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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
In this post I share a last-minute checklist for the DP-600 exam for Microsoft Fabric. Which you need to pass to gain the Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification. To help others prepared for the exam before they book it. So that you book the exam in a realistic timeframe to allow yourself a chance to … Read more
In this post I cover that fact that it has been a very Microsoft Fabric themed 2023 for me. Plus, some other topics relating to this year as well. To manage expectations, this post is more of a personal summary of this year and is reasonably Microsoft Fabric themed. It does not include a comprehensive … Read more
In this post I share my current certification recommendations for Microsoft Fabric enthusiasts (aka Fabricators). To make people aware of some of the options that are available. Just under a year ago I provided some advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Year’s resolution. Afterwards, I published various other posts that focused on different services. … Read more
I want to share my personal Microsoft Fabric certification thoughts. Since I have been asked what my thoughts are about a future Microsoft Fabric certification during presentations recently. Plus, in my last post I covered the fact that I passed the DP-500 exam again. So now is as good as time as any to post … Read more
I want to cover some updates about exam pages for Azure certifications in this post. To share two important updates since my previous post about making the most out of certification pages for Azure exams. Skills measured for exams changing this month First update is very important for anybody who is currently studying for a … Read more
In this post I cover some recommended Microsoft certifications for DevOps enthusiasts. To make people aware of some of the options that are available. In addition, I also share some recommended certification routes as well as plenty of links. Plus, I mention some non-Microsoft certifications as well. One key point to remember is that the … Read more
I want to cover recommended Microsoft SQL Server certifications and badges. For a few good reasons. First of all, to answer the very popular question about which Microsoft role-based certification to do for SQL Server. Since the exams for the previous MCSA/MCSE certifications have since retired. Secondly, in a previous post I provided some advice … Read more
I want to cover some recommended certifications for Power BI enthusiasts in this post. To make people aware of some of the options that are available. In a previous post I provided some advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Year’s resolution. Since I covered Azure Databricks and Azure Synapse Analytics certifications in previous posts … Read more
In this post I want to share some recommended Azure Synapse Analytics certifications. For those who are keen to gain certifications about it or just want to learn more about the service. In a previous post I provided some advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Year’s resolution. Since I covered Azure Databricks certifications in … Read more