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Basic or working knowledge of SQL Server, SSIS, and Azure is needed, as is basic knowledge of ETL techniques and Azure SQL Server databases. You also need a personal computer running Microsoft Windows 10.
Some of the recipes in this cookbook contain partial, incomplete solutions that you will complete by following the instructions in the recipe. If, for some reason, you get stuck and are unable to complete the tasks successfully, the complete copies of the solutions are available in the Solution folder of the corresponding chapter. Please, use these files as a reference when working on the recipes; they are there to assist you, not to prevent you from learning by performing the work yourself.
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