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AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals

Abilene Academy, Switzerland's #1 PECB Titanium Partner, prepares participants to explain and apply Azure AI fundamentals with a 99% pass rate.

1 dayExam includedPhysical classroomOnline classroom
2,500+ professionals trained99% pass rate120+ countries600+ organisations

Who is this course for?

IT Managers

Classify AI use cases before budget decisions

Business Analysts

Map business needs to Azure AI services

Risk Professionals

Evaluate AI workloads for governance and oversight

29 Jun – 29 Jun
Language
ENFR
LocationLausanne / Morges - Switzerland
Format
Physical classroomOnline classroom
Physical classroom
  • Instructor-led classroom training course
  • Lifetime access to official PECB training course material (PDF)
  • Official PECB online certification exam
  • Certificate of attendance
  • Official PECB certification
  • One free retake exam
Online classroom
  • Instructor-led online live interactive training course
  • Lifetime access to official PECB training course material (PDF)
  • Official PECB online certification exam
  • Certificate of attendance
  • Official PECB certification
  • One free retake exam
24 Aug – 24 Aug
Language
ENFR
LocationLausanne / Morges - Switzerland
Format
Physical classroomOnline classroom
Physical classroom
  • Instructor-led classroom training course
  • Lifetime access to official PECB training course material (PDF)
  • Official PECB online certification exam
  • Certificate of attendance
  • Official PECB certification
  • One free retake exam
Online classroom
  • Instructor-led online live interactive training course
  • Lifetime access to official PECB training course material (PDF)
  • Official PECB online certification exam
  • Certificate of attendance
  • Official PECB certification
  • One free retake exam
19 Oct – 19 Oct
Language
ENFR
LocationLausanne / Morges - Switzerland
Format
Physical classroomOnline classroom
Physical classroom
  • Instructor-led classroom training course
  • Lifetime access to official PECB training course material (PDF)
  • Official PECB online certification exam
  • Certificate of attendance
  • Official PECB certification
  • One free retake exam
Online classroom
  • Instructor-led online live interactive training course
  • Lifetime access to official PECB training course material (PDF)
  • Official PECB online certification exam
  • Certificate of attendance
  • Official PECB certification
  • One free retake exam
14 Dec – 14 Dec
Language
ENFR
LocationLausanne / Morges - Switzerland
Format
Physical classroomOnline classroom
Physical classroom
  • Instructor-led classroom training course
  • Lifetime access to official PECB training course material (PDF)
  • Official PECB online certification exam
  • Certificate of attendance
  • Official PECB certification
  • One free retake exam
Online classroom
  • Instructor-led online live interactive training course
  • Lifetime access to official PECB training course material (PDF)
  • Official PECB online certification exam
  • Certificate of attendance
  • Official PECB certification
  • One free retake exam
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What You'll Master

Assess which Azure AI service fits a business use case
Interpret AI workload requirements across vision, language, and speech
Evaluate foundational machine learning concepts on Azure
Formulate responsible generative AI considerations for common scenarios
Produce exam-ready explanations of Azure AI capabilities

Your trainers for this course

Manuel VARTANIAN
Manuel VARTANIAN

Microsoft Trainings

A skilled specialist on Microsoft products. Has more than 15 years of empirical experience in several domains among which are Operations and Business Development, Commercial and Presales Consultancy, System and Security Engineering. Over the last five years, his training schedules extended to top executives and IT Business professionals in the Middle East, Europe, and USA.

15+Years of experience
MicrosoftCertified expert
Ops& Business development
EngineeringSystems & security
ramzi-aynati
Ramzi AYNATI

Microsoft Trainings

Specialized in Web and Application Development and has done extensive research and implementation in Artificial Intelligence. Holder of a master’s degree in Mathematics, Ramzi is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer with more than 17 years of experience.

17+Years of experience
MicrosoftCertified trainer
AIResearch & implementation
Web & App devSpecialized expertise
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Course Description

AI literacy becomes an operational requirement in 2025 and 2026. Teams face pressure to evaluate AI initiatives faster, document decisions, and explain why they select one service instead of another. European organizations also face sharper scrutiny on transparency, risk classification, and human oversight when they introduce AI into customer service, document processing, and content generation workflows. In that context, AI-900 matters because it gives professionals a structured way to explain what AI systems do, where Azure services fit, and which limits or controls apply before a project scales.

During the training, participants work through the Azure AI service landscape the way project teams face it in practice. They classify business scenarios into machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, conversational AI, document intelligence, knowledge mining, or generative AI. They review image analysis, OCR, receipt extraction, speech recognition, translation, text analysis, bot capabilities, and Azure OpenAI use cases. They also connect each use case to the relevant Microsoft service and prepare for the logic and wording used in the AI-900 exam.

This course addresses gaps that many introductory AI courses ignore. Many teams can name an AI service but cannot justify the choice, define the workload correctly, or explain evidence quality and service boundaries to stakeholders. Others struggle when business, compliance, and technical teams use different language for the same problem. The training closes those gaps by focusing on service selection, workload framing, responsible AI principles, and communication that stands up in internal reviews and certification exams.

Participants leave able to explain Azure AI fundamentals clearly, identify the right service families for common scenarios, and distinguish vision, language, speech, search, and generative AI workloads without confusion. They can discuss responsible generative AI principles, interpret exam-style questions with precision, and move into more advanced Azure or AI governance training with a solid base. They also leave ready to sit the AI-900 exam and pursue the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals credential.

    • Assess AI scenarios and map them to Azure AI service categories
    • Interpret core machine learning concepts used in Azure environments
    • Evaluate computer vision use cases including OCR, face, and object analysis
    • Conduct first-level analysis of NLP, speech, and conversational AI scenarios
    • Formulate responsible AI considerations for generative AI deployments
    • Produce exam-ready explanations of Azure OpenAI and Azure AI services
    • Manage foundational AI terminology across technical and non-technical discussions

Professional Testimonials

Had a great experience learning with Abilene Academy, it has been an extremely long time since I have attended an external formal training outside of the business organization I work in. I found this training to be truly beneficial for me to attend. the overall delivery of the course by Henri was superb, he kept us well engage despite having half of the room online and half face to face. The communication from the advisors from the initial enquiry regrading the course up until now has also been great! definitely recommending to my colleagues. Thank you!
TG

Tracey Gillett

Crisis and Operations Management

TUI
Henri and Alexis conducted a focused, intensive four-day ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer Course of immediate relevance to The Global Fund. Participants representing both IT and Risk are now better prepared to design and operationise a corporate ISMS.
AT

Andreas Tamberg

Senior advisors enterprise risk management

The Global Fund
Another stellar training course run by Abilene, thank you for the outstanding organization and logistics. The PECB training material is very rich, well presented with clear explanations and notes.
SB

Simon Baynes

BCMS Manager

MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY SA

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the AI-900 certification and who is it for?

The AI-900 exam leads to the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals credential, which validates foundational knowledge of AI concepts and Azure AI services. It is designed for IT managers evaluating first AI use cases, business analysts mapping operational needs to Azure service families, and cybersecurity or compliance professionals who need to discuss AI governance credibly.

The person who can ask the right questions about an AI system is as valuable as the person who builds it. AI-900 builds the first kind.

Emmanuel LORANG

ISO 22301 Lead Implementer • ISO 9001 Lead Implementer

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What does the AI-900 exam cover?

The AI-900 exam covers Azure AI workloads including machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, conversational AI, document intelligence, and generative AI. Candidates must classify AI scenarios, map them to Azure services, and describe responsible AI principles.

AI-900 is a classification exam, not a memory exam. Study business scenarios, not Azure service feature lists.

Lekë ZOGAJ

ISO 22301 Lead Auditor • CISM® Exam Bootcamp

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What is the difference between AI-900 and AI-102?

AI-900 is a foundational certification covering AI concepts and Azure service categories — it is appropriate for non-technical roles who need to understand and evaluate AI solutions. AI-102 is a technical certification requiring coding experience in Python or C# and validates the ability to build and deploy AI applications on Azure.

AI-900 and AI-102 are not sequential steps on the same path unless you have no coding background. For developers, AI-102 is the starting point.

Emmanuel LORANG

ISO 22301 Lead Implementer • ISO 9001 Lead Implementer

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Do I need technical experience to take AI-900 training?

No technical or coding experience is required for AI-900. The course and exam are designed for professionals with basic digital literacy and general awareness of cloud applications.

AI-900 is hard in the right way for non-technical professionals: it teaches you what to ask about an AI system, not how to code the answer.

Emmanuel LORANG

ISO 22301 Lead Implementer • ISO 9001 Lead Implementer

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