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study materials for Certified Data Engineer Professional Certification?

samgon
New Contributor III

Can anyone recommend high-quality study materials or resources (courses, documentation, practice exams, etc.) that helped you prepare for the Professional-level exam?

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Advika
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Hello @samgon!

To begin your preparation, complete the following courses:

  1. Data Engineering with Databricks โ€“ includes:
    • Data Ingestion with Delta Lake
    • Deploy Workloads with Databricks Workflows
    • Build Data Pipelines with Delta Live Tables
    • Data Management and Governance with Unity Catalog
  2. Advanced Data Engineering with Databricks โ€“ includes:
  • Databricks Streaming and Delta Live Tables
  • Databricks Data Privacy
  • Databricks Performance Optimization
  • Automated Deployment with Databricks Asset Bundles

Please make sure to complete all the modules listed above.

You can also find resources for the exam under the "Getting Ready for the Exam" section on the Certification page. This section outlines key topics and provides sample questions to guide your preparation.

To explore any topic in more depth, refer to the Databricks documentation.

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Advika
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Hello @samgon!

To begin your preparation, complete the following courses:

  1. Data Engineering with Databricks โ€“ includes:
    • Data Ingestion with Delta Lake
    • Deploy Workloads with Databricks Workflows
    • Build Data Pipelines with Delta Live Tables
    • Data Management and Governance with Unity Catalog
  2. Advanced Data Engineering with Databricks โ€“ includes:
  • Databricks Streaming and Delta Live Tables
  • Databricks Data Privacy
  • Databricks Performance Optimization
  • Automated Deployment with Databricks Asset Bundles

Please make sure to complete all the modules listed above.

You can also find resources for the exam under the "Getting Ready for the Exam" section on the Certification page. This section outlines key topics and provides sample questions to guide your preparation.

To explore any topic in more depth, refer to the Databricks documentation.

samgon
New Contributor III

Thanks alot for the input much appreciated! 

nayan_wylde
Valued Contributor III

@samgon After you prepare the above topics. I would suggest you can take this practice course from Udemy. 

https://www.udemy.com/course/databricks-certified-data-engineer-associate-practice-exams-i/?couponCo...

It helped me to pass the certification last week in the DAIS 2025 summit and earn me a fancy jacket.

samgon
New Contributor III

Thanks alot for the suggestion, much appreciated , I already pass the associate exam!

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