Microsoft's skills measured for DP-750 as of October 19, 2026, mapped to the chapters of Ultra Transcenders DP-750: Implementing Data Engineering Solutions Using Azure Databricks.
| Objective | Chapters |
|---|---|
| Set up and configure an Azure Databricks environment (15–20%) | |
| Select and configure compute in a workspace | 1. Compute for Azure Databricks workloads |
| Create and organize objects in Unity Catalog | 2. Organising data in Unity Catalog: catalogs, schemas, volumes, tables and views |
| Secure and govern Unity Catalog objects (15–20%) | |
| Secure Unity Catalog objects | 3. Securing Unity Catalog objects and credentials |
| Govern Unity Catalog objects | 3. Securing Unity Catalog objects and credentials; 4. Governing data: metadata, retention, lineage, auditing and OpenSharing |
| Prepare and process data (30–35%) | |
| Design and implement data modeling in Unity Catalog | 2. Organising data in Unity Catalog: catalogs, schemas, volumes, tables and views; 5. Designing data models and table layout |
| Ingest data into Unity Catalog | 6. Ingesting data into Unity Catalog; 8. Building Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines |
| Cleanse, transform, and load data into Unity Catalog | 7. Cleansing, transforming and validating data |
| Implement and manage data quality constraints in Unity Catalog | 7. Cleansing, transforming and validating data; 8. Building Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines |
| Deploy and maintain data pipelines and workloads (30–35%) | |
| Design and implement data pipelines | 8. Building Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines; 9. Orchestrating with Lakeflow Jobs |
| Implement Lakeflow Jobs | 8. Building Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines; 9. Orchestrating with Lakeflow Jobs |
| Implement development lifecycle processes in Azure Databricks | 10. Development lifecycle and Declarative Automation Bundles |
| Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize workloads in Azure Databricks | 9. Orchestrating with Lakeflow Jobs; 11. Monitoring, troubleshooting and optimising workloads |
The full list of tasks under each objective is in the official DP-750 study guide and practice assessment. The book is organised by technology, so one chapter often serves several objectives.