As microbiome research expands, it becomes increasingly important to employ data practices that produce Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data enabling streamlined data reuse. This can be a challenge to implement, particularly across disciplines, research institutions, and researchers themselves. With this goal in mind, the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC) created resources for the microbiome community to create, use, and reuse environmental microbiome data. This talk will discuss the challenges associated with FAIR data generation, data management best practices, and metadata standards to support their research throughout the data lifecycle. Discussion will cover: 1) The NMDC Submission Portal, developed to facilitate standardized metadata capture and sharing; 2) The NMDC Data Portal, developed to enable FAIR data access through standardized metadata and processed data, and 3) NMDC EDGE, a bioinformatics platform developed to enable data comparisons through standardized workflows. These tools are accessible at all experience levels, no prerequisite knowledge is required! This session will also introduce participants to NMDC Field Notes, a free mobile app that streamlines real-time registration and collection of standardized metadata and field measurements.