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7 Lessons Learned from Passing My Azure Data Fundamentals Exam

carlarjenkins
2 min readOct 23, 2020

I passed my DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals on Sunday, October 18,2020. Here are the 7 lessons learned from that experience to help you if you decide to pursue it.

Having My AZ-900 Helped A Lot

Passing the Azure Fundamentals certification has given me a solid foundation. I recommend that you pass this first so that you don’t have to start from scratch.

Have a Working Knowledge of SQL and Big Data

DP-900 covers SQL, NoSQL and Big Data. Have a working knowledge on this before pursuing this certification.

More Questions Than AZ-900

AZ-900 had 28 questions. DP-900 had 9 questions. This is a big difference you will help develop stamina. There are nearly twice as many questions on DP-900.

There’s Demand for DP-900

Although DP-900 is optional, it is the first certification towards pursuing Azure Big Data and other higher-level certifications. This is good and bad at the same time. The good is that this…

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Written by carlarjenkins

2X Amazon bestseller. I write about IT, cloud and project management. www.carlarjenkins.com/work

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