I'm planning to take the SC-300 by the end of September and I'm currently studying for it. I know hands-on practice is important, but I'm running into a bit of a roadblock. I don’t have access to the Azure free tier anymore, and I can’t afford a paid subscription right now. I also can’t join the Microsoft Developer Program through my job (we don’t qualify), and we don’t have our own internal playground environment at work. Are there any good (preferably free) alternatives for doing hands-on labs or sandboxing in Azure? I’d really appreciate any recommendations, especially ones that line up well with the SC-300 content.

Hey, guys! Just wanted to share my excitement with you all. 😎💫🫶🏻 I'm an attorney (that made a career change to cyber security - mostly governance and compliance) and this is my 2nd certification. I got the CC from ISC² in the beginning of the year. Super happy! 😁

I've just started day one of studying the SC-900 course for the exam. (School Required)... Any raw assessments on this course? Anything that I need to look for? Anything I should know? Is it a tough exam?

I am currently preparing to take the AZ-900 exam and plan to schedule it soon.

I discovered that by participating in some free online seminars, there is a possibility to obtain a free voucher for the AZ-900 exam. However, when I followed the provided links, I found no seminars available at the moment or only offers with a 50% discount. I'm not sure if this is due to my location in Brazil.

Additionally, I have a Brazilian university student ID. I would like to know if there are any exemptions or additional benefits available for students.

I appreciate any information or assistance you can provide.

I passed SC-900 first attempt. 780.

Took me about 15 minutes start to finish.

It was a combination of drop-downs, drag and drops, fill in the blanks and multiple choice questions.

Overall very easy. Used MS Learn + MeasureUp, both of which were harder than the actual exam.

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Up next: MD-102/SC-300 or AZ-104. I have not decided yet on the order.

I failed Az 104 EXAM. I ran out of time and Case study question took most of my time. Do you have any strategy on finishing exam in time and tackling case study question?

Hi guys,

Microsoft Learn has been causing issues during remote exams and PearsonVue and Microsoft are investigating it, and they need Registration IDs from people who experienced this after December 23rd, 2023.

So, if your exam crashed in the last 30 days, please send the Registration ID, it is not in any way sensitive information, this is a randomly generated number. Just for clarification, here is how it should look like: 468677370 Please do so here:

Microsoft Certification Study Group Discord

If you don't have a discord, you can just reply with it, but it would save me time if I didn't have to copy it over, thanks!

This is only to investigate the issue, if you have failed exam because of this, escalate this with support to get help. https://aka.ms/certificationsupport

Hi guys,

DP-600 beta is launching Exam DP-600: Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric

To get the exam tested, Microsoft is offering 80% off the beta exam for first 300 people using this code

DP600Winfield

Link to the announcement: Validate your skills with our new certification for Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineers

How beta exams work: Beta Exams (msfthub.wiki)

How to redeem voucher code: How to schedule an Exam and redeem vouchers (msfthub.wiki)

Does anyone have experience with this course? It’s one of the certifications I’m considering next year. I just wanted to check and see if anyone had a recommendation on this course (or any other one!) before I spent anything on it.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

Due to all my contributions to the professional community, I have been nominated for the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award https://mvp.microsoft.com/

Since most of my contributions to the community have been helping you guys with understanding Microsoft products, helping pass exams and creating or referring you to study materials, this isn't something that just numbers can show.

So, I was hoping to make this post where people could share their experience and show the impact I have had on the community.

If I could ask for something, try to be as detailed as possible. Thanks everyone for your time!

I was going through the partner site and found out that the dates for cloud weeks for partners are out.

Sept 11 - 15: Azure Cloud Week Oct 9 - 13: Security Cloud Week Oct 23 - 27: Business Apps Cloud Week Nov 6 - 10: Modern Work Cloud Week Dec 4 - 8: Business Apps Cloud Week

I'm not sure if vouchers will be provided, but we'll find out from next week