Generative AI for Beginners (Microsoft)
- Course audio
- Course audio: English
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- 15 lessons
What you'll be able to do
- Explain how LLMs work and compare common models.
- Write clear basic and advanced prompts.
- Understand how chat, search and RAG apps are built.
About this course
Microsoft Cloud Advocates' video course that accompanies the free Generative AI for Beginners repository on GitHub. It starts with what generative AI and large language models are, comparing models, and using AI responsibly, then covers prompt engineering fundamentals and advanced prompts. Later parts move into building text generation, chat, search and image generation apps, low-code AI, function calling, UX for AI, security, the application lifecycle, and retrieval-augmented generation with vector databases. It suits learners who want to understand AI tools deeply, and developers who want to build with them.
Before you start: Comfort with computers; some Python or JavaScript helps for the app-building parts.
Syllabus
Sabaq lists the first 15 videos of this playlist; the rest continue on YouTube. Full playlist on YouTube
- 1Introduction to Generative AI and LLMs [Pt 1] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 2Exploring and comparing different LLMs [Pt 2] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 3Using Generative AI Responsibly [Pt 3] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 4Understanding Prompt Engineering Fundamentals [Pt 4] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 5Creating Advanced Prompts [Pt 5] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 6Building Text Generation Applications [Pt 6] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 7Building Chat Applications [Pt 7] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 8Building Search Apps Vector Databases [Pt 8] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 9Building Image Generation Applications [Pt 9] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 10Building Low Code AI Applications [Pt 10] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 11Integrating External Applications with Function Calling [Pt 11] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 12Designing UX for AI Applications [Pt 12] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 13Securing Your Generative AI Applications [Pt 13] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 14The Generative AI Application Lifecycle [Pt 14] | Generative AI for Beginners
- 15Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Vector Databases [Pt 15] | Generative AI for Beginners
What to take next
Videos by Microsoft Developer, played from their official YouTube channel. Subscribe on YouTube
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Sabaq lists the first 15 videos of this playlist; the rest continue on YouTube. Full playlist on YouTube
Lessons last checked Oct 2026. Course summary and lesson structure by Sabaq.
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