DAT 380 - Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution with Project
Course Description
AI-infused applications are crucial to improving efficiency, accuracy, and personalization.
Learn how to build AI infused applications that leverage Azure AI Foundry and other Azure AI services. Topics in this course include developing generative AI apps, building AI agents, and solutions that implement computer vision and information extraction. You will build on your existing software development skills, including experience of programming with Python, and familiarity with REST and JSON.
You will have an opportunity to complete a practical project, and apply various skills and techniques that you have learned.
Note: We will cover the Python demo version in class, but students can still work on Python or C# implementations during lab sessions or project work.
This course covers the objectives for Microsoft Exam AI-102: Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution.
The University of Calgary is Microsoft Education Global Training Partner.
Course Details
Learning Outcomes
By the completion of this course, successful students will be able to:
- Define and describe key concepts of Azure AI services and their role in AI-infused applications.
- Explain and compare approaches for planning and managing Azure AI solutions.
- Apply Azure AI tools to implement generative AI solutions for text and image generation.
- Develop and configure agentic solutions that reason, act, and interact with users or systems.
- Analyze and design computer vision workflows for image classification, object detection, and interpretation.
- Construct and integrate natural language processing solutions for conversational AI and text analytics.
- Evaluate and optimize knowledge mining and information extraction solutions for structured and unstructured data.
- Create end-to-end AI-infused applications that combine multiple Azure AI services to meet business requirements.
Topics
- Develop generating AI apps in Azure
- Develop AI agents on Azure
- Develop natural language solutions in Azure
- Develop computer vision solutions in Azure
- Develop AI information extraction solutions in Azure
Notes
This course includes hands-on activities to reinforce the concepts taught and provide a practical learning experience.
Lab access will be provided at no additional cost.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites.
Self-assessment for enrolment:
A minimum of 6 months relevant working experience and knowledge in:
- Application/software development
- Python or C# programming language
- REST-based APIs
OR
Recommended prerequisites:
- ICT 779 Python Foundations or ICT 710 Computer Programming Level 1
Applies Towards the Following Program(s)
- Machine Learning and AI on Microsoft Azure : Required