Microsoft Azure for Data Engineering

Overview

The world of data has evolved and the advent of cloud technologies is providing new opportunities for businesses to explore. In this course, you will learn the various data platform technologies available, and how a Data Engineer can take advantage of this technology to an organization's benefit. This course part of a Specialization intended for Data engineers and developers who want to demonstrate their expertise in designing and implementing data solutions that use Microsoft Azure data services anyone interested in preparing for the Exam DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure (beta). This is the first course in a program of 10 courses to help prepare you to take the exam so that you can have expertise in designing and implementing data solutions that use Microsoft Azure data services. The Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure exam is an opportunity to prove knowledge expertise in integrating, transforming, and consolidating data from various structured and unstructured data systems into structures that are suitable for building analytics solutions that use Microsoft Azure data services. Each course teaches you the concepts and skills that are measured by the exam. By the end of this Specialization, you will be ready to take and sign-up for the Exam DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure (beta).

Syllabus

The Evolving world of data and the data engineer

In this module, you will learn how data systems are evolving and how the changes affect data professionals. You will also explore the differences between on-premises and cloud data solutions, and consider sample business cases that apply cloud technologies. you will learn about the responsibilities of a data engineer. You will also find out how they relate to the jobs of other data and AI professionals. You will explore common data engineering practices and a high-level architecting process for a data-engineering project.

Services on the Microsoft Azure Data Platform

In this module, you will learn about Azure technologies that analyze text and images and relational, nonrelational, or streaming data. You will also see how data engineers can choose the technologies that meet their business needs and scale to meet demand securely. You will take a practice exam that will assess your knowledge of the content of this course and prepare you for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate exam.