Designing and Implementing a Data Science Solution on Azure (DP-100)

Azure Data Science Certification Course Outline

• 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 : Creating 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 : Running Experiments

  Lab : Training and Registering Models

  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 : Working with Datastores

  Lab : Working with Datasets

  After completing this module, you will be able to

  • Create and consume datastores
  • Create and consume 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 : Working with Environments

  Lab : Working with Compute Targets

  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 : Creating a Pipeline

  Lab : Publishing 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

  Lab : Creating a Real-time Inferencing Service

  Lab : Creating 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

• 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 : Tuning Hyperparameters

  Lab : Using Automated Machine Learning

  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 privacy

  Lab : Interpreting Models

  Lab : Detect and Mitigate Unfairness/strong>

  After completing this module, you will be able to

  • Apply differential privacy 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 : Monitoring a Model with Application Insights

  Lab : Monitoring Data Drift

  After completing this module, you will be able to

  • Use Application Insights to monitor a published model
  • Monitor data drift