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How to create a simplified Lambda Architecture with Cosmos DB and Databricks

19/11/2019

By Theo Van KraayData and AI Solution Architect at Microsoft

Lambda architectures enable efficient data processing of massive data sets, using batch-processing, stream-processing, and a serving layer to minimise the latency involved in querying big data. To implement a lambda architecture on Azure, you can combine the following technologies to accelerate real-time big data analytics....

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Getting more of what you need from Upgrade Readiness

14/11/2019

By Ed ShepleyModern Desktop, Technology Solutions Professional at Microsoft

Ed Shepley returns with a follow up to his popular upgrade readiness article, looking at even more tips on how we can use Upgrade Readiness to identify users that are ready for Windows 10 piloting....

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How to integrate Microsoft Cognitive Services with C# in less than 60 minutes

12/11/2019

By Jamie MaguireSoftware Architect, Developer, Consultant and Microsoft AI MVP.

In this post I document the key steps and a pattern you can follow to easily implement Cognitive Services within your existing stack....

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Microsoft Ignite The Tour comes to London!

07/11/2019

By Chris WaldenEditor for TechNet UK

Join us for deep technical training – free in London!...

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Orchestrating data movement with Azure Data Factory

05/11/2019

By Chris WaldenEditor for TechNet UK

The need for batch movement of data on a regular time schedule is a requirement for most analytics solutions, and Azure Data Factory (ADF) is the service that can be used to fulfil such a requirement....

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Why is Kubernetes exploding in the cloud?

31/10/2019

By Steve BuchananAvanade Cloud Architect and Microsoft MVP

What’s behind the Kubernetes buzz? Why is Kubernetes taking off the way it is – and what is this new offering of managed Kubernetes in the cloud?...

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Scalable AI for the IT Pro

29/10/2019

By Chris WaldenEditor for TechNet UK

You don’t need to be a data scientist to enjoy the benefits of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. These days, AI on platforms like Azure Machine Learning is designed to augment the skills IT pros and developers already possess without disrupting their current workflows....

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How to use Analytics in the Cloud

24/10/2019

By Chris WaldenEditor for TechNet UK

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...

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Azure data security and encryption best practices

22/10/2019

By Chris WaldenEditor for TechNet UK

To ensure that sensitive data isn’t exposed to people that don’t need access to it, putting security and controls in place is key....

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Going serverless? Here are 9 tips for operations success

17/10/2019

By Chris WaldenEditor for TechNet UK

At London’s Imperial College, Serverless Days 2019 saw a community of serverless developers and engineers discuss ways they can create and maintain secure, observable, high-performance serverless systems....

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Learn how you can be more efficient with Azure DevOps for your databases

15/10/2019

By Chris WaldenEditor for TechNet UK

One core objective of any development project is the ability to safely and securely accelerate the delivery process. And the foundation of any such project is the database it’s built on. That’s why it’s important that the database development project is integrated into the pipeline in Azure DevOps as well....