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Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification Guide

You're reading from Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification Guide Ace the DP-203 exam with advanced data engineering skills

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805124689

Length 548 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Big Data

Authors (3):

Newton Alex

Giacinto Palmieri

Mr. Surendra Mettapalli

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Azure Basics FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Introducing Azure Basics

3. Part 2: Data Storage

4. Chapter 2: Implementing a Partition Strategy

5. Chapter 3: Designing and Implementing the Data Exploration Layer

6. Part 3:Data Processing

7. Chapter 4: Ingesting and Transforming Data

8. Chapter 5: Developing a Batch Processing Solution

9. Chapter 6: Developing a Stream Processing Solution

10. Chapter 7: Managing Batches and Pipelines

11. Part 4:Secure, Monitor, and Optimize Data Storage and Processing

12. Chapter 8: Implementing Data Security

13. Chapter 9: Monitoring Data Storage and Data Processing

14. Chapter 10: Optimizing and Troubleshooting Data Storage and Data Processing

15. Chapter 11: Accessing the Online Practice Resources

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Introducing Azure Basics

This chapter introduces you to the basics of Azure and explains its general capabilities. It covers several core Azure concepts, including Virtual Machines (VMs), data storage, compute options, the Azure portal, accounts, and subscriptions, which future chapters will build upon.

Azure is one of the major hyperscalers in the industry, offering Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Software as a Service (SaaS). It provides several cloud, hybrid, and on-premises services, such as VMs, networks, compute, databases, messaging, and Machine Learning (ML), while focusing on security and compliance. You could use these services to build anything from web pages to mobile apps, and from data analytics solutions to IoT solutions.

In Azure, users have the flexibility to choose from completely hosted no-code solutions to completely build-your-own solutions. The latter of these...

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Authors (3)

Palmieri

Palmieri

Giacinto Palmieri is a freelance technical trainer and consultant who has been working in the IT secotr for for more than 25 years, He has a double background as a developer and a data engineer and focuses nowadays on Azure development and data services, but also on Power BI. He works for a wide range of training companies and for their clients in different business sectors and geographical areas.He prides himelf in always trying to go to the bottom of things, exploring not only the what and the how but also the why (his educational background is in Philosophy), which then allows him to convey this deep understanding to his course participants and readers

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Alex

Alex

Newton Alex leads several Azure Data Analytics teams in Microsoft, India. His team contributes to technologies including Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks, Azure HDInsight, and many open source technologies, including Apache YARN, Apache Spark, and Apache Hive. He started using Hadoop while at Yahoo, USA, where he helped build the first batch processing pipelines for Yahoo's ad serving team. After Yahoo, he became the leader of the big data team at Pivotal Inc., USA, where he was responsible for the entire open source stack of Pivotal Inc. He later moved to Microsoft and started the Azure Data team in India. He has worked with several Fortune 500 companies to help build their data systems on Azure.

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Surendra Mettapalli

Surendra Mettapalli

Surendra Mettapalli is leading expert in Azure technologies with proven track record of designing, implementing innovative cloud solutions. As a Lead Data Engineer/Architect, he specializes in pivotal services such as Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory and Power BI. He has a deep understanding of Cloud Architecture, Data Engineering, AI-driven applications, and has successfully collaborated with the diverse clients across various sectors including technology, finance, retail and government. His expertise has been instrumental in delivering some of the largest and most impactful data projects, enabling organizations to utilize Azure's full potential and enhance their business operations.

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