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.

Administrator

Business User

Data Engineer

Azure

Module Objectives

Compare batch and stream processing
Describe common elements of streaming data solutions
Describe features and capabilities of Azure Stream Analytics
Describe features and capabilities of Spark Structured Streaming on Azure
Describe features and capabilities of realtime analytics in Microsoft Fabric

Units

Introduction min
Understand batch and stream processing min
Explore common elements of stream processing architecture min
Explore Azure Stream Analytics min
Exercise: Explore Azure Stream Analytics min
Explore Apache Spark on Microsoft Azure min
Exercise: Explore Spark Streaming in Azure Synapse Analytics min
Explore Realtime Analytics in Microsoft Fabric min
Exercise: Explore Realtime Analytics in Microsoft Fabric min
Knowledge check min
Summary min

Prerequisites

Before starting this module, you should have some conceptual understanding of modern data warehousing and analytics, and you should be familiar with Azure services for data workloads, including Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Synapse Analytics.