Microsoft Azure Big Data on the Cloud

Product/Service Acronym	Product/Service Name
ADX (Kusto)	Microsoft Azure Data Explorer (Kusto)
ADLA	Microsoft Azure Data Lake Analytics
ADF	Microsoft Azure Data Factory
ADFv2	Microsoft Azure Data Factory version 2
ADLS	Microsoft Azure Data Lake Store

Welcome to Azure Data Lake Analytics

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-lake-analytics/data-lake-analytics-overview

Azure Application Architecture Guide

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/

Azure Data Explorer (Kusto)

Azure Data Explorer is a fast, fully managed data analytics service for real-time analysis on large volumes of data streaming from applications, websites, IoT devices, and more. Ask questions and iteratively explore data on the fly to improve products, enhance customer experiences, monitor devices, and boost operations. Quickly identify patterns, anomalies, and trends in your data. Explore new questions and get answers in minutes. Run as many queries as you need, thanks to the optimized cost structure.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/data-explorer/

U-SQL

U-SQL is a data processing language that unifies the benefits of SQL with the expressive power of your own code. U-SQL's scalable distributed query capability enables you to efficiently analyze data in Data Lake Store, Azure Storage Blobs, and relational stores such as Azure SQL DB/DW.

http://usql.io/

U-SQL Tutorial

https://saveenr.gitbooks.io/usql-tutorial/content/

Understanding Microsoft big data solutions patterns & practices Developer Center

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/dn749804.aspx

Big data and analytics

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/solutions/big-data/

Azure Data Lake

Azure Data Lake makes it easy to store and analyze any kind of data in Azure at massive scale. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/data-lake/ http://azure.github.io/AzureDataLake/

Get started with U-SQL

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-lake-analytics/data-lake-analytics-u-sql-get-started

Free online courses

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/training/free-online-courses/?Page=2

Azure Training

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/training/

Hands on Labs

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/training/hands-on-labs/

Scale U-SQL local run and test with Azure Data Lake U-SQL SDK

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-lake-analytics/data-lake-analytics-u-sql-sdk

Test and debug U-SQL jobs by using local run and the Azure Data Lake U-SQL SDK

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-lake-analytics/data-lake-analytics-data-lake-tools-local-run

Develop U-SQL scripts by using Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-lake-analytics/data-lake-analytics-data-lake-tools-get-started

Extractor Parameters (U-SQL)

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-lake-analytics/u-sql/extractor-parameters-u-sql