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Cloud Analytics with Microsoft Azure

You're reading from   Cloud Analytics with Microsoft Azure Transform your business with the power of analytics in Azure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800202436
Length 184 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Power BI and Azure Synapse Analytics

Power BI is a very flexible platform that can work with multiple data sources. It could be a source as simple as an Excel file, a database on-premises or in the cloud, or a data warehouse. One of the best practices for having a modern data warehouse is separating the duty of processing data from data visualization. That is where Azure Synapse Analytics comes in.

Azure Synapse Analytics, with the use of a dedicated SQL Pool, can perform complex queries for all data sources and create a semantic model for Power BI. A semantic data model is a structured data format that Power BI can easily interpret for data visualization. This approach is scalable and eases a lot of the complexities of managing data across various teams.

Features and benefits

There are a lot of benefits to combining Power BI and Azure Synapse Analytics. Although there is no one-size that fits all, nor one tool to solve all of your data problems, the combination of Azure...

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