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Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate (Exam DP-100)
Exam DP-100 led to Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate, covering ML workloads on Azure with Azure Machine Learning and MLflow: designing ML solutions, exploring data and running experiments, training and deploying models, and optimizing language models for AI applications. Microsoft retired the exam on June 1, 2026, and the certification and its renewal assessment are retired, so it can no longer be earned or renewed. Associate certifications are valid for one year. The captured Microsoft pages name no replacement; the current AI-300 exam covers related ML and generative AI operations on Azure, but we do not call it the official successor. As shown in the United States on 3 October 2026, no price is shown.
Facts checked 3 Oct 2026
- Price
- Retired
As shown in the United States on 3 October 2026, no price is displayed: the DP-100 exam was retired on June 1, 2026 and can no longer be booked.
- Time
- Not stated on the captured pages; the exam was retired on June 1, 2026
- Level
- Intermediate
- Credential
- Retired
Role-based associate certifications are valid one year. The certification and its renewal assessment are retired, so renewal is no longer available; a retired credential stays in the Active section of the transcript until it expires.
- Prerequisites
- Subject matter expertise in applying data science and machine learning to implement and run ML workloads on Azure, plus knowledge of optimizing language models for AI applications using Azure AI (audience profile).
- Format
- Proctored certification exam (retired)
Commercial status: no commercial relationship is documented for this page. The verification link goes directly to the official provider source.
No replacement is named on the captured pages (DP-100 certification page, DP-100 study guide and AI-300 study guide, 3 October 2026); the Microsoft notice they link was not captured. Exam AI-300 is recorded here as a related exam, not as a successor. Related exam: Exam AI-300: Operationalizing Machine Learning and Generative AI Solutions. · Official retirement notice
Sources ↗
- Duration : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/azure-data-scientist/
- Retirement : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/resources/study-guides/dp-100
- Official program page : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/azure-data-scientist/
- Credential details : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/support/credential-expiration-policy
This program is retired and is not included in the current-program price distribution.
What’s covered
- Design and prepare a machine learning solution
- Explore data, and run experiments
- Train and deploy models
- Optimize language models for AI applications
Prerequisites: Subject matter expertise in applying data science and machine learning to implement and run ML workloads on Azure, plus knowledge of optimizing language models for AI applications using Azure AI (audience profile).
What you actually do
- Design and prepare a machine learning solution : Exam domain, 20-25% / not a course module · Source
- Explore data, and run experiments : Exam domain, 20-25% / not a course module · Source
- Train and deploy models : Exam domain, 25-30% / not a course module · Source
- Optimize language models for AI applications : Exam domain, 25-30% / not a course module · Source
What the credential is
- Credential type
- certification · learn.microsoft.com / azure-data-scientist
- Credential
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate · learn.microsoft.com / azure-data-scientist learn.microsoft.com / dp-100 learn.microsoft.com / credential-expiration-policy
- Issuer
- Microsoft · learn.microsoft.com / azure-data-scientist learn.microsoft.com / dp-100 learn.microsoft.com / credential-expiration-policy
- Sharing
- A Microsoft Learn profile lets holders share and print certificates. · learn.microsoft.com / dp-100
- Expiry and renewal
- Role-based associate certifications are valid one year. The certification and its renewal assessment are retired, so renewal is no longer available; a retired credential stays in the Active section of the transcript until it expires. · learn.microsoft.com / credential-expiration-policy learn.microsoft.com / azure-data-scientist
- Exam requirement
- Former requirement: a score of 700 or greater on DP-100; the exam retired June 1, 2026. · learn.microsoft.com / dp-100
Who should skip it
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Change log
- : Initial record from the official pages captured from the United States on 3 October 2026: exam retired June 1, 2026; no replacement named on those pages. · Source