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Prompt, RAG & Evaluation Operations

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Prompt, RAG & Evaluation Operations

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Design prompt versioning frameworks with variant experimentation, A/B testing methodology, and governance controls using Microsoft Foundry.

  • Execute structured RAG pipeline experiments across chunking, embedding, and retrieval configurations using the Azure OpenAI Evaluation SDK.

  • Build automated evaluation frameworks with quality and safety thresholds and human-in-the-loop review processes.

  • Design fine-tuning operations, including dataset versioning, LoRA configuration, model registry, and evaluation against baseline.

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There are 11 modules in this course

This section teaches you to design prompt versioning schemas and configure variant experiments using the current Microsoft Foundry tooling, enabling systematic prompt optimization with full reproducibility.

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2 videos3 readings2 assignments

This section teaches you to establish governance processes for production prompt management, including authoring standards, change control workflows, A/B testing methodology, and rollback procedures.

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1 video3 readings3 assignments

This module teaches you to design comprehensive RAG experiment matrices that systematically vary chunking strategies, embedding models, and retrieval configurations while maintaining reproducibility.

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3 videos1 reading2 assignments

This module teaches you to evaluate RAG pipeline experiments using the Azure OpenAI Evaluation SDK, interpret results across quality metrics, and make data-driven configuration decisions.

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2 videos2 readings3 assignments1 ungraded lab

This module teaches learners to select and combine evaluation metrics by GenAI use case. Learners distinguish reference-based metrics, RAG retrieval/response metrics, classification metrics, rubric/custom evaluators and safety/security evaluators so they can design evaluation frameworks that avoid false confidence and production risk.

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2 videos2 readings2 assignments

This module teaches you to build automated evaluation gates that integrate into CI/CD pipelines and design human-in-the-loop processes to handle cases where automation is insufficient.

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1 video3 readings2 assignments1 ungraded lab

This module teaches you to understand the fundamental limitations of automated evaluation gates and design mitigations that prevent false confidence in quality controls.

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1 video2 readings3 assignments

This section teaches you to design the complete operational lifecycle for fine-tuning generative AI models, from Azure ML data asset preparation through Azure OpenAI Foundry model catalog registration, with emphasis on reproducibility via seed/hyperparameter manifesting, Azure Monitor governance logging, and Azure Service Health base model retirement planning, with emphasis on reproducibility and governance.

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2 videos2 readings2 assignments

This section teaches you to evaluate different fine-tuning approaches against use case requirements and design model versioning and promotion strategies that enable safe progression from development to production.

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1 video3 readings3 assignments

This module teaches you to use AI assistance to draft, vary, review, and document prompts while preserving human ownership, safety review, version control, and evaluation-before-release discipline.

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2 videos2 readings1 assignment

Learners design a comprehensive Prompt & RAG Experimentation Framework for an enterprise scenario. Learners will create a PromptOps governance policy, design a RAG experiment matrix, build an evaluation framework with automated gates and human-in-the-loop processes, and document the complete experimentation workflow, producing portfolio-ready artifacts that demonstrate your ability to establish systematic optimization practices.

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3 readings1 assignment

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