Azure AI Search, formerly known as Azure Cognitive Search, powers intelligent search and retrieval-augmented generation across modern applications. This training walks you through creating search resources, building indexes, configuring indexers, applying AI enrichment through skillsets, and enabling vector and semantic search. Guided by practitioners working on live Azure projects, the course blends conceptual clarity with hands-on labs, so you leave equipped to design, secure, and optimize production-grade search solutions instead of only knowing the theory behind them.
This course is beginner-friendly, though a basic technical foundation makes the learning curve smoother:
This Azure Cognitive Search Course is built to develop job-ready search and retrieval skills from the ground up.
By the end of this Azure AI Search Online Course, you will be able to:
This Microsoft Azure AI Search Training suits a wide range of technology professionals.
This course builds practical, in-demand skills for search and AI-driven application development.
Completing this Azure AI Search Certification Course can open doors to several in-demand roles.
igmGuru brings practical, mentor-led learning designed around real project scenarios.
Microsoft does not currently offer a certification exam dedicated solely to Azure AI Search. Azure AI Search skills are instead validated as part of broader, role-based Microsoft credentials:
On completing this Azure AI Search Certification training, igmGuru issues a course completion certificate and provides guidance to prepare for Microsoft's current role-based exam.
They are the same product. Microsoft renamed Azure Cognitive Search to Azure AI Search in November 2023 to reflect its expanded role in generative AI and RAG scenarios. Older documentation, SDKs, and API strings may still reference the earlier name.
No. This Azure AI Search for Beginners friendly course starts with fundamentals. Basic familiarity with cloud concepts and any programming language such as Python or C# is helpful but not mandatory.
There is no standalone exam for Azure AI Search today. It is covered within Microsoft's broader AI Engineer path, currently represented by Exam AI-103, following the retirement of AI-102 and the AI-3022 Applied Skills credential in 2026.
The course runs for 24 hours of instructor-led training, delivered across flexible weekday or weekend batches, along with self-paced lab exercises.
Yes. Learners get access to session recordings, doubt-resolution support, interview preparation guidance, and resume-building assistance after course completion.
Yes. The course is structured so beginners can follow along, with concepts introduced step by step before moving into REST API, SDK, and RAG-based implementation.
You will work with the Azure Portal, Azure AI Search REST APIs and SDKs, Azure Blob Storage, Azure OpenAI Service, Postman, and Visual Studio Code throughout the hands-on labs.
