Microsoft Certification Resources

This was how i became certfified and i am glad to share my resources and notes to help others.

This resource is aimed at Cloud Solution Architects, Azure artificial intelligence designers, Azure Trainers and AI developers.

Microsoft AI Engineer Associate 🤓

How to become Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate

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This course is aimed at Cloud Solution Architects, Azure artificial intelligence designers, and AI developers.

Objective :

At the end of this path, you should be able to use

• Cognitive Services
• Machine Learning,
• and Knowledge Mining to architect and implement Microsoft AI solutions involving natural language processing, speech, computer vision, bots, and agents on Azure

Scope

• It is to help you prepare for the Microsoft AI Engineer Associate Certification.

Skills measured

• 👉🏾Analyze solution requirements
• 👉🏾Design AI solutions
• 👉🏾Implement and monitor AI solutions

Ways to prepare.

There are 2 ways to prepare :

• Online learing (FREE) - Most people i have spoken with went for this. 😀
• Paid (Instructor Lead, there are various paid instructors to choose from based on your location)

Path Approach

There are various approaches to learn and be certified. You can take the

• Azure Fundamentals (It is not required for the exam but i recommend since it helps in understanding how Azure works.)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate

Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals The course will cover general cloud computing concepts, as well as general cloud computing models and services, such as Public, Private and Hybrid cloud, and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service(PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

In this learning path, you will :

• Learn cloud concepts such as High Availability, Scalability, Elasticity, Agility, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery
• Understand the benefits of cloud computing in Azure and how it can save you time and money
• Compare and contrast basic strategies for transitioning to the Azure cloud
• Explore the breadth of services available in Azure including compute, network, storage and security

Once you complete this learning path, you will have the necessary knowledge to take the AZ900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Exam.

The breakdown of the path is as follow:

• Cloud Concepts - Principles of cloud computing
• Core Cloud Services - Introduction to Azure
• Core Cloud Services - Azure architecture and service guarantees
• Create an Azure account
• Core Cloud Services - Manage services with the Azure portal
• Core Cloud Services - Azure compute options
• Core Cloud Services - Azure data storage options
• Core Cloud Services - Azure networking options
• Security, responsibility, and trust in Azure
• Apply and monitor infrastructure standards with Azure Policy
• Control and organize Azure resources with Azure Resource Manager
• Predict costs and optimize spending for Azure