Introduction to ADX
ADX is one of the many managed services (SaaS) offered by Azure. It represents a highly effective, fully managed platform for big data analytics, empowering users with the ability to analyze extensive data volumes in close-to-real-time scenarios. Equipped with a comprehensive suite of tools, ADX facilitates end-to-end solutions for data ingestion, querying, visualization, and management.
Since ADX is a cloud product, we don’t need to spend much time deep-diving into the ADX architecture. The following diagram shows the high-level architecture of the product:
Figure 11.1: ADX solution architecture
The ADX platform simplifies the process of extracting critical insights, identifying patterns and trends, and building forecasting models by analyzing structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data across time series and using machine learning. As a secure, scalable, robust, and ready-for-enterprise service, ADX is well suited for log analytics...
