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Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals

Certification details

As a candidate for this Microsoft Certification, you’re at the beginning of your career in AI solution development.

For this exam, you should have conceptual knowledge of AI solutions in Azure and the foundational technical skills to work with them. You also need knowledge of Python coding syntax and programming techniques, and you should be familiar with Azure resources.

Note

  • The bullets that follow each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how we are assessing that skill. Related topics may be covered in the exam.
  • Most questions cover features that are general availability (GA). The exam may contain questions on Preview features if those features are commonly used. You should be familiar with REST APIs, SDKs, and CLIs.

Important

The English language version of this certification was updated on April 15, 2026. Review the study guide linked on the Exam AI-901 page for details about recent changes.

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Skills earned upon completion

Job role: AI Engineer

Required exams: AI-901

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  • AI-901: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals

    Languages: en

    Retirement date:

    Prove that you can describe the following: Artificial Intelligence workloads and considerations; fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure; features of computer vision workloads on Azure; features of Natural Language Processing (NLP) workloads on Azure; and features of generative AI workloads on Azure.

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    for Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals

    All objectives of the exam are covered in depth so you'll be ready for any question on the exam.

Assessed on this exam

  • Identify AI concepts and capabilities
  • Implement AI solutions with Microsoft Foundry

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** Complete this exam before the retirement date to ensure it is applied toward your certification. After the retirement date, please refer to the related certification for exam requirements.