Learning plan to clear DP 900 - Azure Data Fundamentals Certification

After having worked on couple of small data engagements in Azure Cloud, I have started my journey towards achieving a Azure Data Engineer Associate Badge. As a first, i started with DP 900, which is a beginner data fundamental course which focuses on core concepts of data and data services available in Azure. The certification excepts you to have a basic understanding of all key services and concepts in Data warehousing and Visualization.

Like any other online certification exam, 30 minutes before the actual schedule the test link starts to become active. A proctor(invigilator) will join you on chat and verify your government ID details and the surroundings of your test room, which you have to take a screenshot of. Once they are convinced that you are a fair candidate, They initiate the exam. 

Coming to the exam,  I had a total of 49 questions, and was fairly easy considering I have some experience on the topic and that i had only prepared just a a day ahead. I was able to score 922 in the exam easily with a day of preparation.

Below are the materials that I used to prepare, 

• FreeCodeCamp.Org crash course in Youtube - Partnered with ExamPro.com

I went through this fairly basic video course in FreeCodeCamp. It is not accurate or exhaustive enough if you want to go to details, but for every Azure service or data concept, they do cover the basic functionalities, and at the end of each lessson, they have a cheat sheet which I found really helpful for a last minute read. 

Some parts are a little vaguely explained, so suggest going for the Udemy course below if you need a deeper understanding.

• Practice questions in Udemy Course  - DP-900: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals Video Course + Qus 

       This is an absolutely wonderful course. If you really have the time, do go through this course. More than the course, there are two practice set of questions at the end of this course. First one with around 93 questions and second with 100 questions. The questions I got on the exam were mostly connected to the questions on this course. Maybe a little re-worded or arranged from the course, but the basic content remains the same. I did both these question sets around 2 to 3 times just a few hours before on exam day and made sure I consistently got 90%+ scores. 

To summarize, if you are running short on time. Start with the 3 hour FreeCodeCamp course. Thoroughly take notes and understand. Once you are done with the course, repeat, repeat, and again repeat these practice questions from the udemy course until you consistently get a 90%+ score.

Happy Learning. Let us know if you were able to complete the Certification following this approach.