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AI-901 (replaces AI-900) for AWS engineers: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals

AI-901 is the current exam for the Azure AI Fundamentals certification.

It replaced AI-900, which retired on Jun 30, 2026. Unlike AI-900 and AWS's AI Practitioner exam, more than half of AI-901 is hands-on: you deploy models and build small apps and agents in Microsoft Foundry using Python.

Last verified: Oct 27, 2026 against the official AI-901 study guide · Edit on GitHub · Report an error

Exam at a glance

Exam	AI-901: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
Certification	Microsoft Certified – Azure AI Fundamentals (Fundamentals)
Status	current AI-901 replaces AI-900 for this certification (English version updated Apr 15, 2026). Covers Microsoft Foundry.
Skills measured as of	Apr 15, 2026
Passing score	700 or greater (per the study guide)
Closest AWS cert	AIF-C01

Exam prices vary by country and are set on the exam page, so none are quoted here. Microsoft doesn't publish pass rates.

Who it's for

AWS engineers who know Bedrock or the AWS AI Practitioner material and want the Azure equivalent.
Developers starting in AI on Azure. Microsoft expects Python syntax knowledge and familiarity with Azure resources.
Anyone who was studying for AI-900. Its skills outline is out of date now that the exam is retired.

Domains and how they map to AWS

Domain (official)	Weight	Compare pages
Identify AI concepts and capabilities	40–45%	9
Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry	55–60%	10

1. Identify AI concepts and capabilities 40–45%

Official skill areas: Describe principles of responsible AI · Identify AI model components and configurations · Identify AI workloads

From AWS: Mostly conceptual and close to AWS AI Practitioner material: how generative models work, choosing a model, deployment options and parameters, and common workloads (text analysis, speech, vision, information extraction). Microsoft's six responsible AI principles are tested by name.

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2. Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry 55–60%

Official skill areas: Implement generative AI apps and agents by using Foundry · Implement AI solutions for text and speech by using Foundry · Implement AI solutions with computer vision and image-generation capabilities by using Foundry · Implement AI solutions for information extraction by using Foundry

From AWS: Hands-on in Foundry. Bedrock model access and the Converse API map to Foundry model deployments and the Foundry SDK. Bedrock Agents/AgentCore map to Foundry Agent Service. Transcribe and Polly map to Azure Speech in Foundry Tools. Textract and Bedrock Data Automation map to Content Understanding.

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Concepts that trip AWS engineers up

It's no longer purely conceptual

AI-900 and AWS AIF-C01 are "describe" exams. AI-901 spends 55–60% on implementing with Foundry: prompts, deploying a model, building a chat client and a single agent with the SDK, plus speech, vision and extraction apps.

Naming churn

The platform is now Microsoft Foundry (previously Azure AI Foundry / Azure AI Studio), and the prebuilt AI services are grouped as Foundry Tools. Older study material uses the old names.

Six responsible AI principles

Fairness, reliability and safety, privacy and security, inclusiveness, transparency, and accountability. Expect scenario questions that map a concern to a principle.

Content Understanding replaces several older services in scope

Extracting information from documents, images, audio and video is taught through Azure Content Understanding, which plays the role of Bedrock Data Automation.

Closest AWS certification

AWS Certified AI Practitioner AIF-C01: Same tier. AI-901 adds hands-on SDK work that AIF-C01 doesn't have. Italian and German versions retire after Oct 15, 2026 (per AWS cert page).

FAQ

What does AI-901 cover, and how is it weighted?

AI-901 (Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals) has 2 domains: Identify AI concepts and capabilities (40–45%); Implement AI solutions by using Microsoft Foundry (55–60%). Weights are from the official Microsoft Learn study guide (skills measured as of Apr 15, 2026).

What is the closest AWS certification to AI-901?

AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01): Same tier. AI-901 adds hands-on SDK work that AIF-C01 doesn't have.

Is AI-901 a current exam?

As of Oct 27, 2026, Microsoft Learn lists AI-901 as current. AI-901 replaces AI-900 for this certification (English version updated Apr 15, 2026). Covers Microsoft Foundry.