DP-900 · Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals
Each publication has a different job. Start with the guide that matches what you need now, or use them in sequence for the most complete JITA learning experience.
Build working judgment for Azure data fundamentals.
This Field Guide develops a working mental model of Azure data fundamentals. You will connect distinguish relational, non-relational, analytical, and transactional workload characteristics, understand common data formats, normalization, schemas, and data-processing concepts, recognize Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, storage, Fabric, Databricks, and analytics service roles, and connect ingestion, processing, storage, analytics, and BI into a basic data lifecycle. You are not just memorizing feature names; you are learning what owns the requirement, what can fail, and how to verify the outcome.
- relational vs non-relational data store
- transactional vs analytical workload
- storage service vs analytics or BI responsibility
Prove your DP-900 judgment across Azure data fundamentals under exam-style conditions.
This Exam Preparation Guide tests whether your understanding of Azure data fundamentals survives realistic decision pressure. You will practice separating relational vs non-relational data store, transactional vs analytical workload, and storage service vs analytics or BI responsibility. Each scenario is designed to make you identify the governing fact, reject the nearest plausible alternative, and explain the evidence that keeps the correct answer correct.
- relational vs non-relational data store
- transactional vs analytical workload
- storage service vs analytics or BI responsibility
Understand it first. Then prove you can apply it.
The Field Guide builds the understanding. Use it when you need the architecture, mechanics, dependencies, tradeoffs, failure paths, and verification logic behind the certification.
The Exam Preparation Guide tests the judgment. Use it when you need to practice under exam-style conditions, distinguish close answers, and understand why the correct answer survives changed facts.
Recommended sequence: Field Guide → Exam Preparation Guide → return to the Field Guide for targeted remediation where needed.