Generative AI for Beginners
microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners
Microsoft’s free curriculum for generative AI fundamentals — lessons and hands-on projects. GitHub: microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners (~117k stars).
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Overview
Generative AI for Beginners is the open-source project at microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners on GitHub (https://github.com/microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners). Microsoft’s free curriculum for generative AI fundamentals — lessons and hands-on projects. Category on LimeDock: ai-powered. Approximate community size: ~117k GitHub stars. Repo (copy/paste): https://github.com/microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners This LimeDock Directories page explains what it is and how teams use it in plain English — so searches for the GitHub project can land on a practical guide.
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Installation guide
Open the GitHub repository, then follow the README for your stack.
Official GitHub repository: https://github.com/microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners GitHub path: microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners
How to open it: 1. Copy this URL: https://github.com/microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners 2. Clone or follow the README install for your OS / stack. 3. Start with the smallest example in their docs before production use.
How to use it
**Simple example** The team can use ChatGPT but can’t explain embeddings, tokens, or grounding.
1. Clone the curriculum. 2. Schedule lessons like a course. 3. Do each lab before moving on.
Example prompts
- “Summarize lesson 1 for our non-technical GTM team.”
- “Build a workshop agenda from this curriculum.”
- “Which lessons matter before we ship a RAG bot?”
Use cases and examples
- Evaluate microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners for your stack
- Onboard a teammate to Generative AI for Beginners with a shared checklist
- Compare Generative AI for Beginners against tools you already pay for
- Capture lessons in your internal wiki after a pilot
Prerequisites
- Time on calendar
- GitHub + optional Azure/OpenAI access for labs
Tips
- Pair with AI-For-Beginners if you need broader AI, not only genAI.
- Ship a tiny internal demo after week 2.