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Microsoft

Azure for the Data Engineer

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Overview

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  • Module 1: Discover how data systems and roles are evolving and explore the differences between on-premises and cloud data solutions using sample business cases.
  • In this module you will:

    • Learn which key factors are driving changes in data generation, roles, and technologies.
    • Compare on-premises data technologies to cloud data technologies.
    • Outline how the role of the data professional is changing.
    • Identify use cases that apply these changes.
  • Module 2: Explore the broad array of Azure technologies that analyze text or images and relational, nonrelational, or streaming data.
  • In this module you will:

    • Contrast structured data with nonstructured data.
    • Explore common Azure data platform technologies and learn when to use them.
    • Understand technologies that support the common Azure data platform technologies.
  • Module 3: Learn about the responsibilities of a data engineer, how they relate to the jobs of other data and AI roles, and explore common data engineering practices.
  • In this module you will:

    • List the roles involved in modern data projects.
    • Outline data-engineering practices.
    • Explore the high-level process for designing a data-engineering project.

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Understand the evolving world of data
    • Introduction
    • Data abundance
    • Understand the difference between on-premises and cloud-based servers
    • Understand job responsibilities
    • Use cases for the cloud
    • Summary
  • Module 2: Survey the services on the Azure Data platform
    • Introduction
    • Explore data types
    • Understand data storage in Azure Storage
    • Understand data storage in Azure Data Lake Storage
    • Understand Azure Cosmos DB
    • Understand Azure SQL Database
    • Understand Azure Synapse Analytics
    • Understand Azure Stream Analytics
    • Understand Azure HDInsight
    • Understand other Azure data services
    • Summary
  • Module 3: Identify the tasks of a data engineer in a cloud-hosted architecture
    • Introduction
    • Identify job roles
    • Identify data engineering processes
    • Analyze a data engineer's tasks
    • Summary

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