facilitated between the hours of 0800-1700, Monday through Friday. Applicants must be able to commit to the instructional time zone for their selected cohort. Please click on your preferred region to see specific requirements. Self-guided, self-paced, evening, and part-time offerings are not supported.

Before you sign in:

If you are a new MSSA Applicant

• Create your MSSA applicant profile using an outlook.com email. If you don't have one, please go to outlook.live.com. We recommend the following format FirstName.LastName@outlook.com or FirstName.LastName1@outlook.com. If those email addresses are not available, you can try adding your middle initial, or try different number(s) after your name.
• Once your outlook account is created, click "Sign-In" then select Outlook-Microsoft Account (MSA) on the top right corner of this page to create your MSSA applicant profile. If you use any other type of email like "gmail.com" or "yahoo.com", you won't be able to access the application form.

If you are a MSSA Hiring Partner

• Click "Sign-In" then selectHiring Partner Login (Azure AD) on the top right corner of this page.
• If you get an error page, please email mssaops@microsoft.com and request access to the Hiring Partner portal. For more information about the MSSA Hiring Partner Program, please visit Military Affairs website.

For more information, please visit the aka.ms/mssa.