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This post covers skills measured for a hypothetical Microsoft Fabric Architect certification. I decided to write this post since the topic has come up in a few conversations. Just to be clear, this is purely hypothetical since there is no such certification at this moment in time. This is simply my view of the skills … Read more
In this post I share my personal insights into the DP-800 exam and the Microsoft Fabric connection. Plus, some recommended resources. I recently passed the DP-800 exam and wanted to share my insights and some recent updates to study material that can help others. To clarify, the DP-800 exam is the new one that you … Read more
This post is an updated checklist for the DP-600 Microsoft Fabric exam. Which is the exam you need to pass to gain the Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification. Some time ago I created a checklist for the DP-600 exam. Since then the skills measured for the exam has changed considerably. To show a bit of … Read more
In this post I cover some recommended certifications for Microsoft Fabric enthusiasts as 2026 begins. To make people aware of some of the options that are currently available. In a post I shared some updated advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Year’s resolution for 2026. Since that post mentions my older post about certifications for … Read more
Happy New Year all and welcome to my updated advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Year’s resolution for 2026. Three years ago I published a post that covered advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Years resolution. However, a lot has changed since then. Including the introduction of Microsoft Fabric and the advancement of … Read more
Whilst on a personal quest to get some renewals done I got reminded why Microsoft certification renewals are a good thing. I decided to do some certification renewals in bulk in order to free up more time for projects in 2026. Including the Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering certification as shown below. Taking the renewals is … Read more
In this post I show how you can get links for the new agentic AI exam with AI. To be more precise, how to get potential links relating to the new AB-100 exam with the Microsoft Learn MCP Server. To help raise awareness, the AB-100 exam is a new exam that you can take in … Read more
In this post I want to cover upcoming changes to the DP-700 exam. Which is the exam that you need to pass in order to gain the Fabric Data Engineer Associate certification. From April 21st there will be four changes to the skills measured for the DP-700 exam. I decided to share details about these … Read more
In this post I want to explain how you can warm up for the DP-700 exam with Microsoft Fabric Applied Skills. To be more specific, the three Applied Skills shown in the previous image. Which are related to the three main Microsoft Fabric workloads covered by the exam: In reality, I cover this in my … Read more
You can consider this post an updated checklist for the DP-700 exam for the new Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering certification. Which is now GA (Generally Available) and is officially known as the ‘Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate‘ certification. I decided to do an updated version of my previous checklist for the DP-700 beta … Read more