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hi everyone thank you for joining us for
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dp600 with that I'll turn it over to our
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speaker Stephanie thank you for joining
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us hi everyone thank you so much for
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joining today so excited to be here to
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talk about how to prepare to pass the
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dp600 exam with you so we just saw this
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slide but quick reminder um two of these
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sessions have already been completed and
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this is the third so if you missed some
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the other two definitely go back and
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check them out they're going to be very
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very helpful the first one was benefits
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of getting certified why why do you want
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to do this um with lucrecia second one
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was tips and tricks for the exam day
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with Heidi and now today we're going to
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talk about how to prepare to pass the
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exam so you can see the AKA link here
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get certified dp600 definitely go back
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and check those out to see the other
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recordings as
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well a little bit about me my name is
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Stephanie Bruno I am a data platform MVP
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and I also am a bi architect with I link
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digital um I'm a data witch a Microsoft
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certified trainer uh a user group leader
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also I just like to Tinker and create
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content and uh share what I've learned
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with other people um and I'm coming at
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you today from Pittsburgh
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Pennsylvania so thanks for having me
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all right so we're going to just talk
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about a few things today I'll tell you a
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bit about how I prepared to the uh to
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pass the exam and then we'll just dive
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in a little bit more on you know what do
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you need to learn how are you going to
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study and and what's what's your
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practice going to look like um so first
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of all I took the exam when it was um
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early on in beta so it was extra scary I
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didn't know what to expect um I'm I'm a
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nervous exam taker so you know some
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people are super comfortable some are
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nervous like me um so I find you know
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extra practice is really important for
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me to get comfortable also to uh
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understand kind of what the environment
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is going to be like because just like
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anything else you know you might know
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the content but if you're thrown into an
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unfamiliar situation it can be extra
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stressful um so so definitely check out
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Heidi's tips she'll talk a little bit
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more about the exam day so yeah for me I
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definitely had to do extra practice to
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get comfortable um I had the opportunity
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also to build out some actual fabric
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projects before taking the exam and that
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is that's pretty huge um because you've
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really I think having that hands-on
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experience is going to be very important
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so if you haven't had a chance to do
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that in addition to everything we're
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going to talk about today make sure that
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you get some Hands-On practice um other
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areas I think were important for me to
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understand is that you don't have to be
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an expert in every area tested so for
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example if you come from a SQL
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background but you're new to spark your
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SQL knowledge might kind of help you
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make up for some of the spark questions
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that you might get wrong so you don't
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have to know everything um definitely
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you want
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to kind of be able to touch on
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everything but you don't have to be an
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expert in everything um as a good friend
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of mine Stacy tells me C's get degrees
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okay so you need a 700 to pass this exam
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um you don't need to get it perfect to
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be able to pass the exam so uh so C's
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get degrees you you don't have to know
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everything to be able to pass it um
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we'll go into a little bit more detail
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on these but for me you know taking a
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practice test that's huge that really
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gets you comfortable with how the
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questions are written um go through the
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learn modules that we're going to show
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you in a few minutes and definitely try
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to make time for the Hands-On Labs again
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you know get your get your fingers on
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the keyboard and be doing things don't
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just ju just look you want to definitely
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uh do some Active Learning here and then
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there are a bunch of YouTube videos out
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there that can help help you as well so
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for me that was definitely how I
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practiced to um prepare for the exam you
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know some Hands-On work was key as well
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as practice with types of
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questions all right so the next slide is
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let's talk a little bit more
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specifically about you know what what
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you need to learn here so first of all
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there is this collection of modules
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that's going to prepare you for the exam
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you can get to this by going to the main
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Sam page which I'd like to show you
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right
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here uh we have the link in the chat I
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think for this so this is the main
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certification page this is going to show
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you everything you need to know so I'm
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going to just kind of scroll through
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here a little bit uh you can see the
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overview of the exam and then some
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definitely important areas to look at
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which is how to prepare and practice and
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take the exam this is going to show you
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kind of the overview as well as some
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important links here the skills measured
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and then you can take these courses
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these are free you can just jump in and
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start taking these courses this get
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started with Microsoft fabric one is
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very important um when you click on
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these links I'll show you that in a
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minute um it's going to take you to the
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modules so this is where you're going to
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get into those Hands-On labs and and
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those key areas to study this is also
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going to be uh your kind of portal for
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where you can take a PR practice
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assessment and then experience what it
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actually will feel like so if you're new
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to these certifications the sandbox can
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be really helpful so that you understand
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what the environment will be like and
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then there's some great uh prep videos
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so here's the details about the exam and
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then so what do you need to study you
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need to get into these courses so we
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also have this
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link which is this main learning path
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here so this is how you're going to jump
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in it's handy it kind of gives you an
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idea of how long this is going to take
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you so you know whatever works for you
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you can do one module a day or you can
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just um you know binge the whole thing
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uh but these are these are key so number
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one definitely go through all of these
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uh learn
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modules um finally this is the
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YouTube we have this link for you too
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this is the fabric learn together Series
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so if you're going to be doing these
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modules you know you might as well do it
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with some experts who are going to share
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some of their tips along the way so each
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of these uh videos is one of these
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modules
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so you can go through you can do the
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Hands-On Labs right along with the
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instructors and um kind of hear their
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tips and tricks uh for you know the
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extra Pieces perhaps that maybe the
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learn modules aren't going to cover that
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they think are important for you to uh
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to learn uh so I think you know if
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you're planning to do the modules go for
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it definitely and go through this learn
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together
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Series so that's really uh kind of
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important areas for
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uh what you can you know do to get
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started for for the learning part so
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complete those learn modules and watch
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the topic walkthroughs now this is
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actually my hot tip here is that not
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everything is covered in the learn
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modules so you will want to dig around
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the official documentation for
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additional tutorials on sections where
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you're less confident and I found that
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there actually is a link for these learn
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modules or sorry the end to end
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tutorials so if you have enough time you
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know in addition to after you go through
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the learn modules look at some of these
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endtoend tutorials because they're going
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to go into a little bit more detail into
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some of the areas that maybe the modules
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don't
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cover so uh very important again you
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know just make sure you understand that
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not all of the the modules don't cover
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everything that you need to know so you
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want to definitely uh supplement
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it all right so back to to the
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slides okay so the next one so this was
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you know how how are we learning it how
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are we learning all this
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content um now we have to study right so
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we've learned it we've gone through the
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modules we've uh looked at extra
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tutorials but we also need to study
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right because some of the questions um
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are going to be just things that you
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need to know so how are you going to do
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this uh well fortunately there is a
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study guide attached to the exam as well
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and we have that link for you too
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uh here's the study guide this is really
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really
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important uh because this is going to
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show you the skills measured so I'm
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going to scroll down a little bit we're
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going to get an overview of the exam but
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here are the skills measured this is
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going to tell you just overall what do
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you need to know um and then we see the
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percentage of the exam that's going to
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be focusing on certain areas so maintain
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a data analytic solution is going to be
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25 to 30% prepare data 45 to 50% % and
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implemented manag semantic models 25 to
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30% and then you can scroll down a
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little bit more and you're going to see
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even more detail here uh so this is this
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is key make sure that you look through
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each of these because if there is an
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area that you're not comfortable with
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you're going to want to go learn more
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about those so this is really a very
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important study
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guide and
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then
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finally there's also this Reddit thread
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that's going to help you with even more
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resources so this is the thread we we're
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putting the link in the chat also uh
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other people have put in some more
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resources that they've used to pass the
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exam as well and study guides so you
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know definitely go out to the community
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to get uh tips from other people that
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have passed the exam so my tip here is
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you know the official documentation is
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fantastic it's great Microsoft has done
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a really good job but don't limit
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yourself to that check out additional
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resources from experts like pratti Jane
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data Mozart Andy Cutler and Kevin chant
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they've all blogged and shared their
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whole Journeys about um what to what to
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study for the exam so very very helpful
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information there and you know people
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are always adding more too so definitely
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take a look at Community
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Resources uh because that's going to
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give you the unvarnished truth about
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people's experience with the
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exam okay and
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now so the third one here now you have
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to practice so you've learned you've
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studied um again you know some of us
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nervous test takers you want to feel
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more comfortable you know you don't want
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any surprises so taking that practice
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assessment is going to help a lot for
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for two reasons one it's going to just
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get you comfortable with the type of
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questions that get asked and uh two it's
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going to give you uh an indication of
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areas where maybe you need to study a
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little bit more or you need to practice
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a little bit more so my tip here uh if
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you watched Heidi's session she probably
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mentioned that you can use Microsoft
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learn now for these
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certifications when I took the exam that
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kind of tripped me up more than it was
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helpful because I didn't know how to use
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it properly in that environment what I
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discovered is that you know I can't use
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Google or Bing so it's not going to
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bring me to exactly the page on learn
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that I'm looking for you have to learn
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how to navigate learn so for questions
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you don't know try navigating through
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learn for the answer without using a
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search engine because you're not going
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to have a search engine during the exam
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and finally you also cannot do a control
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F on the learn page to search for
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keywords so that can eat up time that
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definitely happened to me too I just
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wasn't quite prepared for how to use
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learn in an effective way um so you want
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to make sure that you can practice that
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in advance so it doesn't trip you up
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like it did trip me up so take the
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practice assessment multiple times make
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sure you're comfortable navigating learn
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I have even heard some people say you
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know they didn't even like using learn
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because it it just made them uh doubt
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themselves too much so I would recommend
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not relying on learn as a crutch too
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much but just know that it's there and
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you know if as long as you're
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comfortable navigating then it shouldn't
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trip you up um so that's that's a really
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helpful one I think is make sure you
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know how to use learn well for
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this okay so these are the three
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important areas right you're going to
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learn um through all of those modules
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and the YouTube videos then you're going
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to study with Community Resources and
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the study guide and then you're going to
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practice with the practice
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assessment um and make sure that you
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know how to use learn uh by navigating
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it so really quick to wrap up we're just
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going to talk about the basics of the
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exam here and I I think Heidi covered
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this as well um but you're going to have
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about 60 Questions you're going to have
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the 180 minutes you're going to have
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case studies and one thing I learned
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from talking to people is that you don't
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necessarily know where your case study
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is going to fall is it going to be in
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the beginning or at the end so just kind
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of expect the unexpected there um you
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don't get uh dinged for wrong answers so
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don't leave anything blank you
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definitely want to answer all the
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questions um because there's no penalty
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for guessing so you can always review
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and go back and look at them if you need
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to but again you know you might just be
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second guessing yourself so uh it can be
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stressful but remind yourself that you
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don't have to know
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everything uh you just have to get a 700
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to pass um focus on what you do know and
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then make sure that you know how to
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navigate
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learn and then finally just some tips
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and tricks to remind yourself practice
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practice practice take that learning
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path uh review the product documentation
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definitely that's where you're going to
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find some of those additional
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tutorials um schedule the exam right um
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maybe don't wait until you think you're
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prepared before you schedule it uh
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because this might just make you prepare
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yourself and do take the practice
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tests
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so what is going to come next um again
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if you have not watched the first two
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videos you can view the rest of the
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series at this uh get certified dp6 00
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link start studying you know you can
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just start right now just open up one of
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those YouTube videos and and go along
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with one of those modules and um I think
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we're going to hear about her how to uh
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earn a free exam voucher as well and I
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think with that I'm just going to check
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the chat see if anybody had any
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questions for
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me yeah Stephanie this is uh Pam spear
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from the Microsoft fabric team how early
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should we be scheduling the exam how far
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out on one second um how early well I
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think it depends on on how much
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preparation you feel like you need to do
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you know if you feel like you're pretty
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new at it you're going to need to um do
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a little bit more preparation you're
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going to need to do a little bit more
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study and if you haven't had time to do
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anything Hands-On you're going to want
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to give yourself time for that um so I
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think you know it really just depends on
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on your experience and your comfort with
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taking these
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exams thank you um and then I wanted to
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share a little bit about this free exam
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voucher offer uh I know the um producer
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put the link in the chat it's it's
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https
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aka.ms am ready
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dp600 and I believe there is a free s
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offer for you to complete your exam by
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the end of 2024 so December 31st
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2024 um from what I've read it hasn't
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started yet but if you visit that link
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um you can follow along uh for all of
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the announcements that are going to
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happen and because you know it's coming
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you can start studying now right
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Stephanie's laid out the plan for you to
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start studying now because you know
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you're going to have to register and
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take that exam by um the end of the year
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yeah that's what I did too is I I took
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or I scheduled the exam um I think right
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before the voucher was going to run out
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so so that was my um experience with you
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know how how should we schedule how
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early should we schedule the exam I
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scheduled
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it uh late enough so I would still get
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the voucher um early enough uh sorry
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early enough that I would still get the
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voucher yeah yep so the free voucher is
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fantastic definitely you know these
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opportuni for taking these exams uh free
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is
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fantastic so I'll uh certainly try to
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get the the free exam
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voucher do we have any other any other
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questions
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yeah um if not and if you didn't get a
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chance to uh see Heidi's video I think
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one of the other areas that tripped me
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up a little bit was I took the exam um
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you know from home you can either
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schedule it to take somewhere or you can
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take it at home if you do take it at
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home uh you have to be very Vigilant
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about following the rules for uh the
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room that you set it up in you know you
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have to take pictures um I had some
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technical difficulties like my camera
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kept turning off and so those little
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things like that can stress you out uh
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so I think they do have an opportunity
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for you to kind of practice in advance
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and make sure that your setup is correct
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definitely do that because you want to
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you want to go into it comfortable uh
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you know you don't want to go into it
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and have the little technical
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difficulties be what causes you stress
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um so I think there are some resources
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online I know shabnam Watson she put a
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video out about her experience with the
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online uh proctoring and just some tips
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that that you can follow with that
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because that can be one that can kind of
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stress you
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up okay yeah a location web page to
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check the nearest place to the take the
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exam yeah so when you go on the page let
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me just jump back to where I was when
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you go to the main um exam page that we
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talked about in the beginning when you
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go down to the bottom to where you can
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schedule year exam right here this is
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going to show you your locations so
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you'll just it this will take you to the
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Pearson view website and it will show
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you the locations that you can you can
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take the exam
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in um we have a question about how much
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is it so there is an opportunity to
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learn earn a free voucher Victor um so I
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think yep Pam's putting the link in the
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chat right there so if you follow this
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link then you can earn a free exam
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voucher but you can see um without the
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voucher it's
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$165
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us I don't see any other questions other
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than about how to obtain the free
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voucher so Pam thank you for putting
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that link in
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there um other things to think about
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I think just the format if you
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understand the format of the exam you'll
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be much more comfortable with it I
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hadn't taken one in a long time so you
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know I got a little bit tripped up by
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the case study and I had one in the
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beginning one in the end so if you can
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just get comfortable with the format
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with the case studies you can't Mark the
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questions and go back uh so those ones
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can be a little bit more stressful um so
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prepare for for the case study but again
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you know I think I'm making it sound
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scarier than it is it's it's actually
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it's not bad and um again you just need
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a 700 to pass so don't feel like you
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have to be an expert in every single
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area to be able to pass this exam um you
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know it's really kind of a broad test so
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they just want to make sure that you
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have the experience and the
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understanding of the overall platform
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and all the workloads in it you don't
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have to be expert in every single area
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okay and I see Pam has put the voucher
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information in the chat with the
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information that it will expire by the
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end of this year December 31st so um I
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would suggest go out and follow this
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link and when you're when the free
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vouchers are available go ahead and
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schedule yourself you have nothing to
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lose and Pam was there anything else we
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wanted to
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cover that is it um so we can give
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everybody five minutes back we're so
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glad everyone could join us
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today thanks so much
