Awesome big data and advanced analytics resources for the Microsoft Azure Cloud
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- General Resources
- Training Resources
- Technical Certifications
- Cortana Intelligence Suite
- Azure Analysis Services
- Azure Cognitive Services
- Azure Cosmos DB
- Azure Data Catalog
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Data Lake
- Azure Event Hubs
- Azure HDInsight
- Azure IoT Hub
- Azure Machine Learning
- Azure Redis Cache
- Azure SQL Database
- Azure SQL Data Warehouse
- Azure Stream Analytics
- Azure Time Series Insights
- Deep Learning on Azure
- Jupyter Notebooks
- Microsoft Bot Framework
- Microsoft Data Science VMs
- Microsoft Power BI
- Microsoft R Server
- Free Azure Subscription
- Interactive Azure Platform Big Picture
- Azure Periodic Table
- Azure Marketplace
- Awesome Azure: Azure for Startups
- Awesome Azure: Tools, Guides, Tutorials
- Awesome Azure: IoT
- Azure Blog
- Azure Forums
- Azure Updates
- Azure Roadmap
- Azure Learning Paths
- Azure Code Samples
- Azure Quickstart Templates
- Azure Readiness GitHub Repos
- AzureCAT Guidance Blog
- Data Platform Blogs
- Analytics Partner Solution Showcase
- Microsoft Virtual Academy
- Free eBooks from Microsoft Press
- Azure Online Training Courses
- Azure Certification: Where to Start?
- Learn Analytics @ Microsoft
- Learn Analytics Materials on GitHub
- edX.org Courses on Azure
- Microsoft Hands-On Labs
- //Build 2017 Hands-On Labs
- Videos: Channel 9
- AWS to Azure Services Comparison
- Microsoft Certifications Overview
- Azure Analytics Certifications Overview
- Microsoft Professional Program โ Big Data
- Microsoft Professional Program โ Data Science
- 70-473 Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions
- 70-475 Designing and Implementing Big Data Analytics Solutions
- 70-773 Analyzing Big Data with Microsoft R
- 70-774 Perform Cloud Data Science with Azure Machine Learning
- 70-775 Perform Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure HDInsight
- 70-776 Perform Big Data Engineering on Microsoft Cloud Services
- 70-778 Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI
A fully managed big data and advanced analytics suite
An enterprise-grade data modeling engine in the cloud
A collection of APIs to tap into vision, speech, language, knowledge, and search technologies
- Overview (List of APIs)
- Blog
- Documentation
- Cognitive Services Labs
- Custom Vision Service Portal
- Custom Speech Service Portal
- Custom Decision Service Portal
- Recommendation Engine Template
- Microsoft Translator
- Utilities for Microsoft Translator
- Intelligent Kiosk Sample
- Tutorial: Build Mobile App with Chat
- Channel 9 Videos
A globally distributed, multi-model NoSQL database service: key-value, graph, document (JSON)
- Overview
- Technical Overview
- Documentation
- Local Emulator
- Hands-On Lab
- GitHub Repository
- Database Migration Tool
- DocumentDB: 10 GitHub Samples
- Channel 9 Videos
A tool to register, enrich, discover, understand, and consume data sources
A globally deployed data movement, orchestration, scheduling, and monitoring service
A distributed storage and analytics service that scales dynamically
- Overview
- Blog
- GitHub Repo
- Data Lake Store Documentation
- Data Lake Store Learning Path
- Data Lake Analytics Documentation
- Data Lake Analytics Learning Path
- Video Series
- Introducing U-SQL
- U-SQL Language Reference
- AdlCopy Tool
- Tools for Visual Studio
- Channel 9 Videos
A cloud-scale telemetry ingestion from websites, apps, and devices
A managed Apache Hadoop, Spark, Storm, HBase, and R cloud service
- Overview
- Blog
- Documentation
- Learning Path
- Apache Hive, Interactive
- Apache Pig
- Apache Kafka
- Apache Storm
- Apache Spark
- Apache HBase
- Apache Solr
- Apache Giraph
- Microsoft R Server
- Hue
- Tools & Samples GitHub Repo
- Free eBook on HDInsight
- edX.org XSeries Program
- Tools for Visual Studio
- Channel 9 Videos
A cloud service to connect, monitor, and manage billions of IoT assets
- Overview
- Documentation
- IoT Suite
- IoT Edge
- Learning Path
- Developer Center
- Gateway SDK
- Certified IoT Devices
- Awesome Azure: IoT
- Channel 9 Videos
An environment to build, test, and deploy predictive analytics models
- Overview
- Blog
- Documentation
- Frequently Asked Questions
- How to Choose Algorithms for AzureML
- Re-train a Machine Learning Model
- Experiments Gallery
- Templates Gallery
- R Client
- Python Client
- PowerShell Commandlet Library
- Operationalizing ML Models on Azure
- Hands-On Lab
- Video Series: Data Science for Beginners
- Video Series: Hands-On with AzureML
- Free eBook on AzureML
- Channel 9 Videos
A secure, managed, dedicated Redis cache
A managed cloud database for app developers
An elastic data warehouse as a service with enterprise-class features
- Overview
- Blog
- Documentation
- PolyBase Guide
- sqlcmd Utility
- PowerShell Commandlets & REST APIs
- edX.org Course
- Query from Visual Studio
- Channel 9 Videos
A fully managed, SQL-based, real-time event processing engine
A fully managed analytics, storage, and visualization service to explore and analyze IoT events
- Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK)
- Distributed Machine Learning Toolkit
- Microsoft R Server - MicrosoftML Package
- Azure Batch AI Training
- Azure Batch Shipyard Recipes
- Deep Learning Toolkit for Data Science VM
- Operationalize Spark, Tensorflow, and CNTK Models on AzureML
- Microsoft Machine Learning for Apache Spark
- Cognitive Toolkit and TensorFlow on Azure HDInsight
- BigDL on Azure HDInsight
- H2O.ai on Azure HDInsight
A web application to create documents containing live code, visualizations and explanatory text
A framework to build and deploy high-quality bots for conversation experiences
- Blog
- Bot Framework Overview
- Bot Framework Documentation
- Azure Bot Service Overview
- Azure Bot Service Documentation
- Cortana Developer Portal
- Add Intelligence with Cognitive Services
- Language Understanding Intelligent Service
- Bot Framework Emulator
- Bot Framework WebChat
- Bot Builder SDK
- Bot Builder Samples
- Bot Analytics
- Channel Inspector
- QnA Maker
- Principles of Bot Design
- Great List of Resources
- Video: Getting Started with Bots
- Channel 9 Videos
Azure VM images pre-installed and configured with popular tools for analytics and machine learning
- Overview
- Provision the Windows Data Science Virtual Machine
- Provision the Linux Data Science Virtual Machine
- Deep Learning toolkit for the DSVM, using Azure GPUs
- Ten things you can do on the Data science Virtual Machine
- Data science on the Linux Data Science Virtual Machine
- Team Data Science Process Learning Path
- AzureSMR R Package: Manage and Interact with Azure Resources
- AzureDSVM R Package: Manage and Interact with DSVMs on Azure
A suite of business analytics tools to analyze data, create visualizations and share insights
- Overview
- Blog
- Documentation
- Guided Learning
- edX.org Course
- Custom Visuals Gallery
- Power BI Desktop
- Power BI Embedded
- Power BI Report Server
- Power BI Service
- Channel 9 Videos
A scalable and deployable enterprise-class R analytics platform
- Overview
- Documentation
- Microsoft R Blog
- Tiger Team Blog
- Revolution Analytics Blog
- Diving into Data Analysis in Microsoft R
- ScaleR
- MicrosoftML Package
- R Client (free)
- R Server on Hadoop
- R Server on Spark
- R Server on HDInsight
- R Server on Teradata DB
- SQL Server R Services
- Operationalization with R Server
- Microsoft R Application Network
- Revolution Analytics GitHub Repos
- Sample Code and Data for R Server and R Client
- A Collection of Simple Demos
- eBook: Introduction to Microsoft R
- Video Series: Introduction to Microsoft R
- Microsoft R for Data Science Workshop
- Tools for Visual Studio
- Channel 9 Videos