UPDATE, 2nd Apr: Sorry folks, the DP-800 is not a real thing (at least yet!). Just an April fools joke, enjoy your days 😀 #microsoftfabric #dp800 #april1st

Yesterday, I took the new DP-700 exam (see yesterday's post here) ... here are some of my initial thoughts: - Overall, I really liked the exam, and the content. - It's a thorough test of someone's skills and knowledge in data engineering on the Fabric platform. - It tests your end-to-end knowledge and decision-making ability, especially around how different Fabric services interact with each other into a coherent solution (compared with the DP-600, which I felt was lots of questions from previous certs joined into one) - The required depth of your knowledge of SQL, Python/ PySpark and KQL is higher than DP-600. - There will be less chance to 'blag it' with this exam (i.e. people attempting the exam without practical experience and trying to pass), which is a good thing. If you're completely new to Fabric/ Data Engineering, I would probably not recommend taking the exam in this first voucher cycle, because it would require a LOT of effort on your part, and you still might not gain the required level of experience/ knowledge. With DP-600, it was more possible, DP-700 would be harder. Some topics I would like the DP-700 to cover, but it doesn't (to any real depth): - data quality & code quality (core skill for data engineers in 2025) - trusted workspace access/ managed private endpoints/ service principals - all those things vitally important for data engineers in the real world. From this point, this is my focus: - Preparing the second Live Study Session for the DP-700 Bootcamp in Fabric Dojo - if you want to sign up - now is a good time, because the pricing will be going up at end of January. - Preparing the first video for the YouTube series - hoping to start releasing on YouTube this week! Any questions about DP-700 exam? Let me know, happy to help 👇