- This exam has been refocused to differentiate the data engineer from a database administrator, emphasizing the data engineer's proficiency in implementing solutions for data storage in varying forms, structures, and purpose.
Updated content areas (effective June 21, 2019)
- Reorganized implementation of data storage solutions to two key categories: relational and non-relational data stores
- Removed focus on HDInsight
- Merged monitoring and optimization
- Reduced focus on Hybrid data scenarios
- Removed Azure DevOps pipelines
- Referenced authentication and authorization as applicable
- Referenced data policies and standards as applicable
- Referenced notifications as applicable