AI-103 vs AI-200 – Which Azure AI Certification Is Right for You?

This article compares Microsoft's new Azure AI certifications, AI-103 (Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate) and AI-200 (Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate), which replaced AI-102 and AZ-204. It explains that AI-103 focuses on building AI apps, agents, and RAG pipelines using Azure AI Foundry, targeting developers working with Python and C#. AI-200 focuses on cloud infrastructure for AI, including containers, serverless, and event-driven pipelines, primarily for back-end developers. The article provides exam weight breakdowns and guidance for .NET developers, Python developers, and non-developers on which certification to choose.