What does it cost?
The AI-103 exam costs $165.
Exam fee
$165
Microsoft prices the exam by the country or region where it is proctored; $165 is the price in the United States.
Source: Microsoft exam page
Microsoft exam
AI-103 Exam facts
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate
- Minutes
- 120
- Exam fee
- $165
- Passing score
- 700
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Short answer
Exam AI-103: Developing AI Apps and Agents on Azure is the exam for the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate certification, for Python developers on Microsoft Foundry. The exam runs 120 minutes, costs $165 and takes 700 of 1,000 to pass.
Sources: exam page, exam guide
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Edition 1.0, October 2026
How many questions and how long?
The AI-103 exam runs 120 minutes. Microsoft has not published the number of questions.
Source: Microsoft exam page
The exam
- Questions
- Not published
- Time
- 120 minutes
- Languages
- English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish
What score do you need to pass?
The AI-103 passing score is 700, on a scale of 1-1,000.
1-699
700+ PASS
Source: Microsoft exam page
What does the exam cover?
The AI-103 exam covers five domains, weighted 25-30% / 30-35% / 10-15% / 10-15% / 10-15%.
Source: Microsoft exam guide
D125-30%
Plan and manage an Azure AI solution
D230-35%
Implement generative AI and agentic solutions
D310-15%
Implement computer vision solutions
D410-15%
Implement text analysis solutions
D510-15%
Implement information extraction solutions
Plan and manage an Azure AI solution
- 1.1Choose Foundry services
- 1.2Set up AI solutions in Foundry
- 1.3Manage, monitor and secure AI systems
- 1.4Implement responsible AI across generative and agentic systems
Implement generative AI and agentic solutions
- 2.1Build generative applications
- 2.2Build agents
- 2.3Optimize and operationalize generative AI systems
Implement computer vision solutions
- 3.1Image and video generation
- 3.2Multimodal understanding workflows
- 3.3Responsible AI for multimodal content
Implement text analysis solutions
- 4.1Language model text analysis
- 4.2Speech solutions
Implement information extraction solutions
- 5.1Retrieval and grounding pipelines
- 5.2Extract content from documents
Inside the study bundle
Study guide chapters
Ten chapters. Chapters 2 to 7 cover the five exam domains, weighted like the exam.
- 01 What the exam is p. 3
- 02 The Foundry platform: resources, models, deployments, access p. 7
- 03 Running AI systems: monitoring, security and responsible AI p. 17
- 04 Generative AI and agentic solutions p. 24
- 05 Computer vision: generation and multimodal understanding p. 34
- 06 Text analysis and speech p. 40
- 07 Information extraction: search, documents, Content Understanding p. 44
- 08 Final review p. 50
- 09 Sources p. 58
- 10 Edition and updates p. 60
Look inside the study guide
Three pages of the Edition 1.0 study guide: the contents, the first page of a domain chapter and a page further into it.
What is free here, and what is in the bundle?
The exam facts and 5 sample questions are free on this site. The study guide chapters and the two practice exams are in the bundle.
| Item | Free on this site | In the bundle |
|---|---|---|
| Exam facts and change log | Yes, with links to the Microsoft sources | Chapter 1 of the study guide sums up the exam's format and scoring. |
| 5 sample questions | Yes | No. None of the 5 appear in the practice exams. |
| Domain chapters and final review | No | Yes, in the study guide |
| Two practice exams with answer keys | No | Yes, 120 questions with an explanation for every answer |
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Does it include real exam questions?
No, the AI-103 bundle contains no exam questions, and every practice question is original.
How is the AI-103 bundle different from Microsoft's free materials?
Microsoft's free pages set out what the AI-103 exam covers. The AI-103 bundle adds a 60-page study guide that covers every exam domain, and two practice exams with 120 original questions, every answer explained. When Microsoft revises the exam, a new edition follows if the changes warrant it, included while your access lasts.
How do I get updates?
Updates to the AI-103 bundle arrive as new editions. Every bundle includes 6 months of access: download the PDFs, and any new editions, until 6 months after your purchase date. Download each new edition at overqual.com/download with the license key from your receipt email. The change log on the exam facts page says what changed.
Can I get a refund?
No. Sales of the AI-103 bundle are final, because downloaded PDFs cannot be returned. Read the free exam facts and try the 5 free sample questions first. If a download fails or you paid twice by mistake, contact Overqual to have the download fixed or the second payment refunded.
How does AI-103 differ from AI-102?
AI-103 replaces AI-102 (Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate), which retired on Jun 30, 2026: Microsoft's announcement names the Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate certification as the replacement (Microsoft announcement, retired exams), and the AI-102 page says the certification and its renewal assessment are retired (AI-102 page). AI-103 gives you 120 minutes against AI-102's 100 (AI-103 page). Its outline lists five skill areas built around Microsoft Foundry, with generative AI and agentic solutions as one 30-35% domain; AI-102's page listed six areas, with generative AI, agentic solutions, natural language processing and knowledge mining as separate items (Microsoft's AI-103 study guide).
Does AI-103 include labs, and can I use Microsoft Learn during the exam?
AI-103's exam page says you may have interactive components to complete as part of the exam (AI-103 page). Microsoft does not share which exams contain labs, and the exam introduction says whether yours does (exam FAQ); its duration table puts 120-minute associate exams in the row that may contain labs, with 140 minutes of seat time (exam duration). Microsoft Learn opens in a split screen during associate and expert exams, except Q&A, practice assessments and your profile, and no extra time is added.
How many questions does AI-103 have, and what score passes?
AI-103 has no published question count; Microsoft says most of its certification exams contain 40-60 questions (exam duration). You have 120 minutes (AI-103 page). Scores are scaled on a 1-1,000 range and 700 passes; there is no penalty for guessing (exam scoring).
Ready for AI-103?
Three PDFs, 107 pages: the study guide and two practice exams.
Which Microsoft services are in scope?
The AI-103 skills outline is written around Microsoft Foundry and refers to the Azure AI services as Foundry Tools, naming Azure Content Understanding and Azure Translator. The other products below come from the documentation list in Microsoft's AI-103 study guide.
Source: Microsoft's AI-103 study guide
Microsoft Foundry
- Foundry projects and model deployments
- LLMs, small language models, code models and multimodal models
- Agents with retrieval, function calling, conversation memory and tool schemas
- Foundry SDKs and connectors
- Evaluators, tracing, token analytics and safety signals
- Azure OpenAI models (documentation list)
Foundry Tools
- Azure Content Understanding, single-task and pro mode
- Azure Translator
- Speech to text, text to speech and custom speech models
- Azure AI Vision, Azure AI Language, Azure AI Speech, Azure AI Document Intelligence and Azure AI Video Indexer (documentation list)
Retrieval and grounding
- Semantic, hybrid and vector search for grounding (Azure AI Search in the documentation list)
- Built-in and custom skills for text, images and layout
- RAG ingestion with optical character recognition (OCR)
- Retrieval pipelines connected to workflows and agent tools
How is it delivered?
The AI-103 exam is proctored, scheduled through Pearson VUE.
- Delivery
- Proctored, scheduled through Pearson VUE
- Languages
- English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish
- Prerequisites
- None listed.
- Validity
- Expires annually. Renew free with an online assessment on Microsoft Learn.
- Retakes
- 24 hours after a first failed attempt; 14 days between later attempts; at most 5 attempts in 12 months
- Test aids
- Microsoft Learn opens in a split screen during associate and expert exams: everything on learn.microsoft.com except Q&A, Practice Assessments and your profile. No extra time is added and the clock keeps running.
Source: Microsoft exam page
What are the key dates?
The dates Microsoft has published for AI-103.
- Jun 30, 2026
- AI-102 retires
Source: Microsoft exam page
Fact sheet
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- Time
- 120 minutes Source: Microsoft exam page
- Fee
- $165 Source: Microsoft exam page
- Passing score
- 700 Source: Microsoft exam page
- Score range
- 1-1,000 Source: Microsoft exam page
- Languages
- English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish Source: Microsoft exam page
- Delivery
- Proctored, scheduled through Pearson VUE Source: Microsoft exam page
- Validity
- Expires annually. Renew free with an online assessment on Microsoft Learn. Source: Microsoft exam guide
- Prerequisites
- None listed. Source: Microsoft exam page
- Retakes
- 24 hours after a first failed attempt; 14 days between later attempts; at most 5 attempts in 12 months Source: Microsoft page
- Test aids
- Microsoft Learn opens in a split screen during associate and expert exams: everything on learn.microsoft.com except Q&A, Practice Assessments and your profile. No extra time is added and the clock keeps running. Source: Microsoft page
- Domain weights
- D1 25-30% / D2 30-35% / D3 10-15% / D4 10-15% / D5 10-15% Source: Microsoft exam guide
- Typical question count (most Microsoft exams)
- 40-60 questions Source: Microsoft page
- Seat time
- 140 minutes Source: Microsoft page
- Breaks
- Five minutes of break time are built into the exam time. The clock keeps running, and you cannot return to questions seen before a break. Source: Microsoft page
- Scoring
- Scaled score. 700 may not equal 70% of the points. No penalty for guessing. Some questions are unscored. Source: Microsoft page
- Renewal
- Free online assessment on Microsoft Learn, unproctored and open book, any time in the six months before expiry. Passing extends the certification one year from the expiration date. No limit on attempts. Source: Microsoft page
- GA and preview features
- Most questions cover features that are general availability (GA). The exam may contain questions on Preview features if those features are commonly used. Source: Microsoft exam guide
- Practice assessment
- Available on AI Skills Navigator. Sign-in required. Source: Microsoft exam page
- Exam sandbox
- Demo of the exam interface and question types at aka.ms/examdemo Source: Microsoft exam guide
- Extra time if the exam is not in your language
- 30 minutes on request Source: Microsoft exam guide
- Labs
- Microsoft does not share which exams have labs. If an exam has labs, it has at least one, each with 7-15 tasks, placed as the last section; the exam introduction says whether labs are included. Source: Microsoft page
- Certification earned
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate Source: Microsoft exam page
- Question types in the exam sandbox
- Multiple choice, drag and drop, build list, hot area, active screen, case studies and labs Source: Microsoft page
What has changed, and when?
Changes to the exam and to the products it covers, newest first.
- Microsoft listed AI-103 as generally available, with its certification replacing the retiring AI-102. Microsoft page
- Microsoft dated the AI-103 skills outline Apr 16, 2026: five domains, generative AI and agentic solutions the largest at 30-35%. Microsoft exam guide
- Microsoft announced the certification and the AI-103 beta for April 2026, with general availability expected in June 2026. Microsoft page
To watch Microsoft directly, check the exam page.