Azure Data Lake Storage
Today, organizations are recognizing the value of all types of data and being able to effectively leverage their data assets. Many organizations are seeking to understand and analyze all data assets regardless of the size, shape, or perceived value of the data. Because of this, many organizations are adopting data lake architectures where data of all types is stored for future analysis. Azure Data Lake Storage is the foundation for building data lake architectures to store data of any shape, any volume, and any velocity in the cloud while defining the data schema at the time of read.
Azure Data Lake Storage and Azure SQL Data Warehouse are designed to work together to enable organizations to easily build and integrate their data lake and data warehouse environments seamlessly. Datasets stored in Azure Data Lake Storage can be easily queried for loading or analysis using Azure SQL Data Warehouse's PolyBase technology, as mentioned earlier in the chapter...
