Your AI-103 roadmap & learning path
8 modules. From fundamentals to certified.
Every domain on the official AI-103 skills-measured outline — planning & managing Azure AI solutions, generative AI & agentic solutions, computer vision, text analysis, and information extraction — delivered as 8 learning-ordered modules built around Microsoft Foundry.
Module 1 · Plan, Prepare & Deploy AI Solutions
4 lessons · 2 labs · 1 quiz
Get oriented in Microsoft Foundry before you build anything: how AI agents work alongside human agents, how Foundry integrates with OpenAI, and what it takes to plan a real AI development project.
Lessons
Introduction to Microsoft Foundry Tools
Understanding AI Agents & Human Agents
Integration with Microsoft Foundry & OpenAI
AI Explained: Workloads & Agents
Labs
⚡ Prepare for an AI development project
⚡ Explore and compare models
Module 2 · Generative AI Chat App & Tools Integration
2 lessons · 1 lab
Move from theory to your first working build: stand up a generative AI chat app in Microsoft Foundry from the ground up.
Lessons
Microsoft Foundry Hands-on
Build a Gen AI Chat App with Microsoft Foundry
Labs
⚡ Create a generative AI chat app
Module 3 · Optimize GenAI & Text Analysis with Azure
6 lessons · 4 labs · 1 quiz
Go deep on language: NLP fundamentals, Azure AI Language models, prompt engineering, and how to tune a generative AI model's performance.
Lessons
Intro to NLP & Its Capabilities
Text Analytics with Azure AI
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
NLP Models with Azure AI Language
Optimize Generative AI Model Performance
Prompt Engineering
Labs
⚡ Analyze text with Azure AI Search
⚡ Create a generative AI chat app that uses tools
⚡ Fine-tune a language model
⚡ Recognize and synthesize speech
Module 4 · Responsible GenAI & AI Agents on Foundry
6 lessons · 6 labs · 1 quiz
Build real agents and keep them safe: agent basics, Semantic Kernel, autonomous and multimodal agents, guardrails, and deployment to Microsoft Teams and Copilot.
Lessons
AI Agents Basics
Building Agents
Semantic Kernel
Autonomous Agents & Multimodal AI
Implement a Responsible Gen AI Solution
Text Analysis with an Azure Agent
Labs
⚡ Apply guardrails to prevent harmful content
⚡ Generate images with AI
⚡ Build AI agents with the portal and VS Code
⚡ Use a custom function in an AI agent
⚡ Deploy agents to Microsoft Teams & Copilot
⚡ Work IQ: workplace intelligence for AI agents
Module 5 · MCP Tools, Foundry IQ & Azure Language/Speech
2 lessons · 2 labs
Connect agents to the outside world with MCP: explore Foundry IQ, wire up content understanding, and build agents that use MCP tools directly.
Lessons
Explore Foundry IQ
Azure Content Understanding in Foundry IQ
Labs
⚡ Develop an AI agent with MCP tools
⚡ Integrate an AI agent with Foundry IQ
Module 6 · Agent Workflows, Multi-Agent & A2A Protocol
5 lessons · 4 labs
Scale from one agent to many: multi-agent solutions in Foundry, the Microsoft Agent Framework SDK, and the agent-to-agent (A2A) protocol for connecting remote agents.
Lessons
Multi-Agent Solution in Foundry
VS Code for Agent Development
Develop a Text Analysis Agent with Azure & MCP
Deploy Agents to Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Agent Frameworks
Labs
⚡ Build a workflow in Microsoft Foundry
⚡ Build an AI chat agent with the MS Agent Framework SDK
⚡ Develop a multi-agent solution
⚡ Connect to remote agents with the A2A protocol
Module 7 · Speech & Translation
3 lessons · 5 labs
Give your agents a voice: speech recognition, real-time translation, and Azure AI Search, culminating in a full Voice Live agent build.
Lessons
Translating Text
Speech Recognition
Azure AI Search
Labs
⚡ Use speech-capable generative AI models
⚡ Develop a Voice Live agent
⚡ Translate text and speech
⚡ Develop a text analysis agent
⚡ Use Azure Speech in an agent
Module 8 · Computer Vision, Document Intelligence & Knowledge Mining
7 lessons · 8 labs · 2 quizzes
The final domain stack: computer vision, face detection, video indexing, document intelligence, and a full RAG pipeline built on Content Understanding to close out the exam blueprint.
Lessons
Fundamentals of Computer Vision
Detecting Faces with Azure AI Vision
Image Classification with Azure AI Vision
Analyzing Videos Using Video Indexer
Azure AI Document Intelligence Solution
Analyze a Document Using a Custom Model
Develop Vision-Enabled Gen AI Apps
Labs
⚡ Develop a vision-enabled chat app
⚡ Generate video with Sora in Microsoft Foundry
⚡ Analyze images with Azure Content Understanding
⚡ Extract information from multimodal content
⚡ Develop a Content Understanding client app
⚡ Extract data with Azure Document Intelligence
⚡ Create a knowledge mining solution
⚡ Build a RAG pipeline with Content Understanding