topic Re: certification in Data Engineering

certification

mayurinegi — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:51:13 GMT

Hi Guys,

I am new to this. Can somebody pls explain the guidelines to take data engineer fabric certification? Also I heard about one offer which was valid until end of Feb. Are there any upcoming free certifications?

I'll really appreciate any lead on this!

Mayuri

Re: certification

deborshi_nag — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:59:53 GMT

Hello @mayurinegi

You're probably referring to the Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP‑700) certification, which is for people who want to prove they can build and run data engineering solutions using Microsoft Fabric. The exam checks your understanding of data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, monitoring, and optimisation across Fabric workloads like Lakehouse, Data Factory, Spark, SQL, and Real‑Time Intelligence.

Here's a link to the learning path for the exam.

Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate - Certifications | Microsoft Learn

Exam basics:

Exam name: Implementing Data Engineering Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric
Duration: 100 minutes
Passing score: 700/1000
Cost: USD $165 (before any discounts)
Delivery: Online proctored (Pearson VUE)
Validity: 1 year (renewable for free via Microsoft Learn

Skills measured include:

Ingesting batch & streaming data (Dataflows, Pipelines, Eventstreams)
Building Lakehouse and Warehouse solutions
Transforming data using SQL, PySpark, KQL
Orchestration and monitoring
Workspace security, governance, and performance optimisation

How to prepare:

Start on Microsoft Learn – Fabric training (free, self‑paced)
Complete the official DP‑700 learning paths
Do the practice assessment to gauge readiness
Get hands‑on practice in a Fabric trial workspace (Lakehouse + Pipelines + Spark)

All official preparation content is listed on the certification page itself. There are also fantastic samples created by experts in this area - have a look at this

fabric-samples-healthcare/analytics-bi-directlake-starschema/quick-setup.md at main · isinghrana/fabric-samples-healthcare

There was a 100% free voucher offer for DP‑700 running until 28 February 2026. That specific offer is now closed.

Microsoft has not announced a new free DP‑700 offer yet. However, Microsoft regularly runs:

Fabric Data Days
Microsoft Learn Challenges
Conference‑linked offers (Ignite, Build, FabCon)
Virtual Training Days (often 50% off)

Best way to stay updated:

Watch the Microsoft Fabric Blog monthly updates
Keep an eye on Microsoft Learn challenges

Re: certification

tayloramy — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:24:05 GMT

Hi @mayurinegi,

A little birdy tells me that there might be more promotions coming up in the near future.

I'd recommend keeping an eye out on the forums here, or joining the Microsoft Fabric discord server where we post about offers when they start: https://discord.com/invite/master-microsoft-fabric-1399808914446356601

Re: certification

mayurinegi — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 04:02:23 GMT

Thank you! That is really helpful and informative!

Re: certification

mayurinegi — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 04:03:04 GMT

Thank you! 🙂

Re: certification

4iurchenko — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:56:22 GMT

Hi @mayurinegi

The journey for the certification is simple:
1. You are starting learning the materials from Microsoft Learn related to this exam.
For example googling this "DP-600 microsoft learning" will give you the link like that:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/dp-600t00

2. Regarding the certificates. Let me do some pitch as a Utah's Fabric Group Co-lead. We still have one voucher for the new group members. Our official offer is the following: you are joining our group, commiting the participation in the following event, pinging me here and we give you the voucher. Just FYI: the timeline for redeeming these vouchers is till the end of the March, and timeline for the certification scheduling is till the end of April for DP-600 & DP-700.

The link to our next event with amazing speaker from Microsoft Sandeep Pawar on the AI Agents topic is the following:
https://www.meetup.com/microsoft-fabric-and-data-engineering-group/events/313808609/

I hope it helps. Like and making it a solution is very appreciated.
BR, Yurri

Everybody is welcomed who sees that post, btw.

Re: certification

mayurinegi — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:20:59 GMT

Thank you, Yurri! I really appreciate it, that’s very helpful. I’ve completed the steps and will be available to join the online meeting.