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Microsoft Certified Azure Data Fundamentals (Exam DP-900) Certification Guide

You're reading from   Microsoft Certified Azure Data Fundamentals (Exam DP-900) Certification Guide The comprehensive guide to passing the DP-900 exam on your first attempt

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803240633
Length 300 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marcelo Leite Marcelo Leite
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Core Data Concepts
2. Chapter 1: Understanding the Core Data Terminologies FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Exploring the Roles and Responsibilities in Data Domain 4. Chapter 3: Working with Relational Data 5. Chapter 4: Working with Non-Relational Data 6. Chapter 5: Exploring Data Analytics Concepts 7. Part 2: Relational Data in Azure
8. Chapter 6: Integrating Relational Data on Azure 9. Chapter 7: Provisioning and Configuring Relational Database Services in Azure 10. Chapter 8: Querying Relational Data in Azure 11. Part 3: Non-Relational Data in Azure
12. Chapter 9: Exploring Non-Relational Data Offerings in Azure 13. Chapter 10: Provisioning and Configuring Non-Relational Data Services in Azure 14. Part 4: Analytics Workload on Azure
15. Chapter 11: Components of a Modern Data Warehouse 16. Chapter 12: Provisioning and Configuring Large-Scale Data Analytics in Azure 17. Chapter 13: Working with Power BI 18. Chapter 14: DP-900 Mock Exam 19. Index 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding common practices for data loading

To start an analytics database, we need to load data from transactional databases, where the data that is generated by enterprise systems is stored.

In Azure, we have some options for performing data ingestion as we covered in Chapter 11, Components of a Modern Data Warehouse, using batch loads and data streaming, concepts we also learned about in Chapter 5, Exploring Data Analytics Concepts.

In this chapter, we’ll explore Azure Synapse Analytics so that you can materialize that knowledge to help you answer DP-900 questions and have a foundation for your Data Analytics projects in Azure.

So, let’s start step by step.

Provisioning an Azure Synapse workspace

To get started, let’s navigate the Azure portal (http://portal.azure.com) and search for the Azure Synapse Analytics session. When you’re in the Azure Synapse Analytics session, click the + Create button to provision a new workspace and fill...

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