This course introduces fundamental concepts related to artificial intelligence (AI), and the services in Microsoft Azure that can be used to create AI solutions. It teaches a mix of AI concepts and technology skills that are considered foundational to a successful career implementing AI solutions on Microsoft Azure.
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Course Outline
1. Introduction to AI concepts
• Introduction to AI
• Generative AI and agents
• Text and natural language
• Speech
• Computer vision
• Information extraction
• Responsible AI
2. Introduction to generative AI and agents
• Large language models (LLMs)
• Prompts
• AI agents
3. Introduction to natural language processing concepts
• Tokenization
• Statistical text analysis.
• Semantic language models
4. Introduction to AI speech concepts
• Speech-enabled solutions
• Speech recognition
• Speech synthesis
5. Introduction to computer vision concepts
• Computer vision tasks and techniques
• Images and image processing
• Convolutional neural networks
• Vision transformers and multimodal models
• Image generation
6. Introduction to AI-powered information extraction concepts
• Overview of information extraction
• Optical character recognition (OCR)
• Field extraction and mapping
7. Introduction to retrieval-augmented generation concepts
• Understand retrieval-augmented generation
• Prepare data for retrieval
• Retrieve information and generate a response
• Evaluate a RAG solution
8. Get started with AI in Azure
• Understand Azure
• Developing AI apps on Azure
• Microsoft Foundry for AI
• Using Microsoft Foundry endpoints
9. Get started with generative AI and agents in Azure
• Generative AI models
• Using a generative AI model
• Creating an agent
10. Get started with text analysis in Azure
• Understand text analysis in Foundry
• Create a client application that analyzes text
• Use Azure Language with an agent
11. Get started with speech in Azure
• Speech recognition
• Speech synthesis
• Creating a speech-capable agent
12. Get started with computer vision in Azure
• Multimodal models for image analysis
• Image generation models
• Video generation models
13. Get started with AI-powered information extraction in Azure
• Extract information from documents
• Extract information from audio and video
14. Get started with Microsoft Foundry IQ
• What is Foundry IQ?
• Knowledge bases
• Connect an agent to Foundry IQ
Course Details
• A basic understanding of computing concepts and math.
• A basic understanding of Python.
This course is for aspiring technology professionals at the beginning of their career in AI solution development. Some knowledge of Python coding syntax and programming techniques is useful. Additionally, knowledge of core cloud concepts including cloud storage, cloud compute, and cloud-based authentication and authorization is recommended.
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