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Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate

Manage data ingestion and preparation, model training and deployment, and machine learning solution monitoring with Python, Azure Machine Learning and MLflow.

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Overview

As a candidate for this exam, you should have subject matter expertise in applying data science and machine learning to implement and run machine learning workloads on Azure.

Your responsibilities for this role include:

  • Designing and creating a suitable working environment for data science workloads.
  • Exploring data.
  • Training machine learning models.
  • Implementing pipelines.
  • Running jobs to prepare for production.
  • Managing, deploying, and monitoring scalable machine learning solutions.

As a candidate for this exam, you should have knowledge and experience in data science by using:

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • MLflow

You may be eligible for ACE college credit if you pass this certification exam. See ACE college credit for certification exams for details.

Important

The English language version of this certification will be updated on April 15, 2024. Review the study guide linked in the Certification resources section for details about upcoming changes.

Skills measured

  • Design and prepare a machine learning solution
  • Explore data and train models
  • Prepare a model for deployment
  • Deploy and retrain a model

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Certification resources

Exam DP-100 study guide

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