AI-103: Plan and manage an Azure AI solution (25–30%)

Architecture decisions

Compare large, small and multimodal models; grounding, vector search and agent services; Global, Data Zone and regional deployment boundaries; Standard and provisioned capacity. Requirements for residency, throughput, latency and predictable cost often point in different directions.

Operate securely

Use managed identity, keyless credentials, private networking and least-privilege roles. Monitor quotas, rate limits, cost, drift, safety events, ingestion quality and search relevance. Treat trace logging, provenance and approval workflows as governance controls, not optional debugging extras.