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HERE COMES YOUR COPILOT
The new age of large language models (LLMs), and the ability to accelerate various forms of novel...
AZURE COGNITIVE SERVICES
AI solutions are exploding, and Azure has the most complete offering of any cloud provider! Watch...
What is HTAP in Azure
  Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing, or HTAP, is an advanced database capability that...
Overview of Azure Synapse Link featuring CosmosDB
Azure Synapse Link allows you to connect to your transactional system directly to run analytical and...
Getting started with Spark Pools in Azure Synapse
In my latest video blog I discuss getting started on the newly Generally Available Spark Pools as a...
Connecting to External Data with Azure Synapse
In my latest video blog I discuss and demonstrate some of the ways to connect to external data in...
Comparing Azure Synapse, Snowflake, and Databricks for common data workloads
In this vLog post I discuss how Azure Synapse, Databricks and Snowflake compare when it comes to...
Where does Azure Data Explorer fit in the rest of the Data Platform?
In this vLog I give an overview of Azure Data Explorer and the Kusto Query Language (KQL). Born from...
Should I Choose Azure Data Factory or Synapse Studio
In this vLog, I cover the reasons why you might consider using Azure Data Factory, a mature cloud...