AI-102 Exam Updates: What You Need to Know

Microsoft regularly updates its certification exams to reflect the latest cloud technologies. The AI-102 exam received significant updates in 2025, adding generative AI content and restructuring several domains. If you're preparing now, here's exactly what changed and how to adapt.

Key Changes in the 2025 Update

1. New: Generative AI Solutions Domain

The biggest change is the addition of a dedicated generative AI domain (10-15%) covering Azure OpenAI Service. This reflects Microsoft's massive investment in AI and the real-world demand for these skills.

New topics include:

  • Provisioning and managing Azure OpenAI Service resources
  • Implementing chat completions and embeddings
  • Prompt engineering best practices
  • Building RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) patterns with Azure AI Search
  • Content filtering and safety measures

2. Restructured NLP Section

The Natural Language Processing domain was reorganized to better reflect the Azure AI Language service (replacing the older Text Analytics and LUIS services):

  • LUIS references replaced with Conversational Language Understanding (CLU)
  • Greater emphasis on custom models (custom text classification, custom NER)
  • Updated question answering using Azure AI Language instead of QnA Maker

3. Document Intelligence Emphasis

Azure AI Document Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) now has increased coverage:

  • Prebuilt models for invoices, receipts, and IDs
  • Custom document models and training
  • Integration with knowledge mining pipelines

4. Removed or Reduced Topics

  • LUIS — fully replaced by CLU (Conversational Language Understanding)
  • QnA Maker — replaced by custom question answering in Azure AI Language
  • Some legacy Cognitive Services APIs have been consolidated

How These Changes Affect Your Preparation

If you studied with pre-2025 materials, up to 25% of your preparation may be outdated. Make sure your study resources cover Azure OpenAI Service and the latest Azure AI Language features.

What to Prioritize Now

  • Azure OpenAI Service — new and guaranteed to appear on the exam
  • CLU over LUIS — any LUIS-only material is outdated
  • Azure AI Document Intelligence — expanded coverage means more questions
  • RAG patterns — combining Azure OpenAI with Azure AI Search

What Resources to Use

  • Microsoft Learn — always updated with the latest exam objectives
  • Updated practice tests — make sure they include generative AI questions
  • Azure portal hands-on — deploy an Azure OpenAI resource and experiment

Updated Study Timeline

If you've already been studying with older materials, add an extra week focused entirely on:

  • Azure OpenAI Service (deployment, prompt engineering, content filtering)
  • RAG architecture with Azure AI Search
  • CLU model training and deployment

Stay Current with Updated Practice Tests

Our AI-102 practice tests have been fully updated to reflect the 2025 exam changes, including generative AI questions and CLU scenarios. Try 20 free questions to test your knowledge of the latest topics.