LinkedIn – AI Toolkit Essentials for Visual Studio Code 2025-8

AI Toolkit Essentials for Visual Studio Code. This course teaches participants how to use this new Microsoft toolkit to effectively work with generative AI models. The toolkit, an evolution of Windows AI Studio, provides a unified environment for testing, tuning, and deploying models across platforms, eliminating the complexity of working with disparate tools. Course instructor Kevin Ford walks you through installing and running the toolkit with hands-on guidance, then explains how to configure and compare different models, tune key parameters, and use Prompt Engineering. The course includes hands-on exercises such as fine-tuning a model, as well as reviewing Microsoft’s guidelines for responsible AI development, and ultimately gives participants the ability to deploy their final model via the command-line interface (CLI) or an MLOps pipeline.

What you will learn

• Introduction to the AI Toolkit: You will learn about the AI Toolkit for Visual Studio Code and how to use it to simplify the process of developing AI applications.
• Responsible Guidance: You review Microsoft’s guidelines for responsible development of AI applications.
• Installation and Setup: You will learn how to install the AI Toolkit for Visual Studio Code as well as setup ONNX models.
• Working with Models: You’ll learn how to work with AI catalogs, authenticate with external providers, and add external models to the AI Toolkit.
• Converting and importing models: You will learn how to convert models using ONNX and import ONNX models into AI Toolkit using Model Creator.
• Using Models: You will practice how to open the Playground, change the parameters of models, and compare them.
• Prompt Builder: You will learn about Prompt Engineering, building Prompt templates, and running them.
• Bulk Run: You will learn how to use data generated with Bulk Run and use a custom JSONL file.
• Evaluation: You will learn how to evaluate, use default and custom datasets, and visualize data.
• Fine-Tuning: You will learn how to set up the system for local fine-tuning, start and run it, and also test the fine-tuned model.

This course is suitable for people who:

• Developers: People who want to automate the process of developing AI applications.
• Data engineers and scientists: People who work with AI models and are looking for more efficient tools.
• Project Managers: People seeking to better understand AI development processes.
• Students and enthusiasts: People who are interested in artificial intelligence and want to learn about its new and practical tools.

AI Toolkit Essentials for Visual Studio Code Course Details

• Publisher: LinkedIn
• Instructor: Kevin Ford
• Education level: Intermediate
• Training duration: 2 hours and 58 minutes

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