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ETL with Azure Cookbook

By : Christian Cote, Matija Lah, Madina Saitakhmetova
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ETL with Azure Cookbook

By: Christian Cote, Matija Lah, Madina Saitakhmetova

Overview of this book

ETL is one of the most common and tedious procedures for moving and processing data from one database to another. With the help of this book, you will be able to speed up the process by designing effective ETL solutions using the Azure services available for handling and transforming any data to suit your requirements. With this cookbook, you’ll become well versed in all the features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to perform data migration and ETL tasks that integrate with Azure. You’ll learn how to transform data in Azure and understand how legacy systems perform ETL on-premises using SSIS. Later chapters will get you up to speed with connecting and retrieving data from SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters, and even show you how to extend and customize the SSIS toolbox using custom-developed tasks and transforms. This ETL book also contains practical recipes for moving and transforming data with Azure services, such as Data Factory and Azure Databricks, and lets you explore various options for migrating SSIS packages to Azure. Toward the end, you’ll find out how to profile data in the cloud and automate service creation with Business Intelligence Markup Language (BIML). By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the skills you need to create and automate ETL solutions on-premises as well as in Azure.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Technical requirements

In order to install the necessary components, you will need a workstation – either a physical personal computer or a virtual one – running a compatible Microsoft Windows operating system. SQL Server 2019 can be installed on any edition of the Microsoft Windows Server operating system, starting with Windows Server 2016, or even on its desktop edition, Windows 10, starting with version TH1, build 1507.

Depending on the features installed, SQL Server is going to require between 6 and roughly 8 GB of free space on the hard drive, and at least 1 GB of available system memory, though around 4 GB is the recommended minimum. Practically any 64-bit CPU is supported.

Important note

You can find more detailed information about SQL Server 2019 hardware and software requirements in the online vendor documentation (SQL docs) article entitled SQL Server 2019: Hardware and software requirements, at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/install/hardware-and-software-requirements-for-installing-sql-server-ver15.

Speaking of online documentation, your workstation is going to need internet access – even to perform the installations.