MCSA Data Engineering with Azure

Earn a Microsoft certification and build your professional career in Data Engineering with Azure

This certification demonstrates your expertise in engineering data with HD Insight and Cloud Services.

Earning an MCSA: Data Engineering with Azure demonstrates knowledge relevant to the design and building of analytics and operational solutions on Azure as well as the implementation of big data engineering workflows on HDInsight.  It is the first step on your path to becoming a Data Management and Analytics Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE).

What is involved

STEP 1 - SKILLS

Experience with Azure Stream Analytics, HDInsight Clusters, Azure Data Lake, Big Data batch processing, SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Data Factory, and real-time processing of Big Data. You may want to consider pursuing an MTA certification to achieve these skills.

STEP 2 - EXAMS

Pass the following two exams. Be sure the explore the exam prep resources.

Exam 70-775/Course 20775

Perform Data Engineering on Microsoft HD Insight

This certification exam is targeted towards data engineers, data architects, data scientists, and data developers who implement big data engineering workflows on HDInsight. Candidates for this exam should have relevant work experience in big data analytics solutions. Candidates should also be familiar with the features and capabilities of batch data processing, real-time processing, and interactive processing.

Exam 70-776/Course 20776

Perform Big Data Engineering on Microsoft Cloud Services (beta)

This certification exam is intended for candidates who design analytics solutions and build operationalized solutions on Azure. Candidates for this exam have relevant work experience in data engineering issues with Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Stream Analytics. Candidates are familiar with the features and capabilities of batch data processing, real-time processing, and operationalization technologies.

STEP 3 - CERTIFICATION

Complete an MCSA Data Engineering with Azure certification by passing the required exams in Step 2.

STEP 4 - CONTINUING EDUCATION

  • Earn an MCSE to broaden and advance skills.

MCSE Data Management and Analytics

Demonstrate your broad skill sets in SQL administration, building enterprise-scale data solutions, and leveraging business intelligence data both on-premises and in cloud environments.