Welcome to Week 2! Last week, we were introduced to the forms which data takes and ways to store it. We started by learning about structured vs unstructured data, and …
In this step, you’ll be introduced to the concept of data encoding as well as some common encoding types. Important terms in this video Decimal In this scenario, decimal refers …
In this step, we’ll learn about the common forms and file types that data can take when stored in a file. Common Formats of Data Unstructured data Unstructured data doesn’t …
In the first step of this activity, we’ll be introduced to the idea of data, giving us a scale of how much data is being generated around us daily. What …
Building on the last step, Graeme will show us some of the benefits and features of working with an Azure SQL Data Warehouse. For the majority of its life, a …
Thank you for telling us a little bit about yourself. We hope this course will be an enjoyable learning journey for you. Course Outcomes The following are the course learning …
Welcome to the Microsoft Future Ready: Introduction to Big Data course. Overview This course introduces learners to key concepts and terms relating to the storage of data, as well as …
In this step, we’ll explore the difference in design and purpose between a data warehouse and a database. Data Lake vs Data Warehouse Last week, you learned about Azure Data …
In the previous step, we learned how batch processing we can use some of the Apache open-source technology when working in Azure HDInsight. Now let’s look at real-time applications. Apache …
In this step, we’ll start exploring Azure HDInsight and some of the open-source technologies available to us when batch processing data. You’ll also be introduced to Jupyter Notebooks. HDInsight & …
In the previous step, we saw how we could perform batch processing using some of the Azure resources available to us. In this step, we’ll take a look at real-time …
In this step, we’ll explore some tools and considerations for batch processing data, which is often necessary when working on large historical stores such as a data warehouse. The purpose …
This activity will describe the technological solutions available within the Azure platform to tackle the problems highlighted in the previous section. In previous steps, we explored batch processing, which typically …
To finish off our introduction to big data, Graeme will demonstrate some of the options available when working with a high-velocity problem when your data is in motion (when there …
To begin this overview of interacting with big data, let’s examine data in a state of rest. At Rest Big data at rest is when you have high volumes of …