Module 1: Getting Started with Azure Machine Learning
In this module, you will learn how to provision an Azure Machine Learning workspace and use it to manage machine learning assets such as data, compute, model training code, logged metrics, and trained models. You will learn how to use the web-based Azure Machine Learning studio interface as well as the Azure Machine Learning SDK and developer tools like Visual Studio Code and Jupyter Notebooks to work with the assets in your workspace.
Lessons
Introduction to Azure Machine Learning
Working with Azure Machine Learning
Lab : Create an Azure Machine Learning Workspace
After completing this module, you will be able to
Provision an Azure Machine Learning workspace
Use tools and code to work with Azure Machine Learning
Module 2: Visual Tools for Machine Learning
This module introduces the Automated Machine Learning and Designer visual tools, which you can use to train, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models without writing any code.
Lessons
Automated Machine Learning
Azure Machine Learning Designer
Lab : Use Automated Machine Learning
Lab : Use Azure Machine Learning Designer
After completing this module, you will be able to
Use automated machine learning to train a machine learning model
Use Azure Machine Learning designer to train a model
Module 3: Running Experiments and Training Models
In this module, you will get started with experiments that encapsulate data processing and model training code, and use them to train machine learning models.
Lessons
Introduction to Experiments
Training and Registering Models
Lab : Train Models
Lab : Run Experiments
After completing this module, you will be able to
Run code-based experiments in an Azure Machine Learning workspace
Train and register machine learning models
Module 4: Working with Data
Data is a fundamental element in any machine learning workload, so in this module, you will learn how to create and manage datastores and datasets in an Azure Machine Learning workspace, and how to use them in model training experiments.
Lessons
Working with Datastores
Working with Datasets
Lab : Work with Data
After completing this module, you will be able to
Create and use datastores
Create and use datasets
Module 5: Working with Compute
One of the key benefits of the cloud is the ability to leverage compute resources on demand, and use them to scale machine learning processes to an extent that would be infeasible on your own hardware. In this module, you’ll learn how to manage experiment environments that ensure consistent runtime consistency for experiments, and how to create and use compute targets for experiment runs.
Lessons
Working with Environments
Working with Compute Targets
Lab : Work with Compute
After completing this module, you will be able to
Create and use environments
Create and use compute targets
Module 6: Orchestrating Operations with Pipelines
Now that you understand the basics of running workloads as experiments that leverage data assets and compute resources, it’s time to learn how to orchestrate these workloads as pipelines of connected steps. Pipelines are key to implementing an effective Machine Learning Operationalization (ML Ops) solution in Azure, so you’ll explore how to define and run them in this module.
Lessons
Introduction to Pipelines
Publishing and Running Pipelines
Lab : Create a Pipeline
After completing this module, you will be able to
Create pipelines to automate machine learning workflows
Publish and run pipeline services
Module 7: Deploying and Consuming Models
Models are designed to help decision making through predictions, so they’re only useful when deployed and available for an application to consume. In this module learn how to deploy models for real-time inferencing, and for batch inferencing.
Lessons
Real-time Inferencing
Batch Inferencing
Continuous Integration and Delivery
Lab : Create a Real-time Inferencing Service
Lab : Create a Batch Inferencing Service
After completing this module, you will be able to
Publish a model as a real-time inference service
Publish a model as a batch inference service
Describe techniques to implement continuous integration and delivery
Module 8: Training Optimal Models
By this stage of the course, you’ve learned the end-to-end process for training, deploying, and consuming machine learning models; but how do you ensure your model produces the best predictive outputs for your data? In this module, you’ll explore how you can use hyperparameter tuning and automated machine learning to take advantage of cloud-scale compute and find the best model for your data.
Lessons
Hyperparameter Tuning
Automated Machine Learning
Lab : Use Automated Machine Learning from the SDK
Lab : Tune Hyperparameters
After completing this module, you will be able to
Optimize hyperparameters for model training
Use automated machine learning to find the optimal model for your data
Module 9: Responsible Machine Learning
Data scientists have a duty to ensure they analyze data and train machine learning models responsibly; respecting individual privacy, mitigating bias, and ensuring transparency. This module explores some considerations and techniques for applying responsible machine learning principles.
Lessons
Differential Privacy
Model Interpretability
Fairness
Lab : Explore Differential provacy
Lab : Interpret Models
Lab : Detect and Mitigate Unfairness
After completing this module, you will be able to
Apply differential provacy to data analysis
Use explainers to interpret machine learning models
Evaluate models for fairness
Module 10: Monitoring Models
After a model has been deployed, it’s important to understand how the model is being used in production, and to detect any degradation in its effectiveness due to data drift. This module describes techniques for monitoring models and their data.
Lessons
Monitoring Models with Application Insights
Monitoring Data Drift
Lab : Monitor Data Drift
Lab : Monitor a Model with Application Insights
After completing this module, you will be able to
Use Application Insights to monitor a published model
Monitor data drift
