Azure Enterprise Security Package for HDInsight
In today’s post I’d like to talk about the Enterprise Security Package for Azure HDInsight. HDInsight is a managed cloud Platform as a Service offering built on the Hadoop framework. It allows you to build big data solutions using Hadoop,…
How and When to Scale Up/Out Using Azure Analysis Services
Some of you may not know when or how to scale up your queries or scale out your processing. Today I’d like to help with understanding when and how using Azure Analysis Services. First, you need to decide which tier…
Azure Data Factory vs Logic Apps
Customers often ask, should I use Logic Apps or Data Factory for this? Of course, the answer I give is the same as with most technology, it depends. What is the business use case we’re talking about? Logic Apps can…
Azure Common Data Services
What do you know about Azure Common Data Services? Today I’d like to talk about this product for apps which was recently re-done by Microsoft to expand upon the product’s vision. Common Data Services is an Azure-based business application platform…
Overview of Azure Data Catalog
In today’s post, I’ll give you an overview of Azure Data Catalog and an example of how you may use it in your organization. Azure Data Catalog is used to discover Azure data sources in your environment, as well as…
Continuous Integration and Deployment Using Azure Data Factory
Today I’m excited to talk about one of the new releases in Azure that gives you continuous integration and deployment using Azure Data Factory. This new release is an Azure Data Factory visual interface that allows you to export any…
Device Management with Azure IoT Hub
Yesterday’s post covered what Azure IoT Hub is and what it brings. Today I’m going a bit deeper and talking about how the devices you’re bringing to the table get managed. IoT Hub provides the features and extensibility that enables…
How Does Azure IoT Hub Work?
Today I’d like to talk about Internet of Things (IoT) and the Azure IoT Hub. IoT devices are not your typical devices like mobile phones, tablets or laptops. IoT devices are designed to respond to sensor activity that the device…
Overview of Azure Stream Analytics
Analytics is the key to making your data useful and supporting decision making. Today I’m excited to talk about Azure Stream Analytics. Azure Stream Analytics is an event processing engine that allows you to capture and examine high volumes of…