Hi everyone 👋, I’m new here, and I first want to thank Will for the amazing “Spark Tutorial in Microsoft Fabric (3.5 HOURS!)”. It really helped me understand Spark with Fabric, and that’s how I discovered this community . I noticed that the DP-600 and DP-700 certifications are currently free, and I’m planning to take them. For someone new to Fabric, are these certifications valuable for a resume or LinkedIn? And what are the main steps I should follow to prepare and obtain them? Happy to join the community and keep learning!

I used to be confused about Spark environment setup till I completed the video from Ansh Lamba recently. He talks about high-levle concepts about Apache Spark engine, which should help during job interviews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNJze2Ea780&t=2s

Fabric rolls out updates quite often. Is there a possibility that the system would mark your answer incorrectly if you based your answers on latest fabric updates? An example is file caching. When the exam first came out at the beginning of the year - the documentation stated that the retention of files in cache was 24hrs I think. Now it's 28days. If this question appears in the exam, I would answer based on current updates - but I wonder if the system marks based on the latest updates🤔 Anyone has any thoughts on this?

I relied heavily on @Will Needhams video series to get me ready for this. Thanks Will! https://learn.microsoft.com/api/credentials/share/en-us/JohnPanzeca-3553/733F4B82011FEA78?sharingId=B70A7BC343691CF7

On 12th of September 2025. Thinking of the next step DP 700.