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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?

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.