There are 3 Azure Fundamental Certification for beginners ie., AZ-900 for Cloud, AI-900 for AI, ML, Data Science, and DP-900 for working with data (DBA, Data Engineers, and Data Architects) on the cloud.
In this blog, we are going to cover some most frequently asked questions to us in our Free Classes like
- What is the difference between AZ-900, AI-900, DP-900?
- Who these certifications are for?
- Which certification should I go for first?
So let’s look at each of these Azure fundamental certifications in detail but before that let us understand what is Azure and what are the Azure certifications offered by Microsoft.
What Is Azure?
Azure is a cloud computing platform service developed by Microsoft to build, test, deploy, and manage applications and services through data centers managed by Microsoft. It provides software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and supports many different programming languages, tools, and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.
Azure Certifications
A role-based Azure Certification structure is offered by Microsoft that has fundamental, associate, and expert level certifications.
AZ-900, AI-900, and DP-900 are Azure fundamental level certifications that form the building blocks for associate and expert level certifications as they help you build knowledge and get familiar with the working environment.
Why Do You Need Certification?
So the next question that might come to your mind is that why exactly do I need to get certified or how getting certified will impact my professional career, so here is an answer for this:
- A CV with gleaming certifications have an enormous advantage in terms of job prospects and earning, as it leads to a rampant gain in both.
- Updating your profile with a certificate will boost your job profile and shoot up your chances of getting chosen.
- Most of the people agree that certification has improved their earning and 84% of people have seen better job prospects after getting certified.
- It gives you global recognition for your knowledge, skills, and experience.
- It gives an unfair advantage over a non-certified professional.
Now that you know the importance of certification let’s look at the three fundamental level certifications in detail.
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900
Cloud can be referred to as the servers that are accessed over the Internet, where software and databases are run. These cloud servers are located in data centers across the globe. To get a better understanding of Cloud and related terms, read our blog [AZ-900] Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Cloud Computing – Overview & Benefits.
AZ-900 is intended for candidates who are planning to take their first step in Cloud or are new to Azure. It helps candidates to demonstrate foundational level knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure.
Azure Fundamentals can be used to prepare for other Azure role-based certifications like Azure Administrator [AZ-104], Azure DevOps Engineer [AZ-400], and more, but it is not a prerequisite for any of them.
The job roles for AZ-900 include Azure Cloud Architect, Azure Cloud Administrator, Azure Consultant, and more.
The candidates are tested on these 6 skills:
- Understand Cloud Concepts
- Understand Core Azure Services
- Understand Core Solutions And Management Tools On Azure
- Describe General Security And Network Security Features
- Describe Identity, Governance, Privacy, And Compliance Features
- Describe Azure Cost Management And Service Level Agreements
Also, there are some Step-by-Step Hands-On Guides recommended by us which will help in understanding the cloud concepts more clearly and are also important from the exam perspective.
To know more about AZ-900 certification, you can read our blog [AZ-900] Microsoft Azure Certification Fundamental Exam: Everything You Must Know
Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals AI-900
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a wide branch of computer science dealing with building smart machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence and Machine learning is a subset of AI which helps the systems by providing them with the ability to learn automatically and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed.
AI 900 certification is ideal for aspiring cloud professionals to capture fundamental knowledge in machine learning and AI concepts and want to start their career in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or Data Science.
This exam is designed for candidates with both technical and non-technical backgrounds, however, having some general programming knowledge or experience would be beneficial.
AI-900 can be used to prepare for other Azure role-based certifications such as Azure Data Scientist Associate [DP-100], but it’s not a prerequisite for any of the exams.
The job roles for AI-900 include AI/Machine Learning Engineers, AI Cloud Engineers, AI Consultants, and more.
The candidates are tested on these 5 skills:
- Artificial Intelligence workloads and considerations
- Understand fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure
- Features of computer vision workloads on Azure
- Understand features of Natural Language Processing (NLP) workloads on Azure
- Understand features of conversational AI workloads on Azure
Also, there are 5 Step-by-Step Hands-On Labs recommended by us which will help in a better understanding of the topics.
To know more about AI-900 certification, you can read our blog [AI-900] Microsoft Certified Azure AI Fundamentals Course: Everything you must know.
Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals DP-900
Data refers to information that is in a form that is efficient for processing. Data can either be in a structured format or unstructured format. To know more about it you can read our blog Structured Data Vs Unstructured Data Vs Semi-Structured Data.
DP-900 is for candidates who want to start working with data on the cloud, get basic skills in cloud data services, and also build their foundational knowledge of cloud data services in Microsoft Azure.
Azure Data Fundamentals can be used to prepare for other Azure role-based certifications like Azure Data Engineer Associate [DP-200/DP-201], Azure Data Scientist Associate [DP-100], and Azure Database Administrator Associate [DP-300], but it’s not a prerequisite for any of these exams.
The job roles for DP-900 include DBA, Data Engineers, and Data Analyst.
The candidates are tested on these 4 skills:
- Understand core data concepts
- Describe how to work with relational data on Azure
- Describe how to work with non-relational data on Azure
- Describe an analytics workload on Azure
There are some Step-by-Step Hands-On Guides recommended by us which will give a clear idea of how these concepts can be applied practically and are also important from an exam point of view.
To know more about AI-900 certification, you can read our blog Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals [DP-900]: All You Need To Know
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