Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102)

At Firebrand, we were awarded the Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data & AI (Azure) badge in recognition of our expertise in delivering quality solutions in this specialised business area.

On your 4-day accelerated Azure AI Engineer Associate course, you'll get the skills and knowledge you need to be a successful AI engineer. This course teaches you to develop generative AI apps and build AI agents, and solutions that implement computer vision and information extraction. The course will use C# or Python as the programming language.

Your expert Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) will immerse you in the curriculum with our unique Lecture | Lab | Review technique, helping you to build and retain information faster. You'll also have lab access 24/7 at the training centre, so you can test your skills and make the most of your stay.

Candidates for this course build, manage, and deploy AI solutions that leverage Azure. Their responsibilities include participating in all phases of AI solutions development—from requirements definition and design to development, deployment, maintenance, performance tuning, and monitoring.

This course focuses on the skills required to:

• Plan and manage an Azure AI solution
• Implement generative AI solutions
• Implement an agentic solution
• Implement computer vision solutions
• Implement natural language processing solutions
• Implement knowledge mining and information extraction solutions

After completing this course, you will have attained knowledge about:

• Selecting the appropriate Azure AI Foundry services
• Planning, creating, and deploying an Azure AI Foundry service
• Managing, monitoring, and securing an Azure AI Foundry service
• Implementing AI solutions responsibly
• Building Generative AI solutions with Azure AI Foundry
• Using Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models to generate content
• Optimizing and operationalizing a generative AI solution
• Creating custom agents
• Analysing images
• Implementing custom vision models
• Analysing videos
• Analysing and translating text
• Processing and translating speech
• Implementing custom language models
• Implementing an Azure AI Search solution
• Implementing an Azure AI Document Intelligence solution
• Extracting information with Azure AI Content Understanding

As Firebrand is a Microsoft Cloud Partner, you will have access to the latest Microsoft courseware and practice papers.

This course will prepare you to take the AI-102: Develop AI Solutions in Azure exam. You'll sit this exam at the Firebrand Training Centre after your course, covered by the Firebrand Certification Guarantee.

If you're a Software Engineer concerned with building, managing and deploying AI solutions that leverage Azure AI Foundry and other Azure AI services, this course is ideal for you.

• Learning Path 1: Develop generative AI apps in Azure
• Learning Path 2: Develop AI Agents in Azure
• Learning Path 3: Develop natural language processing solutions in Azure
• Learning Path 4: Develop Computer Vision solutions in Azure
• Learning Path 5: Develop AI information extraction solutions in Azure

As part of your accelerated course, you'll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training Centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:

AI-102: Develop AI solutions in Azure

• Exam code: AI-102
• Languages: English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Traditional), Italian
• Domains:
  • Plan and manage an Azure AI solution (20–25%)
  • Implement generative AI solutions (15–20%)
  • Implement an agentic solution (5–10%)
  • Implement computer vision solutions (10–15%)
  • Implement natural language processing solutions (15–20%)
  • Implement knowledge mining and information extraction solutions (15–20%)

Before attending this course, you should have:

• Familiarity with either C# or Python
• Knowledge of using REST-based APIs and SDKs to build generative AI, computer vision, language analysis, and information extraction solutions on Azure
• Familiarity with Azure and the Azure portal

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply to online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass the first time or train again for free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

• Two training options. Choose between residential classroom-based and online courses
• You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9am–5pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand, you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time with your instructor
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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