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Microsoft Certified: SQL AI Developer Associate
Developing AI-enabled database solutions across SQL Server, Azure SQL and SQL databases in Microsoft Fabric: designing tables, programmability and advanced T-SQL; securing, optimising and deploying with encryption, Query Store and SQL Database Projects; and implementing AI with external models, embeddings, vector and hybrid search and retrieval-augmented generation.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| Design and develop database solutions | 35-40% |
| Secure, optimize, and deploy database solutions | 35-40% |
| Implement AI capabilities in database solutions | 25-30% |
Two sample questions
1. What does the principle of least privilege mean for an application's database login?
- Only the permissions its statements actually need — correct
- Membership of db_owner for simplicity
- The sysadmin role, so it never runs into blocking
- Ownership of every schema it touches
Why: The login's rights should stop where the application's actual statements stop.
2. An eligible scalar UDF isn’t inlined in one query. Where in that query is the UDF most likely used?
- In the SELECT list of the query
- In the WHERE clause of the query
- In a JOIN condition
- In the ORDER BY clause — correct
Why: Inlining is skipped when the UDF is used in ORDER BY or GROUP BY, or in a computed column or CHECK constraint.
The real DP-800 exam
| Length | 120 minutes |
|---|---|
| Questions | 40-60 |
| Pass mark | 700 out of 1000 |
| Price | Standard Microsoft exam pricing; varies by region |
| Recommended before you sit it | Expertise writing T-SQL and developing databases on Microsoft SQL platforms, familiarity with CI/CD in GitHub, AI-assisted development tools, and AI concepts such as embeddings, vectors and models. |
| Valid for | One year; renew free on Microsoft Learn |
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