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No, you cannot take this course for free. When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. If you cannot afford the fee, you can apply for financial aid.

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This Specialization doesn't carry university credit, but some universities may choose to accept Specialization Certificates for credit. Check with your institution to learn more.

Exam Prep DP-700: Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate Specialization

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Exam Prep DP-700: Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate Specialization

Become Microsoft Certified Fabric Data Engineer. Hands-On Preparation for the DP-700: Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate Certification

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3 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 months to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

3 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 months to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Design and implement scalable batch and streaming ingestion pipelines
Transform, model, and prepare data using Spark, SQL, KQL, and Dataflows
Secure, govern, and manage Fabric workspaces and analytics environments
Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot performance across Fabric workloads
Build end-to-end analytics solutions aligned to DP-700 certification skills

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Specialization - 3 course series

This "Exam Prep DP-700: Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate" Specialiation comprehensive certification course is designed for data professionals aiming to master end-to-end analytics design, implementation, and management using Microsoft Fabric. Dive deep into Microsoft’s unified data platform and learn how to configure, secure, and orchestrate data solutions across Fabric’s integrated services - covering data engineering, data science, and business intelligence workloads.

The course delivers approximately 3+ hours of video lectures, combining conceptual understanding with hands-on demonstrations mapped to the official Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate (Exam DP-700) objectives. Each module includes quizzes and in-video assessments to reinforce key learning outcomes and prepare you for real-world analytics challenges.

Courses in This Specialization:

Course 1 - Microsoft Fabric: Architecture and Analytics Essentials
Course 2 - Microsoft Fabric: Ingest and Transform Data
Course 3 - Microsoft Fabric: Monitor and Optimize Analytics Solutions

Applied Learning Project

Throughout the specialization, you will complete hands-on projects that simulate real data engineering tasks such as building ingestion pipelines, transforming datasets for analytics, securing workspaces, and optimizing performance. These projects allow you to apply your skills to authentic enterprise scenarios using Microsoft Fabric’s core tools.

Microsoft Fabric: Implement and Manage Analytics Solutions

Course 112 hours

What you'll learn

Understand the core architecture, purpose, and components of the Microsoft Fabric platform.
Identify key elements of the Fabric ecosystem, including licensing models, portals, and core services.
Perform impact analysis, manage database projects, and plan deployment solutions for analytics lifecycle governance.
Schedule, monitor, and optimize dataflows and notebooks to maintain secure and reliable analytics operations.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Application Deployment

Category: Apache Spark

Category: Data Security

Category: Exploratory Data Analysis

Category: Analytics

Category: Version Control

Category: Data Lakes

Category: Power BI

Category: Governance

Category: Data Pipelines

Category: Microsoft Power Platform

Category: SQL

Category: Advanced Analytics

Category: Data Management

Category: Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)

Category: Data Governance

Category: CI/CD

Category: Azure Synapse Analytics

Category: Microsoft Excel

Category: Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Fabric: Ingest and Transform Data

Course 210 hours

What you'll learn

Design and implement performant batch and incremental data loading patterns in Microsoft Fabric.
Ingest and process real-time streaming data using KQL, Eventstreams, and Spark Structured Streaming.
Apply data transformation and quality techniques such as windowing, aggregation, deduplication, and denormalization.
Deploy scalable, analytics-ready datasets for reporting, dashboards, and downstream insight generation.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Pipelines

Category: Data Transformation

Category: Extract, Transform, Load

Category: Data Lakes

Category: PySpark

Category: Data Processing

Category: Data Integration

Category: Analytics

Category: Apache Spark

Category: Real Time Data

Category: Data Quality

Category: Data Governance

Category: Power BI

Microsoft Fabric: Monitor and Optimize an Analytics Solution

Course 312 hours

What you'll learn

Monitor and troubleshoot data ingestion, transformation, and semantic models using Microsoft Fabric monitoring tools, alerts, and diagnostic views.
Optimize performance for pipelines, notebooks, SQL endpoints, Eventstreams, Spark workloads, semantic models across Fabric’s analytics engine.
Identify, analyze, and resolve Fabric errors including T-SQL, Eventhouse, pipeline, and Dataflow errors using built-in debugging capabilities.
Operationalize and govern analytics solutions through proactive monitoring, alerting, and continuous performance improvement.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Pipelines

Category: System Monitoring

Category: Performance Tuning

Category: Debugging

Category: Data Warehousing

Category: Apache Spark

Category: Data Lakes

Category: Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)

Category: Transact-SQL

Category: Analytics

Category: Data Transformation

Category: SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

Category: Star Schema

Category: Real Time Data

Category: Power BI

Category: Microsoft Azure

Category: PySpark

Category: Data Modeling

Category: Azure Synapse Analytics

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Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.