- Worth 25 to 30% of AB-730, with 8 skills in the study guide. We teach and practice each one
- Understand how Copilot works to keep your organization's information private and secure
- Understand how the context, like Work IQ, web data, or the app you're using, can affect Copilot responses
- Understand when to use Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, agents, and Microsoft Copilot Cowork
- Understand the differences in features and capabilities across Copilot experiences and Microsoft 365 apps
- Identify common risks, including inaccuracies, prompt injection, and over-reliance
- Select verification steps appropriate to the task, including citation checks and human review
- Recognize and mitigate risks to sensitive data
- Understand how data protection restricts prompt results
Microsoft Certification Training Course
AI Business Professional (AB-730) Certification Training Course
We'll get you ready for Exam AB-730, Microsoft's credential for business users who put Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents to work every day.
Course focus: Generative AI basics, prompting, Copilot in Outlook, Word, Teams, PowerPoint and Excel, and using agents for business outcomes, mapped to the AB-730 study guide.
Course Overview
What the AB-730 course covers and who it's for.
Per Microsoft, AB-730 is for people who use Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Cowork and prebuilt agents to improve daily work and make better decisions, without building AI apps or writing code.
We teach it hands-on in the apps you already use. Generative AI fundamentals is the biggest domain at 25 to 30%, then prompts and chats, business content and collaboration, and agents.
Per the study guide, you should know prompt engineering, context engineering and large language models, and use Copilot tools like notebooks and pages. You should be comfortable in Outlook, Word, Teams, PowerPoint and Excel and with everyday work like drafting emails, building presentations, generating images and managing documents.
Most teams already have Copilot licenses and few people use them well. AB-730 is proof that you can turn Copilot and prebuilt agents into time saved on real work, without writing code.
Accumentum is an independent training provider. We aren't a Microsoft partner and this isn't official Microsoft training. Microsoft sets exam content, prices and policies, so check learn.microsoft.com before you book.
Course Objectives
Get ready for AB-730 the way the exam is built.
01
Cover the Whole Study Guide
Work through all 4 skill areas in Microsoft's AB-730 study guide, weighted the way the exam weights them.
02
Go Deep on the Biggest Domain
Understand generative AI fundamentals is 25 to 30% of the exam per Microsoft, so it gets the most class time.
03
Practice Hands-On
Work through the tasks the AB-730 study guide lists, hands on.
04
Master Understand generative AI fundamentals
Microsoft lists 8 skills here, worth 25 to 30%. We practice all of them, from the first, understand how Copilot works to keep your organization's information private and secure, through the last, understand how data protection restricts prompt results.
05
Master Manage prompts and chats by using Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft lists 11 skills here, worth 20 to 25%. We practice all of them, from the first, understand how to create an effective prompt, including model selection, through the last, organize and share information by using Notebooks.
06
Master Manage business content and collaboration by using Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft lists 11 skills here, worth 20 to 25%. We practice all of them, from the first, connect to sources beyond Microsoft 365 Copilot by using connectors, through the last, collaborate on business content by using Copilot Pages.
07
Master Drive business outcomes by using agents
Microsoft lists 11 skills here, worth 20 to 25%. We practice all of them, from the first, identify scenarios where a prebuilt agent can improve a business workflow, through the last, manage scheduled tasks or prompts.
08
Be Ready for Test Day
We practice the question styles Microsoft uses and walk through how scheduling, scoring and renewal work.
Who Should Attend
- Business professionals using Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- Managers and team leads rolling Copilot out to staff.
- Admins and coordinators who write, summarize and plan all day.
- Anyone who wants proof they can use AI at work.
Prerequisites
- Microsoft doesn't require another certification first, and we don't have enrollment prerequisites either.
- You should be comfortable in Outlook, Word, Teams, PowerPoint and Excel.
Pathway Map
The AB-730 course in 4 modules.
Each module is one skill area from the official study guide, with its exam weight.
Course Content
- Worth 20 to 25% of AB-730, with 11 skills in the study guide. We teach and practice each one
- Understand how to create an effective prompt, including model selection
- Select appropriate resources to reference in a prompt
- Save a prompt
- Schedule a prompt
- Share a prompt
- Refine prompts based on generated responses
- Describe how Copilot uses memory and instructions
- Find a previous chat
- Delete a chat
- Rename a chat
- Organize and share information by using Notebooks
- Worth 20 to 25% of AB-730, with 11 skills in the study guide. We teach and practice each one
- Connect to sources beyond Microsoft 365 Copilot by using connectors
- Generate or analyze content based on specific business context, including Work IQ and connectors
- Generate images, visuals, and charts to support business content
- Generate or analyze content across multiple Microsoft 365 applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint
- Derive insights across Work IQ
- Interpret and validate that AI-generated content meets business goals
- Prepare for a meeting
- Use the Facilitator agent
- Use real-time catchup
- Use Intelligent recap
- Collaborate on business content by using Copilot Pages
- Worth 20 to 25% of AB-730, with 11 skills in the study guide. We teach and practice each one
- Identify scenarios where a prebuilt agent can improve a business workflow
- Choose between using a prebuilt agent or creating a custom agent for a business task
- Apply an agent to a business process from within various Microsoft 365 Copilot experiences
- Filter chats by agents
- Describe how Microsoft Copilot Cowork helps carry out multi-step business tasks
- Understand how Cowork uses skills to complete parts of a task
- Recognize security considerations and known limitations when using Cowork
- Choose between prebuilt skills and custom skills
- Delegate a piece of work to Cowork and a prebuilt skill
- Review Cowork's plan, progress, and results
- Manage scheduled tasks or prompts
Course Features
How we teach AB-730.
Instructor-Led Classes
Live instruction with time for questions, so you aren't figuring out the hard parts alone.
Hands-On Practice
Practice on the tasks in the AB-730 study guide.
Study Guide Mapping
Every module maps to a skill area in Microsoft's AB-730 study guide.
Exam Strategy
Practice questions plus tips on scheduling, timing and what to expect on test day.
Certification Exam
About the AB-730 exam.
AB-730 Exam Readiness
Our students pass at a 98.8% rate across Accumentum courses. We'll get you ready for AB-730 the same way.
Per Microsoft, AB-730 is the exam for Microsoft Certified: AI Business Professional. Microsoft lists 45 minutes of exam time for business exams like this one. You need a score of 700 or greater to pass. Microsoft sets the price by country and shows it on the exam page.
Full details are on the official certification page and the AB-730 study guide.
Accumentum is an independent training provider. We aren't a Microsoft partner and this isn't official Microsoft training. Microsoft sets exam content, prices and policies, so check learn.microsoft.com before you book.
Inside the Course
A closer look at each AB-730 domain.
The course starts with generative AI basics. What a large language model does, why prompts and context matter, and where AI makes mistakes. Microsoft wants you to know the risks, like inaccuracies, prompt injection and over-reliance, so we cover checking output and protecting sensitive data too.
From there you'll work in Copilot every day apps. Writing and refining prompts in chat, drafting and rewriting in Word, building decks in PowerPoint, analyzing data in Excel, and catching up on meetings and threads in Teams and Outlook. Each lesson uses a real business task, not a toy example.
The content and collaboration domain covers notebooks, pages and sharing Copilot output with your team. You'll learn when to keep work in a notebook, when to turn it into a page, and how to keep shared content accurate.
The final domain is agents. You'll use prebuilt agents and Copilot Cowork to automate repeat work and see where an agent saves time versus where a person still needs to decide. By the end you'll have a short list of Copilot habits you can use at work the next day.
Bring real work to class if you can. Students who practice on their own emails, documents and meetings remember the prompts far better than those who only use samples.
Study Plan
A study plan for AB-730 built from the study guide.
Time follows Microsoft's domain weights, so you study what the exam asks most.
Step 1: Understand generative AI fundamentals
Spend about 30% of your study time here. First, understand how Copilot works to keep your organization's information private and secure. Then identify common risks, including inaccuracies, prompt injection, and over-reliance. Last, understand how data protection restricts prompt results.
Step 2: Manage prompts and chats by using Microsoft 365 Copilot
Spend about 25% of your study time here. First, understand how to create an effective prompt, including model selection. Then refine prompts based on generated responses. Last, organize and share information by using Notebooks.
Step 3: Manage business content and collaboration by using Microsoft 365 Copilot
Spend about 25% of your study time here. First, connect to sources beyond Microsoft 365 Copilot by using connectors. Then interpret and validate that AI-generated content meets business goals. Last, collaborate on business content by using Copilot Pages.
Step 4: Drive business outcomes by using agents
Spend about 25% of your study time here. First, identify scenarios where a prebuilt agent can improve a business workflow. Then understand how Cowork uses skills to complete parts of a task. Last, manage scheduled tasks or prompts.
Step 5: Review and book
Take Microsoft's free practice assessment, review the domains you scored lowest in, and book the exam once you're scoring well.
Official Resources
Where to check AB-730 facts on Microsoft Learn.
Microsoft changes exams often. These are the pages we teach from.
Exam Domains
How Microsoft weights the AB-730 exam.
From the official AB-730 study guide. Bigger domains get more questions.
Understand generative AI fundamentals
25 to 30% of the exam. 8 skills listed by Microsoft.
Manage prompts and chats by using Microsoft 365 Copilot
20 to 25% of the exam. 11 skills listed by Microsoft.
Manage business content and collaboration by using Microsoft 365 Copilot
20 to 25% of the exam. 11 skills listed by Microsoft.
Drive business outcomes by using agents
20 to 25% of the exam. 11 skills listed by Microsoft.
Exam and Course Format
What test day and class look like for AB-730.
AB-730 is a business level exam. Microsoft lists 45 minutes of exam time for business exams like this one. Microsoft scores exams from 1 to 1000 and you need 700 or greater to pass.
You can book AB-730 through the exam page on Microsoft Learn, where Microsoft shows the price for your country and the delivery options it offers. Microsoft also has a free exam sandbox there so you can see the question layout before test day.
Our course runs instructor-led. We teach each domain in study guide order, practice the tasks, and finish with review on the areas you miss most.
Career Paths
Where AB-730 fits in your career.
Business analyst
Summarize data and draft findings faster in Excel and Word.
Executive or administrative assistant
Handle email, meetings and documents with Copilot.
Project and operations staff
Use agents and Copilot Cowork to keep work moving.
Sales and marketing staff
Draft content, decks and follow ups with Copilot in the apps you use.
Funding and PathPay
Ways to pay for AB-730 training.
Accumentum is an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. If you're a soldier or airman, ask us whether Army Credentialing Assistance or Air Force COOL can fund this course for you.
PathPay lets you spread tuition into monthly payments instead of paying it all up front. You can see the plans on the PathPay page or ask us which plan fits this course.
Employers often pay for Microsoft training too. Ask us for a quote or invoice your company can use.
See PathPay plans, Army Credentialing Assistance training and Air Force COOL training.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about our AB-730 course.
AB-730 is the exam for Microsoft Certified: AI Business Professional, a business level credential. Details are on the official page at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/ai-business-professional/
No. We're an independent training provider and we aren't a Microsoft partner. Our course follows Microsoft's public study guide. Microsoft offers free self-paced training on Microsoft Learn too.
Microsoft sets the price by country and shows it on the exam page when you pick your location. Check it there before you book.
Microsoft lists 45 minutes of exam time for business exams like this one. A score of 700 or greater is needed to pass.
Check the certification page on Microsoft Learn for current renewal rules for this credential.
Microsoft doesn't require another certification first, and we don't have enrollment prerequisites either. You should be comfortable in Outlook, Word, Teams, PowerPoint and Excel.
Instructor-led, with hands-on practice and exam prep. Ask us about upcoming class dates.
No. Microsoft says this certification is about using AI tools to get work done, not building AI apps or writing code.
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Outlook, Word, Teams, PowerPoint and Excel, plus Copilot Cowork, notebooks, pages and prebuilt agents.
AB-730 is for people who use Copilot every day. AB-731 is for leaders who decide where AI goes and plan the rollout.
It helps a lot. Ask us before class and we'll explain how practice works if you don't have a license yet.
Accumentum is an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. If you're a soldier or airman, ask us whether Army Credentialing Assistance or Air Force COOL can fund this course for you.
PathPay lets you spread tuition into monthly payments instead of paying it all up front. You can see the plans on the PathPay page or ask us which plan fits this course.
Use the registration page linked below, or email info@accumentum.net and we'll follow up with dates and next steps.
Enrollment
Enroll in AB-730 training with Accumentum.
Enroll in our AB-730 course to get ready for the AI Business Professional exam with instructor-led classes and hands-on practice.
For dates and next steps, use the registration page linked below or email info@accumentum.net.
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