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Learn Azure Synapse Data Explorer

By : Pericles (Peri) Rocha
Book Image

Learn Azure Synapse Data Explorer

By: Pericles (Peri) Rocha

Overview of this book

Large volumes of data are generated daily from applications, websites, IoT devices, and other free-text, semi-structured data sources. Azure Synapse Data Explorer helps you collect, store, and analyze such data, and work with other analytical engines, such as Apache Spark, to develop advanced data science projects and maximize the value you extract from data. This book offers a comprehensive view of Azure Synapse Data Explorer, exploring not only the core scenarios of Data Explorer but also how it integrates within Azure Synapse. From data ingestion to data visualization and advanced analytics, you’ll learn to take an end-to-end approach to maximize the value of unstructured data and drive powerful insights using data science capabilities. With real-world usage scenarios, you’ll discover how to identify key projects where Azure Synapse Data Explorer can help you achieve your business goals. Throughout the chapters, you'll also find out how to manage big data as part of a software as a service (SaaS) platform, as well as tune, secure, and serve data to end users. By the end of this book, you’ll have mastered the big data life cycle and you'll be able to implement advanced analytical scenarios from raw telemetry and log data.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1 Introduction to Azure Synapse Data Explorer
6
Part 2 Working with Data
12
Part 3 Managing Azure Synapse Data Explorer

Building a multi-purpose end-to-end analytics environment

When you do not know where to start, you should start with the basics. As mentioned previously, Azure Synapse Analytics is a broad platform that combines different services to deliver an end-to-end solution for most analytical demands. This scenario proposes a blueprint that addresses common analytical requirements for most organizations. Some use cases where this blueprint can be used include the following:

  • Categorizing users based on their product usage behavior: You can use clustering algorithms on a machine learning model to classify your users based on historical log data that records how they interact with your product. Identifying user cohorts helps companies build more customized experiences for their users.
  • Detecting credit card fraud: By performing real-time analysis of data streamed from financial transactions, you can use machine learning models to classify a transaction as fraudulent or legit in just...