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DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals hands on course with sims

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  • Updated 11/2025
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Course Information

Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
7 Hour(s) 41 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
John Christopher
Certificate
  • Available
  • *The delivery and distribution of the certificate are subject to the policies and arrangements of the course provider.
Rating
4.8
(55 Ratings)
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Course Overview

DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals hands on course with sims

Get prepared for the DP-900 exam with instructor led labs and hands on simulations available 24/7

We really hope you'll agree, this training is way more than the average course on Udemy!

Have access to the following:

  • Training from an instructor of over 25 years who has trained thousands of people and also a Microsoft Certified Trainer

  • Lecture that explains the concepts in an easy to learn method for someone that is just starting out with this material

  • Instructor led hands on and simulations to practice that can be followed even if you have little to no experience

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDING HANDS ON LECTURE AND PRACTICE TUTORIALS:

Introduction

  • Welcome to the course

  • Understanding the Microsoft Environment

  • Having a Solid Foundation of Active Directory Domains

  • Having a Solid Foundation of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization

  • Having a Solid Foundation of the Microsoft Cloud Services

  • Order of concepts covered in the course

Setting up for hands on

  • IMPORTANT Using Assignments in the course

  • Creating a free Azure Account

  • Activating Entra ID P2 license

Describe ways to represent data

  • Features of structured data

  • Features of semi-structured

  • Features of unstructured data

Identify options for data storage

  • Understanding formats for data files

  • Relational databases as a type of data storage

  • Creating a relational database in Azure using Microsoft SQL

  • Installing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for connecting to SQL

  • Connecting to a SQL database with SSMS

  • Non-relational databases as a type of data storage

  • Creating a non-relational database in Azure using Microsoft Cosmos

  • Connecting to a Microsoft Cosmos database

Describe common data workloads

  • Features of transactional workloads

  • Features of analytical workloads

Identify roles and responsibilities for data workloads

  • Responsibilities for database administrators

  • Permissions in Azure regarding a database administrator

  • Responsibilities for data engineers

  • Permissions in Azure regarding a data engineers

  • Responsibilities for data analysts

  • Permissions regarding a data analysts

Describe relational concepts

  • Features of relational data

  • Normalization and why it is used

  • Creating an Azure VM with Microsoft SQL server

  • Using common structured query language (SQL) statements

  • A look at common database objects

Describe relational Azure data services

  • Azure SQL Family: Azure SQL Database, SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on VMs

  • Azure database services for open-source database systems

Describe capabilities of Azure storage

  • Understanding the capabilities of Azure storage accounts

  • Creating a storage account to explore Blob, File, & Table storage capabilities

  • Securing a Azure storage account

  • Utilizing Azure Blob storage

  • Utilizing Azure File storage

  • Utilizing Azure Table storage

Describe capabilities and features of Azure Cosmos DB

  • Use cases for Azure Cosmos DB

  • Understanding the Azure Cosmos DB APIs

  • Deleting the existing Cosmos DB before moving on

  • Creating a new Cosmos DB account for NoSQL

  • Adding and querying data within a Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Cleaning up our lab environment to this point

Describe common elements of large-scale analytics

  • Considerations for data ingestion and processing

  • Understanding Azure Data Lake storage

  • Creating an Azure Data Lake storage account

  • Understanding Azure Databricks

  • Visualizing Azure Synapse Analytics

  • Registering Azure Synapse as a resource provider in Azure

  • Setting up a SQL DB and server for use with Azure Synapse Analytics

  • Creating a Azure Synapse workspace and Data Lake Storage account

  • Concepts of SQL Pool usage with Azure Synapse Analytics

  • Purposes of Azure HDInsight

  • Understanding Azure Data Factory

  • Setting up an Azure Data Factory resources

  • Using Azure Data Factory to copy data into Azure Synapse Analytics <AZ-305>

Describe consideration for real-time data analytics

  • Understanding the difference between batch and streaming data

  • Concepts of Azure Stream Analytics

  • Creating an Azure Stream Analytics job for real-time analytics

  • Benefits of using Apache Spark

  • Cleaning up the existing resources before moving on

Describe data visualization in Microsoft Power BI

  • Capabilities of Power BI

  • Downloading and installing Power BI Desktop

  • Creating a database with data for testing Power B

  • Connecting Power BI to a SQL database and performing an import

  • Features of data models in Power BI

  • Using the appropriate visualizations for data

Course Content

  • 15 section(s)
  • 81 lecture(s)
  • Section 1 Introduction
  • Section 2 Setting up for hands on
  • Section 3 Describe ways to represent data
  • Section 4 Identify options for data storage
  • Section 5 Describe common data workloads
  • Section 6 Identify roles and responsibilities for data workloads
  • Section 7 Describe relational concepts
  • Section 8 Describe relational Azure data services
  • Section 9 Describe capabilities of Azure storage
  • Section 10 Describe capabilities and features of Azure Cosmos DB
  • Section 11 Describe common elements of large-scale analytics
  • Section 12 Describe consideration for real-time data analytics
  • Section 13 Describe data visualization in Microsoft Power BI
  • Section 14 Role Plays (Optional - Not needed to complete course and get certificate)
  • Section 15 Conclusion

What You’ll Learn

  • Learn the concepts and perform hands on activities needed to pass the DP-900 exam
  • Gain a tremendous amount of knowledge involving data processing in Microsoft Azure
  • Get loads of hands on experience with Microsoft Azure data processing technologies!
  • Utilize hands on simulations that can be access anytime, anywhere!


Reviews

  • W
    Willem Cierenberg
    5.0

    Great course and presentation!

  • K
    Karan Moallim
    4.0

    good course but would need some more visual explainations on top and more architectural examples - plus maybe a couple of exam questions.

  • C
    Chris lupton
    5.0

    Superb as always, I keep passing Microsoft Certifications thanks to these John Christopher Courses. Thank You!

  • P
    Parvez Khan
    5.0

    very well explained, excellent coverage.

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