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Exam AI-901: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (beta)

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.

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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.

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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.

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The English language version of this exam was updated on April 15, 2026. Review the study guide linked in the “Tip” box for details about the latest changes. If a localized version of this exam is available, it will be updated approximately eight weeks after this date. While Microsoft makes every effort to update localized versions as noted, there may be times when the localized versions of this exam are not updated on this schedule.

Passing score: 700. Learn more about exam scores.

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The practice assessment for this exam is not currently available. Practice assessments are usually available within 8 weeks of the exam being released from beta and becoming generally available.

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Part of the requirements for: Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals

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  • AI-901: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (beta)

    Languages: English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Indonesian (Indonesia), Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Chinese (Traditional), Italian

    Retirement date: none

    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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Assessed on this exam

  • Identify AI concepts and responsibilities (40–45%)
  • Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry (55–60%)

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