Azure Data Engineer (DP-203)

Microsoft Azure · Associate · $165

Designing and implementing data storage, processing, and security on Azure.

Exam Code: DP-203 Fee: $165 Study: 50–100 hours Difficulty: 3/5 Validity: 1 year Focus: data-engineering Demand: 75/100 ↑ Salary Premium: +$13K/yr (est.)

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Cross-Cloud Closest Matches

Designing data pipelines, managing data stores, and building analytics solutions in the cloud.

Data Engineer – Associate

DEA-C01

$15040–80h

Google Cloud

Professional Data Engineer

PDE

$20060–120h

Good alignment. Microsoft and AWS are Associate-level. Google PDE is Professional (harder, more ML-integrated). Google PDE is one of the oldest and most respected GCP certs.

AWS DEA is the newest and most modern. GCP PDE has the strongest industry reputation in data.

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Microsoft Certification Programme

Renewal: Annual free renewal assessment on Microsoft Learn (no fee). Fundamentals never expire. Training: Official Training → All Certs: Certification Page →

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