Operational Analytics with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

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Operational Analytics with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

Name: Operational Analytics with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics
Rating: 4.423076923076923 (26 reviews)

This course is part of Microsoft Azure Data Engineering Associate (DP-203) Professional Certificate

Instructor: Microsoft

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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11 hours to complete

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

4.4

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Intermediate level

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11 hours to complete

3 weeks at 3 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

How to perform operational analytics against Azure Cosmos DB using the Azure Synapse Link feature within Azure Synapse Analytics
How to query Azure Cosmos DB with SQL Serverless/Apache Spark for Azure Synapse Analytics
How to configure and enable Azure Synapse Link to interact with Azure Cosmos DB
How to use hybrid transactional and analytical processing to perform operational analytics with Azure Synapse Analytics

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There are 4 modules in this course

In this course, you will learn how to perform operational analytics against Azure Cosmos DB using the Azure Synapse Link feature within Azure Synapse Analytics.

You will learn how hybrid transactional and analytical processing can help you perform operational analytics with Azure Synapse Analytics. You will also learn how to configure and enable Azure Synapse Link to interact with Azure Cosmos DB and how you can perform analytics against Azure Cosmos DB using Azure Synapse Link. This course is part of a Specialization intended for Data engineers and developers who want to demonstrate their expertise in designing and implementing data solutions that use Microsoft Azure data services for anyone interested in preparing for the Exam DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure (beta). You will take a practice exam that covers key skills measured by the certification exam. This is the seventh course in a program of 10 courses to help prepare you to take the exam so that you can have expertise in designing and implementing data solutions that use Microsoft Azure data services. The Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure exam is an opportunity to prove knowledge expertise in integrating, transforming, and consolidating data from various structured and unstructured data systems into structures that are suitable for building analytics solutions that use Microsoft Azure data services. Each course teaches you the concepts and skills that are measured by the exam. By the end of this Specialization, you will be ready to take and sign-up for the Exam DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure (beta).

After completing this module, you will be able to describe how hybrid transactional and analytical processing can help you perform operation analytics with Azure Synapse Analytics. During the module you will develop an understanding of transaction and processing patterns, analytical workloads, and learn how to design schemas and writeback scenarios.

What's included

8 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

8 videosTotal 21 minutes

Introduction to the course3 minutesPreview module
Understand hybrid transactional and analytical processing patterns4 minutes
Describe the supported analytical workloads1 minute
Explain HTAP scenarios in the context of Synapse Link2 minutes
Describe the analytical store4 minutes
Design schemas to support type of analytics3 minutes
Design writeback scenarios0 minutes
Lesson summary0 minutes

3 readingsTotal 25 minutes

Course syllabus10 minutes
How to be successful in this course5 minutes
Understand well defined schemas10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 15 minutes

Knowledge check15 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Meet and greet10 minutes

In this module you will learn how to configure and enable Azure Synapse Link to interact with Azure Cosmos Database. This includes creating a Cosmos database account and an analytical store enabled container, implementing Synapse Link, and validating connectivity.

What's included

2 videos5 readings2 assignments

2 videosTotal 2 minutes

Lesson introduction1 minutePreview module
Lesson summary0 minutes

5 readingsTotal 125 minutes

Enable Cosmos DB account to use Azure Synapse Link5 minutes
Create an analytical store enabled container30 minutes
Implement Synapse Link for Cosmos DB30 minutes
Validate connectivity from Spark30 minutes
Validate connectivity from SQL Serverless30 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 33 minutes

Test prep18 minutes
Knowledge check15 minutes

In this module, you will learn how to perform analytics against Azure Cosmos Database using Azure Synapse Link and the Synapse Serverless SQL. During the module you will explore how to perform a range of queries, work with aggregations such as the windowing function, and read and write data to and from transactional stores.

What's included

4 videos11 readings3 assignments

4 videosTotal 3 minutes

Lesson introduction1 minutePreview module
Summary0 minutes
Lesson introduction0 minutes
Lesson summary0 minutes

11 readingsTotal 330 minutes

Query the Azure Cosmos DB analytical store30 minutes
Perform simple aggregations with analytical store data30 minutes
Perform cross container queries in Azure Cosmos DB30 minutes
Perform complex queries with JSON data30 minutes
Work with the windowing function and other aggregations30 minutes
Write data back to the Azure Cosmos DB transactional store30 minutes
Read data from the transactional store30 minutes
Write basic queries against a single container30 minutes
Perform cross container queries30 minutes
Perform complex queries with JSON data30 minutes
Work with windowing functions and other aggregations30 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 72 minutes

Test prep24 minutes
Knowledge check18 minutes
Knowledge check30 minutes

In this module, you will take a practice exam that covers key skills measured in the Exam DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure. After completing this module, you will be able to prepare for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate exam.

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2 videos2 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

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Microsoft

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Operational Analytics with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

What you'll learn

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There are 4 modules in this course

Design hybrid transactional and analytical processing using Azure Synapse Analytics

What's included

Configure Azure Synapse Link with Azure Cosmos DB

What's included

Query Azure Cosmos in Azure Synapse Analytics

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Practice exam on working with hybrid transactional and analytical processing solutions using Azure Synapse Analytics

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