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The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By : Dr. Logan Song
Book Image

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By: Dr. Logan Song

Overview of this book

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer is a comprehensive guide to mastering cloud computing concepts by building a broad and deep cloud knowledge base, developing hands-on cloud skills, and achieving professional cloud certifications. Even if you’re a beginner with a basic understanding of computer hardware and software, this book serves as the means to transition into a cloud computing career. Starting with the Amazon cloud, you’ll explore the fundamental AWS cloud services, then progress to advanced AWS cloud services in the domains of data, machine learning, and security. Next, you’ll build proficiency in Microsoft Azure Cloud and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) by examining the common attributes of the three clouds while distinguishing their unique features. You’ll further enhance your skills through practical experience on these platforms with real-life cloud project implementations. Finally, you’ll find expert guidance on cloud certifications and career development. By the end of this cloud computing book, you’ll have become a cloud-savvy professional well-versed in AWS, Azure, and GCP, ready to pursue cloud certifications to validate your skills.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: Learning about the Amazon Cloud
9
Part 2:Comprehending GCP Cloud Services
14
Part 3:Mastering Azure Cloud Services
19
Part 4:Developing a Successful Cloud Career

Azure Cloud Database and Big Data Services

In the first part of the book, we discussed the AWS database and big data services. In the second part of the book, we covered the Google database and big data services. Coming to the third part of the book, after discussing Microsoft Azure’s foundational cloud services in the last chapter, we will now focus on the Azure database and big data services, which are like AWS and Google data services but with their own features.

Like Amazon and Google, Microsoft provides many solid data storage and analytics services in its Azure cloud platform. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Azure Cloud Data Storage explores some basic concepts about Azure storage accounts and Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Azure Database Services examines Azure database services such as Azure SQL Database, Azure NoSQL database solutions including Azure Table Storage and Cosmos DB, Azure data warehouses and Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure...