VNode learning path
Microsoft Fabric Forward Deployed Data and AI Engineering
192 unique taught hours across 6 ordered stages. Full listed taught sequence, shared prerequisites counted once. Prior competence can reduce attendance; no claim of zero-to-professional readiness.
Proposed instructor-led duration; delivery subject to environment and lab validation. Enrolment is by private-cohort enquiry. No start date is published.
This path uses the Microsoft Fabric edition of the Forward Deployed Delivery Practicum. The other editions are alternatives on that same course.
Ordered stages
Stage 1
F01: AI and Generative AI Foundations16 hours · Foundation
Stage 2
F05: SQL and Data Engineering Foundations40 hours · Foundation
Stage 3
F06: Microsoft Fabric Engineering Foundations40 hours · Foundation
Stage 4
B01: PySpark for Data Engineering24 hours · Bridge
Stage 5
D01: Microsoft Fabric Data and AI Solution Engineering48 hours · Practitioner / specialist
Stage 6
E04: Forward Deployed Delivery Practicum24 hours · Practitioner / specialist
Experience gates and direct entry
Full listed taught sequence, shared prerequisites counted once. Prior competence can reduce attendance; no claim of zero-to-professional readiness.
Direct entry is allowed when equivalent experience is demonstrated. Prerequisite links on each programme stay in place.
