Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals
The DP-900 exam is designed for anyone getting started with Azure. It validates your understanding of core data concepts, considerations for relational data on Azure, considerations for working with non-relational data on Azure, and an analytics workload on Azure.
Exam details
- Certification
- Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals
- Exam code
- DP-900
- Level
- Fundamentals
- Duration
- Approximately 45 minutes
- Questions
- Typically 40–60 questions
- Passing score
- 700 out of 1000
- Cost
- USD $99 — 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, French, German, Spanish and several other languages)
- Delivered by
- Pearson VUE
- Renewal
- Not required (Fundamentals certifications do not expire)
Skills measured
Describe core data concepts (25–30%)
- Describe structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data and common file formats.
- Describe transactional versus analytical workloads and Azure datastore options.
- Identify responsibilities of database administrators, data engineers, and data analysts.
Identify considerations for relational data on Azure (20–25%)
- Describe relational concepts, normalisation, SQL statements, and database objects.
- Describe Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VMs, and open-source options.
Describe considerations for working with non-relational data on Azure (15–20%)
- Describe Azure Blob Storage, Azure Files, and Table storage.
- Identify Cosmos DB use cases and APIs.
Describe an analytics workload on Azure (25–30%)
- Describe ingestion, analytical stores, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric.
- Describe batch versus streaming analytics and visualisation in Power BI.
Study resources & practice tests
Disclosure: some links below are affiliate links. If you buy through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. Read our affiliate disclosure.
Frequently asked questions
Who should take DP-900?
DP-900 is for students, career changers, business analysts, and managers who need a first grounding in cloud data. That includes people in professional services, the public sector, and corporate data teams.
What is the average salary for an Azure Data Fundamentals professional?
DP-900 is a fundamentals credential, not a job title. Holders are often junior data analysts or people moving into Azure data roles. As of 2026, US data analyst medians are around $80,000 to $85,000. UK data analyst and Power BI analyst medians are about £32,000 to £52,500. German data analyst medians are around €50,000. The exam does not have its own salary band.
Where do I find exam questions to practice?
You will find websites selling exam dumps or brain dumps that claim to be real DP-900 questions. Those materials are not official. Microsoft treats using brain dumps as cheating. It can invalidate your score, revoke certifications you already hold, and ban you from future exams. Microsoft publishes a free Practice Assessment for DP-900 on Microsoft Learn. Those questions are examples only, not the live exam. MeasureUp also sells the official practice test linked in the study resources on this page. You can try the Microsoft exam sandbox to see the question types and timer, but it does not use real exam questions. Practise the skills measured in a real product environment rather than memorising leaked items.
Does the exam include official labs I can use to practice?
DP-900 is a knowledge exam. Microsoft does not provide official exam labs you can use to practise this credential. Some Microsoft Learn modules include short exercises, and official instructor-led DP-900T00 training delivered by a Microsoft Learning Partner includes labs. Those labs are for the course, not a copy of the exam. Hands-on practice, if you want it, is in a free Azure, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, or trial tenant rather than an exam lab. The Microsoft exam sandbox shows traditional question types only. It does not give you the lab virtual machine.