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.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Explore core data concepts
- Introduction
- Identify data formats
- Explore file storage
- Explore databases
- Explore transactional data processing
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Lesson 2: Explore data roles and services
- Introduction
- Explore job roles in the world of data
- Identify data services
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Lesson 3: Explore relational data in Azure
- Introduction
- Understand relational data
- Understand normalization
- Explore SQL
- Describe database objects
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Lesson 4: Explore relational database services in Azure
- Introduction
- Describe Azure SQL services and capabilities
- Describe Azure services for open-source databases
- Exercise: Explore Azure relational database services
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Lesson 5: Explore Azure Storage for non-relational data
- Introduction
- Explore Azure blob storage
- Explore Azure DataLake Storage Gen
- Explore Azure Files
- Explore Azure Tables
- Exercise: Explore Azure Storage
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Lesson 6: Explore fundamentals of Azure Cosmos DB
- Introduction
- Describe Azure Cosmos DB
- Identify Azure Cosmos DB APIs
- Exercise: Explore Azure Cosmos DB
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Lesson 7: Explore fundamentals of large-scale analytics
- Introduction
- Describe data warehousing architecture
- Explore data ingestion pipelines
- Explore analytical data stores
- Explore platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solutions
- Exercise: Explore data analytics in Azure with Azure Synapse Analytics
- Explore Microsoft Fabric
- Exercise: Explore Microsoft Fabric
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Lesson 8: Explore fundamentals of real-time analytics
- Introduction
- Understand batch and stream processing
- Explore common elements of stream processing architecture
- Explore Azure Stream Analytics
- Exercise: Explore Azure Stream Analytics
- Explore Apache Spark on Microsoft Azure
- Exercise: Explore Spark Streaming in Azure Synapse Analytics
- Explore Realtime Analytics in Microsoft Fabric
- Exercise: Explore Realtime Analytics in Microsoft Fabric
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Lesson 9: Explore fundamentals of data visualization
- Introduction
- 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
- Knowledge check
- Summary