Description:

This course introduces the artificial intelligence capabilities available on Microsoft Azure. Participants will explore core AI concepts and learn how organizations use Azure AI services to build intelligent applications. Through demonstrations and hands-on exercises, learners will work with prebuilt AI services for vision, speech, and language and understand how these services can be integrated into real-world solutions.

Duration:

1 Day

Course Code: BDT 549

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

1. Understand core artificial intelligence concepts
2. Identify Azure services for AI workloads
3. Use prebuilt AI APIs for language, vision, and speech
4. Understand generative AI concepts and Azure OpenAI capabilities
5. Recognize real-world AI solution architectures

1. Basic familiarity with cloud computing concepts
2. General understanding of data and software applications
3. No AI or programming experience required

Course Outline:

1. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Topics Covered

1. What is artificial intelligence?
2. Types of AI: machine learning, generative AI, and automation
3. Business applications of AI
4. AI in the Microsoft ecosystem

2. Introduction to Azure AI Services

Topics Covered

1. Overview of Azure AI services
2. Vision, speech, and language APIs
3. Document intelligence services
4. Integration with applications

Hands-On Lab

Use a language API to analyze text and extract key insights.

3. Computer Vision and Image Analysis

Topics Covered

1. Image recognition concepts
2. Object detection and classification
3. Optical character recognition (OCR)

Hands-On Lab

Analyze images using Azure Vision services.

4. Natural Language Processing

Topics Covered

1. Adding and configuring controls
2. Text analytics
3. Sentiment analysis
4. Entity recognition
5. Translation services

Hands-On Lab

Build a simple text analysis application.

5. Introduction to Generative AI

Topics Covered

1. What is generative AI?
2. Large language models
3. Overview of Azure OpenAI capabilities
4. AI copilots and assistants

Demonstration

Generate responses using an Azure OpenAI model.

6. Building AI Solutions with Azure

Topics Covered

1. Typical AI solution architecture
2. Integrating AI services into applications
3. Selecting the right Azure AI tools

Training material provided: Yes (Digital format)