Intermediate Level

Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate

★ 4.8 (300 learners) 60 hrs total 20 modules

Microsoft Azure Databricks Delta Lake Apache Spark PySpark Unity Catalog +1 more

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60 hrs: of content
20 modules: in curriculum
16 projects: hands-on builds
Intermediate: difficulty

Curriculum covers

Frameworks you'll master

7 tools & frameworks

Microsoft Azure Databricks Delta Lake Apache Spark PySpark Unity Catalog Python

Course Curriculum

20 modules · 60 hours · 24 live sessions

Introduction 1 sessions

Course Overview
What is Databricks
Free trial on Azure
Exploring Workspace
Creating Cluster
Notebooks Fundamentals
New Notebook Features

Introduction to Databricks Lakehouse Platform 1 sessions

Data Lakehouse Overview
Introduction to Medallion Architecture
Databricks Overview
Creating Azure Databricks Service
Databricks User Interface Overview

Databricks Workspace Components 2 sessions

Databricks Architecture Overview
Introduction to Databricks Compute
Databricks Cluster Configuration
Create Databricks Cluster
Troubleshooting Databricks Cluster Quota and VM Issues
Databricks Notebooks
Databricks Magic Commands
Databricks Utilities
Databricks Git Folders (Repos)
Databricks Git Folders (Repos) – Demo

Apache Spark Overview 1 sessions

ETL With Apache Spark Overview
ETL Project Overview
Setup Data Lake Project Environment
Setup Unity Catalog Project Environment

Apache Spark – Querying Data 2 sessions

Extract Customers Data Simple JSON
Create Views
Create Temporary Views
Extract Orders Data Complex JSON as Text
Extract Memberships Data Cluster Requirement
Extract Memberships Data Binary File
Extract Addresses Data using read_files Function TSV
Extract Payments Data CSV via External Table
Extract Refunds Data SQL Table via External Table
Querying Files via PySpark

Apache Spark – Transforming Data 2 sessions

Data Profiling in Databricks
Transform Customers Data
Transform Payments Data
Transform Refunds Data
Transform Memberships Data
Transform Addresses Data
Query Orders Data JSON Strings
Transform Orders Data Convert String to JSON
Transform Orders Data Explode Arrays
Create Customer Address JOINs
Create Month Order Summary Aggregations
Spark User Defined Functions (UDFs)
Higher Order Functions (Array)
Higher Order Functions (Map)

Spark Structured Streaming 1 sessions

Structured Streaming Introduction
Structured Streaming Demo
Trigger & OutputMode
Checkpointing
Auto Loader

Development and Ingestion 1 sessions

Structured Streaming
Structured Streaming (Hands On)
Incremental Data Ingestion
Auto Loader (Hands On)
Auto Loader options
Multihop Architecture
Multihop Architecture (Hands On)

Delta Lake 2 sessions

Introduction to Delta Lake
Delta Transaction Log
Delta Lake Version History
Support for ACID Transactions
Create Delta Lake Table Overview
Delta Lake Table & Column Properties
Create or Replace & CTAS Statements
Insert Overwrite & Partitioning
COPY INTO and MERGE Command
Compaction OPTIMIZE and ZORDER
Remove Unused Files – VACUUM

Delta Lakeflow Declarative Pipeline (DLT) Overview 1 sessions

Introduction to Delta Live Tables
DLT Architecture
Programming with DLT

Delta Lakeflow Declarative Pipeline (DLT) Overview 3 sessions

DLT Project Overview
Cluster Configuration & Azure VM Quota
DLT Project Environment Setup
Introduction to Streaming Tables Ingest Customer Data (SQL)
Recent Changes to DLT User Interface [Please Watch]
Introduction to DLT Pipelines Create Circuit Box DLT Pipeline
Introduction to DLT Expectations Validate Customers Data (SQL)
Introduction to Apply Changes Customers Type 1 SCD Table (SQL)
Creating DLT Datasets Ingest Addresses Data (Python)
Implementing DLT Expectations Validate Addresses Data (Python)
Implementing Slowly Changing Dimensions Addresses Type 2 SCD Table (Python)
Process Orders Data Assignment
Introduction to Materialized Views Create Customer Order Summary
Publish to Multiple Catalogs and Schemas from a Single DLT Pipeline
Delta Live Tables Legacy Syntax

Databricks Lakeflow Jobs 1 sessions

Introduction to Databricks Jobs
Introduction to Tasks
Create a Databricks Job
Running & Monitoring Jobs
Schedule & Event Triggers
Debug a failed job
Complex Triggers using CRON

Databricks SQL 1 sessions

Databricks SQL Overview
Create SQL Warehouse
Databricks SQL Query & Visualization
Databricks SQL Alerts

Productionizing Data Pipelines with Lakeflow 1 sessions

Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines (Hands On)
Change Data Capture
Processing CDC Feed with DLT (Hands On)
Lakeflow Jobs (Hands On)
Deploying Jobs with Databricks Asset Bundles

Introduction to Unity Catalog 1 sessions

Introduction to Unity Catalog
Databricks Unity Catalog / Hive Metastore Object Model
Create Unity Catalog Metastore
Cluster Configurations for Unity Catalog
Configure Access to Cloud Storage Lecture
Configure Access to Cloud Storage Demo

Data Governance 1 sessions

Introduction to Data Governance
Data Governance using Unity Catalog
Data Discovery, Audit & Lineage Demo
Data Access Control & Security
Legacy Privilege Model

Data Governance & Quality 1 sessions

Databricks SQL
Data Objects Privileges
Managing Permissions (Hands On)
Unity Catalog
Unity Catalog (Hands On)
Delta Sharing
Lakehouse Federation
Cluster Best Practices

Delta Sharing & Lakehouse Federation 1 sessions

Introduction to Delta Sharing [New July 2025 Syllabus]
Databricks to Databricks Delta Sharing Demo [New July 2025 Syllabus]
Databricks Open Delta Sharing Demo [New July 2025 Syllabus]
Introduction to Lakehouse Federation [New July 2025 Syllabus]
Lakehouse Federation Demo [New July 2025 Syllabus]

Databricks Connect 1 sessions

Introduction to Databricks Connect [New July 2025 Syllabus]
Local Development Environment Setup [New July 2025 Syllabus]
Databricks Connect Setup [New July 2025 Syllabus]

Databricks Asset Bundles 1 sessions

Introduction to Databricks Asset Bundles [New July 2025 Syllabus]
Structure of Databricks Asset Bundles [New July 2025 Syllabus]
Deployment to Databricks Workspaces Demo [New July 2025 Syllabus]

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