Azure Talking Points

This repository contains annotated Microsoft Azure documentation links used throughout day to day technical conversations. Much of the content provided comes from information gathered from emails summarizing discussion points for specific topics.

Purpose

This resource aims to outline and simplify Azure technical conversations.

Audience

The majority of the content is geared for Azure Cloud Solution Architects in the Data and AI space.

Sample Code

• https://github.com/fvarga01/sample-code

Microsoft Data and AI News

• Latest Microsoft Data and AI newsletter: September 2021
• SQL Server Updated and Lessons Learned - Blog Archives https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/sqlupdates/

AI and IoT

1. Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)
2. Internet of Things (IoT)
3. Azure Machine Learning (AML)
4. Cognitive Services

Data

1. Relational
   • Azure SQL Database
   • SQL Server on Azure VM (IaaS)
   • Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
   • Azure Synapse Analytics SQL Pool (formerly Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
   • Azure Analysis Services
2. Non-Relational
   • Cosmos DB
   • HBase on HDInsight
   • Azure Storage and Data Lake
3. Batch and Stream(Event) Processing
   • Azure Data Factory
   • Azure Databricks
   • Azure Stream Analytics
   • Azure Functions
   • Kafka on HDInsight
   • EventHub
   • IoTHub
   • Azure Search

Data and Business Process Integration

1. Azure Data Factory
2. Azure Logic Apps

Analytics and Reporting

1. Azure Synapse Analytics
2. Power BI
3. Power BI Paginated Reports
4. Reporting Services on Azure VM (IaaS)
5. Notebooks

AppDev

1. Kubernetes
2. Azure Functions

Infrastructure and Management

1. Azure Governance
2. Azure Monitor
3. Tools
4. Devops for SQL Databases

Industry - Healthcare

• Genomics On Azure
• Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare