AI-102T00: Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution Training Course

Module 1: Introduction to AI on Azure

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become central to modern applications and services. In this module, learners will explore common AI capabilities available for integration into applications and understand their implementation within Microsoft Azure. Additionally, the module covers key considerations for responsibly designing and implementing AI solutions.

Lessons

• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

• Artificial Intelligence in Azure

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify considerations for developing AI-enabled applications

• Recognize Azure services suitable for AI application development

Module 2: Developing AI Apps with Cognitive Services

Cognitive Services serve as the fundamental components for integrating AI capabilities into applications. This module focuses on provisioning, securing, monitoring, and deploying cognitive services effectively.

Lessons

• Getting Started with Cognitive Services

• Using Cognitive Services for Enterprise Applications

Lab: Get Started with Cognitive Services

Lab: Manage Cognitive Services Security

Lab: Monitor Cognitive Services

Lab: Use a Cognitive Services Container

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Provision and consume cognitive services in Azure

• Manage security for cognitive services

• Monitor cognitive services performance

• Utilize a cognitive services container

Module 3: Getting Started with Natural Language Processing

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a branch of AI focused on extracting insights from written or spoken language. In this module, you will learn how to utilize cognitive services to analyze and translate text.

Lessons

• Analyzing Text

• Translating Text

Lab: Translate Text

Lab: Analyze Text

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use the Text Analytics cognitive service to analyze text

• Use the Translator cognitive service to translate text

Module 4: Building Speech-Enabled Applications

Numerous modern applications and services accept spoken input and respond via synthesized text. This module continues the exploration of natural language processing by teaching how to build applications capable of handling speech.

Lessons

• Speech Recognition and Synthesis

• Speech Translation

Lab: Recognize and Synthesize Speech

Lab: Translate Speech

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use the Speech cognitive service to recognize and synthesize speech

• Use the Speech cognitive service to translate speech

Module 5: Creating Language Understanding Solutions

To build applications that intelligently understand and respond to natural language, it is essential to define and train a model for language understanding. In this module, you will learn how to use the Language Understanding service to create applications that identify user intent from natural language inputs.

Lessons

• Creating a Language Understanding App

• Publishing and Using a Language Understanding App

• Using Language Understanding with Speech

Lab: Create a Language Understanding Client Application

Lab: Create a Language Understanding App

Lab: Use the Speech and Language Understanding Services

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create a Language Understanding app

• Develop a client application for Language Understanding

• Integrate Language Understanding with Speech capabilities

Module 6: Building a QnA Solution

A common interaction pattern between users and AI agents involves users posing questions in natural language and receiving intelligent, appropriate responses. This module explores how the QnA Maker service facilitates the development of such solutions.

Lessons

• Creating a QnA Knowledge Base

• Publishing and Using a QnA Knowledge Base

Lab: Create a QnA Solution

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use QnA Maker to create a knowledge base

• Utilize a QnA knowledge base within an application or bot

Module 7: Conversational AI and the Azure Bot Service

Bots form the foundation of an increasingly popular type of AI application where users engage in conversations with AI agents, similar to interactions with human agents. This module examines the Microsoft Bot Framework and Azure Bot Service, which collectively provide a platform for creating and delivering conversational experiences.

Lessons

• Bot Basics

• Implementing a Conversational Bot

Lab: Create a Bot with the Bot Framework SDK

Lab: Create a Bot with Bot Framework Composer

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use the Bot Framework SDK to create a bot

• Use Bot Framework Composer to create a bot

Module 8: Getting Started with Computer Vision

Computer vision is an AI domain where software applications interpret visual input from images or video. In this module, you will begin exploring computer vision by learning how to use cognitive services to analyze images and video content.

Lessons

• Analyzing Images

• Analyzing Videos

Lab: Analyze Video

Lab: Analyze Images with Computer Vision

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use the Computer Vision service to analyze images

• Use Video Analyzer to analyze videos

Module 9: Developing Custom Vision Solutions

While pre-defined general computer vision capabilities are useful in many scenarios, there are instances where training a custom model with proprietary visual data is required. This module explores the Custom Vision service and demonstrates how to use it to create custom models for image classification and object detection.

Lessons

• Image Classification

• Object Detection

Lab: Classify Images with Custom Vision

Lab: Detect Objects in Images with Custom Vision

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use the Custom Vision service to implement image classification

• Use the Custom Vision service to implement object detection

Module 10: Detecting, Analyzing, and Recognizing Faces

Facial detection, analysis, and recognition are prevalent computer vision scenarios. In this module, you will explore the use of cognitive services for identifying human faces.

Lessons

• Detecting Faces with the Computer Vision Service

• Using the Face Service

Lab: Detect, Analyze, and Recognize Faces

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Detect faces using the Computer Vision service

• Detect, analyze, and recognize faces using the Face service

Module 11: Reading Text in Images and Documents

Optical character recognition (OCR) is another common computer vision scenario where software extracts text from images or documents. In this module, you will explore cognitive services capable of detecting and reading text in images, documents, and forms.

Lessons

• Reading text with the Computer Vision Service

• Extracting Information from Forms with the Form Recognizer service

Lab: Read Text in Images

Lab: Extract Data from Forms

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use the Computer Vision service to read text in images and documents

• Use the Form Recognizer service to extract data from digital forms

Module 12: Creating a Knowledge Mining Solution

Many AI scenarios ultimately involve intelligently searching for information based on user queries. AI-powered knowledge mining is a crucial approach for building intelligent search solutions that leverage AI to extract insights from large repositories of digital data, enabling users to find and analyze those insights effectively.

Lessons

• Implementing an Intelligent Search Solution

• Developing Custom Skills for an Enrichment Pipeline

• Creating a Knowledge Store

Lab: Create a Custom Skill for Azure Cognitive Search

Lab: Create an Azure Cognitive Search solution

Lab: Create a Knowledge Store with Azure Cognitive Search

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create an intelligent search solution with Azure Cognitive Search

• Implement a custom skill within an Azure Cognitive Search enrichment pipeline

• Use Azure Cognitive Search to create a knowledge store