I passed the Microsoft Azure AI Engineer (AI-102) exam on April 4, 2025.
Overall, the exam was quite tough but not exceedingly so. I studied for about 6 months utilizing the Microsoft course and the hands-on labs in that course, as well as practice tests from SkillCertPro, which costs $20 for about 12 tests.
The exam requires a lot of knowledge on Microsoft's AI services and which ones are the best in a given scenario. You should know the limitations and capabilities of each service, as well as the steps to implement and manage them.
The difficulty lies is how long it takes to analyze each question thoroughly. With a little more than 1.5 hours to answer all questions, I passed with just over 72% correct, and I had 7 questions unanswered! I've never taken an exam and had questions unanswered. The questions require a bit of thought (as you can imagine), but really it just comes down to how well you know each AI service and when they're useful versus when they're not.
