Azure AI & ML: Optimize Language Models

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive foundation in Azure Machine Learning, equipping learners with the skills to deploy, manage, and optimize ML models efficiently. Participants will begin by exploring model deployment and consumption in Azure ML, understanding how to operationalize machine learning solutions in production environments. The course progresses to managing and evaluating models, covering key concepts such as performance monitoring, retraining strategies, and best practices for ensuring model accuracy. Learners will gain expertise in Azure AutoML workflows, from data preparation to model selection and evaluation, ensuring automated yet effective ML development. Additionally, the course covers key aspects of MLOps, enabling seamless integration with Azure services for scalable and secure machine learning operations. This course is structured into multiple modules, each featuring lessons and video lectures that provide theoretical insights and hands-on practice. Participants will engage with approximately 3:00–4:00 hours of instructional content, ensuring both conceptual understanding and practical application. To reinforce learning, graded and ungraded assignments are included within each module to test the ability of learners in real-world scenarios. Module 1: Azure AI Foundry: End-to-End Model Development & Optimization Module 2: Optimize model training with Azure Machine Learning By end of this course, you will be able to learn Understand the concepts of Azure AI Foundry, including its role in model optimization, fine-tuning, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) strategies. Learn how to explore and manage the Model Catalog and Collections within Azure AI Foundry and ML, and use compute resources effectively. Gain practical experience testing and manually evaluating prompts in the Azure AI Foundry portal playground, including tracking prompt variants. Discover how to create and configure search indexes in the Azure portal, using Azure AI Search for enhanced data retrieval and model deployment

• Understand Azure AI Foundry concepts for model optimization and RAG strategies
• Explore and manage Model Catalog and Collections in Azure AI Foundry
• Evaluate and test prompts manually in Azure AI Foundry portal
• Create and configure search indexes using Azure AI Search
• Manage data preparation and model selection in Azure AutoML workflows
• Develop automated, efficient machine learning applications

• Basic familiarity with the topic and its common terminology
• Readiness to practice through applied exercises or case-based work