Azure services
As in the first use case, the following sections will elaborate on each of the Azure services that are shown in Figure 4.6. They will first explain why each service is needed, why it is suitable for NIA, and then, finally, show a brief practical example of the core part of its implementation. To avoid repetition, the Azure services that are covered in first use case are skipped unless NIA has specific requirements for that service.
Azure Synapse Analytics
Role in the design
Azure Synapse serves as the unified platform for big data analytics as well as data warehousing. Azure Synapse is needed to provide the compute power needed to process data and to foster greater collaboration between the many stakeholders.
Why Azure Synapse?
Besides all the advantages of Azure Synapse that were covered in Use case 1, Azure Synapse supports multiple languages, machine learning frameworks (such as TensorFlow and PyTorch), and integrates with many open source tools. NIA...