Working with Azure Data Explorer
In this chapter, we delve into two key services within the Azure Data platform: Azure Data Factory (ADF) and Azure Data Explorer (ADX). ADX is a fast and highly scalable data exploration service for log and telemetry data offered by Microsoft Azure. It provides real-time analysis capabilities, helping organizations to rapidly ingest, store, analyze, and visualize vast amounts of data. The use cases for ADX span across a range of sectors and applications, from IoT solutions to user behavior analytics and application monitoring, all with the goal of turning raw data into actionable insights.
In the context of ADX, ADF can be used to automate the process of data ingestion from various sources into ADX, perform the necessary transformations, and manage data workflows.
We will cover the following recipes:
- An introduction to ADX, its architecture, and key features
- Overview of common use cases for ADX and ADF
- Setting up a data...