In this course, the student will learn about the data engineering patterns and practices as it pertains to working with batch and real-time analytical solutions using Azure data platform technologies. Participants will begin by understanding the core compute and storage technologies that are used to build an analytical solution. They will then explore how to design an analytical serving layers and focus on data engineering considerations for working with source files. Students will learn how to interactively explore data stored in files in a data lake. They will learn the various ingestion techniques that can be used to load data using the Apache Spark capability found in Azure Synapse Analytics or Azure Databricks, or how to ingest using Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse pipelines.
Attendees will also learn the various ways they can transform the data using the same technologies that is used to ingest data. Students will spend time on the course learning how to monitor and analyze the performance of analytical system so that they can optimize the performance of data loads, or queries that are issued against the systems. They will understand the importance of implementing security to ensure that the data is protected at rest or in transit. Participants will then show how the data in an analytical system can be used to create dashboards, or build predictive models in Azure Synapse Analytics.
Audience Profile
The primary audience for this course is data professionals, data architects, and business intelligence professionals who want to learn about data engineering and building analytical solutions using data platform technologies that exist on Microsoft Azure.
The secondary audience for this course data analysts and data scientists who work with analytical solutions built on Microsoft Azure.
Job Role: Data Engineer
Preparation for Exam: DP-700
Skills Gained
- Explore compute and storage options for data engineering workloads in Azure
- Design and Implement the serving layer
- Understand data engineering considerations
Prerequisites
- Successful students start this course with knowledge of cloud computing and core data concepts and professional experience with data solutions. Specifically completing:
- AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals AND DP-900: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals
Course Outline
- Module 1: Explore compute and storage options for data engineering workloads
- Module 2: Design and implement the serving layer
- Module 3: Data engineering considerations for source files
- Module 4: Run interactive queries using Azure Synapse Analytics serverless SQL pools
- Module 5: Explore, transform, and load data into the Data Warehouse using Apache Spark
- Module 6: Data exploration and transformation in Azure Databricks
- Module 7: Ingest and load data into the data warehouse
- Module 8: Transform data with Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Pipelines
- Module 9: Orchestrate data movement and transformation in Azure Synapse Pipelines
- Module 10: Optimize query performance with dedicated SQL pools in Azure Synapse
- Module 11: Analyze and Optimize Data Warehouse Storage
- Module 12: Support Hybrid Transactional Analytical Processing (HTAP) with Azure Synapse Link
- Module 13: End-to-end security with Azure Synapse Analytics
- Module 14: Real-time Stream Processing with Stream Analytics
- Module 15: Create a Stream Processing Solution with Event Hubs and Azure Databricks
- Module 16: Build reports using Power BI integration with Azure Synapase Analytics
- Module 17: Perform Integrated Machine Learning Processes in Azure Synapse Analytics
