DP-500 Microsoft Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate Exam Prep

LU1 Introduction to data analytics on Azure

Topic 1 Explore Azure data services for modern analytics

• Understand the Azure data ecosystem
• Explore modern analytics solution architecture

Topic 2 Understand concepts of data analytics

• Understand data analytics types
• Explore the data analytics process
• Understand types of data and data storage

Topic 3 Explore data analytics at scale

• Explore data team roles and responsibilities
• Review tasks and tools for data analysts
• Scale analytics with Azure Synapse Analytics and Power BI
• Strategies to scale analytics

LU2 Govern data across an enterprise

Topic 4 Introduction to Microsoft Purview

• What is Microsoft Purview?
• How Microsoft Purview works
• When to use Microsoft Purview

Topic 5 Discover trusted data using Microsoft Purview

• Search for assets
• Browse assets
• Use assets with Power BI
• Integrate with Azure Synapse Analytics

Topic 6 Catalog data artifacts by using Microsoft Purview

• Register and scan data
• Classify and label data
• Search the data catalog

Topic 7 Manage Power BI assets by using Microsoft Purview

• Register and scan a Power BI tenant
• Search and browse Power BI assets
• View Power BI metadata and lineage

Topic 8 Integrate Microsoft Purview and Azure Synapse Analytics

1. Catalog Azure Synapse Analytics data assets in Microsoft Purview
2. Connect Microsoft Purview to an Azure Synapse Analytics workspace
3. Search a Purview catalog in Synapse Studio
4. Track data lineage in pipelines
5. Exercise - Integrate Azure Synapse Analytics and Microsoft Purview

LU3 Model, query, and explore data in Azure Synapse

Topic 9 Introduction to Azure Synapse Analytics

• What is Azure Synapse Analytics
• How Azure Synapse Analytics works
• When to use Azure Synapse Analytics
• Exercise - Explore Azure Synapse Analytics

Topic 10 Use Azure Synapse serverless SQL pool to query files in a data lake

• Understand Azure Synapse serverless SQL pool capabilities and use cases
• Query files using a serverless SQL pool
• Create external database objects
• Exercise - Query files using a serverless SQL pool

Topic 11 Analyze data with Apache Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics

• Get to know Apache Spark
• Use Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics
• Analyze data with Spark
• Visualize data with Spark
• Exercise - Analyze data with Spark

Topic 12 Analyze data in a relational data warehouse

• Design a data warehouse schema
• Create data warehouse tables
• Load data warehouse tables
• Query a data warehouse
• Exercise - Explore a data warehouse

LU4 Prepare data for tabular models in Power BI

Topi 13 Choose a Power BI model framework

• Describe Power BI model fundamentals
• Determine when to develop an import model
• Determine when to develop a DirectQuery model
• Determine when to develop a composite model
• Choose a model framework

Topic 14 Understand scalability in Power BI

• Describe the significance of scalable models
• Implement Power BI data modeling best practices
• Configure large datasets
• Exercise: Create a star schema model

Topic 15 Create and manage scalable Power BI dataflows

• Define use cases for dataflows
• Create reusable assets
• Implement best practices
• Exercise: Create a dataflow

LU5 Design and build tabular models

Topic 16 Create Power BI model relationships

• Understand model relationships
• Set up relationships
• Use DAX relationship functions
• Understand relationship evaluation
• Exercise: Work with model relationships

Topic 17 Use DAX time intelligence functions in Power BI Desktop models

• Use DAX time intelligence functions
• Additional time intelligence calculations
• Exercise - Create Advanced DAX Calculations in Power BI Desktop

Topic 18 Create calculation groups

• Understand calculation groups
• Explore calculation groups features and usage
• Create calculation groups in a model
• Exercise: Create calculation groups

Topic 19 Enforce Power BI model security

• Restrict access to Power BI model data
• Restrict access to Power BI model objects
• Apply good modeling practices
• Exercise: Enforce model security

Topic 20 Use tools to optimize Power BI performance

• Use Performance analyzer
• Troubleshoot DAX performance by using DAX Studio
• Optimize a data model by using Best Practice Analyzer
• Exercise: Use tools to optimize Power BI performance
• LU6 Implement advanced data visualization techniques by using Power BI

Topic 21 Understand advanced data visualization concepts

• Create and import a custom report theme
• Enable personalized visuals in a report
• Design and configure Power BI reports for accessibility
• Create custom visuals with R or Python
• Review report performance using Performance Analyzer

Topic 22 Monitor data in real-time with Power BI

• Describe Power BI real-time analytics
• Set up automatic page refresh
• Create real-time dashboards
• Set-up auto-refresh paginated reports
• Exercise: Monitor data in real-time with Power BI

Topic 23 Create paginated reports

• Get data
• Create a paginated report
• Work with charts on the report
• Publish the report

LU7 Implement and manage an analytics environment

Topic 24 Provide governance in a Power BI environment

• Elements of data governance
• Configure tenant settings
• Deploy organizational visuals
• Manage embed codes
• Help and support settings

Topic 25 Facilitate collaboration and sharing in Power BI

• Workspaces evolved
• Impact to Power BI users
• Permissions in workspaces v
• Apps in Power BI
• Share
• Publish to web
• Embed and link in portals
• Data sensitivity labels
• Data privacy

Topic 26 Monitor and audit usage

Premium resource management

• Supporting multi geographies
• Bring your own key (BYOK)
• Featured external tools

Topic 27 Establish a data access infrastructure in Power BI

• Personal gateways versus enterprise gateways
• How data is refreshed
• Gateway network requirements
• Where to install gateway?
• Establish high availability gateways
• Establish load balancing of gateways
• Gateway performance monitoring documentation
• Multiple data sources per gateway
• Manage gateway users
• Active Directory user mapping with custom property lookup

Topic 28 Broaden the reach of Power BI

• REST API custom development
• Provision a Power BI embedded capacity
• Dataflow introduction
• Dataflow explained
• Create a Dataflow
• Dataflow capabilities on Power BI Premium
• Template apps - install packages
• Template apps - installed entities
• Template app governance

Topic 29 Automate Power BI administration

• REST API - Power BI service
• Microsoft Power BI cmdlets for Windows PowerShell and PowerShell core
• Install and use the Power BI cmdlet
• Test REST API calls
• Script typical administrator tasks
• Lab

Topic 30 Build reports using Power BI within Azure Synapse Analytics

• Describe the Power BI and Synapse workspace integration
• Exercise - Connect to Power BI from Synapse
• Understand Power BI data sources
• Exercise - Create a new data source to use in Power BI
• Exercise - Create a new Power BI report in Synapse Studio
• Describe Power BI optimization options
• Exercise - Improve performance with materialized views and result-set caching
• Visualize data with serverless SQL pools

LU8 Manage the analytics development lifecycle

Topic 31 Design a Power BI application lifecycle management strategy

• Define application lifecycle management
• Recommend a source control strategy
• Design a deployment strategy

Topic 32 Create and manage a Power BI deployment pipeline

• Understand the deployment process
• Create a deployment pipeline
• Assign a workspace
• Deploy content
• Work with deployment pipelines

Topic 33 Create and manage Power BI assets

• Create reusable Power BI assets
• Explore Power BI assets using lineage view
• Manage a Power BI dataset using XMLA endpoint
• Exercise: Create reusable Power BI assets

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Minimum Entry Requirement

Knowledge and Skills

• Able to operate using computer functions
• Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)

Attitude

• Positive Learning Attitude
• Enthusiastic Learner

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year of working experience.

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