Azure Synapse Analytics Masterclasses

Avanade and Microsoft teamed up for a unique virtual masterclass series. Starting Friday January 15th, our experts will get you fully up to speed on the power of Azure Synapse analytics during 1-hour weekly sessions covering the full breadth and depth of the platform.

But don’t just take our word for it. Each session, one of our clients will share their experience with Azure Synapse and their business case for adopting this solution for their business. We will end each session with a short demo and live Q&A.

Agenda
10.00 – 10.15   Welcome and keynote by Microsoft and Avanade subject matter experts
10.15 – 10.30   Client presentation
10.30 – 10.45   Demo
10.45 – 10.55   Q&A
10.55 – 11.00   Wrap up and close

About the modules

Watch the short videos below to hear directly from our presenters what they will be covering during each session.

• Module 1, January 15th - Experience the highlighted features of the most secure data warehouse in the cloud with the best price to performance ratio in the market.
  Please view the playlist below to view the session On Demand.
  Client presentation: TechAlpine


• Module 2, January 22nd - Learn about the latest data loading strategies and to start to automate and orchestrate.
  Please view the playlist below to view the session On Demand.
  Client presentation: JOT


• Module 3, January 29th - Discover the freedom and power of Azure Synapse Analytics.
  Please view the playlist below to view the session On Demand.
  Client presentation: DLL


• Module 4, February 5th - Learn all about Apache Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics
  Join us for the fourth module and learn about Apache Spark in Azure Synapse use cases. This module covers data engineering and machine learning. We will show how to create a Spark pool in Azure Synapse or an Apache Spark Notebook. All this from the Azure portal view for the Azure Synapse workspace and Synapse Studio.


• Module 5, February 12th - How to achieve more and accelerate your time to insight.
  In this final module, you will experience how Azure Synapse brings all data professionals together enabling you to achieve more and accelerate time to insight. The platform offers frictionless collaboration using Power BI, Azure Synapse and Azure Machine learning providing insights for all in near real time. Ryan will focus on how Power BI has been integrated into the platform, demonstrating – amongst other functionalities - how to add Power BI linked service in Synapse, create a Power BI data set and build reports in Synapse.
  Client presentations: Henkel and RHI Magnesita