You can see it againUnder pressure people bring back shapes and positions long after the wording has gone.
Picture superiority · Shepard 1967, Standing 1973
MICROSOFTMicrosoft Certified:Azure AI Fundamentals
The Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals certification validates your understanding of AI and machine learning concepts and their implementation using Microsoft Azure services. It is designed for individuals with both technical and non-technical backgrounds who want to demonstrate foundational knowledge in AI solutions.
Exam formatMultiple choice and multiple response
Duration60 minutes
DeliveryPearson VUE
Passing score700
Free questions429
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What AI-900 proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
5domains
11objectives
92concepts
US $99exam fee
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals certification demonstrates your ability to understand AI and machine learning concepts and how they are implemented using Microsoft Azure services. This certification is ideal for those at the beginning of their AI career, providing a solid foundation in AI workloads and considerations.
Earning this certification shows that you can describe AI workloads, machine learning principles, and features of computer vision and natural language processing on Azure. It is a stepping stone for further Azure role-based certifications, although it is not a prerequisite for them.
Who it’s for
This certification is intended for individuals with both technical and non-technical backgrounds who want to demonstrate foundational knowledge of AI and machine learning concepts using Microsoft Azure services. It is suitable for those who are new to AI and want to explore its applications in Azure.
Recommended experience
Familiarity with basic cloud concepts and client-server applications is beneficial. Understanding of basic cloud concepts; Awareness of client-server applications
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective Microsoft measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official Microsoft exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
Describe Artificial Intelligence workloads and considerations
- Identify features of common AI workloads
- Identify guiding principles for responsible AI
Describe fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure
- Identify common machine learning techniques
- Describe core machine learning concepts
- Describe Azure Machine Learning capabilities
Describe features of computer vision workloads on Azure
- Identify common types of computer vision solution
- Identify Azure tools and services for computer vision tasks
Describe features of Natural Language Processing (NLP) workloads on Azure
- Identify features of common NLP Workload Scenarios
- Identify Azure tools and services for NLP workloads
Describe features of generative AI workloads on Azure
- Identify features of generative AI solutions
- Identify generative AI services and capabilities in Microsoft Azure
Read the first domain, then find out where you stand
Create an account and the book opens for four hours. Every idea is explained in plain language with a picture drawn for it, and at the end you answer questions with the page closed — so what you score is what you really know, not what you just read.
Create an account and start No card to start. After four hours you decide whether to add AI-900 — and the free questions on this page stay free either way.On the day
The exam itself
Everything Microsoft publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites — this certification has no required predecessor exam or credential.
Exam codeAI-900
CertificationAzure AI Fundamentals
Exam formatMultiple choice and multiple response
Duration60 minutes
Passing score700
DeliveryPearson VUE
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Indonesian (Indonesia), Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Chinese (Traditional), Italian
PricingUS $99
Certification levelFundamentals
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path Microsoft lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
Credential earnedMicrosoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals Fundamentals level certification Renewal and maintenance
Renew eligible Certifications annually at no cost by completing a short online assessment. Stay current with the latest technologies and maintain your certification.
Learn more about renewal requirements Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. Microsoft maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by Microsoft
Exam registration
Register for the exam through Pearson VUE, Microsoft’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official Microsoft certification page for exam policies and requirements.
View the official pageYour coach
And when you are serious, your coach Pip takes over
Your coach in the app reads what you have answered with the book closed and tells you one thing to do tonight. It will not count an answer you gave with the page open, and it will tell you when you are not ready.
See how the coach worksBefore you book
Questions people ask
What happens if I fail the AI-900 exam?
You must wait 24 hours after a first failed attempt, and 14 days before each subsequent attempt. There is no annual cap on attempts.
Is there a hands-on component in the AI-900 exam?
No, the AI-900 exam consists of multiple-choice and multiple-response questions only.
What job roles does the Azure AI Fundamentals certification map to?
It aligns with roles such as AI Engineer, Data Scientist, and AI Developer, focusing on foundational AI concepts and Azure services.
Can I recertify by passing a different Microsoft exam?
Yes, earning a higher-level Microsoft certification can renew this credential without taking the AI-900 renewal assessment.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 429 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept Microsoft measures — each one written out, and 14 of them drawn as full pages you can see free.
5domains
11objectives
92concepts
91free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official Microsoft exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1Describe Artificial Intelligence workloads and considerations88 questions
2Describe fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure114 questions
Identify common machine learning techniques5 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Describe core machine learning concepts5 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →
Describe Azure Machine Learning capabilities7 concepts · 10 pagesOpen →
See what the book covers
- 1Automated Machine Learning Basics
- 2Automated Machine Learning Workflow
- 3Data Services for Azure ML
- 4Azure ML Compute Targets
- 5Model Registry Management
- 6Azure ML Model Deployment
- 7Endpoint Management in Azure ML
3Describe features of computer vision workloads on Azure75 questions
4Describe features of Natural Language Processing (NLP) workloads on Azure50 questions
5Describe features of generative AI workloads on Azure102 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
Behind each objective the concepts are written out; in front of it the practice pages are already there, free. This is one objective, opened.
Describe Azure Machine Learning capabilities7 concepts · 10 pagesOpen →
Written behind it
- 1Automated Machine Learning Basics
- 2Automated Machine Learning Workflow
- 3Data Services for Azure ML
- 4Azure ML Compute Targets
- 5Model Registry Management
- 6Azure ML Model Deployment
- 7Endpoint Management in Azure ML
Free in front of it
47 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
429 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
429questions
91pages
11objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Describe Artificial Intelligence workloads and considerations88 questions
2Describe fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure114 questions
3Describe features of computer vision workloads on Azure75 questions
4Describe features of Natural Language Processing (NLP) workloads on Azure50 questions
5Describe features of generative AI workloads on Azure102 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
When free questions are not enough
A question bank tells you what you got wrong. It does not teach you the idea, and it does not tell you what to do tonight. That is what the book and the coach are for.
Create an account and start Four hours free, no card. These 429 questions stay free either way.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
Each concept in the book is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
92concepts
14pages free
429free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Create an account and start Four hours free, no card. The 429 questions on this page stay free either way.
Official resources
Straight from Microsoft
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored, plus what we have written about it.
1official link
1guide written
92concepts mapped
The source
Microsoft’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Reading
What we have written about AI-900
Written by us, independent of Microsoft, and updated when the exam moves.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official Microsoft outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 11 objectives, 92 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Microsoft changes the outline, this page changes with it.
11objectives on the outline→92concepts written→429free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.
Create an account and start Four hours free, no card. The 429 questions on this page stay free either way.
When free questions are not enough
Three things, and they work together
Every concept in the exam, written in plain language, with a picture drawn for the ideas that need one.
See how the visuals workIntelligent Quiz
Answer with the book open and it helps you learn. Answer with it closed and it counts.
Your coach
TonightNothing due yet.
Your coach Pip reads what you have actually answered and picks one thing — sized to the time you have, not to a syllabus.
Create an account and start Four hours free, no card. The questions on this page stay free either way.