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Get started using analytics in the cloud 

Microsoft Azure is a platform that can cater to your analytical workloads – picking the right tool for the right job is the key. Fortunately, the core offerings can be broken down into three platform as a service (PaaS) offerings for storing and managing your high scale data workloads, Azure Data Lake, Azure Databricks and...Read more
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I want to skill up – but what do I learn? 

The topic of what you should learn is a broad and tricky subject. I asked some of the Microsoft MVPs for their thoughts on what topics you should consider and why. If you’re unsure about what you should focus on, why not give these a go?...Read more
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Secure Access to Storage: Azure Databricks and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Patterns 

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    By Nicholas HurtSenior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft
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    Wasim AhmadSenior Cloud Solution Architect Data & AI Azure at Microsoft
In a previous article we covered six access control patterns, the advantages and disadvantages of each, and the scenarios in which they would be most appropriate. This article aims to complete the security discussion by providing an overview of network security between these two services, and how to connect securely to ADLS from ADB using...Read more
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10 high demand roles for developers and how to skill up 

We’re excited to provide learning and employability tools to help 25 million people around the world gain the skills they need to skill up and pursue roles that are in-demand in an increasingly digital economy. Using existing and new resources from LinkedIn, GitHub, and Microsoft, this initiative will be grounded in three areas of activity....Read more
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