Microsoft Azure: Planning, Deploying, and Managing the Cloud

© Julian Soh, Marshall Copeland, Anthony Puca, and Micheleen Harris 2020

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19. Data Engineering and the Modern Data Estate

Julian Soh¹  , Marshall Copeland², Anthony Puca³ and Micheleen Harris¹

(1)

Washington, WA, USA

(2)

Texas, TX, USA

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Colorado, CO, USA

 

In Chapter 17, we discussed data abundance and emerging data trends. Then in Chapter 18, we looked at database migration to Azure to better manage our data by providing more redundancy and protection. The reality is that data could exist on-premises, in the cloud, or both, and therefore there needs to be tools and processes to help manage the moving, copying, merging, and transforming of data.

Furthermore, when we talk about data ...