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Analytics

Updated Nov 16, 2020 ·
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This is not an exhaustive documentation of all the existing Azure Services. These are summarized notes for the Azure Certifications.

To see the complete documentation, please go to: Azure documentation

Overview​

Azure offers a comprehensive suite of tools designed for big data and analytics, enabling businesses to manage and leverage their data efficiently.

  • Azure Data Lake

    • Acts as a vast reservoir for storing data of any size, shape, and speed.
    • Supports structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.

  • HDInsight

    • Processes and sifts through data stored in Azure Data Lake.
    • Fully managed, full-spectrum, open-source analytics service for enterprises.
    • Supports frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics

    • Integrates data warehousing with big data analytics.
    • Provides a unified platform for querying data using both serverless and provisioned resources.
    • Combines enterprise data warehousing and Big Data analytics.

  • Stream Analytics

    • Delivers real-time insights from streaming data.
    • Supports complex event processing to analyze and act on data in real-time.