Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
The AI-900 exam is designed for anyone getting started with Copilot & AI. It validates your understanding of artificial Intelligence workloads and considerations, fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure, features of computer vision workloads on Azure, features of Natural Language Processing (NLP) workloads on Azure, and features of generative AI workloads on Azure.
The AI-900 exam has retired. To earn Azure AI Fundamentals now, take AI-901.
Exam details
- Certification
- Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
- Application
- Copilot & AI
- Exam code
- AI-900
- Level
- Fundamentals
- Duration
- Approximately 45 minutes
- Questions
- Typically 40–60 questions
- Passing score
- 700 out of 1000
- Cost
- USD $99 — typical price; the exact fee varies by country/region and currency, and local taxes may apply.
- Prerequisites
- None required
- Languages
- English (also available in Japanese, German, French, Spanish and several other languages)
- Delivered by
- Pearson VUE
- Renewal
- Not required (Fundamentals certifications do not expire)
Skills measured
Describe Artificial Intelligence workloads and considerations (15–20%)
- Identify computer vision, NLP, document processing, and generative AI workloads.
- Describe responsible AI principles including fairness, privacy, transparency, and accountability.
Describe fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure (15–20%)
- Identify regression, classification, clustering, deep learning, and transformer scenarios.
- Describe features, labels, training, and validation datasets.
- Describe Azure Machine Learning capabilities for automated ML, compute, and deployment.
Describe features of computer vision workloads on Azure (15–20%)
- Identify image classification, object detection, OCR, and facial analysis solutions.
- Describe Azure AI Vision and Face detection capabilities.
Describe features of Natural Language Processing (NLP) workloads on Azure (15–20%)
- Identify key phrase extraction, entity recognition, sentiment, speech, and translation uses.
- Describe Azure AI Language and Azure AI Speech capabilities.
Describe features of generative AI workloads on Azure (20–25%)
- Identify generative AI models, common scenarios, and responsible AI considerations.
- Describe Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and the model catalog.
Study Resources
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Frequently asked questions
Who should take AI-900?
AI-900 is for students, business stakeholders, sales engineers, and IT staff who are new to Azure AI. That includes people in professional services, the public sector, and software. This exam has retired in favour of newer fundamentals options.
What is the average salary for an Azure AI Fundamentals professional?
AI-900 is a fundamentals credential, not a job title, and it has no published salary band. Holders are often in junior cloud, analyst, or business roles that work with AI services. As of 2026, related US junior cloud and analyst pay is commonly about $60,000 to $85,000, UK data and BI analyst medians are about £36,000 to £52,500, and German data analyst medians are around €50,000. The certification does not set pay.
Where do I find exam questions to practice?
You will find websites selling exam dumps or brain dumps that claim to be real AI-900 questions. Those materials are not official. Microsoft treats using brain dumps as cheating. It can invalidate your score, revoke certifications you already hold, and ban you from future exams. Microsoft publishes a free Practice Assessment for AI-900 on Microsoft Learn. Those questions are examples only, not the live exam. MeasureUp also sells the official practice test linked in the study resources on this page. You can try the Microsoft exam sandbox to see the question types and timer, but it does not use real exam questions. Practise the skills measured in a real product environment rather than memorising leaked items.
Does the exam include official labs I can use to practice?
AI-900 is a knowledge exam. Microsoft does not provide official exam labs you can use to practise this credential. Some Microsoft Learn modules include short exercises, and official instructor-led AI-900T00 training delivered by a Microsoft Learning Partner includes labs. Those labs are for the course, not a copy of the exam. Hands-on practice, if you want it, is in a free Azure, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, or trial tenant rather than an exam lab. The Microsoft exam sandbox shows traditional question types only. It does not give you the lab virtual machine.