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Introduction to AI in Azure (AI-901T00)
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This course introduces fundamental concepts related to artificial intelligence (AI), and the services in Microsoft Azure that can be used to create AI solutions. It teaches a mix of AI concepts and technology skills that are considered foundational to a successful career implementing AI solutions on Microsoft Azure.
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Course Outline and Details
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with AI concepts and terminology
- Basic understanding of machine learning principles.
- Basic understanding of computing concepts and Python.
- Familiarity with Azure portal
Target Audience
This course is for aspiring technology professionals at the beginning of their career in AI solution development. Some knowledge of Python coding syntax and programming techniques is useful. Additionally, knowledge of core cloud concepts, including cloud storage, cloud compute, and cloud-based authentication and authorization is recommended.
Course Objectives
- Introduction to AI concepts
- Introduction to machine learning concepts
- Get started with machine learning in Azure
- Introduction to generative AI concepts
- Get started with generative AI in Azure
- Introduction to natural language processing concepts
- Get started with natural language processing in Azure
- Get started with speech in Azure
- Introduction to computer vision concepts
- Get started with computer vision in Azure
- Introduction to AI-powered information extraction concepts
- Get started with AI-powered information extraction in Azure
Course Outline
Introduction to AI Concepts
- Introduction to AI
- Generative AI and agents
- Text and natural language
- Speech
- Computer vision
- Information extraction
- Responsible AI
- Exercise – Explore a simple AI agent
Introduction to Generative AI & Agents
- Large language models (LLMs)
- Prompts
- AI agents
- Exercise – Explore generative AI
Introduction to Natural Language Processing Concepts
- Tokenization
- Statistical text analysis.
- Semantic language models
- Exercise – Explore text analytics
Introduction to AI Speech Concerts
- Speech-enabled solutions
- Speech recognition
- Speech synthesis
- Exercise – Explore AI speech
Introduction to Computer Vision Concepts
- Computer vision tasks and techniques
- Images and image processing
- Convolutional neural networks
- Vision transformers and multimodal models
- Image generation
- Exercise – Explore computer vision
Introduction to AI-Powered Information Extraction Concepts
- Overview of information extraction
- Optical character recognition (OCR)
- Field extraction and mapping
- Exercise – Explore AI information extraction
Get Started with AI Applications & Agents on Azure
- Get Started with AI in Azure
- Understand Azure
- Developing AI apps on Azure
- Microsoft Foundry for AI
- Using Microsoft Foundry endpoints
- Exercise – Get started with Microsoft Foundry
Get Started with Generative AI & Agents in Azure
- Generative AI models
- Using a generative AI model
- Creating an agent
- Exercise – Get started with generative AI and agents in Microsoft Foundry
Get Started with Text Analysis in Azure
- Azure Language
- Azure Language SDK
- Azure Language MCP
- Exercise – Get started with text analysis in Microsoft Foundry
Get Started with Speech in Azure
- Speech recognition
- Speech synthesis
- Creating a speech-capable agent
- Exercise – Get started with speech in Microsoft Foundry
Get Started with Computer Vision in Azure
- Multimodal models for image analysis
- Image generation models
- Video generation models
- Exercise – Get started with computer vision in Microsoft Foundry
Get Started with AI-Powered Information Extraction in Azure
- Extract information from documents
- Extract information from audio and video
- Exercise – Get started with Content Understanding in Microsoft Foundry