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Microsoft Azure

Azure is Microsoft cloud platform, with data services such as Synapse, Data Lake Storage and Fabric.

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It integrates tightly with Microsoft products such as Power BI, Entra ID and Microsoft 365, which makes it attractive for organisations built around the Microsoft stack.

Many analytics teams combine Azure storage with Snowflake or Databricks.

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Snowflake

Snowflake is a cloud data platform used as a data warehouse, with storage and compute scaled…

aws.md

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS is Amazon cloud platform, offering storage, compute and data services such as S3 and Redshift.

batch-vs-streaming.md

Batch vs streaming

Batch processing handles data in scheduled chunks, while streaming processes it continuously as it arrives.

apache-airflow.md

Apache Airflow

Apache Airflow is an open-source platform for authoring, scheduling and monitoring data workflows.

data-catalog.md

Data catalog

A data catalog is an organised inventory of your data assets, with descriptions, owners and lineage.

schema.md

Schema

A schema defines the structure of data: the tables, columns and data types it contains.

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