DP-900T00-A: Introduction to Microsoft Azure Data
Duration: 1 Day
In this course, students will gain foundational knowledge of core data concepts and related Microsoft Azure data services. Students will learn about core data concepts such as relational, non-relational, big data, and analytics, and build their foundational knowledge of cloud data services within Microsoft Azure. Students will explore fundamental relational data concepts and relational database services in Azure. They will explore Azure storage for non-relational data and the fundamentals of Azure Cosmos DB. Students will learn about large-scale data warehousing, real-time analytics, and data visualization.
The audience for this course is individuals who want to learn the fundamentals of database concepts in a cloud environment, get basic skilling in cloud data services, and build their foundational knowledge of cloud data services within Microsoft Azure.
Explore core data concepts
Data powers the digital transformation that is sweeping across organizations and society in general. But what is "data", and how is it represented and used?
- Identify data formats
- Explore file storage
- Explore databases
- Explore transactional data processing
- Explore analytical data processing
Explore data roles and services
Data professionals perform distinct roles in building and managing software solutions, and work with multiple technologies and services to do so.
- Explore job roles in the world of data
- Identify data services
Explore fundamental relational data concepts
Relational database systems are a common way to store and manage transactional and analytical data in organizations of any size around the world.
- Understand relational data
- Understand normalization
- Explore SQL
- Describe database objects
Explore relational database services in Azure
Microsoft Azure provides multiple services for relational databases. You can choose the relational database management system that's best for your needs, and host relational data in the cloud.
- Describe Azure SQL services and capabilities
- Describe Azure services for open-source databases
- Exercise: Explore Azure relational database services
Explore Azure Storage for non-relational data
Azure Storage is a core service in Microsoft Azure that is commonly used to store non-relational data.
- Explore Azure blob storage
- Explore Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
- Explore Microsoft OneLake in Fabric
- Explore Azure Files
- Explore Azure Tables
- Exercise: Explore Azure Storage
Explore fundamentals of Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB provides a highly scalable store for non-relational data.
- Describe Azure Cosmos DB
- Identify Azure Cosmos DB APIs
- Exercise: Explore Azure Cosmos DB
Explore fundamentals of large-scale analytics
Organizations use analytics platforms to build large scale data analytics solutions that generate insights and drive success. Microsoft provides multiple technologies that you can combine to build a large scale data analytics solution.
- Describe data warehousing architecture
- Explore data ingestion pipelines
- Explore analytical data stores
- Exercise: Explore data analytics in Microsoft Fabric
Explore fundamentals of real-time analytics
Learn about the basics of stream processing, and the services in Microsoft Azure that you can use to implement real-time analytics solutions.
- Understand batch and stream processing
- Explore common elements of stream processing architecture
- Explore Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence
- Explore Apache Spark structured streaming
- Exercise: Explore Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence
Explore fundamentals of data visualization
Learn the fundamental principles of analytical data modeling and data visualization, using Microsoft Power BI as a platform to explore these principles in action.
- Describe Power BI tools and workflow
- Describe core concepts of data modeling
- Describe considerations for data visualization
- Exercise - Explore fundamentals of data visualization with Power BI