
Explore how to design and implement Azure AI solutions using cognitive services, including vision, language, and Azure Bot Service capabilities, and connect components with Azure Data Factory.
Design a scalable Azure solution by integrating App Service, SQL Database, Cognitive Search, AD B2C, queues, Functions, Blob Storage, Redis Cache, CDN, Traffic Manager, and Application Insights.
Learn to monitor, backup, and secure Azure resources using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Security Center. Use Azure Advisor, Azure Policy, templates, and Azure Blueprints for governance and cost optimization.
Select the right Azure AI models and services across vision, speech, search, language, and decision APIs, with examples like computer vision, form recognizer, text analytics, QnA Maker, and content moderator.
Learn how to apply role-based access control for Azure cognitive services using contributor, data reader, and cognitive service user roles, and secure keys with managed identities and Azure Key Vault.
Train a group-based Azure Face Cognitive Service model to identify and group people in images, create a person group, train, and test with a sample image using keys and endpoints.
Integrate bots with azure app services to host the bot service using serverless compute, and configure azure application insights for monitoring, logging, auditing, and troubleshooting.
Explore five blocks of an Azure machine learning pipeline—workspace and data store, data reference, compute targets, submit and publish, and run and view results—showing how Azure services fit each stage.
Learn how Azure Monitor powers availability for AI infrastructure by integrating web apps, containers, and virtual machines with Application Insights, Log Analytics, and automation for dashboards and reports.
Analyze performance data to recommend changes to an AI solution, scaling up compute and storage, scaling out web apps, and upgrading pricing plans to remove bottlenecks and balance cost.
Course Update:
While the original content is based on the AI-100 exam, learners preparing for AI-102 can still benefit from the existing modules, as the core concepts and practical knowledge remain highly relevant and applicable to the updated certification.
Course Overview:
Microsoft Azure provides a comprehensive suite of services designed to enable rapid development, deployment, and operationalization of intelligent AI-driven solutions. This course is structured to help you understand how these services integrate to support the design, implementation, monitoring, optimization, and security of AI applications in real-world scenarios.
Originally tailored for the Microsoft AI-100 certification exam, the course remains highly valuable for those pursuing AI-102, as it covers the foundational and advanced topics that are critical to success in the evolving AI landscape on Azure.
What You’ll Learn:
The course offers deep, hands-on exploration of Azure Cognitive Services APIs, including:
Vision APIs: Face detection, content tagging, and Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Language APIs: Language detection, sentiment analysis, and key phrase extraction
You’ll implement these services using both Python and JavaScript, ensuring a practical, real-world learning experience that prepares you for modern AI development tasks.
Detailed Course Content:
1. Analyze Solution Requirements (25–30%)
Recommend and select Azure Cognitive Services APIs
Choose appropriate data processing technologies and AI models
Map security and automation needs to technologies and tools
Align with data privacy, protection, and compliance regulations
Identify software, services, and storage to support the AI solution
2. Design AI Solutions (40–45%)
Create AI workflows and data ingestion/egress strategies
Integrate pipelines using Azure Machine Learning and AI apps
Build solutions using Vision, Speech, Language, and Knowledge APIs
Design and integrate bots using the Microsoft Bot Framework and LUIS
Select the right compute infrastructure (GPU, FPGA, CPU) and ensure cost-efficiency
Incorporate governance, compliance, and security principles in AI design
3. Implement and Monitor AI Solutions (25–30%)
Develop and manage AI pipelines and data flow
Construct custom AI service interfaces and solution endpoints
Integrate Azure Cognitive Services and the Microsoft Bot Framework
Implement Azure Cognitive Search
Monitor key performance metrics and optimize AI performance
Whether you are aiming to pass the AI-102 certification or seeking to apply AI concepts in your organization, this course will equip you with both theoretical understanding and practical expertise.
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