1 – Introduction to data engineering on Azure

• What is data engineering
• Important data engineering concepts
• Data engineering in Microsoft Azure

2 – Introduction to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

• Understand Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
• Enable Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 in Azure Storage
• Compare Azure Data Lake Store to Azure Blob storage
• Understand the stages for processing big data
• Use Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 in data analytics workloads

3 – Introduction to Azure Synapse Analytics

• What is Azure Synapse Analytics
• How Azure Synapse Analytics works
• When to use Azure Synapse Analytics

4 – Use Azure Synapse serverless SQL pool to query files in a data lake

• Understand Azure Synapse serverless SQL pool capabilities and use cases
• Query files using a serverless SQL pool
• Create external database objects

5 – Use Azure Synapse serverless SQL pools to transform data in a data lake

• Transform data files with the CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE AS SELECT statement
• Encapsulate data transformations in a stored procedure
• Include a data transformation stored procedure in a pipeline

6 – Create a lake database in Azure Synapse Analytics

• Understand lake database concepts
• Explore database templates
• Create a lake database
• Use a lake database

7 – Analyze data with Apache Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics

• Get to know Apache Spark
• Use Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics
• Analyze data with Spark
• Visualize data with Spark

8 – Transform data with Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics

• Modify and save dataframes
• Partition data files
• Transform data with SQL

9 – Use Delta Lake in Azure Synapse Analytics

• Understand Delta Lake
• Create Delta Lake tables
• Create catalog tables
• Use Delta Lake with streaming data
• Use Delta Lake in a SQL pool

10 – Analyze data in a relational data warehouse

• Design a data warehouse schema
• Create data warehouse tables
• Load data warehouse tables
• Query a data warehouse

11 – Load data into a relational data warehouse

• Load staging tables
• Load dimension tables
• Load time dimension tables
• Load slowly changing dimensions
• Load fact tables
• Perform post load optimization

12 – Build a data pipeline in Azure Synapse Analytics

• Understand pipelines in Azure Synapse Analytics
• Create a pipeline in Azure Synapse Studio
• Define data flows
• Run a pipeline

13 – Use Spark Notebooks in an Azure Synapse Pipeline

• Understand Synapse Notebooks and Pipelines
• Use a Synapse notebook activity in a pipeline
• Use parameters in a notebook

14 – Plan hybrid transactional and analytical processing using Azure Synapse Analytics

• Understand hybrid transactional and analytical processing patterns
• Describe Azure Synapse Link

15 – Implement Azure Synapse Link with Azure Cosmos DB

• Enable Cosmos DB account to use Azure Synapse Link
• Create an analytical store enabled container
• Create a linked service for Cosmos DB
• Query Cosmos DB data with Spark
• Query Cosmos DB with Synapse SQL

16 – Implement Azure Synapse Link for SQL

• What is Azure Synapse Link for SQL?
• Configure Azure Synapse Link for Azure SQL Database
• Configure Azure Synapse Link for SQL Server 2022

17 – Get started with Azure Stream Analytics

• Understand data streams
• Understand event processing
• Understand window functions

18 – Ingest streaming data using Azure Stream Analytics and Azure Synapse Analytics

• Stream ingestion scenarios
• Configure inputs and outputs
• Define a query to select, filter, and aggregate data
• Run a job to ingest data

19 – Visualize real-time data with Azure Stream Analytics and Power BI

• Use a Power BI output in Azure Stream Analytics
• Create a query for real-time visualization
• Create real-time data visualizations in Power BI

20 – Introduction to Microsoft Purview

• What is Microsoft Purview?
• How Microsoft Purview works
• When to use Microsoft Purview

21 – Integrate Microsoft Purview and Azure Synapse Analytics

• Catalog Azure Synapse Analytics data assets in Microsoft Purview
• Connect Microsoft Purview to an Azure Synapse Analytics workspace
• Search a Purview catalog in Synapse Studio
• Track data lineage in pipelines

22 – Explore Azure Databricks

• Get started with Azure Databricks
• Identify Azure Databricks workloads
• Understand key concepts

23 – Use Apache Spark in Azure Databricks

• Get to know Spark
• Create a Spark cluster
• Use Spark in notebooks
• Use Spark to work with data files
• Visualize data

24 – Run Azure Databricks Notebooks with Azure Data Factory

• Understand Azure Databricks notebooks and pipelines
• Create a linked service for Azure Databricks
• Use a Notebook activity in a pipeline
• Use parameters in a notebook