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DP-203T00 available for ILT until December 31st, 2025

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Mindy_Rosenthal
Bronze Contributor
Mar 26, 2025

DP-203T00: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure available for ILT until December 31st, 2025

To ensure we continue to provide comprehensive skilling options for a wide range of current data engineering scenarios, we have decided to extend the availability of DP-203T00: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure on Microsoft Learn and for Instructor-Led Training (ILT) until December 31, 2025. Course DP-203T00-A: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure

 

👉 Please note, however, that the certification will still retire as scheduled on March 31, 2025.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate

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Published Mar 26, 2025
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  • JohannesK655's avatar
    JohannesK655
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 16, 2025

    I have some colleagues who would like to take the DP-203 exam. Why can this exam no longer be taken in English, but in many other languages?

    • Mindy_Rosenthal's avatar
      Mindy_Rosenthal
      Bronze Contributor
      Apr 18, 2025

      The appropriate teams are currently working on removing all language versions of the exam.

       

      Thank you

      • JohannesK655's avatar
        JohannesK655
        Copper Contributor
        Apr 19, 2025

        So let's summarize:

        DP-203 will be discontinued and replaced by DP-700. DP-203 will then be extended until December 21, 2025 so that it can continue to be offered. First, the option to take the DP-203 exam in English will be removed, and now they are working on removing the other languages as well. 

        What sense does it make for students to take the DP-203 course now, not be able to take the exam, and then have to take the DP-700? 

        Am I missing the big plan?

  • Toan_Phung's avatar
    Toan_Phung
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 31, 2025

    I think there s need to have a sort of migration courses to transition and bridge the gap between the two technology stacks.

    • Mindy_Rosenthal's avatar
      Mindy_Rosenthal
      Bronze Contributor
      Apr 04, 2025

      Thank you for the feedback. I have shared it with our credentials product manager. 

  • Mwolf1703's avatar
    Mwolf1703
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 27, 2025

    Hi Mindy, thank you for the update. We appreciate that the course will remain available for some additional time — there continues to be strong interest in it within our customer base.

    That said, we’re still seeing considerable demand for both the course and the related certification. The DP-700 doesn’t serve as a direct replacement, given the different focus and skill sets it covers. For instance, we had around 30 customers ready to certify for the DP-203, but many decided against it once they learned about the exam retirement. Most of them feel that the DP-700 doesn’t align with their role or learning goals.

    We’d greatly value any additional insights into the decision to retire the certification entirely — and whether there’s any room to reconsider or offer an alternative certification path that better matches the original scope.

    With kind regards, Marnix Wolf

    • Mindy_Rosenthal's avatar
      Mindy_Rosenthal
      Bronze Contributor
      Apr 04, 2025

      Hi Mwolf1703 

       

      I understand how this can be frustrating. I really appreciate the feedback -- and was shared it with our credential's product manager. Should I get back any additional information I will certainly share it. 

       

      Thank you