Microsoft - Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)

This exam validates foundational knowledge of core data concepts and how they are implemented with Microsoft Azure data services. It assesses whether a candidate can describe ways to represent data (structured, semi-structured, unstructured), common file formats and data stores, transactional versus analytical workloads, and the roles involved in data work. Coverage spans relational data on Azure (relational concepts, the Azure SQL family, and open-source database services), non-relational data (Azure Storage and Azure Cosmos DB), and analytics workloads (large-scale and real-time analytics with services such as Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks, plus data visualization in Microsoft Power BI). The exam tests recognition and description of these concepts and the matching Azure service rather than hands-on administration, pipeline building, or production coding.