AI-901: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
Your Certification Roadmap
Understand what AI-901 covers, who should pursue it, what skills you need, and how to prepare effectively for the Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals certification.
About This Webinar
Microsoft’s AI-901: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals certification is designed for professionals beginning their journey into AI solution development.
But before you start preparing, there are some important questions to answer: Is AI-901 right for me? What exactly does it cover? How much Python and Azure knowledge do I need? What is the role of Microsoft Foundry? And how should I prepare?
This 90-minute webinar gives you a practical, structured overview of the certification and the learning journey behind it. You’ll explore the major AI concepts and capabilities covered by AI-901, including Generative AI, AI agents, responsible AI, language, speech, computer vision, information extraction and Microsoft Foundry.
More importantly, you’ll understand how to turn the certification objectives into a practical preparation roadmap — from learning the concepts to getting hands-on, practising and assessing your readiness.
What You’ll Walk Away With
- Understand AI-901 clearly — Know what the certification is, what it validates, and how it fits into the Microsoft AI learning journey.
- Decode the exam domains — Get a clear view of the major skills and capabilities covered by AI-901.
- Understand the Microsoft Foundry connection — Discover why Foundry and AI solution implementation are an important part of the current certification.
- Know what skills you need — Understand the expected level of AI, Azure, Python and programming knowledge.
- Build your preparation strategy — Learn a structured approach covering learning, hands-on exploration, practice and readiness validation.
- Prepare beyond memorization — Learn how to approach AI-901 through concepts, scenarios and practical application.
- Avoid common preparation mistakes — Understand where candidates often go wrong and how to prepare more effectively.
- Plan your next step — See how AI-901 can fit into your broader AI learning and career journey.
Who Should Attend
Developers & Software Professionals
Looking to build foundational AI development skills and start working with AI solutions.
Azure & Cloud Professionals
Wanting to add AI capabilities to their existing Microsoft Azure skill set.
Data & Technology Professionals
Looking to understand modern AI capabilities and how they are implemented.
AI Beginners & Aspiring AI Professionals
Wanting a structured entry point into Microsoft’s AI ecosystem.
Students & Early-Career Professionals
Interested in building an industry-recognized AI foundation.
Technology, Digital & Transformation Professionals
Wanting to understand whether AI-901 is relevant to their career or learning roadmap.
Basic Python and Azure familiarity is recommended. No advanced AI/ML expertise is required.
90-Minute Agenda
- Welcome and introduction
- What participants already know about AI-901
- What we’ll cover in the 90 minutes
- Quick poll: Where are you in your AI journey?
- What is Microsoft AI-901?
- What does the certification validate?
- Who is AI-901 designed for?
- AI-901 vs. the earlier AI-900 journey
- Where AI-901 fits into the Microsoft AI certification pathway
- AI concepts and capabilities
- AI workloads
- Responsible AI
- Generative AI
- Language and speech
- Computer vision
- Information extraction
- AI agents
- Understanding the current exam skill areas
- What is Microsoft Foundry?
- Working with AI models
- Generative AI applications
- Prompting and model interaction
- Building AI agents
- Exploring speech, vision and information-extraction capabilities
- Understanding the implementation-oriented side of AI-901
- How much Python do you really need?
- Programming concepts you should be comfortable with
- Azure knowledge you should have
- AI/ML knowledge you don’t need to overcomplicate
- How to identify your current readiness
- Using Microsoft Learn effectively
- Getting hands-on with relevant AI capabilities
- Building familiarity with Microsoft Foundry
- Practising with exam-style questions
- Using practice assessments
- Identifying and closing knowledge gaps
- Creating your personal AI-901 study plan
- Five things to remember about AI-901
- Quick AI-901 readiness check
- What should you do next?
- Live Q&A
Meet Your Facilitator
Seats Are Limited
Reserve your spot for this free session on Microsoft AI-901: Azure AI Fundamentals. Understand the certification. Know what to learn. Prepare with a plan.