- How Exam AI-901 relates to the Azure AI Fundamentals credential and to prior exam AI-900.
- Microsoft skills measured as of 15 April 2026: concepts and capabilities 40 to 45%. Foundry implementation 55 to 60%.
- Audience profile: beginning AI solution developers with Python syntax and Azure resource familiarity.
- Public exam facts only: Pearson VUE. Microsoft publishes a passing score of 700 or greater.
Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-901)
Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals Certification Training Course AI-901
Prepare for Exam AI-901: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals, the updated fundamentals credential that replaces AI-900. Accumentum maps the course to Microsoft’s published skills measured as of 15 April 2026.
Course focus: Responsible AI, generative and agentic AI concepts, and implementing lightweight AI solutions with Microsoft Foundry, not the retired AI-900 skills outline.
Course Overview
Build foundational Azure AI skills on the AI-901 outline, not AI-900.
Accumentum’s Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals Certification Training Course (AI-901) prepares learners for Exam AI-901: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals. Microsoft is evolving the Azure AI Fundamentals certification: after 30 June 2026, earning the credential requires passing AI-901. AI-900 remains the prior exam.
The published audience is people at the beginning of a career in AI solution development. Microsoft expects conceptual knowledge of AI solutions in Azure, foundational technical skills to work with them, knowledge of Python coding syntax and programming techniques, and familiarity with Azure resources.
This page uses Microsoft’s published skills measured as of 15 April 2026. Accumentum does not invent exam prices or unofficial question counts.
Course Objectives
What you will be able to describe and implement.
01
Responsible AI
Describe fairness, reliability and safety, privacy and security, inclusiveness, transparency, and accountability in an AI solution.
02
Models and workloads
Identify generative model components, deployment options, and common workloads including generative and agentic AI, text, speech, vision, and information extraction.
03
Foundry apps and agents
Create prompts, deploy a model in the Foundry portal, and build lightweight chat and single-agent client applications with the Foundry SDK.
04
Foundry tools
Implement text and speech, computer vision and image generation, and information extraction with Azure Content Understanding in Foundry Tools.
Who Should Attend
- People at the beginning of a career in AI solution development.
- Technical beginners who plan to build AI solutions on Azure and Microsoft Foundry rather than remaining on conceptual-only AI-900 material.
- Professionals who need conceptual knowledge of Azure AI plus foundational Python and Azure resource familiarity.
- Learners still on non-technical cloud vocabulary should confirm whether AI-900 or another primer is a better first step before AI-901.
Prerequisites
- Microsoft’s audience profile: conceptual knowledge of AI solutions in Azure and foundational technical skills to work with them.
- Knowledge of Python coding syntax and programming techniques.
- Familiarity with Azure resources and provisioning.
- No Accumentum-invented hour counts or unofficial exam prerequisites beyond Microsoft’s published profile.
Pathway Map
Eight modules mapped to Microsoft AI-901 skills as of 15 April 2026.
Skills measured: identify AI concepts and capabilities 40 to 45%. Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry 55 to 60%.
Course Content
- Fairness in an AI solution.
- Reliability and safety.
- Privacy and security.
- Inclusiveness, transparency, and accountability.
- How generative AI models work.
- Identify an appropriate AI model based on capabilities.
- Identify appropriate model deployment options and configuration parameters.
- Scenarios for generative and agentic AI, text analysis, speech, computer vision, and information extraction.
- Text analysis techniques: keyword extraction, entity detection, sentiment analysis, and summarization.
- Speech recognition and speech synthesis capabilities.
- Computer vision, image-generation models, and extraction from text, images, audio, and video.
- Create effective system and user prompts for generative AI models.
- Deploy a model and interact with it in the Foundry portal.
- Create a lightweight chat client application by using the Foundry SDK.
- Create and test a single-agent solution in the Foundry portal and a lightweight client application for an agent.
- Build a lightweight application that includes text analysis.
- Respond to spoken prompts by using a deployed multimodal model.
- Build a lightweight application by using Azure Speech in Foundry Tools.
- Interpret visual input in prompts by using a deployed multimodal model.
- Create new visual outputs by using generative models.
- Build a lightweight application that includes vision capabilities.
- Extract information from documents and forms by using Azure Content Understanding in Foundry Tools.
- Extract information from images, audio, and video with Content Understanding.
- Build a lightweight application with information extraction capabilities.
Course Features
Designed for the AI-901 skills measured.
Skills-measured map
Eight modules aligned to Microsoft AI-901 skills measured as of 15 April 2026.
Foundry implementation
Lightweight apps and agents in Microsoft Foundry. This is the implementation half of AI-901, not conceptual-only AI-900.
Public exam facts
Pearson VUE. Microsoft publishes a passing score of 700 or greater. No invented prices or unofficial question counts.
Prior exam context
AI-900 is the prior exam. After 30 June 2026, Microsoft requires AI-901 for this credential.
Certification Exam
Prepare for the official Microsoft AI-901 exam.
AI-901 Exam Readiness
Accumentum AI-901 training prepares learners for Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals on the published AI-901 outline.
The Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals exam in this update is AI-901. Public facts from Microsoft: delivered through Pearson VUE. A score of 700 or greater is required to pass. Accumentum does not publish unofficial question counts or invented exam prices.
Skills measured as of 15 April 2026: identify AI concepts and capabilities (40 to 45%). Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry (55 to 60%).
Microsoft states that after 30 June 2026, earning Azure AI Fundamentals requires passing Exam AI-901. Confirm current scheduling, languages, and renewal details on Microsoft Learn and Pearson VUE.
Skills Measured
The full AI-901 skills outline.
Microsoft lists the skills measured for Exam AI-901 as of April 15, 2026. Here are all 2 domains, 7 skill groups and 29 tasks in Microsoft's own wording. Our course maps a lesson or lab to each one.
Describe principles of responsible AI
Part of Identify AI concepts and capabilities (40 to 45%)
- Describe considerations for fairness in an AI solution
- Describe considerations for reliability and safety in an AI solution
- Describe considerations for privacy and security in an AI solution
- Describe considerations for inclusiveness in an AI solution
- Describe considerations for transparency in an AI solution
- Describe considerations for accountability in an AI solution
Identify AI model components and configurations
Part of Identify AI concepts and capabilities (40 to 45%)
- Describe how generative AI models work
- Identify an appropriate AI model, based on capabilities
- Identify appropriate model deployment options and configuration parameters
Identify AI workloads
Part of Identify AI concepts and capabilities (40 to 45%)
- Identify scenarios for common AI workloads, including generative and agentic AI, text analysis, speech, computer vision, and information extraction
- Describe common text analysis techniques, including keyword extraction, entity detection, sentiment analysis, and summarization
- Identify features and capabilities of speech recognition and speech synthesis
- Identify features and capabilities of computer vision and image-generation models
- Identify techniques to extract information from text, images, audio, and videos
Implement generative AI apps and agents by using Foundry
Part of Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry (55 to 60%)
- Create effective system and user prompts for generative AI models
- Deploy a model and interact with it in the Foundry portal
- Create a lightweight chat client application by using the Foundry SDK
- Create and test a single-agent solution in the Foundry portal
- Create a lightweight client application for an agent
Implement AI solutions for text and speech by using Foundry
Part of Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry (55 to 60%)
- Build a lightweight application that includes text analysis
- Respond to spoken prompts by using a deployed multimodal model
- Build a lightweight application by using Azure Speech in Foundry Tools
Implement AI solutions with computer vision and image-generation capabilities by using Foundry
Part of Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry (55 to 60%)
- Interpret visual input in prompts by using a deployed multimodal model
- Create new visual outputs by using generative models
- Build a lightweight application that includes vision capabilities
Implement AI solutions for information extraction by using Foundry
Part of Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry (55 to 60%)
- Extract information from documents and forms by using Azure Content Understanding in Foundry Tools
- Extract information from images by using Content Understanding
- Extract information from audio and video by using Content Understanding
- Build a lightweight application with information extraction capabilities by using Content Understanding
Study Plan
Turning the AI-901 outline into a plan.
We open with AI concepts and capabilities. Machine learning basics, generative AI, computer vision, language and responsible AI principles all get plain English explanations and short demos before any tool shows up.
Implementing AI solutions with Microsoft Foundry is the larger domain at 55 to 60 percent, so it gets most of the course. You explore models in the Foundry portal, try prompts, build a simple agent and see how the AI services are put together.
Along the way we tie every topic back to real business uses, so the concepts stick and you can explain them to a coworker or a manager.
The last session is review. We go through each skill group, work through practice questions in class, and show you the exam sandbox so you know what the interface looks like.
Exam Policies
How Microsoft runs the AI-901 exam.
AI-901 leads to Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals. Microsoft requires a score of 700 or greater to pass.
Microsoft notes that the bullets under each skill show how a skill is assessed, and related topics may also be covered. Most questions cover features that are generally available, but the exam can include Preview features if they are commonly used.
Before test day you can try the exam sandbox to see the exam interface. If you use assistive devices or need extra time, Microsoft lets you request an accommodation. If the exam is not offered in your preferred language, you can request an extra 30 minutes.
Microsoft fundamentals certifications do not expire, so once you pass, the credential stays on your transcript.
Career Outlook
Where AI-901 can take you.
AI-901 is a starting point, not a job title. It helps career changers, students, project and product staff, sales engineers and IT pros show they understand how AI works and what Azure offers. Many people use it as the first step before AI-103 or AB-620, where the hands on build work begins.
For a sense of pay, BLS puts the May 2025 median annual wage for computer occupations as a group at $109,470. That figure is a national midpoint. Where you live, how long you have been in the field and who you work for all move the number. Source: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Funding and PathPay
Ways to pay for AI-901 training.
Accumentum is an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. If you're serving, start with your education center and read our Army CA and Air Force COOL pages for the steps. We'll help you line up the course with your request.
Paying on your own? AI-901 prep is eligible for PathPay, our monthly payment plan. Terms of 3, 4 and 6 months carry no added fee. 9, 12 and 18 month terms add 5%, 10% and 15%. Course access opens when your first payment clears.
Our funding page has every other option, and you can always talk with us or email info@accumentum.net before you enroll.
Frequently Asked Questions
AI-901 Azure AI Fundamentals training with Accumentum: scope, audience, skills measured, and public exam facts.
No. This is Exam AI-901: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals. AI-900 is the prior exam. Microsoft is evolving the Azure AI Fundamentals certification toward AI-901.
People at the beginning of a career in AI solution development who have conceptual Azure AI knowledge, Python syntax, and familiarity with Azure resources.
Describe responsible AI and AI workloads, and implement lightweight generative apps, agents, text and speech, vision, and information extraction solutions with Microsoft Foundry.
Eight modules mapped to Microsoft skills measured as of 15 April 2026: exam map, responsible AI, models, workloads. Foundry apps and agents, text and speech, vision, information extraction.
As of 15 April 2026: identify AI concepts and capabilities 40 to 45%. Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry 55 to 60%.
Pearson VUE. Microsoft publishes a passing score of 700 or greater. This page does not invent prices or unofficial question counts.
Use Accumentum registration for AI-901 training dates and enrollment support.
Microsoft requires a score of 700 or greater to pass.
Microsoft lists these domains:
- Identify AI concepts and capabilities, 40 to 45%
- Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry, 55 to 60%
Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry is the largest at 55 to 60%. We give it the most lab time.
Microsoft lists 29 tasks across 7 skill groups as of April 15, 2026. Our course covers all of them.
Microsoft fundamentals certifications do not expire, so once you pass, the credential stays on your transcript.
Yes. Microsoft offers an exam sandbox that shows you the exam interface and question types.
Accumentum is an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. Start with your education center, and we'll help you with the rest.
Microsoft says most questions cover generally available features, but Preview features can appear if they are commonly used.
Yes. AI-901 prep is eligible for PathPay. Terms of 3, 4 and 6 months add no fee, and longer terms add 5% to 15%.
Enrollment
Enroll in Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals Certification Training (AI-901) with Accumentum.
Enroll in Accumentum’s Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals Certification Training Course (AI-901) to prepare for Exam AI-901. For course dates and enrollment support, visit Accumentum’s registration page linked below.
Prepare for AI-901 Azure AI Fundamentals work.
Updated fundamentals on Microsoft Foundry. Not AI-900.