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Copper Contributor

Jul 02, 2020

Data Engineering Professional certification

What do you guys think, should microsoft have a professional/expert level certification for data engineering role in microsoft?

Julian_Sharp

Learn Expert

Jul 03, 2020

See the latest set of certifications here http://aka.ms/TrainCertPoster There is a Azure Data Engineer associate certification. That is a professional level. Here is a list of the Data Engineer related certifications https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/browse/?roles=data-engineer&resource_type=certification This https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE4wyqh shows tge latest set of data certifications

sidsingh

Copper Contributor

Jul 03, 2020

Current one is more of an associate level certification, I was wondering if there is any plans on professional/expert level data engineering certification, on same lines as DevOps expert and solution architect expert.

Julian_Sharp
Learn Expert
Jul 04, 2020
sidsingh Associate level certification are professional certifications. They are not easy exams to pass. If you mean expert as opposed to associate, then I would keep an eye on the links I provided and then watch for announcements from events like Build, Inspire, and Ignite. These are the likely times when new certifications are announced.

Microsoft are creating new role based certifications all the time, for instance DevOps is new this year, so I would expect in time for more expert level roles but until they are officially announced, Microsoft doesn't say what its plans are
- sbhagwat2712
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 05, 2020
  Julian_Sharp
  
  Thanks for the information!!
  However if we compare Azure data engineer certification(being offered at associate level) other cloud vendors offer there data stack certifications either at specialty level or expert level.