Microsoft Learn exam AI-102: Course is outdated and includes to be retired Azure Custom Vision service – is it still in scope?

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Microsoft Learn exam AI-102: Course is outdated and includes to be retired Azure Custom Vision service – is it still in scope?

Ulrich Farhadi 15

I am preparing for Exam AI-102. The official course material includes questions about Azure Custom Vision service, which Microsoft has announced will retire in 2028 and that if you want to make custom models for classification & detection, they refer to Azure Machine Learning AutoML. Roughly 10-15% of the course seems to depend on this tool. Can you confirm whether the current “skills measured” page for this exam is up to date, and whether knowledge of Azure Custom Vision service is still in scope for the exam? And will it be replaced with Azure Machine Learning AutoML skills instead?

Preparing for this exam has been almost impossible for me, even though i have an MSc in AI. I know foundry and most of their AI tools in and out, but I fail too many of the questions in the test exams again and again, due to them referencing outdated tools, or the answers being straight up wrong. The test-exam does not seem to test if you can use the tools properly or followed the course material. Instead it tests whether you can remember, or in reality, find random useless facts correctly in MsLearn within the given timeframe. Like: "Which color is not included in the color sheme when using this API". I would like to know if the exam questions are as silly as those, because then i will just practice my MsLearn search skills instead.

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Answer 1

Başak Pelitçi 5

I am preparing for Exam AI‑102 (Azure AI Engineer Associate) and I have already purchased the exam.

I understand that Exam AI‑102 is planned to be retired and replaced by Exam AI‑103 (Azure AI App and Agent Developer Associate).

Could you please clarify the following:

If I do not schedule or take Exam AI‑102 before its retirement date, will my purchased exam attempt automatically transition to Exam AI‑103?
Until which date can I still schedule and take Exam AI‑102 using my existing exam purchase?
Is it still valuable to take Exam AI‑102, considering that it will be retired within approximately one year, or would taking this exam be unnecessary at this point?

Thank you for your support.

Regards,

Julian Sharp 40,601 Reputation points

2026-03-09T06:48:01.54+00:00
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30th June 2026

Yes it is still valuable but if you can I would take the new exam

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/skills-hub-blog/the-ai-job-boom-is-here-are-you-ready-to-showcase-your-skills/4494128

The Microsoft Certified: Azure AI App and Agent Developer Associate Certification aligns with today’s generative and agentic architectures for planning and managing AI resources in Microsoft Foundry, building generative apps and multistep reasoning workflows, and developing production‑ready agents with multi‑agent orchestration capabilities. Exam AI-103 beta available in April 2026; training expected to be available in March 2026; exam expected to go live in June 2026.

Q. I’m preparing for an exam that’s retiring. What should I do? If you’re actively preparing for an exam that’s retiring:

If you’ve already registered for the exam, you may continue preparing for it and take it while it’s still available. Keep in mind that after the exam retires, you won’t be able to retake it if you don’t pass, and you won’t be able to renew it.

If you haven’t registered for the exam, we strongly recommend that you prepare for and take the new exam instead, as noted in the following table.

Answer 2

Julian Sharp 40,601

The exam is based on the published study guide which was last updated only two weeks ago.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/resources/study-guides/ai-102

Custom Vision will be retired in 2 year's time but is only a single objective, not 10-15%. The Vision service is not indicated for retirement. Currently available services which are used are still in scope of the exam.

I do advise my students that the Microsoft provided practice assessment provided does not align with the exam; the exam is much harder. It is really important to go through all the hands-on labs to prepare for the exam.

Ulrich Farhadi 15 Reputation points

2026-01-07T20:17:56.57+00:00

Thanks for your answer, Julian.

Based on the study guide, roughly half of the topics within “Implement computer vision solutions (10–15%)” relate to Azure Custom Vision features that are marked for retirement and are being moved to ML Studio.

You’re correct that the Vision service itself is not indicated for retirement, but it has been heavily reworked and no longer matches much of the course material. This is also true for parts of the Agent service, where endpoints have changed and several agent frameworks (such as Semantic Kernel and AutoGen) have been merged into a single framework: Microsoft Agent Framework.

When you say the exam is much harder, in what way? I completed all the labs quite easily because I was able to consult the documentation at the same time. I also have an AI background, so the theory is not particularly difficult for me. Do they expect candidates to memorize very specific or low-level details, like the example I mentioned in my original question?

I find it odd that there is no representative example showing what the exam questions are actually like.
Julian Sharp 40,601 Reputation points

2026-01-08T09:39:29.4866667+00:00

No, you do not need to remember and recall things such as colours . The questions in the exam are more scenario based.

I generally recommend MeasureUp practice tests for certain exams including AI-102 as they are closer to the exam

See recent discussions on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureCertification/comments/1q5w3db/does_the_available_training_actually_prepare_you/