Dealing with other data concerns

In this section, we will review some cross-cutting data concerns, no matter whether you make use of traditional or modern data techniques. Figure 6.17 illustrates some transversal needs, whether you are in a traditional, modern, or big data world:

Figure 6.17 – Cross-cutting data concerns

Let's start with search.

Introducing Azure Cognitive Search

Azure ships the Azure Cognitive Search service. It used to simply be named Azure Search, but it got rebranded to the new name because it also now encompasses other AI capabilities brought by the different cognitive services. Azure Cognitive Search is very well integrated with the other Azure services, which means that you can plug any Azure data store (Cosmos DB, Table Storage, Azure SQL, and so on) into it.

The cognitive part enriches the search contents. For example, the NLP engine will detect entities and extract key phrases and sentiment, while the OCR...