
Exam cost
Azure Data Engineer Associate Exam Cost
The published price for the Azure Data Engineer Associate certification exam, what it covers, and what the real total budget looks like once retakes and study time are counted.
- US$165 typical US price (price based on the country or region where the exam is proctored) exam fee
- 100 min
- 55 questions
What the exam costs
Published by the certification body. No estimates, no ranges.
What the fee covers
Knowing the boundary of the price stops the surprise costs later.
| Item | Included in the exam fee |
|---|---|
| The exam session | Yes, including the 100-minute session |
| Exam retake | Depends on the vendor policy, check before booking |
| Discount voucher | Not listed in the published price |
| Practice questions | No, those are a separate Certilum product (55 questions for this exam) |
| Training course | No, sold separately by providers and training companies |
The exam fee buys you one attempt at the Azure Data Engineer Associate. Everything else on your path to certification, revision material included, sits outside this price, and that is where most of the budget of a certification actually goes.
Note from the vendor record: RETIRED on 2025-03-31: the exam, certification and renewal assessment are retired and no official replacement is named (community links point to DP-700/Fabric, which Microsoft does not document as a successor). The planned blog (2027-02-18) must center on the retirement or the credential that replaced it. Exam URL 301-redirects to the certification page.
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