Applied Skills

Microsoft Applied Skills: Develop generative AI apps with Azure OpenAI and Semantic Kernel

Validate your technical skills and open doors to new possibilities of advancement with Microsoft Applied Skills.

At a glance

Overview

Warning

This credential will retire on April 15, 2026. You will no longer be able to earn this credential after this date.

Important

The English language version of this Applied Skill assessment lab was updated on April 30, 2025. Review the study guide linked in the Applied Skills resources section for details about these changes.

To earn this Microsoft Applied Skills credential, learners demonstrate the ability to develop AI agents by using Azure OpenAI Service and the Semantic Kernel SDK.

Candidates for this credential should be familiar with Visual Studio Code, C# programming, and Azure OpenAI.

Skills earned upon completion

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This assessment will use an interactive lab to evaluate your performance. It will take a few minutes to load the lab, and you may do other activities while it loads. After you launch the lab, you will need to wait 72 hours to launch it again. Your mouse movements and text entered during the lab will be recorded for quality purposes. Learn more

Evaluated in this assessment

  • Prepare the development environment
  • Run prompts with Semantic Kernel
  • Improve the prompt Create native plug-ins for Semantic Kernel
  • Improve automation by function calling
  • Apply filters on invoked functions

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Applied Skills Resources

Study guide for Applied Skills

This study guide provides a summary of the topics covered in the assessment lab, along with additional resources to help you prepare.

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