Practical guides and insights for modern data practitioners
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
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
In this post I want to share the results of my initial tests on the Microsoft Learn Docs MCP Server. Which has recently become publicly available. To clarify, MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. Which provides a standard way to connect AI models to different sources and tools. MCP Servers are focused services that connect … 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
In this post I cover the differences between the self-study material for the DP-600 exam and the new DP-700 course material for the DP-700 exam. To raise awareness that the content is different. For some time now Microsoft has provided a list of recommended Microsoft Learn learning paths for you to study before taking the … Read more
In this post I cover five simple facts about the DP-600 exam updates. To raise awareness about the fact that the skills measured for this Microsoft Fabric exam will change on November 15th, 2024. It is in a similar format to my previous post that covered four simple facts about the DP-600 exam. To make … Read more
In this post Ianswer the question about whether the new DP-700 Microsoft Fabric exam will replace the DP-600 exam? I address a couple of other points in this post as well. In reality, I already answered this in my previous post about the DP-700 exam. However, I wanted to address this in a separate post … Read more
In this post I want to share a checklist for the DP-700 beta exam for the new Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering certification. Which will officially be known as the ‘Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate‘ certification. In my last post I shared details about the DP-700 exam for the new Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering … Read more
In this post I cover the analytics development lifecycle requirements for the DP-600 exam for Microsoft Fabric. Based on the contents of the DP-600 study guide. I wanted to do this post for a few reasons. First reason is due to the number of questions I get about it. Since I tend to do a … Read more
In this post I provide an overview of the Microsoft Fabric admin portal for the DP-600 exam. By the end of this post, you will have a good overview of some of the admin settings that might appear in the DP-600 exam. Plus, some recommended resources for the DP-600 exam. Along the way I share … Read more