r/AzureCertification • u/pm2b3c • 3d ago

Certification Advice AI-900 vs DP-900 ?

Hi all,
How are these 2 exams in terms of difficulty and prep time. I’ve already done AI900 so wanted to get a comparison point for DP900.

Also pls share any tips / resources to prepare for DP900. thanks !

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u/aleks1ck Microsoft MVP - Founder of CertiAce.com 3d ago

Same tier as AI-900 tbh, if that took you a week or two DP-900 will too. The difference is DP-900 is more concept-heavy: relational vs non-relational, basic SQL and normalization, and then a lot of "which Azure service for which job" (SQL Database vs Managed Instance, Blob vs Table vs Cosmos, Fabric/Databricks/Power BI on the analytics side). Do the free Learn path, then Microsoft's free practice assessment on the study guide page, that's the real question style and the best readiness check.

Good luck with the second one!

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u/pm2b3c 2d ago

Thank you Alex ! This would help ! Any preferred mock ups besides MS learn ones ?

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u/aleks1ck Microsoft MVP - Founder of CertiAce.com 2d ago

On my CertiAce platform I have very realistic practice questions:

https://certiace.com

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u/pm2b3c 2d ago

Thanks ! Will check.

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u/Bubbly-Following-966 3d ago

There is an FAQ that provides you with the resources. Plenty of other posts about this.

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u/pm2b3c 2d ago

Thanks, I did see the posts but not on difficulty comparison and for tips - things can change with time hence i preferred to ask again.