What is Azure Synapse Data Explorer?

Azure Synapse Data Explorer is a powerful data analytics service enabling organizations to analyze large volumes of diverse data in real-time.
Databricks Jobs
Today’s post will cover Databricks Jobs. There is also the concept of a Spark Job which will be covered briefly to try to avoid confusion.
Databricks Clusters
This is a continuation of my series of posts on Databricks where we most recently reviewed the Workspace & Notebooks. Now let’s get more familiar with the concept of clusters. […]
Intro to Azure Databricks
Many companies today have aging data architectures. As you look to modernize your traditional ETL pipeline, there is a tool you should keep in mind: Azure Databricks. During your move […]
Azure Resources: Saving Time And Money
Money is always important whether you are developing for yourself, your employer, or a client. One way to save money in Azure is to shut down resources at the end […]
Scripting Azure Synapse Analytics
Background Development on Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly Azure SQL Data Warehouse) is progressing at a rapid pace. Recently, in April 2020, the new workspaces preview was released. This is an […]
An Overview of Azure Databricks
With the announcement of the general availability of Azure Databricks, in this post we’ll take this opportunity to get a brief feel to what Azure Databricks is and what it […]
Using the Cognitive Services Text Analytics API: Detecting Languages
Microsoft has a lot of fascinating APIs available to build intelligent applications with using their Cognitive Services. Among those services is the Text Analytics API. This API offers a wide […]
Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) in Python: Statistics for Data Science
In our last post we discussed different types your data can have. Now let’s focus on how to analyze on those types of data. Python code will be used to […]