DP-800 study planner
Your time. Your weak area. A practical session plan you can start today.
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- 1WEEK 1 · 45 MINUTESDatabase design & T-SQL
Build a small schema with constraints and indexes
- 2WEEK 1 · 45 MINUTESSecurity, performance & deployment
Compare masking, encryption, and row-level security
- 3WEEK 1 · 45 MINUTESDatabase design & T-SQL
Write a JSON-to-rows query and test invalid input
- 4WEEK 1 · 45 MINUTESSecurity, performance & deployment
Inspect a slow query plan and Query Store evidence
- 5WEEK 1 · 45 MINUTESAI, embeddings & search
Explain exact versus approximate vector search
- 6WEEK 2 · 45 MINUTESDatabase design & T-SQL
Practice a stored procedure with error handling
- 7WEEK 2 · 45 MINUTESSecurity, performance & deployment
Review a SQL project deployment and schema drift
- 8WEEK 2 · 45 MINUTESDatabase design & T-SQL
Review a query using window functions
- 9WEEK 2 · 45 MINUTESSecurity, performance & deployment
Trace a database API request and its permissions
- 10WEEK 2 · 45 MINUTESAI, embeddings & search
Design an embedding refresh process
How this planner allocates your time
Balanced mode uses a planning mix of 38% database design, 37% security and deployment, and 25% AI. These are rounded planning targets inside Microsoft’s published domain ranges, not exact exam question counts. Selecting a weak area gives it extra sessions. Very short plans may not cover every domain.
Each session is one original practice task. Use part of the session to read, most to work hands-on, and the final few minutes to record an error and its supporting source. Recheck your plan after a diagnostic; a schedule does not predict a pass.
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