5 Free Microsoft GitHub Courses to Learn Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft offers five free, comprehensive GitHub courses designed to guide learners from data science fundamentals to advanced AI agent systems. The curriculum progresses logically through data science, machine learning, general AI, generative AI, and agentic systems. These resources include practical exercises, code examples, and quizzes to help users build real-world applications without expensive tuition.
- ▪Microsoft provides five free learning paths on GitHub covering data science, machine learning, AI, generative AI, and AI agents.
- ▪The Data Science for Beginners course is a 10-week curriculum that covers statistics, data preparation, and visualization using real datasets.
- ▪The Machine Learning for Beginners course spans 12 weeks and focuses on classical techniques like regression and classification using Python and Scikit-learn.
- ▪The Generative AI for Beginners course includes 21 lessons on prompt engineering, RAG, and fine-tuning, with some exercises requiring access to AI APIs or Microsoft Foundry.
- ▪The AI Agents for Beginners course is the most advanced option, covering tool use, multi-agent systems, and deploying agents into production environments.
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You do not need expensive courses to learn data science and artificial intelligence. Microsoft has created several complete, free learning curricula on GitHub with lessons, quizzes, assignments, code examples, and projects. AI learning has also expanded far beyond traditional data science and machine learning. Today, you can learn about large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning, generative AI, tool use, and AI agents alongside the fundamentals. In this article, we will explore five free Microsoft GitHub courses that can take you from data science and machine learning basics to generative AI and agentic systems. 1. Data Science for Beginners Microsoft's Data Science for Beginners is a great starting point if you are completely new to data science.
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