I just completed az900 and my plan was to originally do ms900 and then ai 900 but with the introduction of ab900 which covers ai and 365 both, would it make more sense to just do ab900? any thoughts? submitted by /u/ParsleyBrave5057 [link] [comments]

Has anyone here taken the AB-900 yet? How was the exam, and what study resources would you recommend? I’m thinking about going for it, but since it’s so new, there isn’t much information out there. Curious to hear what your experience was and how you prepared. submitted by /u/LastCraft5004 [link] [comments]

Hello all, Does anyone have any experience with moving certifications from a work account to a personal account? I can't seem to find any up to date documentation on it that doesn't end in dead links. Thanks! submitted by /u/MrWaterTower [link] [comments]

It has just been brought to my attention that you can access MS learn in an exam. I am planning on sitting the AZ-305 and just wondered are there any tops tip s on using MS learn in an exam situation. someone mentioned using Ctrl + F but are ther any other things i should be aware of or is there a link anywhere where I can do a practice exam with MS learn enabled? submitted by /u/scruffy_Me [link] [comments]

I have passed my AZ-900 on November 26, 2025. I am planning on sitting for AZ-104 on January, or February 1st week max. Can you guys tell me how can I prepare myself? TIA. submitted by /u/Separate-Entry3219 [link] [comments]

Hey guys, I’m planning to take the AZ-900 in about 4–5 days, and I’ve been studying for a little over a month. I’ve gone through all the Microsoft Learn modules, completed some labs, and watched a few YouTube videos. My last MS Learn practice exam score was an 88%, and on other practice tests I’ve been scoring anywhere between 70–80%. I’m still a bit nervous because I’ve heard the real exam can include tricky questions and sometimes covers material that isn’t explicitly mentioned in the MS Learn modules. For those of you who’ve taken it recently, do you have any advice, tips, or insight on how I can best prepare in these final days? Any guidance would be really appreciated! submitted by /u/Fantastic-Being-7186 [link] [comments]

Honestly, people make it sound way more intimidating than it needs to be. For context, I took and passed the AI-900 last week, which gave me a solid foundation in the Azure AI ecosystem. Going into AI-102, the key was really understanding how to provision the services—whether self-hosted or not—plus the basic deployment/retraining steps, and the structure of the SDKs and APIs. Once you grasp that, you’re in good shape. And of course, Microsoft Learn is super helpful… even if half the SDK/API reference links are blocked within the exam 😅😅 submitted by /u/LastCraft5004 [link] [comments]

Are the videos for Az-500 still good from John Savill? I assume the older ones just haven't needed to be updated and his videos were great for az-900 but much more recent. Are his videos still good for Az-500? submitted by /u/cybersecguy9000 [link] [comments]

I'm entering into the IT field and I feel like every time I take one step into a field (network engineering, cyber security etc) someone hits you with the "You won't find a job with only a CCNA/insert cert name here. I'm really trying to find an entry level job in IT that isn't help desk as it just doesn't pay enough to cover bills and I really want to look at something that can help me grow a long term career overtime. I don't have any direct professional IT experience, however have a lot of experience as a hobbyist messing around at home (memory manipulation, software engineering, c++, python, hardware/software troubleshooting etc). If I was to get the AZ900, is that going to get me even a basic entry level job (like 50k a year)? Or if I step up to the AZ104 am I going to have a much easier time finding work? I'm not picky about what I'd be doing or even if it's grunt work, I just want a job that will help me build a career and allow me to learn more about it and hoping to get some guidance on the practicality of Azure as well as the saturation of the job market. submitted by /u/RazeThe2nd [link] [comments]

https://preview.redd.it/uxkllqg3v45g1.png?width=1692&format=png&auto=webp&s=1326f23498504a99f24fdd362d5d971e8e733a2c DP600 how i passed, here is my genuine expereince. When I first picked up DP-600 (Fabric Analytics Engineer), I was honestly confused if it would even help in my day-to-day work. Fabric felt huge, the tooling felt “all over the place,” and the exam blueprint looked way more like an ecosystem than a single cert. When I did some research, I had recommendations for this particular course, which also fit in my learning style. I signed up for “Exam Prep DP-600: Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Specialist” on Coursera by Whizlabs. It was a great start, gave me clarity, confidence, and a real hands-on understanding. With that, a big shoutout to Will Needham, his posts & insights on Fabric, semantic modelling, and analytics engineering genuinely sharpened my thinking. I used the following resources for my DP 600 preparation I mostly used Will Needham’s content to sharpen my thinking around modelling, governance, and optimisation. The way he breaks down architecture decisions helped me compare what I was learning with how things actually work in real-world Fabric environments. His examples explained why Fabric behaves a certain way—not just how—and that kept me grounded in real best practices instead of drifting into theory-only prep. Coursera by Whizlabs (DP-600 course) It was super structured. Handles the messy bits of Fabric calmly, lakehouses, warehouses, pipelines, modelling, DAX, capacity, everything. The labs + guided examples made the exam topics feel real. Microsoft Learn + Docs The official learning paths are surprisingly accurate. Don’t and never skip the official practice questions; they expose blind spots you didn’t know you had. Whizlabs Practice Tests & Labs This was the game-changer for me. Scenario-based questions + hands-on labs helped me think like a real Fabric engineer. Focus Areas: Analytics Environment & Governance: workspace security & governance, item-level permissions, row/column/object-level controls, sensitivity labels, version control, deployment pipelines, workspace settings & capacity management. Data Ingestion, Storage & Processing: lakehouses, data warehouses, warehouses vs lakehouse/warehouse choices, data ingestion pipelines (notebooks, Spark, dataflows, pipelines), data transformation, schema design (star schema / denormalised), data enrichment, deduplication, data quality. Semantic Models & Data Modelling: designing semantic models (star schema, relationships, many-to-many/bridge tables), storage mode decisions (Direct Lake, materialised, etc.), composite models, incremental refresh, model optimisation, DAX measures/calculations, calculation groups, performance tuning. Data Querying & Analytics: querying data with SQL, KQL, DAX; data exploration; building reports/analytics pipelines; using semantic models or lakehouse/warehouse data; facilitating analytics workloads over large datasets. Performance, Scalability & Lifecycle Management: manage data pipelines, deployment pipelines, branching/version control, impact analysis of downstream dependencies, versioning of semantic models, gateway/dataflow settings, incremental refresh - ensuring analytics solutions scale and remain maintainable. Hands-on practice: Analytics Environment & Governance → Hands-on: workspace setup, permissions, security, deployment pipelines Data Ingestion & Storage → Hands-on: ingestion pipelines, Data Lakehouse/Warehouse creation, Spark/dataflow/notebook ingestion & transformation Semantic Modelling & Optimisation → Hands-on: build star-schema models, measures, storage modes, incremental refresh Querying & Analytics → Hands-on: use SQL/KQL/DAX across different data stores, compare query performance Lifecycle Management & Performance → Hands-on: version control + deployment, impact analysis, performance tuning based on data volume. The DP 600 is a DIY analytics engineering exam, and less or almost none of memorising. The cert genuinely made my analytics workflows smoother. If you’re preparing, I hope this helps you skip the confusion and dive into the parts that actually matter. You’ve totally got this! submitted by /u/Equal-Box-221 [link] [comments]

Passed for my SC-300 exam today! Really had low expectations, but managed to do it. Only found out yesterday about a new Microsoft Learn video course on SC-300. Can surely recommend it as part of your training! Excellent trainer and clear explanations. submitted by /u/slkth [link] [comments]

I have my AZ-700 exam planned two weeks from now. I've finished the Ms Learn documentation, John Savill's AZ-700 Playlist and a idemy course by John Christopher. Does anyone have any tips on exam material, additional preparation, or any tips on the difficulty of the exam? Thanks! 🙂 submitted by /u/LifeBig5025 [link] [comments]

Hello guys, I have completed two learning paths ie. AZ 305 and AZ 400. However, I only got a voucher for AZ 305, and it's been more than a month counting from 27th October 2025 when I completed and applied to receive another voucher for AZ 400. I have been going back and forth with Technofocus and MsEvents email and this was the last message I received from them. https://preview.redd.it/hn1ipzm9wz4g1.png?width=2369&format=png&auto=webp&s=d5ae6b4417f259d06fa722fe67f2f75a8a2242b2 Has anyone received two vouchers or what? I want to know because I need to get the voucher to write these exams. Anyone to help? submitted by /u/Kwabena_twumasi [link] [comments]

Title, I know it differs from person to person and background, but just want an estimate. is going through learning path enough? submitted by /u/Fair-Bookkeeper-1833 [link] [comments]

I’m happy to share that I’ve successfully completed the Microsoft DP-900 Certification today! Here are the resources I used to prepare: 1️⃣ Microsoft Learn – A great starting point that covers all topics thoroughly, end to end. 2️⃣ Microsoft Practice Tests – Helped me assess my understanding and identify weak areas. 3️⃣ YouTube (Cloud Guru Amit) – His practice question videos were extremely helpful for final preparation. submitted by /u/Former-Reserve8743 [link] [comments]

Just posted a few hours ago about passing AZ-104 and I’m thrilled but also a bit confused on where to go from here. Please read all of this before just auto replying help desk haha. Here’s my predicament. I’m a software engineer with a BS in CS and almost 4 YoE but not any in azure. I make ~90k and can NOT afford a paycut with my family + mortgage. Because of this it feels like help desk is just kind of out of the question for me. I have a large opportunity to possibly start getting azure experience at work, but nothings guaranteed cause we don’t use it too much. Is my best bet to just wait and hope something good comes along or would getting an expert cert help or am I just out of luck? submitted by /u/NotTJButCJ [link] [comments]

Tutorial dojo, ChatGPT, and YouTube! This was harder than when I got my bachelors in 4 months. submitted by /u/NotTJButCJ [link] [comments]

Hi everyone, So looking at my career, I'm thinking of going towards the DevOps path and so started studying for the same. The microsoft learn path says AZ-900 ->AZ-104/204 -> AZ-400. I passed AZ-900 three weeks ago and targetting 204 next. But starting from this level, we need hands on to get to know things; how they work. Azure subscription is paid and I can't afford whatever it may be as anything in USD is anyways too much for me. Do you guys know any platform/website where we can practice doing stuff listed in Microsoft Learn for free/at low cost? I'd like to play, get to know it as I want to honestly understand this. My organization will pay for the exam vouchers but preparing for same is up to us. And best preparation would be when we have done some hands-on on the material listed in Microsoft Learn path. Requesting your advice on the same. submitted by /u/fantastico_81 [link] [comments]

Today I had my Az-104 Exam and I passed with 7xx points. When I pressed submit I was sure it's a fail and it would be around 5xx/6xx but didn't feel like I was going to pass. When I saw the congratulations and you passed I didn't know what to believe, was the exam that easy that even I could pass, or did I get lucky. I was ecstatic in the moment and celebrated with my close ones in the first half an hour. But I am not sure if I really deserved it? I have been very bad with studying consistently in the past 3 months, barely taking any practice tests or completing them... I have been doing a lot of things at work which I didn't know before and that helped a lot I would say, but not at the breadth of Az-104, just some parts of it. I crammed for it from 11pm until 4am and then i had 3 hours of sleep and took the exam. What I'm trying to say, is it possible that I got lucky and I had good instincts on the answers cause I would say I was confused about half of the questions and now I feel like an imposter... TL;DR: I passed the AZ-104 even though I felt underprepared, relied on last-minute cramming, and was unsure about many questions. Now I’m wondering if I just got lucky and feeling some imposter syndrome about deserving the pass. submitted by /u/Pleasant-Ad1529 [link] [comments]

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