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Study guide for Exam AI-

900: Microsoft Azure AI

Fundamentals

Article • 05/03/2024 • 2 contributors  Feedback

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Purpose of this document

Updates to the exam

Skills measured as of April 24, 2024

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Purpose of this document

This study guide should help you understand what

to expect on the exam and includes a summary of

the topics the exam might cover and links to

additional resources. The information and materials

in this document should help you focus your studies

as you prepare for the exam.

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measured as of measured AFTER the date provided.

April 24, 2024 Study this list if you plan to take the

exam AFTER that date.

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measured prior your exam PRIOR to the date

to April 24, 2024 provided.

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that will be made on the date

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Assessment the exam.

Updates to the exam

Our exams are updated periodically to reflect skills

that are required to perform a role. We have

included two versions of the Skills Measured

objectives depending on when you are taking the

exam.

We always update the English language version of

the exam first. Some exams are localized into other

languages, and those are updated approximately

eight weeks after the English version is updated.

While Microsoft makes every effort to update

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updated on this schedule. Other available languages

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Details webpage. If the exam isn't available in your

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30 minutes to complete the exam.

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.

Note

Most questions cover features that are general

availability (GA). The exam may contain questions on

Preview features if those features are commonly

used.

Skills measured as of April 24,

2024

Audience profile

This exam is an opportunity for you to demonstrate

knowledge of machine learning and AI concepts and

related Microsoft Azure services. As a candidate for

this exam, you should have familiarity with Exam AI-

900’s self-paced or instructor-led learning material.

This exam is intended for you if you have both

technical and non-technical backgrounds. Data

science and software engineering experience are not

required. However, you would benefit from having

awareness of:

Basic cloud concepts

Client-server applications

You can use Azure AI Fundamentals to prepare for

other Azure role-based certifications like Azure Data

Scientist Associate or Azure AI Engineer Associate,

but it’s not a prerequisite for any of them.

Skills at a glance

Describe Artificial Intelligence workloads and

considerations (15–20%)

Describe fundamental principles of machine

learning on Azure (20–25%)

Describe features of computer vision

workloads on Azure (15–20%)

Describe features of Natural Language

Processing (NLP) workloads on Azure (15–

20%)

Describe features of generative AI workloads

on Azure (15–20%)

Describe Ar tificial Intelligence

workloads and considerations (15–

20%)

Identify features of common AI workloads

Identify features of content moderation and

personalization workloads

Identify computer vision workloads

Identify natural language processing

workloads

Identify knowledge mining workloads

Identify document intelligence workloads

Identify features of generative AI workloads

Identify guiding principles for responsible

AI

Describe considerations for fairness in an AI

solution

Describe considerations for reliability and

safety in an AI solution

Describe considerations for privacy and

security in an AI solution

Describe considerations for inclusiveness in an

AI solution

Describe considerations for transparency in an

AI solution

Describe considerations for accountability in an

AI solution

Describe fundamental principles of

machine learning on Azure (20–25%)

Identify common machine learning

techniques

Identify regression machine learning scenarios

Identify classification machine learning

scenarios

Identify clustering machine learning scenarios

Identify features of deep learning techniques

Describe core machine learning concepts

Identify features and labels in a dataset for

machine learning

Describe how training and validation datasets

are used in machine learning

Describe Azure Machine Learning

capabilities

Describe capabilities of automated machine

learning

Describe data and compute services for data

science and machine learning

Describe model management and deployment

capabilities in Azure Machine Learning

Describe features of computer vision

workloads on Azure (15–20%)

Identify common types of computer vision

solution

Identify features of image classification

solutions

Identify features of object detection solutions

Identify features of optical character

recognition solutions

Identify features of facial detection and facial

analysis solutions

Identify Azure tools and ser vices for

computer vision tasks

Describe capabilities of the Azure AI Vision

service

Describe capabilities of the Azure AI Face

detection service

Describe features of Natural

Language Processing (NLP) workloads

on Azure (15–20%)

Identify features of common NLP Workload

Scenarios

Identify features and uses for key phrase

extraction

Identify features and uses for entity recognition

Identify features and uses for sentiment

analysis

Identify features and uses for language

modeling

Identify features and uses for speech

recognition and synthesis

Identify features and uses for translation

Identify Azure tools and ser vices for NLP

workloads

Describe capabilities of the Azure AI Language

service

Describe capabilities of the Azure AI Speech

service

Describe features of generative AI

workloads on Azure (15–20%)

Identify features of generative AI solutions

Identify features of generative AI models

Identify common scenarios for generative AI

Identify responsible AI considerations for

generative AI

Identify capabilities of Azure OpenAI

Ser vice

Describe natural language generation

capabilities of Azure OpenAI Service

Describe code generation capabilities of Azure

OpenAI Service

Describe image generation capabilities of

Azure OpenAI Service

Study resources

We recommend that you train and get hands-on

experience before you take the exam. We offer self-

study options and classroom training as well as links

to documentation, community sites, and videos.

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Study Links to learning and

resources documentation

Get trained Choose from self-paced learning paths

and modules or take an instructor-led

course

Find Anomaly Detector

documentation Language Understanding

Azure Machine Learning

Computer Vision

Natural language processing

technology

Azure Bot Service

Speech to Text

Speech Translation

Ask a question Microsoft Q&A | Microsoft Docs

Get Artificial Intelligence and Machine

community Learning Hub

support

Follow Microsoft Learn - Microsoft Tech

Microsoft Community

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Find a video The AI Show

Browse other Microsoft Learn shows

Change log

Key to understanding the table: The topic groups

(also known as functional groups) are in bold

typeface followed by the objectives within each

group. The table is a comparison between the two

versions of the exam skills measured and the third

column describes the extent of the changes.

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Skill area prior to Skill area as of Change

April 24, 2024 April 24, 2024

Audience profile No

change

Describe Artificial Describe Artificial No

Intelligence Intelligence change

workloads and workloads and

considerations considerations

Identify features of Identify features of No

common AI common AI change

workloads workloads

Identify guiding Identify guiding No

principles for principles for change

responsible AI responsible AI

Describe Describe No

fundamental fundamental change

principles of principles of

machine learning on machine learning on

Azure Azure

Identify common Identify common No

machine learning machine learning change

techniques techniques

Describe core Describe core No

machine learning machine learning change

concepts concepts

Describe Azure Describe Azure Minor

Machine Learning Machine Learning

capabilities capabilities

Describe features of Describe features of No

computer vision computer vision change

workloads on Azure workloads on Azure

Identify common Identify common No

types of computer types of computer change

vision solution vision solution

Identify Azure tools Identify Azure tools Minor

and services for and services for

computer vision computer vision tasks

tasks

Describe features of Describe features of No

Natural Language Natural Language change

Processing (NLP) Processing (NLP)

workloads on Azure workloads on Azure

Identify features of Identify features of No

common NLP common NLP change

Workload Scenarios Workload Scenarios

Identify Azure tools Identify Azure tools Minor

and services for NLP and services for NLP

workloads workloads

Describe features of Describe features of No

generative AI generative AI change

workloads on Azure workloads on Azure

Identify features of Identify features of No

generative AI generative AI change

solutions solutions

Identify capabilities of Identify capabilities of No

Azure OpenAI Service Azure OpenAI Service change

Skills measured prior to April

24, 2024

Audience profile

This exam is an opportunity for you to demonstrate

knowledge of machine learning and AI concepts and

related Microsoft Azure services. As a candidate for

this exam, you should have familiarity with Exam AI-

900’s self-paced or instructor-led learning material.

This exam is intended for you if you have both

technical and non-technical backgrounds. Data

science and software engineering experience are not

required. However, you would benefit from having

awareness of:

Basic cloud concepts

Client-server applications

You can use Azure AI Fundamentals to prepare for

other Azure role-based certifications like Azure Data

Scientist Associate or Azure AI Engineer Associate,

but it’s not a prerequisite for any of them.

Skills at a glance

Describe Artificial Intelligence workloads and

considerations (15–20%)

Describe fundamental principles of machine

learning on Azure (20–25%)

Describe features of computer vision

workloads on Azure (15–20%)

Describe features of Natural Language

Processing (NLP) workloads on Azure (15–

20%)

Describe features of generative AI workloads

on Azure (15–20%)

Describe Ar tificial Intelligence

workloads and considerations (15–

20%)

Identify features of common AI workloads

Identify features of content moderation and

personalization workloads

Identify computer vision workloads

Identify natural language processing

workloads

Identify knowledge mining workloads

Identify document intelligence workloads

Identify features of generative AI workloads

Identify guiding principles for responsible

AI

Describe considerations for fairness in an AI

solution

Describe considerations for reliability and

safety in an AI solution

Describe considerations for privacy and

security in an AI solution

Describe considerations for inclusiveness in an

AI solution

Describe considerations for transparency in an

AI solution

Describe considerations for accountability in an

AI solution

Describe fundamental principles of

machine learning on Azure (20–25%)

Identify common machine learning

techniques

Identify regression machine learning scenarios

Identify classification machine learning

scenarios

Identify clustering machine learning scenarios

Identify features of deep learning techniques

Describe core machine learning concepts

Identify features and labels in a dataset for

machine learning

Describe how training and validation datasets

are used in machine learning

Describe Azure Machine Learning

capabilities

Describe capabilities of Automated machine

learning

Describe data and compute services for data

science and machine learning

Describe model management and deployment

capabilities in Azure Machine Learning

Describe features of computer vision

workloads on Azure (15–20%)

Identify common types of computer vision

solution:

Identify features of image classification

solutions

Identify features of object detection solutions

Identify features of optical character

recognition solutions

Identify features of facial detection and facial

analysis solutions

Identify Azure tools and ser vices for

computer vision tasks

Describe capabilities of the Azure AI Vision

service

Describe capabilities of the Azure AI Face

detection service

Describe capabilities of the Azure AI Video

Indexer service

Describe features of Natural

Language Processing (NLP) workloads

on Azure (15–20%)

Identify features of common NLP Workload

Scenarios

Identify features and uses for key phrase

extraction

Identify features and uses for entity recognition

Identify features and uses for sentiment

analysis

Identify features and uses for language

modeling

Identify features and uses for speech

recognition and synthesis

Identify features and uses for translation

Identify Azure tools and ser vices for NLP

workloads

Describe capabilities of the Azure AI Language

service

Describe capabilities of the Azure AI Speech

service

Describe capabilities of the Azure AI Translator

service

Describe features of generative AI

workloads on Azure (15–20%)

Identify features of generative AI solutions

Identify features of generative AI models

Identify common scenarios for generative AI

Identify responsible AI considerations for

generative AI

Identify capabilities of Azure OpenAI

Ser vice

Describe natural language generation

capabilities of Azure OpenAI Service

Describe code generation capabilities of Azure

OpenAI Service

Describe image generation capabilities of

Azure OpenAI Service

Additional resources

 Training

Module
Fundamentals of Azure AI ser vices - Training

This module is an introduction to how Azure AI services can

be used to build applications.

Certification
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals -

Certifications

Demonstrate fundamental AI concepts related to the

development of software and services of Microsoft Azure to

create AI solutions.

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