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Generative AI for Beginners
Microsoft's open-source course on building apps with large language models, from prompting to retrieval.
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Microsoft Learn
A solid, unglamorous free option, best for people who prefer reading to watching.
Visit Microsoft Learn →Microsoft Learn at a glance
| Cost model | Completely free |
|---|---|
| Certificates | None on the AI for Beginners curriculum |
| Best for | Developers who like reading structured GitHub-based lessons |
| Weakest at | Production polish: plainer than a dedicated platform |
| Courses we have reviewed | 3 |
What is free on Microsoft Learn, and what costs money?
Everything is free. No paid tier for the AI curricula.
Does Microsoft Learn give certificates?
None on the AI for Beginners curriculum
The best Microsoft Learn courses we have reviewed
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ML for Beginners
A free, open-source curriculum on classic machine learning with scikit-learn, taught through small projects.
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AI for Beginners
A 24-lesson open curriculum on GitHub covering classic AI, ML and a little deep learning.
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So is Microsoft Learn worth it?
A solid, unglamorous free option, best for people who prefer reading to watching.
How does it stack up?
See this platform side by side with the others, on the things that actually matter.