Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification Guide - Newton Alex

Become well-versed with data engineering concepts and exam objectives to achieve Azure Data Engineer Associate certificationKey Features:Understand and apply data engineering concepts to real-world problems and prepare for the DP-203 certification examExplore the various Azure services for building end-to-end data solutionsGain a solid understanding of building secure and sustainable data solutions using Azure servicesBook Description:Azure is one of the leading cloud providers in the world, providing numerous services for data hosting and data processing. Most of the companies today are either cloud-native or are migrating to the cloud much faster than ever. This has led to an explosion of data engineering jobs, with aspiring and experienced data engineers trying to outshine each other.Gaining the DP-203: Azure Data Engineer Associate certification is a sure-fire way of showing future employers that you have what it takes to become an Azure Data Engineer. This book will help you prepare for the DP-203 examination in a structured way, covering all the topics specified in the syllabus with detailed explanations and exam tips. The book starts by covering the fundamentals of Azure, and then takes the example of a hypothetical company and walks you through the various stages of building data engineering solutions. Throughout the chapters, you'll learn about the various Azure components involved in building the data systems and will explore them using a wide range of real-world use cases. Finally, you'll work on sample questions and answers to familiarize yourself with the pattern of the exam.By the end of this Azure book, you'll have gained the confidence you need to pass the DP-203 exam with ease and land your dream job in data engineering.What You Will Learn:Gain intermediate-level knowledge of Azure the data infrastructureDesign and implement data lake solutions with batch and stream pipelinesIdentify the partition strategies available in Azure storage technologiesImplement different table geometries in Azure Synapse AnalyticsUse the transformations available in T-SQL, Spark, and Azure Data FactoryUse Azure Databricks or Synapse Spark to process data using NotebooksDesign security using RBAC, ACL, encryption, data masking, and moreMonitor and optimize data pipelines with debugging tipsWho this book is for:This book is for data engineers who want to take the DP-203: Azure Data Engineer Associate exam and are looking to gain in-depth knowledge of the Azure cloud stack.The book will also help engineers and product managers who are new to Azure or interviewing with companies working on Azure technologies, to get hands-on experience of Azure data technologies. A basic understanding of cloud technologies, extract, transform, and load (ETL), and databases will help you get the most out of this book.