The latest articles on DEV Community by Alex Hernandez (@alextheluchador). https://dev.to/alextheluchador https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3063362%2F8e9aa853-09ec-42ed-8715-8a096a27348f.png https://dev.to/alextheluchador en Alex Hernandez Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:43:31 +0000 https://dev.to/alextheluchador/how-i-passed-the-azure-ai-102-exam-4gg7 https://dev.to/alextheluchador/how-i-passed-the-azure-ai-102-exam-4gg7 <p>I passed the Microsoft Azure AI Engineer (AI-102) exam on April 4, 2025.</p> <p>Overall, the exam was quite tough but not exceedingly so. I studied for about 6 months utilizing <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/azure-ai-engineer/?practice-assessment-type=certification" rel="noopener noreferrer">the Microsoft course</a> and the hands-on labs in that course, as well as practice tests from SkillCertPro, which costs $20 for about 12 tests.</p> <p>The exam requires a lot of knowledge on Microsoft's AI services and which ones are the best in a given scenario. You should know the limitations and capabilities of each service, as well as the steps to implement and manage them. </p> <p>The difficulty lies is how long it takes to analyze each question thoroughly. With a little more than 1.5 hours to answer all questions, I passed with just over 72% correct, and I had 7 questions unanswered! I've never taken an exam and had questions unanswered. The questions require a bit of thought (as you can imagine), but really it just comes down to how well you know each AI service and when they're useful versus when they're not.</p> azure ai certification machinelearning