Validate your skills with our new certification for Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineers

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We’re looking for Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineers to take our new beta exam. Do you have subject matter expertise in designing, creating, and deploying enterprise-scale data analytics solutions? If so, and if you know how to transform data into reusable analytics assets by using Microsoft Fabric components, such as lakehouses, data warehouses, notebooks, dataflows, data pipelines, semantic models, and reports, be sure to check out this exam. Other helpful qualifications include the ability to implement analytics best practices in Fabric, including version control and deployment.

If this is your skill set, we have a new certification for you. The Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification validates your expertise in this area and offers you the opportunity to prove your skills. To earn this certification, pass Exam DP-600: Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric, currently in beta.

Is this the right certification for you?

This certification could be a great fit if you have in-depth familiarity with the Fabric solution and you have experience with data modeling, data transformation, Git-based source control, exploratory analytics, and languages, including Structured Query Language (SQL), Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), and PySpark.

Review the Exam DP-600 (beta) page for details, and check out the self-paced learning paths and instructor-led training there. The Exam DP-600 study guide alerts you for key topics covered on the exam.

Ready to prove your skills?

Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam DP-600 (beta) on or before January 25, 2024, can get 80 percent off market price.

To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use code DP600Winfield. This is not a private access code. The seats are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. As noted, you must take the exam on or before January 25, 2024. Please note that this beta exam is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China.

The rescore process starts on the day an exam goes live—8 to 12 weeks after the beta period, and final scores for beta exams are released approximately 10 days after that. For details on the timing of beta exam rescoring and results, read my post Creating high-quality exams: The path from beta to live.

Get ready to take Exam DP-600 (beta)

Explore the Fabric Career Hub. Access live training, skills challenges, group learning, and career insights.

Join the Fabric Cloud Skills Challenge. Complete all modules in the challenge within 30 days and become eligible for 50% off the cost of a Microsoft Certification exam. This 50% discount can’t be used toward the Exam DP-600 (beta). If you miss the beta period, you can use it later once the exam goes live or for another live certification exam.

Looking for in-depth training? Check out the new course Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer. Connect with Microsoft Training Services Partners in your area for in-person training.

Need other preparation ideas? Check out my blog post Just How Does One Prepare for Beta Exams?

Did you know that you can take any role-based exam online? Online delivered exams—taken from your home or office—can be less hassle, less stress, and even less worry than traveling to a test center, especially if you’re adequately prepared for what to expect. To find out more, check out my blog post Online proctored exams: What to expect and how to prepare.

Ready to get started?

Remember, the number of spots for the discounted beta exam offer is limited to the first 300 candidates taking Exam DP-600 (beta) on or before January 25, 2024.

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