Processing Big Data with Azure HDInsight


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Get a jump start on using Azure HDInsight and Hadoop Ecosystem components. As most Hadoop and Big Data projects are written in either Java, Scala, or Python, this book minimizes the effort to learn another language and is written from the perspective of a .NET developer. Hadoop components are covered, including Hive, Pig, HBase, Storm, and Spark on Azure HDInsight, and code samples are written in .NET only. Processing Big Data with Azure HDInsight covers the fundamentals of big data, how businesses are using it to their advantage, and how Azure HDInsight fits into the big data world. This book introduces Hadoop and big data concepts and then dives into creating different solutions with HDInsight and the Hadoop Ecosystem. It covers concepts with real-world scenarios and code examples, making sure you get hands-on experience. The best way to utilize this book is to practice while reading. After reading this book you will be familiar with Azure HDInsight and how it can be utilized to build big data solutions, including batch processing, stream analytics, interactive processing, and storing and retrieving data in an efficient manner. What You'll Learn Understand the fundamentals of HDInsight and Hadoop Work with HDInsight cluster Query with Apache Hive and Apache Pig Store and retrieve data with Apache HBase Stream data processing using Apache Storm Work with Apache Spark Who This Book Is For Software developers, technical architects, data scientists/analyts, and Hadoop administrators who want to develop on Microsoft’s managed Hadoop offering, HDInsight




Big Data Analytics with Microsoft HDInsight in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself


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Sams Teach Yourself Big Data Analytics with Microsoft HDInsight in 24 Hours In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Big Data Analytics with Microsoft HDInsight in 24 Hours helps you leverage Hadoop’s power on a flexible, scalable cloud platform using Microsoft’s newest business intelligence, visualization, and productivity tools. This book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach shows you how to provision, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot HDInsight and use Hadoop cloud services to solve real analytics problems. You’ll gain more of Hadoop’s benefits, with less complexity–even if you’re completely new to Big Data analytics. Every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success. Practical, hands-on examples show you how to apply what you learn Quizzes and exercises help you test your knowledge and stretch your skills Notes and tips point out shortcuts and solutions Learn how to... · Master core Big Data and NoSQL concepts, value propositions, and use cases · Work with key Hadoop features, such as HDFS2 and YARN · Quickly install, configure, and monitor Hadoop (HDInsight) clusters in the cloud · Automate provisioning, customize clusters, install additional Hadoop projects, and administer clusters · Integrate, analyze, and report with Microsoft BI and Power BI · Automate workflows for data transformation, integration, and other tasks · Use Apache HBase on HDInsight · Use Sqoop or SSIS to move data to or from HDInsight · Perform R-based statistical computing on HDInsight datasets · Accelerate analytics with Apache Spark · Run real-time analytics on high-velocity data streams · Write MapReduce, Hive, and Pig programs Register your book at informit.com/register for convenient access to downloads, updates, and corrections as they become available.




Mastering Azure Analytics


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Microsoft Azure has over 20 platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings that can act in support of a big data analytics solution. So which one is right for your project? This practical book helps you understand the breadth of Azure services by organizing them into a reference framework you can use when crafting your own big data analytics solution. You’ll not only be able to determine which service best fits the job, but also learn how to implement a complete solution that scales, provides human fault tolerance, and supports future needs. Understand the fundamental patterns of the data lake and lambda architecture Recognize the canonical steps in the analytics data pipeline and learn how to use Azure Data Factory to orchestrate them Implement data lakes and lambda architectures, using Azure Data Lake Store, Data Lake Analytics, HDInsight (including Spark), Stream Analytics, SQL Data Warehouse, and Event Hubs Understand where Azure Machine Learning fits into your analytics pipeline Gain experience using these services on real-world data that has real-world problems, with scenarios ranging from aviation to Internet of Things (IoT)




Introducing Windows Azure Hdinsight


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Microsoft Azure HDInsight is Microsoft's 100 percent compliant distribution of Apache Hadoop on Microsoft Azure. This means that standard Hadoop concepts and technologies apply, so learning the Hadoop stack helps you learn the HDInsight service. At the time of this writing, HDInsight (version 3.0) uses Hadoop version 2.2 and Hortonworks Data Platform 2.0. In Introducing Microsoft Azure HDInsight, we cover what big data really means, how you can use it to your advantage in your company or organization, and one of the services you can use to do that quickly-specifically, Microsoft's HDInsight service. We start with an overview of big data and Hadoop, but we don't emphasize only concepts in this book-we want you to jump in and get your hands dirty working with HDInsight in a practical way. To help you learn and even implement HDInsight right away, we focus on a specific use case that applies to almost any organization and demonstrate a process that you can follow along with. We also help you learn more. In the last chapter, we look ahead at the future of HDInsight and give you recommendations for self-learning so that you can dive deeper into important concepts and round out your education on working with big data.




Pro Microsoft HDInsight


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Pro Microsoft HDInsight is a complete guide to deploying and using Apache Hadoop on the Microsoft Windows Azure Platforms. The information in this book enables you to process enormous volumes of structured as well as non-structured data easily using HDInsight, which is Microsoft’s own distribution of Apache Hadoop. Furthermore, the blend of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings available through Windows Azure lets you take advantage of Hadoop’s processing power without the worry of creating, configuring, maintaining, or managing your own cluster. With the data explosion that is soon to happen, the open source Apache Hadoop Framework is gaining traction, and it benefits from a huge ecosystem that has risen around the core functionalities of the Hadoop distributed file system (HDFS™) and Hadoop Map Reduce. Pro Microsoft HDInsight equips you with the knowledge, confidence, and technique to configure and manage this ecosystem on Windows Azure. The book is an excellent choice for anyone aspiring to be a data scientist or data engineer, putting you a step ahead in the data mining field. Guides you through installation and configuration of an HDInsight cluster on Windows Azure Provides clear examples of configuring and executing Map Reduce jobs Helps you consume data and diagnose errors from the Windows Azure HDInsight Service




HDInsight Essentials - Second Edition


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If you want to discover one of the latest tools designed to produce stunning Big Data insights, this book features everything you need to get to grips with your data. Whether you are a data architect, developer, or a business strategist, HDInsight adds value in everything from development, administration, and reporting.




Sams Teach Yourself


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This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book. With The world of data is changing rapidly. The growing demands of end users (Consumerization of IT) and availability of new types of data (Data explosion - 85% of this new data is coming from new data types e.g. sensors, RFIDs, WebLogs, high-definition video streaming, oil and gas exploration etc.) is causing a widening gap between our ability to store vast amounts of data and our ability to get meaningful insight and drive decision making based on this vast amount of data. This data explosion, combined with the fact that the cost of storage has practically gone to zero has landed us in a world where we need to have the ability to store all this data and get insight into it. This makes sense for companies to make better business decisions by enabling data scientists and other users to analyze huge volumes of transaction data as well as other data sources that may be left untapped by traditional business intelligence (BI) programs. On the analytics front there is a shift from traditional BI to predictive analytics as well - traditional BI helps customers to understand what has happened in past (rear view mirror) whereas predictive analysis allows customer to understand what would happen in future (forward-looking view). Predictive analysis has been effective in areas such as fraud detection, sales targeting, customer churn analysis, Ad Placement to increase revenue etc. This book is going to cover in detail about storing vast amount of data (big data) on hadoop on windows (in Windows Azure platform) and getting insight into it with familiar Microsoft BI tools. It addresses questions such as, "What is Big Data and how can Hadoop be used by an organization to tap into it? What are some of the important tools and technologies around the Hadoop ecosystem and Microsoft's partnership with Hortonworks?" From this book you will learn: Ease of installation, configuration and monitoring of Hadoop (HDInsight) cluster on cloud platform; Distributed storage and processing of unstructured data or big data; Programming to do big data analytics with MapReduce, Hive, PIG; Integration of Hadoop with Microsoft BI (MSBI) tools; Analyze and create visualization reports your with Microsoft Power BI.




Simplifying Big Data with Microsoft Hdinsight


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Unlock new insights from enterprise data with this solution builder’s guide to HDInsight. Whether you’re a developer or data analyst, BI professional or IT professional, you’ll learn how to build Hadoop-compatible Big Data applications for the cloud or on premises. Written by key members of the Microsoft teams focused on Big Data Gets you up and running quickly with HDInsight, which provides 100% Apache Hadoop compatibility Shares developer insights on using HDInsight and other Microsoft tools to process and analyze large datasets, including structured and unstructured data Explains how to build, deploy, and manage Hadoop clusters through Windows Server and Windows Azure Topics includes: Working with the console, streaming data, predictive analytics, Pig, Hive, Sqoop, HDFS, Hbase, management, and troubleshooting, plus real-world examples




Ultimate Azure Data Scientist Associate (DP-100) Certification Guide


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TAGLINE Empower Your Data Science Journey: From Exploration to Certification in Azure Machine Learning KEY FEATURES ● Offers deep dives into key areas such as data preparation, model training, and deployment, ensuring you master each concept. ● Covers all exam objectives in detail, ensuring a thorough understanding of each topic required for the DP-100 certification. ● Includes hands-on labs and practical examples to help you apply theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios, enhancing your learning experience. DESCRIPTION Ultimate Azure Data Scientist Associate (DP-100) Certification Guide is your essential resource for achieving the Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associate certification. This guide covers all exam objectives, helping you design and prepare machine learning solutions, explore data, train models, and manage deployment and retraining processes. The book starts with the basics and advances through hands-on exercises and real-world projects, to help you gain practical experience with Azure's tools and services. The book features certification-oriented Q&A challenges that mirror the actual exam, with detailed explanations to help you thoroughly grasp each topic. Perfect for aspiring data scientists, IT professionals, and analysts, this comprehensive guide equips you with the expertise to excel in the DP-100 exam and advance your data science career. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN ● Design and prepare effective machine learning solutions in Microsoft Azure. ● Learn to develop complete machine learning training pipelines, with or without code. ● Explore data, train models, and validate ML pipelines efficiently. ● Deploy, manage, and optimize machine learning models in Azure. ● Utilize Azure's suite of data science tools and services, including Prompt Flow, Model Catalog, and AI Studio. ● Apply real-world data science techniques to business problems. ● Confidently tackle DP-100 certification exam questions and scenarios. WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR? This book is for aspiring Data Scientists, IT Professionals, Developers, Data Analysts, Students, and Business Professionals aiming to Master Azure Data Science. Prior knowledge of basic Data Science concepts and programming, particularly in Python, will be beneficial for making the most of this comprehensive guide. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Data Science and Azure 2. Setting Up Your Azure Environment 3. Data Ingestion and Storage in Azure 4. Data Transformation and Cleaning 5. Introduction to Machine Learning 6. Azure Machine Learning Studio 7. Model Deployment and Monitoring 8. Embracing AI Revolution Azure 9. Responsible AI and Ethics 10. Big Data Analytics with Azure 11. Real-World Applications and Case Studies 12. Conclusion and Next Steps Index




IoT Solutions in Microsoft's Azure IoT Suite


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Collect and analyze sensor and usage data from Internet of Things applications with Microsoft Azure IoT Suite. Internet connectivity to everyday devices such as light bulbs, thermostats, and even voice-command devices such as Google Home and Amazon.com's Alexa is exploding. These connected devices and their respective applications generate large amounts of data that can be mined to enhance user-friendliness and make predictions about what a user might be likely to do next. Microsoft's Azure IoT Suite is a cloud-based platform that is ideal for collecting data from connected devices. You'll learn in this book about data acquisition and analysis, including real-time analysis. Real-world examples are provided to teach you to detect anomalous patterns in your data that might lead to business advantage. We live in a time when the amount of data being generated and stored is growing at an exponential rate. Understanding and getting real-time insight into these data is critical to business. IoT Solutions in Microsoft's Azure IoT Suite walks you through a complete, end-to-end journey of how to collect and store data from Internet-connected devices. You'll learn to analyze the data and to apply your results to solving real-world problems. Your customers will benefit from the increasingly capable and reliable applications that you'll be able to deploy to them. You and your business will benefit from the gains in insight and knowledge that can be applied to delight your customers and increase the value from their business. What You'll Learn Go through data generation, collection, and storage from sensors and devices, both relational and non-relational Understand, from end to end, Microsoft’s analytic services and where they fit into the analytical ecosystem Look at the Internet of your things and find ways to discover and draw on the insights your data can provide Understand Microsoft's IoT technologies and services, and stitch them together for business insight and advantage Who This Book Is For Developers and architects who plan on delivering IoT solutions, data scientists who want to understand how to get better insights into their data, and anyone needing or wanting to do real-time analysis of data from the Internet of Things