Big Data Analytics With Microsoft Hdinsight In 24 Hours Sams Teach Yourself

"In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Big Data Analytics with Microsoft HDInsight in 24 Hours helps you leverage Hadoop's power on a flexible, scalable cloud platform using Microsoft's newest business intelligence, visualization, and productivity tools. This book's straightforward, step-by-step approach shows you how to provision, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot HDInsight and use Hadoop cloud services to solve real analytics problems. You'll gain more of Hadoop's benefits, with less complexity-even if you're completely new to Big Data analytics. Every lesson builds on what you've already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success."--Publisher's description.

Sams Teach Yourself Big Data Analytics with Microsoft HDInsight in 24 Hours In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Big Data Analytics with Microsoft HDInsight in 24 Hours helps you leverage Hadoop’s power on a flexible, scalable cloud platform using Microsoft’s newest business intelligence, visualization, and productivity tools. This book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach shows you how to provision, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot HDInsight and use Hadoop cloud services to solve real analytics problems. You’ll gain more of Hadoop’s benefits, with less complexity–even if you’re completely new to Big Data analytics. Every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success. Practical, hands-on examples show you how to apply what you learn Quizzes and exercises help you test your knowledge and stretch your skills Notes and tips point out shortcuts and solutions Learn how to... · Master core Big Data and NoSQL concepts, value propositions, and use cases · Work with key Hadoop features, such as HDFS2 and YARN · Quickly install, configure, and monitor Hadoop (HDInsight) clusters in the cloud · Automate provisioning, customize clusters, install additional Hadoop projects, and administer clusters · Integrate, analyze, and report with Microsoft BI and Power BI · Automate workflows for data transformation, integration, and other tasks · Use Apache HBase on HDInsight · Use Sqoop or SSIS to move data to or from HDInsight · Perform R-based statistical computing on HDInsight datasets · Accelerate analytics with Apache Spark · Run real-time analytics on high-velocity data streams · Write MapReduce, Hive, and Pig programs Register your book at informit.com/register for convenient access to downloads, updates, and corrections as they become available.

Apache Hadoop is the technology at the heart of the Big Data revolution, and Hadoop skills are in enormous demand. Now, in just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you can learn all the skills and techniques you'll need to deploy each key component of a Hadoop platform in your local environment or in the cloud, building a fully functional Hadoop cluster and using it with real programs and datasets. Each short, easy lesson builds on all that's come before, helping you master all of Hadoop's essentials, and extend it to meet your unique challenges. Apache Hadoop in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself covers all this, and much more: Understanding Hadoop and the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) Importing data into Hadoop, and process it there Mastering basic MapReduce Java programming, and using advanced MapReduce API concepts Making the most of Apache Pig and Apache Hive Implementing and administering YARN Taking advantage of the full Hadoop ecosystem Managing Hadoop clusters with Apache Ambari Working with the Hadoop User Environment (HUE) Scaling, securing, and troubleshooting Hadoop environments Integrating Hadoop into the enterprise Deploying Hadoop in the cloud Getting started with Apache Spark Step-by-step instructions walk you through common questions, issues, and tasks; Q-and-As, Quizzes, and Exercises build and test your knowledge; "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts; and "Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid pitfalls. By the time you're finished, you'll be comfortable using Apache Hadoop to solve a wide spectrum of Big Data problems.

Apache Spark is a fast, scalable, and flexible open source distributed processing engine for big data systems and is one of the most active open source big data projects to date. In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Apache Spark in 24 Hours helps you build practical Big Data solutions that leverage Spark’s amazing speed, scalability, simplicity, and versatility. This book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach shows you how to deploy, program, optimize, manage, integrate, and extend Spark–now, and for years to come. You’ll discover how to create powerful solutions encompassing cloud computing, real-time stream processing, machine learning, and more. Every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success. Whether you are a data analyst, data engineer, data scientist, or data steward, learning Spark will help you to advance your career or embark on a new career in the booming area of Big Data. Learn how to • Discover what Apache Spark does and how it fits into the Big Data landscape • Deploy and run Spark locally or in the cloud • Interact with Spark from the shell • Make the most of the Spark Cluster Architecture • Develop Spark applications with Scala and functional Python • Program with the Spark API, including transformations and actions • Apply practical data engineering/analysis approaches designed for Spark • Use Resilient Distributed Datasets (RDDs) for caching, persistence, and output • Optimize Spark solution performance • Use Spark with SQL (via Spark SQL) and with NoSQL (via Cassandra) • Leverage cutting-edge functional programming techniques • Extend Spark with streaming, R, and Sparkling Water • Start building Spark-based machine learning and graph-processing applications • Explore advanced messaging technologies, including Kafka • Preview and prepare for Spark’s next generation of innovations Instructions walk you through common questions, issues, and tasks; Q-and-As, Quizzes, and Exercises build and test your knowledge; "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts; and "Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid pitfalls. By the time you're finished, you'll be comfortable using Apache Spark to solve a wide spectrum of Big Data problems.

Apache Hadoop is the technology at the heart of the Big Data revolution, and Hadoop skills are in enormous demand. Now, in just 24 lessons of one hour or less, students can learn all the skills and techniques they'll need to deploy each key component of a Hadoop platform in a local environment or in the cloud, building a fully functional Hadoop cluster and using it with real programs and datasets. Each short, easy lesson builds on all that's come before, helping students master all of Hadoop's essentials, and extend it to meet real-world challenges. Apache Hadoop in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself covers all this, and much more: Understanding Hadoop and the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) Importing data into Hadoop, and process it there Mastering basic MapReduce Java programming, and using advanced MapReduce API concepts Making the most of Apache Pig and Apache Hive Implementing and administering YARN Taking advantage of the full Hadoop ecosystem Managing Hadoop clusters with Apache Ambari Working with the Hadoop User Environment (HUE) Scaling, securing, and troubleshooting Hadoop environments Integrating Hadoop into the enterprise Deploying Hadoop in the cloud Getting started with Apache Spark Step-by-step instructions walk students through common questions, issues, and tasks; Q-and-As, Quizzes, and Exercises build and test your knowledge; Did You Know? tips offer insider advice and shortcuts; and Watch Out! alerts help avoid pitfalls. By the time they're finished, they'll be comfortable using Apache Hadoop to solve a wide spectrum of Big Data problems.

Microsoft Azure has over 20 platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings that can act in support of a big data analytics solution. So which one is right for your project? This practical book helps you understand the breadth of Azure services by organizing them into a reference framework you can use when crafting your own big data analytics solution. You’ll not only be able to determine which service best fits the job, but also learn how to implement a complete solution that scales, provides human fault tolerance, and supports future needs. Understand the fundamental patterns of the data lake and lambda architecture Recognize the canonical steps in the analytics data pipeline and learn how to use Azure Data Factory to orchestrate them Implement data lakes and lambda architectures, using Azure Data Lake Store, Data Lake Analytics, HDInsight (including Spark), Stream Analytics, SQL Data Warehouse, and Event Hubs Understand where Azure Machine Learning fits into your analytics pipeline Gain experience using these services on real-world data that has real-world problems, with scenarios ranging from aviation to Internet of Things (IoT)

Get a jump start on using Azure HDInsight and Hadoop Ecosystem components. As most Hadoop and Big Data projects are written in either Java, Scala, or Python, this book minimizes the effort to learn another language and is written from the perspective of a .NET developer. Hadoop components are covered, including Hive, Pig, HBase, Storm, and Spark on Azure HDInsight, and code samples are written in .NET only. Processing Big Data with Azure HDInsight covers the fundamentals of big data, how businesses are using it to their advantage, and how Azure HDInsight fits into the big data world. This book introduces Hadoop and big data concepts and then dives into creating different solutions with HDInsight and the Hadoop Ecosystem. It covers concepts with real-world scenarios and code examples, making sure you get hands-on experience. The best way to utilize this book is to practice while reading. After reading this book you will be familiar with Azure HDInsight and how it can be utilized to build big data solutions, including batch processing, stream analytics, interactive processing, and storing and retrieving data in an efficient manner. What You'll Learn Understand the fundamentals of HDInsight and Hadoop Work with HDInsight cluster Query with Apache Hive and Apache Pig Store and retrieve data with Apache HBase Stream data processing using Apache Storm Work with Apache Spark Who This Book Is For Software developers, technical architects, data scientists/analyts, and Hadoop administrators who want to develop on Microsoft’s managed Hadoop offering, HDInsight

If you want to discover one of the latest tools designed to produce stunning Big Data insights, this book features everything you need to get to grips with your data. Whether you are a data architect, developer, or a business strategist, HDInsight adds value in everything from development, administration, and reporting.