What does it cost?
The AI-200 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 page
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AI-200 Exam facts
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate
- Minutes
- 120
- Exam fee
- $165
- Passing score
- 700
Independent: not affiliated with Microsoft. These exam facts are free; the study bundle adds a study guide and two practice exams.
Short answer
Exam AI-200: Developing AI Cloud Solutions on Azure is the exam for the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate certification, for back-end developers of AI applications on Azure. The exam runs 120 minutes, costs $165 and takes 700 of 1,000 to pass.
Sources: exam page, exam guide
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- Two practice exams: 120 original questions, every answer explained
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Edition 1.0, October 2026
How many questions and how long?
The AI-200 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, Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Indonesian (Indonesia), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish
What score do you need to pass?
The AI-200 passing score is 700, on a scale of 1-1,000.
1-699
700+ PASS
Source: Microsoft exam guide
What does the exam cover?
The AI-200 exam covers four domains, weighted 20-25% / 30-35% / 20-25% / 20-25%.
Source: Microsoft exam guide
D120-25%
Develop containerized solutions on Azure
D230-35%
Develop AI solutions by using Azure data management services
D320-25%
Connect to and consume Azure services
D420-25%
Secure, monitor, and troubleshoot Azure solutions
Develop containerized solutions on Azure
- 1.1Implement container application hosting
- 1.2Implement container-orchestrated solutions
Develop AI solutions by using Azure data management services
- 2.1Cosmos DB for NoSQL
- 2.2Azure Database for PostgreSQL
- 2.3Azure Managed Redis
Connect to and consume Azure services
- 3.1Event- and message-based AI solutions
- 3.2Azure Functions
Secure, monitor, and troubleshoot Azure solutions
- 4.1Implement secure Azure solutions
- 4.2Monitor and troubleshoot Azure solutions
Inside the study bundle
Study guide chapters
Nine chapters. Chapters 2 to 6 cover the four exam domains, weighted like the exam.
- 01 What the exam is p. 3
- 02 Containers: registry, App Service, Container Apps, AKS p. 7
- 03 Cosmos DB for NoSQL as an AI data store p. 15
- 04 PostgreSQL with pgvector, and Azure Managed Redis p. 22
- 05 Messaging, events and Azure Functions p. 31
- 06 Secrets, configuration and observability p. 39
- 07 Final review p. 46
- 08 Sources p. 54
- 09 Edition and updates p. 56
Look inside the study guide
Three pages of the Edition 1.0 study guide: the contents and the first two pages of a chapter.
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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No, the AI-200 bundle contains no exam questions, and every practice question is original.
How is the AI-200 bundle different from Microsoft's free materials?
Microsoft's free pages set out what the AI-200 exam covers. The AI-200 bundle adds a 56-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-200 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.
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No. Sales of the AI-200 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-200 differ from AZ-204?
AI-200 is the exam Microsoft lists as the replacement for AZ-204: the Azure Developer Associate certification (Exam AZ-204) retired on Jul 31, 2026, and Microsoft names the Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate certification (Exam AI-200) in its place (Microsoft Tech Community post). AZ-204 surveyed the Azure developer platform in five domains, including Blob Storage, API Management, Event Hubs and Microsoft Entra authentication (Microsoft's AZ-204 study guide). The AI-200 outline keeps containers, Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, Key Vault and App Configuration, drops those four areas, and gives its largest share, 30-35%, to three data services used for AI workloads: Cosmos DB for NoSQL with vector search, Azure Database for PostgreSQL with pgvector, and Azure Managed Redis. Monitoring moves to OpenTelemetry SDKs and KQL (Microsoft's AI-200 study guide).
Does AI-200 include labs or hands-on tasks?
AI-200's certification page says only that you "may have interactive components to complete as part of this exam" and that you have 120 minutes (certification page). Microsoft does not publish which exams contain labs, because labs can be removed at any time; the overview pages at the start of the exam say whether labs are included. The 120-minute duration matches Microsoft's figure for associate exams that may contain labs, which carry 140 minutes of seat time, and the exam sandbox at aka.ms/examdemo lets you try the question types you may see, in the exam interface (exam duration and experience).
Can I use Microsoft Learn during the exam?
Yes, AI-200 is an associate exam, and Microsoft Learn is available during associate and expert exams: it opens in a split screen beside the question, with everything in the learn.microsoft.com domain except Q&A, Practice Assessments and your profile. No extra time is added and the timer keeps running, so it suits a few look-ups rather than every question (exam duration and experience).
Ready for AI-200?
Three PDFs, 102 pages: the study guide and two practice exams.
Which Azure services does the exam cover?
The AI-200 skills outline names the services and tools below across its four domains. Python is the only programming language the audience profile names.
Source: Microsoft's AI-200 study guide
Containers (Domain 1)
- Azure Container Registry and ACR Tasks
- Azure App Service
- Azure Container Apps with KEDA scaling
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Data management for AI (Domain 2)
- Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL with pgvector
- Azure Managed Redis
Messaging and serverless (Domain 3)
- Azure Service Bus
- Azure Event Grid
- Azure Functions
Security and monitoring (Domain 4)
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure App Configuration
- OpenTelemetry SDKs
- KQL queries over logs and metrics
How is it delivered?
The AI-200 exam is proctored, scheduled through Pearson VUE.
- Delivery
- Proctored, scheduled through Pearson VUE
- Languages
- English, Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Indonesian (Indonesia), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish
- Prerequisites
- None listed
- Validity
- 1 year
- Retakes
- 24 hours after a first failed attempt; 14 days between later attempts; at most 5 attempts in 12 months
- Test aids
- Microsoft Learn is available during the exam
Source: Microsoft exam page
What are the key dates?
The dates Microsoft has published for AI-200.
- Jul 31, 2026
- AZ-204 retires
Source: Microsoft exam page
Fact sheet
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- Time
- 120 minutes Source: Microsoft page
- Fee
- $165 Source: Microsoft page
- Passing score
- 700 Source: Microsoft exam guide
- Score range
- 1-1,000 Source: Microsoft page
- Languages
- English, Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Indonesian (Indonesia), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish Source: Microsoft page
- Delivery
- Proctored, scheduled through Pearson VUE Source: Microsoft page
- Validity
- 1 year Source: Microsoft exam guide
- Prerequisites
- None listed Source: Microsoft 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 is available during the exam Source: Microsoft page
- Domain weights
- D1 20-25% / D2 30-35% / D3 20-25% / D4 20-25% Source: Microsoft exam guide
- Certification earned
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate Source: Microsoft page
- Skills outline version
- Skills measured as of Oct 7, 2026 Source: Microsoft exam guide
- Breaks
- Unscheduled breaks allowed; 5 minutes built into the exam time Source: Microsoft page
- Scoring
- No penalty for guessing; some questions may not be included in the score; most multi-part questions give one point per correct component Source: Microsoft page
- Renewal
- Free online assessment, unproctored and open book, taken in a six-month eligibility window and passed before the certification expires; passing extends it one year from the expiration date Source: Microsoft page
- Extra time if the exam is not in your language
- 30 minutes on request; localized exams are updated about eight weeks after the English version Source: Microsoft exam guide
- Practice assessment
- On AI Skills Navigator; sign-in required Source: Microsoft page
- Instructor-led course
- AI-200T00-A: Develop AI cloud solutions on Azure, 5 days, Intermediate Source: Microsoft page
- Registration account
- Microsoft recommends registering with a personal Microsoft account Source: Microsoft page
What has changed, and when?
Changes to the exam and to the products it covers, newest first.
- Microsoft revised the AI-200 skills outline, raising the weight of Develop AI solutions by using Azure data management services. Microsoft exam guide
- AZ-204 and the Azure Developer Associate certification retired, replaced by AI-200 and the Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate. Microsoft page
To watch Microsoft directly, check the exam page.