Learn to extract actionable insights from your big data in real time
using a range of Microsoft Azure features
Key Features:
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Updated with the latest features and new additions to Microsoft Azure
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Master the fundamentals of cloud analytics using Azure
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Learn to use Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly known as Azure SQL Data
Warehouse) to derive real-time customer insights
Book Description:
Cloud Analytics with Microsoft Azure serves as a comprehensive guide for
big data analysis and processing using a range of Microsoft Azure
features. This book covers everything you need to build your own data
warehouse and learn numerous techniques to gain useful insights by
analyzing big data.
The book begins by introducing you to the power of data with big data
analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, artificial
intelligence, and DataOps. You will learn about cloud-scale analytics
and the services Microsoft Azure offers to empower businesses to
discover insights. You will also be introduced to the new features and
functionalities added to the modern data warehouse.
Finally, you will look at two real-world business use cases to
demonstrate high-level solutions using Microsoft Azure. The aim of these
use cases will be to illustrate how real-time data can be analyzed in
Azure to derive meaningful insights and make business decisions. You
will learn to build an end-to-end analytics pipeline on the cloud with
machine learning and deep learning concepts.
By the end of this book, you will be proficient in analyzing large
amounts of data with Azure and using it effectively to benefit your
organization.
What You Will Learn:
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Explore the concepts of modern data warehouses and data pipelines
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Discover unique design considerations while applying a cloud analytics
solution
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Design an end-to-end analytics pipeline on the cloud
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Differentiate between structured, semi-structured, and unstructured
data
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Choose a cloud-based service for your data analytics solutions
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Use Azure services to ingest, store, and analyze data of any scale
Who this book is for:
This book is designed to benefit software engineers, Azure developers,
cloud consultants, and anyone who is keen to learn the process of
deriving business insights from huge amounts of data using Azure.
Though not necessary, a basic understanding of data analytics concepts
such as data streaming, data types, the machine learning life cycle, and
Docker containers will help you get the most out of the book.
