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Cloud Scale Analytics with Azure Data Services

You're reading from   Cloud Scale Analytics with Azure Data Services Build modern data warehouses on Microsoft Azure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800562936
Length 520 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Data Warehousing and Considerations Regarding Cloud Computing
2. Chapter 1: Balancing the Benefits of Data Lakes Over Data Warehouses FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Connecting Requirements and Technology 4. Section 2: The Storage Layer
5. Chapter 3: Understanding the Data Lake Storage Layer 6. Chapter 4: Understanding Synapse SQL Pools and SQL Options 7. Section 3: Cloud-Scale Data Integration and Data Transformation
8. Chapter 5: Integrating Data into Your Modern Data Warehouse 9. Chapter 6: Using Synapse Spark Pools 10. Chapter 7: Using Databricks Spark Clusters 11. Chapter 8: Streaming Data into Your MDWH 12. Chapter 9: Integrating Azure Cognitive Services and Machine Learning 13. Chapter 10: Loading the Presentation Layer 14. Section 4: Data Presentation, Dashboarding, and Distribution
15. Chapter 11: Developing and Maintaining the Presentation Layer 16. Chapter 12: Distributing Data 17. Chapter 13: Introducing Industry Data Models 18. Chapter 14: Establishing Data Governance 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, we talked about requirements engineering and the importance of asking the right questions. The answers, once engineered in a structured approach, will be vital to deciding on the building blocks and tools that will be used to create our modern data warehouse.

We built a generic reference architecture for a modern data warehouse and examined the building blocks that form this approach. We also talked about their major functionalities.

We then learned about industry models for acceleration purposes and how they can help you kickstart your project.

Finally, we explored three suggestions for sizes and mapped different Azure data services to them. Additionally, you learned about the assisting services that will complete your architecture. And don't get me wrong, there are even more to discover.

What I want to express here is that there are many ways to tackle challenges in a modern cloud-based environment and that, as we mentioned previously, there...

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