In this blog post I cover all of the resources I came across whilst studying for the AZ-102 Exam
AI-102: AI Engineer on GitHub: - https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AI-102-AIEngineerhttps://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AI-102-AIEngineer
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Plan and Manage an Azure Cognitive Services Solution (15-20%) Select the appropriate Cognitive Services resource
- select the appropriate cognitive service for a vision solution https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/computer-vision/overview https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/overview
- select the appropriate cognitive service for a language analysis solution https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/what-is-luis
- select the appropriate cognitive Service for a decision support solution https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/what-are-cognitive-services#decision-apis
- select the appropriate cognitive service for a speech solution https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/what-are-cognitive-services#speech-apis
Plan and configure security for a Cognitive Services solution
- manage Cognitive Services account keys https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/cognitive-services-apis-create-account?tabs=multiservice%2Cwindows#get-the-keys-for-your-resource
- manage authentication for a resource https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/authentication?tabs=powershell
- secure Cognitive Services by using Azure Virtual Network https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/cognitive-services-virtual-networks?tabs=portal
- plan for a solution that meets responsible AI principles https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/responsible-ai-resources?activetab=pivot1%3aprimaryr4
Create a Cognitive Services resource
- create a Cognitive Services resource https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/cognitive-services-apis-create-account?tabs=multiservice%2Cwindows
- configure diagnostic logging for a Cognitive Services resource https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/diagnostic-logging
- manage Cognitive Services costs https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/plan-manage-costs
- monitor a cognitive service https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-monitor-usage
- implement a privacy policy in Cognitive Services https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/cognitive-services/computer-vision/compliance-privacy-security-2
Plan and implement Cognitive Services containers
- identify when to deploy to a container https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/cognitive-services-container-support
- containerize Cognitive Services (including Computer Vision API, Face API, Text Analytics, Speech, Form Recognizer) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/speech-container-howto?tabs=stt%2Ccsharp%2Csimple-format
Implement Computer Vision Solutions (20-25%) ** Analyze images by using the Computer Vision API**
- retrieve image descriptions and tags by using the Computer Vision API https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/computer-vision/concept-tagging-images
- identify landmarks and celebrities by using the Computer Vision API https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/computer-vision/concept-detecting-domain-content
- detect brands in images by using the Computer Vision API https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/computer-vision/concept-brand-detection
- moderate content in images by using the Computer Vision API https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/computer-vision/concept-detecting-adult-content
- generate thumbnails by using the Computer Vision API https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/computer-vision/concept-generating-thumbnails
Extract text from images
- extract text from images by using the OCR API https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/computer-vision/overview-ocr
- extract text from images or PDFs by using the Read API https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/computer-vision/overview-ocr#read-api
- convert handwritten text by using Ink Recognizer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/azure/cognitive-services/Ink-Recognizer/quickstarts/csharp
- extract information from forms or receipts by using the pre-built receipt model in Form Recognizer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/form-recognizer/concept-receipts
- build and optimize a custom model for Form Recognizer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/form-recognizer/build-training-data-set
Extract facial information from images
- detect faces in an image by using the Face API https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/face/face-api-how-to-topics/howtodetectfacesinimage
- recognize faces in an image by using the Face API https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/face/quickstarts/client-libraries?tabs=visual-studio&pivots=programming-language-csharp o configure persons and person groups https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cognitiveservices/face/persongroupperson/create
- analyze facial attributes by using the Face API https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/learn/modules/detect-analyze-faces/2-face-analysis-azure
- match similar faces by using the Face API https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/faceapi/face/findsimilar
Implement image classification by using the Custom Vision service
- label images by using the Computer Vision Portal https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/suggested-tags
- train a custom image classification model in the Custom Vision Portal https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/getting-started-build-a-classifier
- train a custom image classification model by using the SDK https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/quickstarts/image-classification?tabs=visual-studio&pivots=programming-language-csharp
- manage model iterations https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/getting-started-build-a-classifier#manage-training-iterations
- evaluate classification model metrics https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/getting-started-build-a-classifier#evaluate-the-classifier
- publish a trained iteration of a model https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/use-prediction-api#publish-your-trained-iteration
- export a model in an appropriate format for a specific target https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/export-your-model
- consume a classification model from a client application https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/how-to-consume-web-service?tabs=python
- deploy image classification custom models to containers https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/tutorial-deploy-custom-vision?view=iotedge-2018-06
Implement an object detection solution by using the Custom Vision service
- label images with bounding boxes by using the Computer Vision Portal https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/how-to-label-data#tag-images-and-specify-bounding-boxes-for-object-detection
- train a custom object detection model by using the Custom Vision Portal https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/get-started-build-detector
- train a custom object detection model by using the SDK https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/quickstarts/object-detection?tabs=visual-studio&pivots=programming-language-csharp
- manage model iterations https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/get-started-build-detector#manage-training-iterations
- evaluate object detection model metrics https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/get-started-build-detector#evaluate-the-detector
- publish a trained iteration of a model https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/quickstarts/object-detection?tabs=visual-studio&pivots=programming-language-csharp#publish-the-current-iteration
- consume an object detection model from a client application https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ai-builder/object-detection-model-in-flow
- deploy custom object detection models to containers https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/cognitive-services-container-support
Analyze video by using Video Indexer
- process a video https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/media-services/video-indexer/upload-index-videos
- extract insights from a video https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/extract-insights-from-videos-with-video-indexer-service/
- moderate content in a video https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/cognitive-services/content-moderator
- customize the Brands model used by Video Indexer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/media-services/video-indexer/customize-brands-model-with-website
- customize the Language model used by Video Indexer by using the Custom Speech service https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/media-services/video-indexer/customize-language-model-with-website
- customize the Person model used by Video Indexer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/media-services/video-indexer/customize-person-model-with-website
- extract insights from a live stream of video data https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAHRBpqxpOg
Implement Natural Language Processing Solutions (20-25%) ** Analyze text by using the Text Analytics service**
- retrieve and process key phrases https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/azure/cognitive-services/text-analytics/how-tos/text-analytics-how-to-keyword-extraction
- retrieve and process entity information (people, places, urls, etc.) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/text-analytics/how-tos/text-analytics-how-to-entity-linking?tabs=version-3-preview
- retrieve and process sentiment https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/scenarios/databricks-sentiment-analysis-cognitive-services?toc=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fcognitive-services%2Ftext-analytics%2Ftoc.json&bc=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fbread%2Ftoc.json
- detect the language used in text https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/text-analytics/how-tos/text-analytics-how-to-language-detection
Manage speech by using the Speech service
- implement text-to-speech https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/text-to-speech
- customize text-to-speech https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/how-to-custom-voice
- implement speech-to-text https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/get-started-speech-to-text?tabs=windowsinstall&pivots=programming-language-csharp
- improve speech-to-text accuracy https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/tutorial-tenant-model
Translate language
- translate text by using the Translator service https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/translator/translator-info-overview
- translate speech-to-speech by using the Speech service https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/get-started-speech-translation?tabs=script%2Cwindowsinstall&pivots=programming-language-csharp
- translate speech-to-text by using the Speech service https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/get-started-speech-to-text?tabs=windowsinstall&pivots=programming-language-csharp
Build an initial language model by using Language Understanding Service (LUIS)
- create intents and entities based on a schema, and then add utterances https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-how-to-add-intents
- create complex hierarchical entities https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-concept-entity-types o use this instead of roles https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-how-to-collaborate
- train and deploy a model https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-how-to-train
Iterate on and optimize a language model by using LUIS
- implement phrase lists https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-concept-feature#create-a-phrase-list-for-a-concept
- implement a model as a feature (i.e. prebuilt entities) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-how-to-add-features#model-as-a-feature
- manage punctuation and diacritics https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-reference-application-settings#punctuation-normalization
- implement active learning https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-concept-review-endpoint-utterances
- monitor and correct data imbalances https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-how-to-use-dashboard#review-data-imbalance
- implement patterns https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-tutorial-pattern
Manage a LUIS model
- manage collaborators https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-how-to-collaborate
- manage versioning https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-how-to-manage-versions
- publish a model through the portal or in a container https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-how-to-publish-app
- export a LUIS package https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/luis-container-howto?tabs=v3#export-packaged-app-from-luis
- deploy a LUIS package to a container https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/containers/azure-container-instance-recipe?tabs=portal
- integrate Bot Framework (LUDown) to run outside of the LUIS portal https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools/tree/master/packages/Ludown#ludown
Implement Knowledge Mining Solutions (15-20%) Implement a Cognitive Search solution
- create data sources https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchservice/create-data-source
- define an index https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-what-is-an-index
- create and run an indexer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-create-indexers#run-the-indexer
- query an index https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-overview
- configure an index to support autocomplete and autosuggest https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-add-autocomplete-suggestions
- boost results based on relevance https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/index-add-scoring-profiles
- implement synonyms https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-synonyms
Implement an enrichment pipeline
- attach a Cognitive Services account to a skillset https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-attach-cognitive-services
- select and include built-in skills for documents https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-predefined-skills
- implement custom skills and include them in a skillset https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-custom-skill-interface
Implement a knowledge store
- define file projections https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-projections-examples#projecting-to-file
- define object projections https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-projections-examples#projecting-to-objects
- define table projections https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-projections-examples#projecting-to-tables
- query projections https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-projection-overview
Manage a Cognitive Search solution
- provision Cognitive Search https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-create-service-portal
- configure security for Cognitive Search https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-overview
- configure scalability for Cognitive Search https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-performance-optimization
Manage indexing
manage re-indexing https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchservice/update-index
rebuild indexes https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-reindex
schedule indexing https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-schedule-indexers
monitor indexing https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-monitor-indexers
implement incremental indexing https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-incremental-indexing-conceptual
manage concurrency https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-concurrency
push data to an index https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-what-is-data-import#pushing-data-to-an-index
troubleshoot indexing for a pipeline https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-troubleshooting Implement Conversational AI Solutions (15-20%) Create a knowledge base by using QnA Maker
create a QnA Maker service https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/how-to/set-up-qnamaker-service-azure?tabs=v1#create-a-new-qna-maker-service
create a knowledge base https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/quickstarts/create-publish-knowledge-base?tabs=v1
import a knowledge base https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/tutorials/migrate-knowledge-base#migrate-a-knowledge-base-from-qna-maker
train and test a knowledge base https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/quickstarts/create-publish-knowledge-base?tabs=v1#save-and-train
publish a knowledge base https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/quickstarts/create-publish-knowledge-base?tabs=v1#publish-the-knowledge-base
create a multi-turn conversation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/how-to/multiturn-conversation
add alternate phrasing https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/how-to/edit-knowledge-base#add-alternate-questions
add chit-chat to a knowledge base https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/how-to/chit-chat-knowledge-base?tabs=v1
export a knowledge base https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/tutorials/migrate-knowledge-base
add active learning to a knowledge base https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/how-to/use-active-learning?tabs=v1
manage collaborators https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/concepts/role-based-access-control
Design and implement conversation flow
- design conversation logic for a bot https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-design-conversation-flow?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
- create and evaluate *.chat file conversations by using the Bot Framework Emulator https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-debug-transcript?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
- add language generation for a response https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/concept-language-generation
- design and implement adaptive cards https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/adaptive-cards/sdk/designer
Create a bot by using the Bot Framework SDK
- implement dialogs https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/skill-actions-in-dialogs?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=cs
- maintain state https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-concept-state?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
- implement logging for a bot conversation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/using-trace-activities?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
- implement a prompt for user input https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-primitive-prompts?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
- add and review bot telemetry https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-telemetry?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
- implement a bot-to-human handoff https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-design-pattern-handoff-human?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
- troubleshoot a conversational bot https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-troubleshoot-general-problems?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
- add a custom middleware for processing user messages https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-concept-middleware?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
- manage identity and authentication https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-authentication?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=aadv2%2Ccsharp
- implement channel-specific logic https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-channeldata?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
- publish a bot https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-tutorial-deploy-basic-bot?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
Create a bot by using the Bot Framework Composer
- implement dialogs https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/concept-dialog
- maintain state https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/concept-memory
- implement logging for a bot conversation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-telemetry?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
- implement prompts for user input https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/how-to-ask-for-user-input
- troubleshoot a conversational bot https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-troubleshoot-bot-configuration?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
- test a bot by using the Bot Framework Emulator https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-debug-emulator?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
- publish a bot https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/how-to-publish-bot
Integrate Cognitive Services into a bot
- integrate a QnA Maker service https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-howto-qna?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=cs
- integrate a LUIS service https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-howto-v4-luis?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
- integrate a Speech service https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/rest-api/bot-framework-rest-connector-text-to-speech?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
- integrate Dispatch for multiple language models https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-tutorial-dispatch?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=cs
- manage keys in app settings file https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-howto-v4-luis?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp#update-the-settings-file
