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Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and Data Streaming Solution (Coursera)

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Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and Data Streaming Solution (Coursera)

In this course, you will see how Azure Data Lake Storage can make processing Big Data analytical solutions more efficient and how easy it is to set up. You will also explore how it fits into common architectures, as well as the different methods of uploading the data to the data store. You will examine the myriad of security features that will ensure your data is secure. Learn the concepts of event processing and streaming data and how this applies to Azure Stream Analytics. You will then set up a stream analytics job to stream data, and learn how to manage and monitor a running job.

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This course is part of a Specialization intended for Data engineers and developers who want to demonstrate their expertise in designing and implementing data solutions that use Microsoft Azure data services for anyone interested in preparing for the Exam DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure (beta). You will take a practice exam that covers key skills measured by the certification exam.
This is the ninth course in a program of 10 courses to help prepare you to take the exam so that you can have expertise in designing and implementing data solutions that use Microsoft Azure data services. The Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure exam is an opportunity to prove knowledge expertise in integrating, transforming, and consolidating data from various structured and unstructured data systems into structures that are suitable for building analytics solutions that use Microsoft Azure data services. Each course teaches you the concepts and skills that are measured by the exam.
Course 9 of 10 in the Microsoft Azure Data Engineering Associate DP-203 Exam Prep Specialization.

What You Will Learn

  • You will learn how to use Azure Data Lake Storage to make processing Big Data analytical solutions more efficient.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Azure Data Lake Storage
In this module, you will learn how Azure Data Lake Storage provides a cloud storage service that is highly available, secure, durable, scalable, and redundant and brings new efficiencies to processing big data analytics workloads.

WEEK 2
Secure your Azure Storage account
In this module, you will learn how Azure Storage provides multilayered security to protect your data. Find out how to use access keys, to secure networks, and to use Advanced Threat Protection to proactively monitor your system.

WEEK 3
Use Azure Stream Analytics
In this module, you will learn the concepts of event processing and streaming data and how this applies to Azure Stream Analytics. You will then set up a stream analytics job to stream data, and learn how to manage and monitor a running job.

WEEK 4
Practice Exam on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and Data Streaming Solution
In this module, you will take a practice exam that covers key skills measured in the Exam DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure.

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