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The DP-900 exam assesses knowledge of core data concepts and Microsoft Azure data services, targeting candidates new to cloud data. It covers relational and non-relational data, data workloads, and analytics on Azure, with a focus on various data storage options and responsibilities of data roles. This certification can help prepare for other Azure certifications but is not a prerequisite for them.

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DP-900 Course Content

The DP-900 exam assesses knowledge of core data concepts and Microsoft Azure data services, targeting candidates new to cloud data. It covers relational and non-relational data, data workloads, and analytics on Azure, with a focus on various data storage options and responsibilities of data roles. This certification can help prepare for other Azure certifications but is not a prerequisite for them.

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Exam DP-900: Microsoft Azure Data

Fundamentals

Audience profile

This exam is an opportunity to demonstrate knowledge of core data concepts and related Microsoft Azure data
services. Candidates for this exam should have familiarity with DP-900’s self-paced or instructor-led learning
material.

This exam is intended for candidates beginning to work with data in the cloud.

Candidates should be familiar with the concepts of relational and non-relational data, and different types of data
workloads such as transactional or analytical.

Azure Data Fundamentals can be used to prepare for other Azure role-based certifications like Azure Database
Administrator Associate or Azure Data Engineer Associate, but it is not a prerequisite for any of them.

Describe core data concepts (25–30%)


Identify considerations for relational data on Azure (20–25%)
Describe considerations for working with non-relational data on Azure (15–20%)
Describe an analytics workload on Azure (25–30%)

Module 1: Describe Core Data Concepts

Topic I : Describe ways to represent data


Describe features of structured data
Describe features of semi-structured
Describe features of unstructured data

Topic II : Identify options for data storage

Describe common formats for data files


Describe types of databases
Topic III : Describe common data workloads

Describe features of transactional workloads


Describe features of analytical workloads

Topic IV : Identify roles and responsibilities for data workloads

Describe responsibilities for database administrators


Describe responsibilities for data engineers
Describe responsibilities for data analysts

Module 2: Identify considerations for relational data on Azure

Topic I : Describe relational concepts

Identify features of relational data


Describe normalization and why it is used
Identify common structured query language (SQL) statements
Identify common database objects

Topic II : Describe relational Azure data services

Describe the Azure SQL family of products including Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL
Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Identify Azure database services for open-source database systems
Module 3: Describe considerations for working with non-relational data
on Azure

Topic I : Describe capabilities of Azure storage

Describe Azure Blob storage


Describe Azure File storage
Describe Azure Table storage

Topic II : Describe capabilities and features of Azure Cosmos DB

Identify use cases for Azure Cosmos DB


Describe Azure Cosmos DB APIs

Module 4: Describe an analytics workload on Azure

Topic I : Describe common elements of large-scale analytics

Describe considerations for data ingestion and processing


Describe options for analytical data stores
Describe Azure services for data warehousing, including Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks,
Azure HDInsight, and Azure Data Factory

Topic II : Describe consideration for real-time data analytics

Describe the difference between batch and streaming data


Describe technologies for real-time analytics including Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Synapse Data
Explorer, and Spark structured streaming

Topic III : Describe data visualization in Microsoft Power BI

Identify capabilities of Power BI


Describe features of data models in Power BI
Identify appropriate visualizations for data

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