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Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-901)

You start with no AI background, just some Python and first steps in Azure. You finish able to name the AI workloads Microsoft tests in AI-901, compare models and deployment options, and choose the right Azure service for a use case, from Azure Speech to Azure Content Understanding. In between come hands-on exercises in Microsoft Foundry: you deploy a model, build a chat client and test your first agent.

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What this module delivers.

Anyone coming to Azure with basic Python and no AI experience belongs in the tecnovy AI-901 training: you build a chat client, an agent and an extraction app in Microsoft Foundry. Afterwards your team builds simple AI prototypes on Azure.

How the training runs

Method: Short concept blocks, exercises in the Foundry portal and Foundry SDK
Basis: Microsoft AI-901 study guide, as of 15 April 2026
Outcome: Exam fee not included: AI-901 with Microsoft, plus tecnovy certificate of participation

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Who this module is designed for

Typical roles

You are at the start of a career in AI solution development and work with Azure, or soon will.
You want to build AI applications and agents as prototypes yourself, not only describe them.
You plan an Associate certification such as AI-103 later and want a first footing in Microsoft Foundry.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

You can start right away. What you need: knowledge of Python syntax and basic programming techniques, familiarity with Azure resources. Helpful: cloud basics from storage and compute to authentication.

Consider instead AI Literacy For anyone who does not code and wants to use AI assistants safely at work, vendor-neutral and without an exam.

Curriculum

AI-901 Course in Detail

The tecnovy training follows the seven sections of Microsoft's AI-901 study guide (as of 15 April 2026). Parts 1 to 3 make up the exam domain "Identify AI concepts and capabilities" at 40–45 % of the score, parts 4 to 7 the domain "Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry" at 55–60 %.

01Describe principles of responsible AI

Before you build, you settle what every AI solution has to answer for.

Fairness and inclusiveness
Reliability and safety, privacy and security
Transparency and accountability

02Identify AI model components and configurations

This part covers what happens inside a generative model and how you configure it.

How generative AI models work
Choosing a model by its capabilities
Deployment options and configuration parameters

03Identify AI workloads

This part matches use cases to the workloads Microsoft tests.

Generative and agentic AI, text analysis, speech, computer vision, information extraction
Text analysis: keywords, entities, sentiment, summarization
Speech recognition and synthesis, computer vision and image generation
Extracting information from text, images, audio and video

04Implement generative AI apps and agents by using Foundry

This part starts the hands-on work in Microsoft Foundry.

Writing effective system and user prompts
Deploying a model in the Foundry portal and using it
Building a simple chat client with the Foundry SDK
Creating and testing an agent in the portal and calling it from a client

05Implement AI solutions for text and speech by using Foundry

Here your applications handle written and spoken language.

A small application with text analysis
Answering spoken prompts with a multimodal model
An application with Azure Speech in Foundry Tools

06Implement AI solutions with computer vision and image-generation capabilities by using Foundry

This part brings images in, both as input and as output.

Interpreting image input in prompts with a multimodal model
Creating new images with generative models
A small application with vision capabilities

07Implement AI solutions for information extraction by using Foundry

Finally you pull structured information out of different kinds of content.

Processing documents and forms with Azure Content Understanding
Extracting information from images, audio and video
A small application with extraction capabilities

Official syllabus

Outcome

What you will be able to do afterwards

01
You name what fairness, transparency, privacy and the other principles of responsible AI demand of an AI solution.
02
You explain how generative models work and choose the model, deployment and parameters to fit the task.
03
You match use cases to the right workload, from agentic AI through speech to computer vision.
04
You deploy a model in the Foundry portal and build a simple chat client with the Foundry SDK.
05
You create and test an agent in the Foundry portal and call it from a small application of your own.
06
You build small applications with text analysis, Azure Speech and image input to a multimodal model.
07
You extract information from forms, images, audio and video with Azure Content Understanding.

Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals

Microsoft awards the Fundamentals-level certification for a passed AI-901 exam. According to Microsoft, Fundamentals certifications do not expire, so there is nothing to renew.

Certification terms learn.microsoft.com ↗

Examination

Microsoft exam AI-901

700Passing score (scale 1 to 1,000)

Exam time (Fundamentals): 45 min
Fee in Germany, plus tax (as of November 2026): 76 EUR
Delivery: Pearson VUE

Microsoft offers AI-901 in 13 languages, German among them (as of November 2026). Unlike Associate exams, Microsoft Learn is not available to you during the exam.

Official examination rules learn.microsoft.com ↗

Proof of attendance

tecnovy certificate of participation

≥80%attendance

It confirms that you took part in the tecnovy training; it says nothing about the Microsoft exam.

Sample of the tecnovy certificate of participation

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Offer scope

What the course price does not cover

Not included

Microsoft exam feeFor AI-901 Microsoft charges EUR 76 per attempt in Germany plus tax, elsewhere the price of the country you sit in (as of November 2026).

Why tecnovy

What you get on top with us

No Slideshow, Hands-On!

Promised: no PowerPoint marathon. We work in groups, tie theory to practice, and you get real project examples from our experienced trainers plus the exchange with like-minded people.

Certificate Showroom

Get your certificate of participation and, if you have one, add your exam certificate from E-Learning. Fully automated, beautifully designed. Just for you, only at tecnovy.

Flexible Date Change

If you are not able to attend the course, you can rebook your training free of charge up to one week before the start of the training.

Attend Twice, Pay Once

You are welcome to visit the training course online again within a year as a refresher or exam preparation.

Learn from Experts

We always guarantee you the use of didactically and methodically first-class qualified trainers who draw their knowledge from training experience as well as professional practical and project experience.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions

01What changed from AI-900 to AI-901?

Microsoft retired AI-900 on 30 June 2026, and since then only AI-901 leads to the Azure AI Fundamentals certification. AI-900 mostly asked you to describe AI workloads, while AI-901 gives 55 to 60 percent of the score to implementing them in Microsoft Foundry and expects Python knowledge.

02Do I need to code for AI-901?

Yes, at a basic level: for AI-901 Microsoft expects knowledge of Python syntax and basic programming techniques, plus familiarity with Azure resources. In the tecnovy training you build small client applications for a model and an agent, and you need no prior AI experience for that.

03Can I take the AI-901 exam in German?

Yes, Microsoft offers AI-901 in 13 languages, German and English among them (as of November 2026). Changes appear in English first, and Microsoft says translated versions follow about eight weeks later. If the exam is not offered in your preferred language and you are not proficient in the exam language, you can request 30 extra minutes before scheduling; Microsoft asks for a confirmation from an instructor or employer.

04How does the AI-901 exam work?

Microsoft delivers AI-901 through Pearson VUE, online proctored or at a test centre and separately from the tecnovy training. For Fundamentals exams Microsoft gives 45 minutes of exam time and 65 minutes to set aside in total. Microsoft does not name the question types in advance, but you can try them in its exam sandbox.

05Is getting 70 percent of the AI-901 questions right enough to pass?

Not necessarily: Microsoft requires at least 700 on a scaled range of 1 to 1,000 for AI-901, and because the scaling reflects how difficult the questions are, that need not equal 70 percent of the points. Wrong answers cost nothing, so answer every question.

06What happens if I do not pass the AI-901 exam?

Microsoft allows a second AI-901 attempt no sooner than 24 hours after the first, and 14 days before each one after that. You get at most five attempts in twelve months from the first, and each attempt costs the exam fee, which the tecnovy course price does not cover.

07Does the Azure AI Fundamentals certification expire?

No, Microsoft Fundamentals certifications such as Azure AI Fundamentals do not expire and need no renewal. That also holds if you earned it through AI-900: Microsoft says retiring an exam does not invalidate certifications already earned.

08What do the exercises in the AI-901 training require?

The tecnovy AI-901 exercises require access to an Azure subscription with Microsoft Foundry. They run in the Foundry portal and with the Foundry SDK.

09I do not work with code. Is the AI-901 training right for me?

Probably not, because more than half of the AI-901 score goes to implementation in Microsoft Foundry. For using AI assistants safely at work, tecnovy's vendor-neutral AI Literacy course fits, with no exam; for a vendor certification without coding, the tecnovy AWS Certified AI Practitioner training.

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