Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
Validates foundational knowledge of core data concepts and related Microsoft Azure data services. This beginner-level certification covers core data concepts including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, data storage options, transactional and analytical workloads, and data roles, considerations for relational data on Azure including normalization, SQL statements, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and open-source database services, considerations for non-relational data on Azure with Azure Blob Storage, File Storage, Table Storage, and Azure Cosmos DB, and analytics workloads including data ingestion, analytical data stores, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, real-time analytics, and Power BI visualization. No prerequisites required.
Exam domains
- Describe core data concepts29%
Distinguish structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, common data file formats, and database types; differentiate transactional and analytical workloads; and describe responsibilities of database administrators, data engineers, and data analysts.
- Describe an analytics workload on Azure29%
Describe data ingestion, analytical data stores, Azure Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric for large-scale analytics; differentiate batch and streaming data; and identify Power BI capabilities, data models, and visualization choices.
- Identify considerations for relational data on Azure24%
Identify relational data features, normalization, common SQL statements, and database objects; describe Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VMs, and open-source database services on Azure.
- Describe considerations for working with non-relational data on Azure18%
Sources
Questions are grounded in 50 references from official and authoritative materials.