AI Morning Wire / October 17, 2026
OCTOBER 17, 2026Azure AI Fundamentals AI-901 (New AI-900): Skills Measured, 10 Practice Questions & a 2-Week Study Plan
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AI-900 has been replaced by AI-901, and the new Azure AI Fundamentals exam is different: 55–60% of it is now hands-on work in Microsoft Foundry (models, agents, speech, vision and Content Understanding).
In this episode:
• What AI-901 measures and how it differs from AI-900
• The six responsible AI principles, with examples
• A plain-language tour of Microsoft Foundry for the exam
• 10 practice questions with explanations
• A 2-week study plan
Chapters:
00:00 AI-900 is replaced by AI-901: what changed
02:30 Who the exam is for
04:35 The two domains, weights and pass mark
06:15 Responsible AI: the six principles and their keywords
11:35 Tokens, context window, temperature and top-p
17:30 Choosing and deploying the right model
20:40 AI workloads: generative, agentic, text, speech, vision, extraction
22:55 Domain 2: building in Microsoft Foundry
24:35 Keyless authentication, system vs user prompts
27:00 A single agent: define, connect, test, deploy
28:15 Hallucinations, grounding and RAG
31:15 Azure Content Understanding: extract, classify, generate
35:00 10 practice questions with explanations
46:15 Two-week study plan 49:05 Extra time if the exam isn't in your language
51:40 More practice: the AZ AI app
Practise more AI-901 questions, with every answer explained:
AZ AI – Cert Exam Prep (iPhone, iPad): https://apps.apple.com/app/id1611614573
AI & Machine Learning Tutor (41 AI certifications): https://apps.apple.com/app/id1611593573
Get the AI-901 eBook (PDF + EPUB): https://djamgatech.myshopify.com/products/ai-901-azure-ai-fundamentals-exam-guide-2026-ebook-pdf-epub
Official sources: Microsoft Learn certification page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/azure-ai-fundamentals/
AI-901 study guide: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/resources/study-guides/ai-901
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