Retired March 31, 2025
DP-203 is retired
Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203) was retired by Microsoft on March 31, 2025. It can no longer be scheduled, and passing it no longer earns the certification.
What Microsoft says
Microsoft's own certification page for DP-203 does not name a replacement exam. It only links to a general notice about certification changes.
What to study instead, on this site
Microsoft has not named a direct replacement, so here is the closest match among the exams this site covers, not a substitute for the same certification: