Microsoft DP-203 Practice Status: Azure Data Engineering

DP-203 was Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate. Microsoft retired DP-203 on March 31, 2025.

This page keeps DP-203 search intent live so candidates can avoid preparing for an unavailable exam and move toward a current data-engineering route.

Current equivalent or adjacent route

What DP-203 covered

• integrating, transforming, and consolidating data from structured and unstructured systems
• building analytics-ready data stores and pipelines
• operationalizing data pipelines with security, monitoring, reliability, and performance in mind

Practice bank status

• Current status: retired route
• Exact IT Mastery simulator for DP-203: not being expanded
• Best use right now: redirect DP-203 search intent toward DP-700, DP-600, DP-750, or another current data route
• Recommended next page: DP-700

Official sources

• Study guide for Exam DP-203
• Microsoft exam retirement list