Modern Analytics Academy - Data Acquisition and Storage

Welcome to the Modern Analytics Academy (MAA) - Data Acquisition and Storage!

In Data Acquisition and Storage we’ll look at the nuances of how to integrate source systems to move data into Azure for long term retention and analysis. Technologies include Azure Data Lake, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Event Hubs, and Azure Synapse Analytics.

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Hands-on Content

Each module contains several options for hands-on learning. In most cases, there are multiple options available designed to meet your specific skilling needs, from simple tutorial/demo content to more advanced workshops. We understand that some people may just want to see demos while others want to dive deep; most are somewhere in between. Use the content that best suits you!

Suggested HOL / Workshops

• Use Azure Stream Analytics with dedicated SQL pool in Azure Synapse Analytics - this tutorial shows you how to leverage Azure Stream Analyitcs to write event stream data to a SQL Table in Azure Synapse.
• Analyze fraudulent call data with Stream Analytics and visualize results in Power BI dashboard - This tutorial walks you through an end to end scenario of processing event hub data in real time and ultimately visualizing that data in a Power BI Dashboard.
• Migrate captured Event Hubs data to Azure Synapse Analytics using Event Grid and Azure Functions - This tutorial shows how to programmatically trigger loading data stored in blob storage via event hub capture.
• Configure and use Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB - This series of tutorials walks you through all the steps requried for configuring Synapse Link for Cosmos DB and leveraging Synapse to perform data analysis.