Azure HDInsight – Introduction to Microsoft Azure HDInsight

We have seen the basics of big data in the Big Data Basics Series and this series received an overwhelming response from the readers. Continuing the Big Data journey, I have put together a presentation on Introduction to Microsoft Azure HDInsight which is Microsoft’s Hadoop Distribution in the Azure Cloud. In this presentation, following concepts have been covered:

• What is Big Data
• What is Hadoop
• Hadoop Distributions
• Choosing a Hadoop Distribution
• Overview of Azure HDInsight
• Architecture of Azure HDInsight
• Microsoft’s Data Platform and Enterprise BI Ecosystem
• Why Choose Azure HDInsight
• HDInsight Use Cases
• Typical HDInsight Implementation
• Further Reading and Learning Resources

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Until next time, happy learning!