{"id":8566,"date":"2018-03-01T20:01:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T20:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftydba.com\/?p=8566"},"modified":"2024-12-26T21:05:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T21:05:35","slug":"azure-data-fest-march-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/?p=8566","title":{"rendered":"Azure Data Fest &#8211; March 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am enthusiastic about presenting at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/call-for-speakers-boston-azure-datafest-microsoft-azure-advanced-analytics-and-big-data-conference-registration-40984247989\">Azure Data Fest<\/a> held at the Microsoft Burlington office in MA on March 1, 2018. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, I am looking forward to talking to my old friends on the Data Platform team at Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting venue is at the following address.  <\/p>\n<p>    Microsoft Technology Center<br \/>\n    5 Wayside Road=<br \/>\n    Burlington, MA 01803<\/p>\n<p>Details about the presentation are below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Topic:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Staging data for Azure SQL services<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Abstract:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Most companies are faced with the ever-growing big data problem.\u00a0 It is estimated that there will be 40 zettabytes of new data generated between 2012 to 2020.\u00a0 See the computer world\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/2493701\/data-center\/by-2020--there-will-be-5-200-gb-of-data-for-every-person-on-earth.html\">article<\/a>\u00a0for details.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\nMost of this data will be generated by sensors and machines.\u00a0\u00a0 However, only a small portion of the data is available for users.\u00a0 How can IT professionals help business lines gather and process data from various sources?\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\nThere have been <span style=\"color: #FF0000\">two schools of thought<\/span> on how to solve this problem.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\nSchema <span style=\"color: #FF0000\">on write<\/span> is represented by the traditional relational database. Raw data is ingested by an extract, transform and load (ETL) process. The data is stored in tables that enforce integrity and allow for quick retrieval. Only a <span style=\"color: #FF0000\">small portion<\/span> of the total data owned by the company resides in the database.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\nSchema <span style=\"color: #FF0000\">on read<\/span> is represented by technologies such as Hadoop or PolyBase. These technologies assumed that data integrity was applied during the generation of the text files. The actual definition of the table is applied during the read operation. <span style=\"color: #FF0000\">All data<\/span> owned by the company can reside in simple storage.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\nToday, we will learn how to stage data using Azure <span style=\"color: #FF0000\">blob storage<\/span>.  This staged data can be ingested by both techniques.\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Coverage:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n1 &#8211; Grab some big data.<br \/>\n2 &#8211; Create blob storage account.<br \/>\n3 &#8211; Copy data to container.<br \/>\n4 &#8211; Azure SQL database plumbing.<br \/>\n5 &#8211; Loading data with BULK INSERT.<br \/>\n6 &#8211; Azure SQL data warehouse plumbing.<br \/>\n7 &#8211; Loading data with POLYBASE.<br \/>\n8 &#8211; Azure automation with RUNBOOKS.<\/p>\n<p>Details:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Staging-Data-For-Azure-SQL-Services-March-2018.zip\">presentation bundle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am enthusiastic about presenting at Azure Data Fest held at the Microsoft Burlington office in MA on March 1, 2018. Of course, I am looking forward to talking to my old friends on the Data Platform team at Microsoft. The meeting venue is at the following address. Microsoft Technology Center 5 Wayside Road= Burlington, MA 01803 Details about the presentation are below. 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