what is Azure analytics service in azure

Question

Hi Azure export.
I got new offer in big company.
my manager asked before join please brush up Azure analytics service?

I didnt find any documents related azure analytics service.
please help what is azure analytics service?
any best documents or videos?

Thanks
Shanvi

Answer 1

If I am correct, you are looking for details on Azure synapse analytics service.

This service is used to implement Data warehousing + Big data projects. This services has all services integrated at once place in Synapse workspace which are required for ETL, Data storage and reporting.

With Azure synapse analytics, you can create data factory pipelines, create notebooks to run scala, python code as well as SQL code. These can be run in Dedicated sql pool, on demand pool and spark pool.

You can also view data lake gen2 files, import data from it. It is also possible to create Power BI dashboards in synapse analytics

You can go through links given here at once place - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/

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Answer 2

Azure Analysis Services is a new preview service in Microsoft Azure where you can host semantic data models. Users in your organization can then connect to your data models using tools like Excel, Power BI and many others to create reports and perform ad-hoc data analysis.
Azure Analysis Services is a fully managed platform as a service (PaaS) that provides enterprise-grade data models in the cloud. Use advanced mashup and modeling features to combine data from multiple data sources, define metrics, and secure your data in a single, trusted tabular semantic data model.