Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate (AI-103)
Build and deploy intelligent AI apps and agents on Azure using Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, RAG, and the Agent framework.
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Course Overview
The Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate (AI-103) course is designed for developers who want to build, deploy, and manage intelligent AI-powered applications and autonomous agents on the Azure platform. This course provides comprehensive, hands-on coverage of the tools, services, and patterns that underpin modern generative AI development — from Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI to the Azure Agent framework and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
What This Course Covers
Participants will gain practical experience working with Azure AI Services, including Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, and Azure AI Foundry. The course walks through the full AI application development lifecycle: selecting and configuring foundation models, engineering effective prompts, building multi-turn conversational experiences, grounding model responses with enterprise data through RAG pipelines, and orchestrating complex tasks using AI agents. A strong emphasis is placed on responsible AI principles — ensuring solutions are fair, safe, transparent, and compliant with organisational policies.
Deployment, Monitoring, and Production Readiness
Beyond building AI solutions, this course equips developers with the skills to operationalise them at scale. You will learn how to deploy AI applications using Azure-native infrastructure, implement content filtering and safety guardrails, monitor model performance and usage with Azure Monitor and AI Foundry evaluation tools, and apply best practices for cost management and scalability. Real-world scenarios and lab exercises reinforce each topic, ensuring you leave ready to architect production-grade AI systems.
Certification Outcome
Upon completing this course and passing the AI-103 exam, you will earn the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate credential — a recognised validation of your ability to design and implement AI-driven solutions on Azure. This certification is ideal for software developers, AI engineers, and cloud architects who are embedding generative AI capabilities into enterprise applications and workflows.
What You'll Learn
Design and build generative AI applications using Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Foundry, including model selection, deployment, and configuration
Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using Azure AI Search to ground AI responses with enterprise and domain-specific data
Engineer effective prompts using advanced techniques such as few-shot prompting, chain-of-thought reasoning, and system message design
Build, configure, and orchestrate AI agents using the Azure Agent framework, including tool use, function calling, and multi-agent workflows
Apply Responsible AI principles and implement content safety, filtering, and governance controls across AI solutions
Deploy, monitor, evaluate, and optimise AI applications in production using Azure-native tools including Azure Monitor, AI Foundry evaluation, and cost management practices
Who Should Attend
- AI Developer
- Software Engineer
- Cloud Developer
- Azure Developer
- AI Engineer
- Solutions Architect
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with Python or C# development; foundational understanding of cloud computing concepts on Azure (Azure AI-900 or equivalent experience recommended); basic knowledge of REST APIs and JSON; experience with Azure portal and Azure SDKs is beneficial.
Course Curriculum
- Overview of Azure AI Services and the Azure AI platform
- Introduction to Azure AI Foundry: projects, hubs, and the development portal
- Azure OpenAI Service: capabilities, models, and API overview
- Understanding generative AI concepts: LLMs, tokens, embeddings, and inference
- Setting up development environments with Azure SDKs and Azure AI Foundry SDK
- Authentication and access management for Azure AI resources
What's Included
- Official courseware & materials
- Hands-on lab exercises
- Practice exam questions
- Exam voucher guidance
- Post-course support (30 days)
- Certificate of completion
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Your Instructor
Hasit Mankad
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) · 23+ Years Experience
Hasit Mankad is the Founder of TACMinds and a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) with 23+ years of hands-on IT training and consulting experience. He has trained 4,500+ professionals across 14+ countries in GCC, Europe, India and Africa. Certifications: CEH, SC-100, AZ-305, SC-200, SC-300, AWS SAA, FinOps, PMP and 40+ others. Clients include ADNOC, RAK Bank, Ernst & Young, Ministry of IT Qatar and Dubai Islamic Bank. Known for 94%+ first-attempt certification pass rates.
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