Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP-700)

The DP-700 exam is designed for professionals who implement and configure Microsoft Fabric. It validates your ability to implement and manage an analytics solution, ingest and transform data, and monitor and optimize an analytics solution.

Exam details

Certification
Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate
Application
Microsoft Fabric
Exam code
DP-700
Level
Associate
Duration
Approximately 100 minutes
Questions
Typically 40–60 questions
Passing score
700 out of 1000
Cost
USD $165 — typical price; the exact fee varies by country/region and currency, and local taxes may apply.
Prerequisites
None required
Languages
English (also available in Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), German, French, Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil))
Delivered by
Pearson VUE
Renewal
Free online assessment, every 12 months

Skills measured for the upcoming exam version

Implement and manage an analytics solution

30–35%
  • Configure Fabric workspace settings for Spark, OneLake, domains, and Apache Airflow.
  • Implement lifecycle management with version control, database projects, and deployment pipelines.
  • Configure security, sensitivity labels, audit logs, and orchestration with pipelines and notebooks.
Practice Implement & Manage Questions

Ingest and transform data

30–35%
  • Design full, incremental, dimensional, and streaming load patterns.
  • Ingest and transform batch data with pipelines, PySpark, SQL, KQL, mirroring, and shortcuts.
  • Process streaming data with Eventstreams, Spark structured streaming, and windowing.
Practice Ingest & Transform Questions

Monitor and optimize an analytics solution

30–35%
  • Monitor ingestion, transformation, semantic model refresh, and alerts.
  • Resolve pipeline, Dataflow Gen2, notebook, Eventhouse, Eventstream, and shortcut errors.
  • Optimise lakehouse tables, pipelines, warehouses, Spark, Eventstreams, and queries.
Practice Monitor & Optimize Questions

Study Resources

Frequently asked questions

Who should take DP-700?

DP-700 is for data professionals who build and manage data engineering solutions in Microsoft Fabric. You should have experience with data extraction, transformation, and loading, and be able to manipulate data with SQL, PySpark, or KQL.

What is the average salary for a Fabric Data Engineer?

In the U.S., Fabric Data Engineer roles average about $131,312 per year. In the UK, Azure Data Engineer vacancies had a £70,000 median advertised salary in the six months to 11 October 2026. These are different roles and measures; pay varies by experience and location.

How should I prepare for DP-700?

Access the free DP-700T00 Course on Microsoft Learn. Then use our DP-700 Exam Practice Test to practise the exam skills.

Microsoft also offers a free Practice Assessment. The English exam outline changes on October 19, 2026, and our practice test follows the updated version. If you take the exam before then, check Microsoft's DP-700 study guide for the objectives that apply to your exam. Avoid exam dumps: using them can invalidate your score, revoke certifications you already hold, and bar you from future exams.

You can also search the Microsoft Training Services Partners directory for instructor-led options. The course takes four days; New Horizons lists DP-700T00 at $2,495 in the U.S. Prices vary by provider and format.

Does the exam include official labs I can use to practice?

Microsoft does not publish a fixed list of exams that include labs, and a lab may be removed if the live environment is unavailable. Check your exam overview when you start; DP-700 may include interactive components as part of the exam, not as practice labs. The self-paced DP-700T00 course on Microsoft Learn may include some tasks using a lab.

If you purchase Instructor-led training, Microsoft Training Partners usually provide access to official labs for about 90 days. Always checks the labs are from Microsoft Partners like Skillable.

Depending on the exam, you could get a trial licence which could include demo data you can use to practice, but that is not always guaranteed and Microsoft often changes policies about free trials with demo data. If you prefer hand-on learning using labs, contact a Microsoft Training Services Partner for Instructor-led training.

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