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Passed DP-600 Today!
I passed DP-600 today. Will's Classroom videos certainly helped, as well as all the MS Learn modules and practice tests. It felt like my test was mostly Power BI DAX (and I'm not a Power BI guru by any means), with a smidge of Python and SQL sprinkled in just to keep your syntax mixed up. I took the test at a Pearson Vue testing center at a local community college. They had voting set up right next to the testing center, which certainly created chaos for those of us who were searching for the testing center, but was also rather convenient so I could cast my vote immediately following passing the test.
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Passed DP-600 Today!
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@Viv B since DP-600 has changed as of 11/15, I don't know whether this is relevant. Questions included snippets of (DAX, Python, or SQL) code where you had to select the correct words to complete the statement correctly. [ is it df.display() or df.show() for this example]. I also saw several questions like "to get these results, <table of data>, which of the following is correct"? There are also a bunch of admin questions, so be familiar with where and how you set permissions, control capacities, and turn features on/off.
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Some have asked me about what I did to prepare. Since the exam is now different from when I took it, most of the specifics for study have changed. Definitely go to the Microsoft exam pages, read through the study guide, and open all the links on that page. That will point you to the correct Microsoft Learn sections to focus on and should include a practice test. Take that practice test a bunch of times (I think I took it at least 10 times) because they have a bank of questions and you only see some of them each time you take it. The practice test questions are very similar to the style of questions you will see on the exam. I read several PowerBI blogs since I haven't really done much work with PowerBI for several years and it has changed greatly since then. Also, learn your way around the Fabric workspace ~ I've been on a Fabric warehouse project for several months and that experience definitely helped me answer some questions that I didn't directly study but had experience with in the field. With the new version of DP-600 debuting today, be sure to lean more on the study guides from Microsoft since most bloggers may not have updated their DP-600 posts to reflect the revised exam content. Microsoft has several video series on DP-600, but since those were mostly created more than 6 months ago, only some of the information in them is relevant to the current version of the test. Always check the release date of any DP-600 material to ensure that it has been updated recently, otherwise it may be full of information that you won't need to study for the exam since it was covering the old version.
🎃 Things you can say to scare a Fabric Engineer/ Analyst. Go 👇
Leave a comment with the scariest thing you can say to a Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer / Data Analyst / Data Scientist / Fabric Security Engineer 👀 Scariest saying wins 🎃
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🎃 Things you can say to scare a Fabric Engineer/ Analyst. Go 👇
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"Backup? What backup?"
5k members, 1200 threads and now a 2nd team member
Hi everyone, things have gone fast since I launched this community back in January 2024!! I still remember my proud post when we reached 50 members (see below). Well, recently we crossed a previously unimaginable milestone of 5k members. Thank you to every one of you that chooses to spend your time here learning Fabric and engaging with the community. So far, we have had over 1200 conversations/ threads about Microsoft Fabric (the search bar contains a wealth of information!). I hope it has helped you learn Microsoft Fabric. The best thing is that this is just the start, I will continue to invest in this community because I can see it's making (at least a small) difference. But a community of this size is difficult to manage alone (especially as now I spend a lot of time in Fabric Dojo too). As such, I'm delighted to announce that I've brought on board Maleek - @Mubaraq Abdulmaleek to support yourselves (and me!) around the community. Maleek is hugely passionate about Fabric (he was one of the first members of this community back in January!), DP-600 certified and eager to learn as much as possible. He'll help new members get onboarded, help members find stuff (course content/ previous answers to community questions), and generally help make sure you have a great experience here. Great to have you here, Maleek! Soon, I'll share what I have planned for this community in 2025 and beyond. Thank you so much for being a part of this community we're building!
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5k members, 1200 threads and now a 2nd team member
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Congratulations
Microsoft Fabric Project Advice: Getting into the Thick of It
This is a great article by Paul Turley (MVP) - I agree with a lot of it! In the article, Paul talks about: - Embracing OneLake/ Fabric - Choosing Your Data Engine (Spark or T-SQL?) - Enterprise Adoption Roadmaps - Designing for scalability - Road to governed self-service maturity - Adopting an architectural pattern that is right your unique organizational requirements - CI/CD strategy (including TMDL-based Power BI projects) - Grow with the Platform - an answer to the "is Fabric ready for production?" debate. 👉🔗 Read the full article here: https://sqlserverbi.blog/2024/10/17/microsoft-fabric-project-advice-getting-into-the-thick-of-it/ Let me know your thoughts below 👇
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Microsoft Fabric Project Advice: Getting into the Thick of It
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The way that Fabric is rapidly changing and maturing over these past several months has resulted in a lot of rewriting of code - some bits were workarounds for missing features that are now present (so not needed) and other bits are because how something works has changed and we are no longer getting the same results.
Lakehouse T-SQL Endpoint syncing issues (force update fix)
One of the reoccurring issues that people face in Fabric (and post about here!) is the delay it can take for the T-SQL endpoint of a Lakehouse to update, when you make changes to Lakehouse data and tables (via the Lakehouse/ Spark endpoint). This is most problematic when you have a multi-step ETL/ELT process that first updates some Lakehouse table, then reads that data (via the T-SQL endpoint), using a T-SQL script in a Warehouse. Well, there is a workaround to force the update of the T-SQL endpoint, using Semantic Link. This workaround was provided initially by the Microsoft product manager for the Lakehouse T-SQL endpoint. Some links on this: - Original LinkedIn post by Mark (Microsoft) - Obvience video walking through how to implement it. Hopefully they improve the native functionality in the future, so that forced updates are not required, but in the short-term, this should help a lot of people.
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Lakehouse T-SQL Endpoint syncing issues (force update fix)
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We've been hitting those issues, so I'm going to read through the workaround so that it doesn't happen again. Our current solution is to run the create tables scripts, then wait about 15-20 minutes and then run the create views on those newly created tables.
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Andrea Letourneau
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Microsoft Azure and Fabric consultant who sews for fun

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