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Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification Guide

By : Newton Alex
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Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification Guide

By: Newton Alex

Overview of this book

Azure is one of the leading cloud providers in the world, providing numerous services for data hosting and data processing. Most of the companies today are either cloud-native or are migrating to the cloud much faster than ever. This has led to an explosion of data engineering jobs, with aspiring and experienced data engineers trying to outshine each other. Gaining the DP-203: Azure Data Engineer Associate certification is a sure-fire way of showing future employers that you have what it takes to become an Azure Data Engineer. This book will help you prepare for the DP-203 examination in a structured way, covering all the topics specified in the syllabus with detailed explanations and exam tips. The book starts by covering the fundamentals of Azure, and then takes the example of a hypothetical company and walks you through the various stages of building data engineering solutions. Throughout the chapters, you'll learn about the various Azure components involved in building the data systems and will explore them using a wide range of real-world use cases. Finally, you’ll work on sample questions and answers to familiarize yourself with the pattern of the exam. By the end of this Azure book, you'll have gained the confidence you need to pass the DP-203 exam with ease and land your dream job in data engineering.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Part 1: Azure Basics
3
Part 2: Data Storage
10
Part 3: Design and Develop Data Processing (25-30%)
15
Part 4: Design and Implement Data Security (10-15%)
17
Part 5: Monitor and Optimize Data Storage and Data Processing (10-15%)
20
Part 6: Practice Exercises

Chapter 9: Designing and Developing a Batch Processing Solution

Welcome to the next chapter in the data transformation series. If you have come this far, then you are really serious about the certification. Good job! You have already crossed the halfway mark, with only a few more chapters to go.

In the previous chapter, we learned about a lot of technologies, such as Spark, Azure Data Factory (ADF), and Synapse SQL. We will continue the streak here and learn about a few more batch processing related technologies. We will learn how to build end-to-end batch pipelines, how to use Spark Notebooks in data pipelines, how to use technologies like PolyBase to speed up data copy, and more. We will also learn techniques to handle late-arriving data, scaling clusters, debugging pipeline issues, and handling security and compliance of pipelines. After completing this chapter, you should be able to design and implement ADF-based end-to-end batch pipelines using technologies such as Synapse...