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Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP-700)
Validates skills in building Microsoft Fabric pipelines, including ingestion and transformation with PySpark, SQL and KQL, and monitoring.
Summary
DP-700 is Microsoft's certification for data engineers who build and run pipelines in Microsoft Fabric. It covers security and orchestration, batch and streaming ingestion and transformation with PySpark, SQL and KQL, and monitoring, troubleshooting and optimizing Fabric items.
Good fit if
- You build or maintain pipelines, lakehouses or warehouses in Fabric
- You write SQL and PySpark, and know some KQL
- Data engineer postings in your market mention Fabric
Look elsewhere if
- You mainly build reports and DAX: PL-300 or DP-600
- You have never used Fabric: build a pipeline in a trial first
- Your stack is Databricks or AWS: Databricks Data Engineer or AWS Data Engineer
Salary & jobs
20 US job postings ask for Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate, with Data Engineer as the most common job title. The median pay is $155k a year; most fall between $123k and $191k.
Top-paying job titles
Most common job titles
| Job title |
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| Job title | ||
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| Data Engineer | - | 4 |
| Microsoft Data Engineering Associate Director | - | 2 |
| Associate Data Engineer Data Engineer II Data Engineer | - | 1 |
| Azure Consultant | - | 1 |
| Azure Data Architect | - | 1 |
| Bi Infrastructure Engineer | - | 1 |
| Business Analytics Specialist | - | 1 |
| Business Intelligence Consultant | - | 1 |
| Data Visualization Analyst | - | 1 |
| Enterprise Architect Data Architecture | - | 1 |
| Fabric Data Engineer Workplace Engineering | - | 1 |
| Microsoft Bi Engineer | - | 1 |
| Microsoft Data Engineering Manager | - | 1 |
| Microsoft Fabric Architect | - | 1 |
| Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer | - | 1 |
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Cost
What holders say
Rides on employers' move to Fabric
Several people were asked to get DP-700 after their employer moved toward Fabric. Opinions differ on how ready Fabric is, so the value depends on where you work.
Helps for Fabric roles, not a golden ticket
Asked whether DP-700 opens doors, community members say it helps for Fabric-specific jobs and shows effort, but a portfolio of real projects matters more.
Passing is not the same as hands-on skill
Some passers who studied without much Fabric access say they still felt they knew little in practice. People who work with Fabric daily get the most from it.
Renewal
Fabric Data Engineer Associate is valid for one year.
- Validity
- 1 year
- Renewal requirement
- Free online assessment
- Renewal fee
- None
The assessment opens six months before expiry on Microsoft Learn. It is unproctored and open book, and you can retake it as often as you need before the expiry date.
Microsoft Certification renewal ↗Alternatives
DP-600$165 required · Intermediate
For preparing data and building semantic models in Fabric rather than pipelines.
Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate$200 required · Intermediate
The equivalent step if your lakehouse platform is Databricks.
AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate$150 required · Intermediate
The equivalent step on AWS.
PDE$200 required · Advanced
The equivalent for Google Cloud data engineering.
FAQ
What changes on DP-700 on October 19, 2026?
Minor changes to workspace settings and performance optimization. The three skill areas and their weights stay the same.
Is the DP-700 exam hard?
Several passers describe it as tougher than expected, with scenario questions that assume hands-on Fabric experience with pipelines, Spark and KQL.
Do I need experience to take DP-700?
There is no prerequisite. Microsoft expects experience with data loading, architecture and orchestration, and skill with SQL, PySpark and KQL.
How long is DP-700 valid?
One year. Renew for free with an online assessment on Microsoft Learn in the six months before it expires.
Last updated October 2026