Chapter 1: Introducing Azure Data Explorer

Welcome to Scalable Data Analytics with Azure Data Explorer! More than 90% of today's data is digital and most of that data is considered unstructured, such as text messages and other forms of free text. So how can we analyze all our data? The answer is data analytics and Azure Data Explorer (ADX). Data analytics is a complex topic and Microsoft Azure provides a comprehensive selection of data analytics services, which can seem overwhelming when you are first starting your journey into data analytics.

In this chapter, we begin by introducing the data analytics pipeline and learning about each of the steps in the pipeline. These steps are required for taking raw data and producing reports and visuals ...

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