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2. Getting Started with Snowflake

Dmitry Anoshin1 , Dmitry Shirokov2 and Donna Strok3
(1)
British Columbia, Canada
(2)
Burnaby, BC, Canada
(3)
Seattle, WA, USA
 
Congratulations on choosing to get started with Snowflake! In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Planning

  • Creating your Snowflake account

  • Connecting to Snowflake

By the end of this chapter, you will be ready to begin your cloud analytics journey and follow along with the remaining chapters of this book. In the “Planning” section, we will cover what decisions should be made before creating your Snowflake account. These considerations include pricing and region ...

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