I passed my az-900 today with a score of 936. Frankly didn’t expect this score and I always aimed for just pass (lol). Questions in exam seemed to be simple (may be I lucked out). I honestly completed the exam in less than 20 mins and used extra 15min to review my flagged questions. Background: A Power Bi developer with a very minimal knowledge on Azure, although Power Bi is in Azure we usually don’t require prior knowledge of Azure for Power Bi development. Prepared for 4-5 days 4hr each day. Completed Microsoft learn modules and then attended MVTD and attempted all MSFT practice tests multiple times. Bought TD practice tests and completed all the tests in TD. Before the exam day, double checked my knowledge with ChatGPT and asked it to give me keywords to memorize the concepts especially related to networking (that’s where my weakness as per all practice tests), and to my luck I got only one networking related question in exam. Super happy with the result and next on to AI-900 and AI-102. submitted by /u/thecyberthief [link] [comments]

Hello! I come from a background of having recently passed the CompTIA Trifecta (A+, Net+, Sec+) and am currently finding employment at an institution which will necessitate me to use Entra ID as a daily. As someone who has not been on this subreddit long or used this software previously, I wanted to ask if there was a beginners guide, path, understanding similar to that of the CompTIA subreddit. Over there, it is pretty much known that you take the exams in a specific order (A+ > Net+ > Sec+) and use Professor Messer's videos on YouTube with Dion's Practice Quizzes on Udemy. Is there a similar, well-known path here? If I wanted to go 0 to 100 and not just know, but truly UNDERSTAND Entra ID / Azure, what is the best way to learn? I have perused the subreddit, but please let me know what I may have missed! Thanks! submitted by /u/Refrobate [link] [comments]

Help.... I have had 2 go's at the AZ305 exam and only managed to get 610 each time. I have done a instructor led course + online courses but just cannot seem to get the hang of the exam questions. Are there any realistic exam questions out there, as the ones I have tried are never as long winded as the actual exam ones. I have tried Tutorial Dojo & Measure which I always seem to do well at but neither are even close to the actual exam questions. TIA submitted by /u/scruffy_Me [link] [comments]

I passed but it's honestly a miracle. All I did to prepare was attended the Microsoft virtual training day for Azure fundamentals to get the voucher and did the Offical Microsoft AZ-900 practice test that consisted of 50 questions until I got a 90%+ score which took me three tries. And let me tell you, that is not enough. I barely passed and got a 763. After the first few questions I knew I was cooked and thoughout the exam I felt I was getting more and more cooked and should have studied more instead of just relying on the virtual training that Microsoft offered but I managed to pass someone how lol. I honestly think I got lucky and was able to choose the right answers for some of the questions I didn't have a clue about. All in all, don't just rely on the virtual training and the Microsoft practice test. submitted by /u/Ok_Acanthisitta_7512 [link] [comments]

I have been studying for the SC-300 exam about a month now. I take the test in two days! Even though I have gone through all material I still don’t feel 100% confident going into. I have used MeasureUp and Microsoft learn as text taking practice and studying material. The last practice test was a 80% on MeasureUp. Are there any suggestions for last minute studying for this exam? I may just be freaking myself out however. submitted by /u/Narrow_Ad5589 [link] [comments]

Today I passed the AZ-104 exam with a score of 797. I have several years with of limited Azure experience and decided to skip the AZ-900. I've been doing on-and-off studying since late November, but really only started intense studying just before Christmas. Here's my feedback on the exam: This exam is no joke. You will need to know more than just basic concepts and definitions of Azure resources. You will need to have deeper level knowledge on how to troubleshoot these resources and what to recommend in a given situation. Rote memorization most likely won't result in a pass. Some people mention MS Learn being not worth using during the exam. I strongly disagree. There were many occasions where I was able to find the page that led me to, or at least hinted towards, the correct answer. Given your limited time, I'd still recommend only using MS Learn if you truly don't know what is being asked, and not to simply validate what you think is correct. I used MS Learn to validate my answers for the first half and it almost caused me to run out of time. If you take the test in-person like I did and the proctor gives you a notepad, use it. It'll help for visually representing complex questions involving relations between VNets or management groups/subscriptions/resource groups and RBAC (there were quite a few of these questions, more than I expected). Case study wasn't too difficult for me, I actually thought it was the easiest part. Read the question of the case study before the study itself, then go back and skim through the study until you find what is relevant to the question. Lab or hands-on experience is a must in my opinion prior to taking this. It'll help you visualize the resource creation and administration tasks in your head a lot better. My study materials and whether I recommend them: Exam Ref AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification and Beyond by Donovan Kelly - I ordered this book since I prefer physical books to study with, but I honestly don't recommend this one. A lot of the wording was redundant and repetitive and the labs aren't as useful as some of the others I'm recommending below. Honestly I didn't finish it and didn't really utilize the practice resources. Scott Duffy's Udemy course - Recommend since his lessons are presented while working in Azure. Following along in your own tenant or a lab sandbox is a great way to get hands-on experience. John Savill's AZ-104 playlist and study cram - Highly recommend, especially with his teaching style involving visualization of the concepts at hand. Whenever I'd read a question involving VNets on the exam, I'd imagine one of his drawings representing it. Tutorial Dojo practice tests - Highly recommend. They're slightly easier than the real exam but expose you to how much of the exam is formatted. Plus the explanations of the right and wrong answers is thorough. When taking the TD test, try not to memorize the answer key but understand why the answers are right and wrong. Measure Up practice tests - Highly recommend, but pretty pricy. They're slightly harder than the real exam, and will really test your knowledge. The wordiness of the questions is on-par with the real deal. WhizLabs - Highly recommend, if just for the labs and cloud sandbox access alone. I skimmed over the practice tests so can't make a complete judgment there, but they're somewhere between TD and MU in difficulty. submitted by /u/NCHarcourt [link] [comments]

Hi everyone 👋. Im going to be taking the az 900 exam in a few days and im noticing a concerning pattern when i take practice exams, mainly that im seeing a lot of terms and concepts i just dont remember seeing in the microsoft learn pathway. The material im using is whizlabs and some free tests ive found here and there. I keep seeing things like azure blueprints, event hubs, azure cosmosdb, stuff about the different subscription costs. For the life of me i cant find any of that in the learning pathway itself. Is this normal or am i doomed? submitted by /u/Negative_Distance350 [link] [comments]

I am happy to have passed the applied skills exam. submitted by /u/mQuBits [link] [comments]

Passed the AZ-900 today with an okay score(731). Resources I would recommend: John Savill Course on YouTube Ai_Luke Study Cram on YouTube Microsoft Learn: Learning Paths Tutorials Dojo: Az- 900, exam questions and cheat sheets(worth paying for) submitted by /u/edirp54 [link] [comments]

Hi all, as the title says, can "microsoft esi" and "virtual training day" discounts be combined? not necessesairly give 100% free but 50% of the 50% to give total 75%. Or any combinations of the two... After merging my personal account and my entreprise account, now I only see the ESI discount on the checkout page. submitted by /u/Dalleuh [link] [comments]

Hi everyone, I’m a fresher trying to break into data science / data analytics roles, and I’m looking for honest guidance from people already in the field. I don’t have formal work experience yet, but I do have strong hands-on practice multiple end-to-end projects (data collection → cleaning → modeling → evaluation → deployment basics), familiarity with the full ML lifecycle, and some hackathon experience (including a win). I’m comfortable with tools, coding, and practical implementation, but I’ll be honest my statistics foundation is average, not very strong compared to algorithms and applied ML. I’m considering preparing for Microsoft DP-100 and wanted to ask: Is DP-100 actually valuable for a fresher with no industry experience? Does it help improve chances of getting data science / ML projects or roles in a new company? Will recruiters see it as meaningful proof of skills, or is it mostly helpful only once you’re already working? Given my profile (project-heavy, less stats-heavy), would this certification make sense or should I focus elsewhere? I’m not expecting the cert to replace experience, just trying to understand whether it’s a good signal for someone at my stage. Would really appreciate insights from people who’ve taken DP-100, hired candidates, or followed a similar path. Thanks in advance 🙏 submitted by /u/technical_geek_999 [link] [comments]

I am frustrated a bit as I have been fighting this challenge lab for awhile now. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I can get through the first 5, but step 6 has you create and push a Docker image file with a v2 Tag. https://preview.redd.it/shbc4ybe0oeg1.png?width=907&format=png&auto=webp&s=c7fdba0bd45fc968e2191773157d48372ed0fd72 I am able to create and push without issue, and I am also seeing the results in Artifact Registry in the correct repo, and with the correct tag. https://preview.redd.it/rj5l9yao0oeg1.png?width=1387&format=png&auto=webp&s=5d886c83cd4faf029494c51648c4c72319a9b81f I am not sure what I am doing wrong here, so any insight is appreciated. This is the error message the lab is giving me. All other steps in this section succeed (load balancer deployment, setting the image to the pushed repo, etc. https://preview.redd.it/xi15i28v0oeg1.png?width=818&format=png&auto=webp&s=9eb5202730e7720f32f5ec21ddc384f403cc7afb https://preview.redd.it/8os9ovax0oeg1.png?width=352&format=png&auto=webp&s=11897c0cdd92e868b6acb6227b67962bf458c76f submitted by /u/Upbeat_Link4636 [link] [comments]

Hi all! I'm happy to share my results. My company gave me some free vouchers, and I was like, "Hmm, why not? Let's get 'em" even though I do not use Azure services in my work at all lol. Actually, I did not really study much. I mainly explored the platform and experimented until everything clicked. That was enough for me. Having prior experience helped too. I had already passed SAA-C03, and AZ-204 is quite similar, so it felt easier. I think I only did one or two practice exams online before exam day. Hint: you are allowed to use the Microsoft Learn website and search for things, and this is a game changer. I got many questions right directly from Microsoft Learn. Hope you all have the same success as I did! hehe submitted by /u/takatto [link] [comments]

Are the Microsoft github labs good for resume or should I build projects to showcase in my resume? submitted by /u/ArafPlays [link] [comments]

DP 700 Passed Here is my experience with the DP-700, including how I passed and my key takeaways. After clearing DP-900, I moved on to DP-700, and this exam hit very differently. DP-900 is about understanding what Microsoft Fabric is. DP-700 is about how you actually design, deploy, and operate analytics solutions in Fabric. At first, everything felt a bit overwhelming: ingestion patterns, lakehouses vs warehouses, pipelines, semantic models, governance, performance tuning. However, once I understood the exam's intent, things fell into place. DP-700 expects you to think like someone who works closely with analytics engineers, architects, analysts, and administrators. Not just “what feature does what,” but why you’d choose it in a real analytics solution. That mindset shift changed everything. Instead of just memorising the features, I started thinking in end-to-end scenarios: How data enters Fabric How it’s transformed and stored How it’s modelled and served to Power BI How it’s secured, governed, monitored, and optimised DP-700 is very much a DIY analytics engineering exam. 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-700: Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate Specialization” 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 were critical for sharpening architectural thinking. Helped me understand why certain Fabric design choices matter, not just how to configure them. I also used the following resources for my DP 700 preparation I mostly used Will Needham’s content to sharpen my thinking around Coursera DP-700 course - it broke down the complex parts of Fabric, ingestion patterns, lakehouse vs warehouse decisions, pipelines, KQL/SQL transformations, semantic models, and Power BI integration. All of it without overwhelming you. Whizlabs Labs and Practice Test - This was the game-changer for me. Scenario-based questions + hands-on labs helped me think like a real Fabric engineer. 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. If you are preparing for the DP 700, here are the Core focus Areas that actually matter Analytics Environment & Governance Workspace configuration, settings, and capacity management Version control, DB Projects, deployment pipelines Lifecycle management (dev → test → prod) Security models: workspace roles, item-level permissions, sensitivity labels Schedules and event-based triggers Data Ingestion & Transformation Choosing between dataflows Gen2, notebooks, pipelines When to use PySpark vs SQL vs KQL Ingestion into lakehouse vs warehouse Transformation patterns, schema design, data quality handling Storage & Analytics Components Lakehouse vs Warehouse (this shows up a lot) Data warehouse concepts in Fabric Data lake storage patterns and shortcuts Semantic Models & Power BI Semantic model design (star schema, relationships) Direct Lake vs Import vs DirectQuery trade-offs DAX basics, performance considerations How Power BI consumes Fabric data in real solutions Monitoring & Optimisation Monitoring pipelines, queries, and workloads Performance tuning across ingestion, storage, and semantic models Cost, scalability, and operational impact I also made sure to actually do: Workspace setup, permissions, deployment pipelines Data ingestion using notebooks, dataflows, pipelines Lakehouse and warehouse creation Semantic model design and storage mode decisions Querying with SQL, PySpark, KQL Power BI integration and performance comparisons I made sure to actually do: Workspace setup, permissions, deployment pipelines Data ingestion using notebooks, dataflows, pipelines Lakehouse and warehouse creation Semantic model design and storage mode decisions Querying with SQL, PySpark, KQL Power BI integration and performance comparisons DP-700 rewards people who built things. DP-700 is a scenario-driven analytics engineering exam. Once I treated it like “How would I design and operate this in a real Fabric environment?” …the prep became clearer, and the exam felt fair. If you’re preparing: Focus on decisions, trade-offs, and end-to-end flows, not isolated features. You’ve got this. submitted by /u/Equal-Box-221 [link] [comments]

Hi, is anyone familiar with the following certifications? Do any of these certifications include hands‑on virtual labs, similar to the labs provided in the PL‑300 training under Skillable? AB-900 365 Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals AB-100 Agentic AI Business Solution Architect AB-730 AI Business Professional AB-731 AI Transformation Leader submitted by /u/Outrageous_Poem6503 [link] [comments]

Background: I have AZ-500, AZ-104, SC-900, comptia network+ and security+. I also have a little bit of cyber knowledge from uni courses, but no SOC knowledge or work experience. Am I ready to approach SC-200? I would also love some recommendations on hands-on trainings/labs/video courses. Thank you. submitted by /u/ArafPlays [link] [comments]

Came close but failed. I ran out of time and had to rush the questions in the end. Does anyone know a good way to save time? Going to rebook the test asap while knowledge is still fresh in my mind submitted by /u/guy-Breakfast8485 [link] [comments]

Posting this in case it helps anyone else on their journey of getting their AZ-800 Certification. I took the test the first time and got a 695 where 700 is needed to pass... I scheduled a few days later and just got an 825 and passed. Experience: 18 months as a Jr sysadmin managing many on prem domains at an msp + a 4 yr undergrad degree in I.T. Resources used that helped me: Most important is the MS Learn articles. If you are going for this cert and dont read the MS learn articles Front to back while taking notes you may as well be shooting yourself in the foot. While my experience definitely helped to remember some items that the exam tests you over, there ARE specifics that I gained from the learn articles that you are tested on in the exam. Even if you are a senior level I would not skip these modules. I did one module a day for a few hours a day while taking notes. This took me a little over 1 month to complete. The estimated times on MS' learn article pages that described how long the units took are typically accurate I found. None of them were longer than about 2 hours. Measureup exams. I typically like to use tutorial dojo however they dont have anything for the az800 / 801 so I went with measureup. There were some questions on the measureup practice tests that showed up on the exam verbatim. If nothing else; the measureup exam prepares you by giving you a 1:1 of how questions are generally presented to you and gave me good practice on the case study questions and the specific order of steps questions. In my first exam there was ALOT of hybrid questions, and only a handful of on prem questions the first time. I got a better draw the second time around with a little bit more on prem questions than the first time which I think helped me pass. Both exams were around 57-59 questions with 1 case study with 7-9 questions. Each exam took me about an hour-ish to complete out of the allotted hour and 40 minutes. A small testing tip I found helpful to save some time was to work backwards on The case study. Instead of reading the entire case study Front to back then answering the questions I found it quicker to look at the questions then read about the items that mattered for the question. I will try to answer any questions in the comments. submitted by /u/Past-Manner7131 [link] [comments]

Disclaimer: I passed Az-500 (security engineer associate) 10 days ago. I studied 30+ days for az-500 and that exam covered most of the az-104 syllabus in greater depth. # Exam experience The Az-104 exam is quite deep. Don’t expect to wing it with just basic knowledge or memorization. There were a few questions on powershell, arm templates and bicep. Most of the questions were based on identities, licensing, networking, storage, backup, web apps, containers (as you’d expect from the study guide). My advice is to study everything deeply and how each service connects with another. # Ms learn I wasted a lot of time looking up stuff on ms learn, however couldn’t find much. They design the questions in such a way that you can’t find direct answers on ms learn. It was helpful in some questions for connecting the dots. # Resources used As I said, I was familiar with most of the concepts from az-500. I used Alan rodrigues’ course for both az-500 and az-104. I did all quizzes after each section, and 1 of the 2 included practice tests. I also did a $3 measure up practice test however I don’t recommend it as it was mostly memorization based. The real exam doesn’t test your memory, it tests if you can connect everything. The Udemy course practice tests were great in this case. I plan on doing the SC-300 cert next, Alan doesn’t seem to have an updated course on this so please recommend me resources (I prefer lab based video courses). submitted by /u/ArafPlays [link] [comments]