Generative AI for Beginners

A course published by Microsoft for developers who are new to generative AI and want to build applications with large language models. Its lessons mix concepts with hands-on builds, so it suits people who want to create something rather than only read about the topic.

The 21 lessons start with what LLMs are and how to compare them, then cover responsible use, prompt design, and chat, search and image apps. Later lessons move to function calling, retrieval-augmented generation with vector databases, open-source and small models, fine-tuning, AI agents, and the application lifecycle. Many lessons link to a video, and the course is translated into many languages.