![]() ![]() ![]() They’re shorter than the original exams because they focus only on the latest technology changes". This renewal exam is set for 45 minutes with about 25 questions. " The assessments measure the skills you need to remain up to date in your job role. Enter 2021, Microsoft announces that role based certifications can be renewed by simply passing a free, unproctored, online renewal assessment on Microsoft Learn, instead of retaking exams. Role based certifications expire every year. I rebooked for a physical centre exam and that's how I will continue doing things for the foreseeable future. I first booked for the online proctored exam, when the day arrived, the Pearson Vue proctor was nowhere to be found□. The cost of this exam in South Africa was, and I believe still is, US$50. Once I felt ready I booked for my exam and was successful. At the moment, there isn't PL-300 in their portfolio but DA-100 should still help you prepare. Yes I know, free stuff can get very expensive very quickly □. The only warning I can give you when using Exam topics is that.well, at every click of the next page, you are asked whether or not you are a robot□□♀️. I believe Microsoft also runs mock exams but I never used this myself. So how do you get a feel of the questions and have a little practice? For this I used and the total cost was $0. The thing is you have to understand the tools and there is no shortcuts to this otherwise those questions will catch you out. Anyway, it is quite common to fail these exams severally and that's okay. Microsoft is notorious for making their exam questions tricky, but I guess that's purposeful as this can separate the experts and the pretenders. In this case it is worth your while to go over some study material covering those aspects to ensure you are fully prepared. It is also quite common that you may use Power BI on a daily but you do not use the full spectrum. However, when it comes to exams it is always good to actually get an understanding of the skills measured as well as the question types. If I am to be honest, I would say if you use Power BI daily you are already prepared. Although I must confess that I did not complete the Udemy Course per se. The course cost me +/- 200 South African Rands, about US$10. But because I also prefer watching videos for learning especially while working, I also bought a Udemy Course titled "Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate with Power BI" by John David Ariansen and the Ligency Team. To prepare for DA-100, I went through the free Microsoft Learn Online Data Analyst path. Now that that's out of the way I will share how I prepared for DA-100 then how I renewed the certification. If you'd like, you could research further on this as that's beyond the scope of this article. Well this image from Coeo Blog can give a quick overview of the skills measured. The image from the official Microsoft blog below is a nice summary And what did it mean for me and others who had already taken the DA-100 exam? Well this meant that on the 28th of February 2022, my Certification Dashboard showed Power BI Data Analyst Associate instead of the previous Data Analyst Associate. So what changed? According to Microsoft, " these exams cover the same domain knowledge". Back then the exam was called DA-100 Microsoft Data Analyst Associate but it is now called PL-300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate. I have to include a disclaimer here and state that I took my initial exam and passed in September of 2020 but since then, Microsoft has changed things a bit. I feel there are ample resources online that do this brilliantly. However, if you want to know about the exam structure, how long the exam is etcetera, then this article isn't for you as I will not be covering this here. This article has been a long time coming to be honest. In this short article I will briefly go over how I prepared for my certification. After my recent Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification renewal, my LinkedIn inbox was inundated with connections inquiring how they can also best prepare for their certification.
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