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Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-901)
- Study focus
- Foundational AI concepts and the Azure services used to build AI applications.
- Where you'd use it
- Useful when you need to recognise which kind of AI service fits a small use case and explain its limitations to a colleague.
- Our preparation advice
- Work through basic Python and a small Azure exercise. Be able to distinguish a useful model response from one that merely sounds confident.
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Historical credentials and replacement notices (6)
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- Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) →
The certification, its exam and its renewal assessment were retired on 31 August 2026. SC-500 covers the nearest equivalent ground and is live, but Microsoft's AZ-500 pages do not state that it replaces AZ-500, so treat it as the current alternative rather than an announced successor. A held AZ-500 does not transfer.
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals →
MS-900 retired on 31 March 2026. It is no longer available to take. Previously earned credentials remain on the Microsoft Learn transcript; do not book this exam as a new qualification.
- Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure (AZ-800) →
AZ-800 retired on 30 September 2026. AZ-802 is the single remaining route to the Windows Server Administrator certification.
- Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services (AZ-801) →
AZ-801 retired on 30 September 2026 alongside AZ-800. AZ-802 is now the only path to the certification.
- Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203) →
Retired along with its renewal assessment; Microsoft's certification page carries the retirement notice without restating the date. DP-700 is the live Fabric-based data engineering credential and is the nearest equivalent, but the AZ retirement notice does not name it as the replacement.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals →
AI-900 retired on 30 June 2026. It is no longer available to take. Previously earned credentials remain on the Microsoft Learn transcript; do not book this exam as a new qualification.