
Learn the FastAPI application factory pattern with createApp, modular endpoints, Pydantic validation, and lifespan management, including health checks and deploying to Azure Container Registry.
Learn how Azure Kubernetes Service enables GPU, stateful storage, and advanced networking for AI workloads, with deployment manifests, kubectl, config maps, secrets, and persistent volumes; master scaling and troubleshooting.
Explore Kubernetes auto-scaling by configuring horizontal pod auto-scaler and cluster auto-scaler to automatically adjust pods and nodes based on CPU utilization, balancing performance and costs.
Configure Kubernetes liveness and readiness probes with HTTP health endpoints in a manifest. See how probes restart or remove pods in the Kubernetes lifecycle and test them using sabotage endpoints.
Learn how to implement Cosmos DB vector search and design a data processing pipeline for scalable AI workloads within the Azure AI Cloud Developer framework.
Extend Azure Cosmos DB vector search into a fast API by integrating Azure Cosmos DB vector search with OpenAI to deliver semantic search and memory-enabled results.
Build a Postgres SQL vector search pipeline using the pgvector extension, deploying a flexible server, generating embeddings with Azure OpenAI, and performing vector, text, and hybrid searches on PDF data.
Explore Azure managed Redis with the Redis Stack for ultra-fast vector search, embedding indexing, and k nearest neighbors queries using ft.create, ft.search, and JSON.set in ram.
Explore how Azure Service Bus decouples ai workloads with queues and topics, enabling asynchronous messaging and reliable delivery to handle traffic bursts.
Explore Azure Functions as serverless code triggered by HTTP, Service Bus, or Event Grid, using bindings to route data to Cosmos DB, blob storage, or other services.
Use Azure Functions as a transformer between Event Grid and a fast API, converting events to HTTP requests while keeping the API unchanged. Learn bindings, environment variables, and deployment.
Learn how Azure Key Vault securely stores secrets, keys, and certificates, enables managed identities and role-based access control, and supports versioning, rotation, caching, and app configuration integration.
Discover Azure App Configuration as a centralized service for key value pairs and feature flags, enabling environment-specific values and no restart toggles.
Query Azure telemetry with kql in Application Insights to analyze traces, logs, requests, and dependencies, then build dashboards with workbooks and alerts, including ai-focused kql queries for embeddings and llm.
Develop and compare synchronous rag api and asynchronous batch inference architectures on Azure AI cloud. Link container apps, Cosmos DB, Redis, Service Bus, Event Grid, Kubernetes, and OpenTelemetry for monitoring.
AI-200: Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate – Complete Course
Key Benefits
Production-Scale Implementation: Go beyond agent logic with comprehensive lectures and hands-on code walkthroughs covering Kubernetes deployment, Cosmos DB vector search, multi-agent scaling, and Entra ID security.
Architectural Mastery: Understand the 'why' behind cloud AI patterns with deep dives into Azure Container Apps, AKS, and enterprise vector databases from official documentation.
Build Real-World Solutions: Move from concept to infrastructure by building deployable AI systems that leverage Kubernetes orchestration, Cosmos DB for grounding, and secure managed identities.
Pass the AI-200 Confidently: Complement your exam practice with the technical depth and practical experience required to master Microsoft's latest AI-200 certification.
Are you ready to lead the 2026 shift from agent prototypes to production cloud AI?
The AI-200 exam is challenging because it requires more than just building agents—it requires the ability to architect, secure, and scale complex AI systems across enterprise cloud infrastructure. This course is designed to take you from the foundations of Azure AI Foundry to the cutting edge of multi-agent scaling, vector data management, and Kubernetes deployment.
Updated for the latest 2026 syllabus, this lecture-based course provides the technical "missing link" between agent development and production deployment. While our AI-103 course teaches you how to build agents, this course teaches you how to deploy, secure, and scale them for real enterprise workloads.
What You Will Build and Master:
Through detailed modules and technical walkthroughs, you will cover every objective domain tested on the AI-200 exam:
Kubernetes for AI Workloads: Deploy multi-agent systems to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Container Apps with auto-scaling, health probes, and rolling updates.
Vector Data with Cosmos DB: Implement production grounding using Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL with vector search, including indexing strategies, partitioning, and hybrid search patterns.
Enterprise Security & Identity: Secure all AI services using Entra ID managed identities, role-based access control (RBAC), and key vault integration for secrets management.
Event-Driven Multi-Agent Architectures: Build asynchronous agent workflows using Azure Service Bus, Event Grid, and Durable Functions to coordinate distributed agent handoffs at scale.
Cloud Observability: Implement OpenTelemetry for agent tracing, configure Azure Monitor for performance alerts, and debug production agent failures with Application Insights.
Storage for Agent Memory: Persist agent state across sessions using Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Redis Cache, and Blob Storage with proper consistency and throughput planning.
How This Course Will Get You Certified
Deep Technical Lectures: We break down complex cloud AI patterns into digestible, visual lessons so you understand the logic behind production-grade multi-agent systems.
Code-First Approach: Every major concept is accompanied by a code walkthrough, ensuring you can deploy Entra-secured Cosmos DB, configure AKS clusters, and scale multi-agent systems in your own environment.
Bridge the Gap: This course is the perfect companion to the AI-103 course. Learn agent building there. Learn production scaling here.
Future-Proof Your Career: Focus on the latest 2026 standards for cloud AI development, moving beyond isolated agents into enterprise-scale, secure, observable AI systems.
This Course Is Perfect For:
AI-103 Graduates seeking AI-200 certification who want to master Kubernetes, Cosmos DB, and enterprise observability through technical deep-dives.
Cloud Developers building production AI solutions on Microsoft Azure who need to understand infrastructure, security, and scaling patterns for multi-agent systems.
Requirements
Completed AI-103 (or equivalent agent-building experience): This course assumes you know how to build agents, implement grounding, and use the Azure AI Foundry Agent Service. We focus on scaling and securing those agents for the cloud.
Basic Azure & Infrastructure Familiarity: You should be comfortable with the Azure portal, resource groups, and basic CLI usage. Experience with containers or Kubernetes is helpful but not required—we cover AI-200 topics from the ground up.