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Azure Core Data Services

1 Course
2 Hours
Skill IQ

Cloud engineers, cloud administrators, architects, and other practitioners who need practical familiarity with Azure data services as part of designing, deploying, or operating cloud solutions. This is foundational cloud-data coverage, not a specialist data-engineering path.

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What You'll Learn
  • Distinguish core Azure data patterns and map workload requirements to appropriate Azure data services.
  • Select and connect Azure data services based on data type, access patterns, scale, availability, and integration requirements.
  • Use Azure data services as foundational building blocks for cloud applications, analytics, architecture, and AI solutions.
Prerequisites
  • Familiarity with Azure fundamentals and basic cloud concepts, including compute, storage, networking, identity, and resource management. Learners should understand basic database concepts such as relational and non-relational data but do not need professional data-engineering experience.
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