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Deep Learning Foundations & Azure Environments

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Microsoft

Deep Learning Foundations & Azure Environments

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Instructor: Microsoft

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

Recommended experience

9 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Advanced level

Recommended experience

9 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Implement feedforward neural networks in PyTorch, including forward/backward passes, loss functions, and optimizer configuration

  • Build custom nn.Module classes and configure DataLoader pipelines with mixed precision training and torch.compile optimization

  • Configure Azure ML workspaces, compute clusters, and GPU targets using the Azure ML SDK v2

  • Submit training jobs, track experiments with MLflow, and register models using the Azure ML model registry

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13 assignments¹

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Taught in English

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There are 7 modules in this course

Establish a robust understanding of core deep learning architecture. You will explore and manually code computational graphs, evaluating how data moves through forward and backward passes.

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1 video3 readings1 assignment

Move beyond architecture setup and focus on convergence. You will configure and test advanced optimization and activation techniques to evaluate their direct impact on model performance.

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2 videos2 readings3 assignments

Move beyond pre-packaged solutions to establish modular control over your network components. You will structure custom nn.Module classes and explicitly interact with PyTorch's autograd engine.

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2 videos3 readings1 assignment

Tackle performance bottlenecks at the source. You will build data ingestion pipelines and implement PyTorch's native acceleration tools to train networks significantly faster.

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1 video2 readings3 assignments

Establish your deep learning infrastructure in the cloud. You will learn to programmatically define and provision Azure ML workspaces, map scalable modern NCasT4-series GPU compute targets and secure your execution environments using production-ready container registries.

What's included

1 video3 readings1 assignment

Execute and track your deep learning training pipelines. You will format PyTorch training scripts as Azure ML command jobs, connect MLflow for seamless metric tracking, and securely map data assets.

What's included

1 video1 reading3 assignments

Synthesize your foundational engineering skills to provision a cloud environment and train a baseline neural network. You will design an end-to-end blueprint that integrates custom PyTorch modules, optimized DataLoaders, and Azure ML scaling configurations.

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2 readings1 assignment

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