AI-901: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (Updated)
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Domain 1: AI Concepts and Capabilities ›
Domain 2: Implement AI Solutions Using Foundry ›
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Exam Quick Facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Exam Code | AI-901 |
| Title | Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (Updated) |
| Level | Fundamentals |
| Pass Score | 700 / 1000 |
| Duration | 45 minutes |
| Questions | ~40-60 |
| Cost | $99 USD (varies by region) |
| Scheduling | Pearson VUE |
Study Resources
| Resource | Link |
|---|---|
| Official Exam Page | Microsoft Learn — AI-901 |
| Exam Sandbox | Try the exam interface |
Who is this exam for?
This Microsoft AI certification covers artificial intelligence concepts and Azure AI services. It tests your understanding of AI workloads, machine learning, and how to implement AI solutions using Azure. This is a fundamentals-level exam — no hands-on experience is required, though basic IT knowledge helps.
Skills Measured
Per Microsoft’s AI-901 study guide (skills as of 15 April 2026):
Domain 1 — Identify AI concepts and capabilities (40–45%)
- Describe principles of responsible AI — fairness, reliability and safety, privacy and security, inclusiveness, transparency, accountability
- Identify AI model components and configurations — how generative AI models work, choosing an appropriate AI model, model deployment options and configuration parameters
- Identify AI workloads — generative + agentic AI, text analysis, speech, computer vision, information extraction
Domain 2 — Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry (55–60%)
- Implement generative AI apps and agents by using Foundry — effective system and user prompts, deploy and interact with models in the Foundry portal, lightweight chat clients using the Foundry SDK, single-agent solutions in the Foundry portal, agent client applications
- Implement AI solutions for text and speech by using Foundry — text analysis, multimodal-model spoken-prompt responses, Azure Speech in Foundry Tools
- Implement AI solutions with computer vision and image-generation by using Foundry — interpret visual input via deployed multimodal models, generate new visual outputs, vision-enabled lightweight apps
- Implement AI solutions for information extraction by using Foundry — extract from documents/forms/images/audio/video using Azure Content Understanding in Foundry Tools
Note: Domain 2 is the bigger half of this exam and it is hands-on — Foundry portal, Foundry SDK, agents and Content Understanding. If you’re coming from AI-900, that’s the part to budget your study time for. Check the study guide for the latest wording.
What to Study Next
Based on this exam, here are related certifications to consider:
- AI-103: Azure AI App and Agent Developer Associate — Associate
- AI-200: Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate — Associate
- AI-300: Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) Engineer Associate — Associate
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