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Exploring Microsoft Purview for data governance

You've probably heard of Microsoft Purview somewhere. Buck Woody joins Patrick to highlight how Microsoft Purview can help you with data governance. From cataloging to lineage, Purview is a key component for your data strategy! Connect with Buck: https://twitter.com/BuckWoodyMSFT https://www.linkedin.com/in/buckwoody/ Microsoft Purview: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/purview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/?view=o365-worldwide https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/purview/

Exploring Microsoft Purview for data governance2022-11-22T08:58:40-05:00

Explaining what a Lakehouse is!

You've probably heard the term lakehouse with various services like Azure Synapse Analytics. But what actually is a lakehouse? And why is it different from a data warehouse?

Explaining what a Lakehouse is!2022-11-01T07:15:10-05:00

Parameterize your Notebooks in Azure Synapse

Using notebooks in Azure Synapse Analytics? Do you find yourself wanting to have a dynamic value for use with your pipelines? Patrick shows you how you can accomplish this!

Parameterize your Notebooks in Azure Synapse2022-10-18T08:47:25-05:00

Overcoming a concatenation challenge in Azure Synapse

Using PySpark in Azure Synapse Analytics and found that my regular way of concatenating two strings in T-SQL didn't work. I figured out what you need to do to make this work.

Overcoming a concatenation challenge in Azure Synapse2022-10-07T07:55:28-05:00

Rounding out the lakehouse with the GOLD layer in Azure Synapse

We are completing the journey of our lakehouse with our GOLD layer in Azure Synapse. This gives you the table structures you need to start building those amazing reports in Power BI! Stijn Wynants https://twitter.com/SQLStijn

Rounding out the lakehouse with the GOLD layer in Azure Synapse2022-09-27T07:54:03-05:00

Talking DATA end to end with Buck Woody

Where does your data come from? What do you need to consider with your data? Buck Woody explored the world of data and how services like Azure Synapse Analytics and Power BI can help you in your journey! Connect with Buck: https://twitter.com/BuckWoodyMSFT https://www.linkedin.com/in/buckwoody/

Talking DATA end to end with Buck Woody2022-09-20T08:12:02-05:00

Merging your data in a modern lakehouse data warehouse

Learn how you can move your data through different tiers using MERGE either with pySpark or SQL in Azure Synapse Analytics. Stijn Wynants walks you through the different steps. Stijn Wynants https://twitter.com/SQLStijn pyspark.sql.SparkSession.createDataFrame https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/python/reference/pyspark.sql/api/pyspark.sql.SparkSession.createDataFrame.html Table deletes, updates, and merges https://docs.delta.io/latest/delta-update.html#language-python Delta Lake Documentation https://docs.delta.io/latest/delta-intro.html

Merging your data in a modern lakehouse data warehouse2022-08-30T06:48:44-05:00

What is this delta lake thing?

You may be using a lake for your data and it may just be regular parquet files. In this video, Stijn joins us to explain why you should be using a delta lake instead and how this works in Azure Synapse Analytics. Connect with Stijn https://twitter.com/SQLStijn What is Delta Lake https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/synapse-analytics/spark/apache-spark-what-is-delta-lake Delta Lake Documentation https://docs.delta.io/latest/delta-intro.html

What is this delta lake thing?2022-08-24T07:46:41-05:00

Get started with SPARK in Azure Synapse Analytics

Using Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics opens up a lot of possibilities to work with your data. Venk joins us to get you started with setting it up and quickly using data. Connect with Venk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkatesh-titte-4907467/ Apache Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/synapse-analytics/spark/apache-spark-overview Azure Open Datasets https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/open-datasets/dataset-catalog

Get started with SPARK in Azure Synapse Analytics2022-08-16T06:31:48-05:00

Top 5 things to get started with Azure Synapse Analytics

Getting started with Azure Synapse Analytics? Here are 5 things you should know as you begin your journey! Already been using Synapse SQL dedicated pools? Are you aware of these items? Connect with Shane: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanerisk/ Best Practices: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/best-practices-dedicated-sql-pool What is dedicated: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-overview-what-is Table Distribution: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-tables-distribute Indexes: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-tables-index Statistics: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/develop-tables-statistics Data Loading: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/data-loading-best-practices

Top 5 things to get started with Azure Synapse Analytics2022-08-09T07:55:42-05:00
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