Data Engineering on Azure
Building analytics platforms with Data Factory, Synapse and Fabric
By Houssam Kodad
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What's inside
Microsoft's data stack moves fast, and Fabric has reshuffled how the pieces fit together. This book is a practical guide to building a production analytics platform on Azure — orchestrating with Data Factory, transforming and serving with Synapse, and understanding where Fabric and OneLake change the picture. You'll learn the architecture, security and cost patterns that keep an Azure data platform reliable and affordable.
What you'll learn
Skills you'll walk away with
- Choose between Synapse, Databricks and Fabric workloads
- Orchestrate ingestion with Azure Data Factory pipelines
- Model a lakehouse on ADLS Gen2 and Delta
- Use Synapse SQL and Spark pools effectively
- Understand Fabric, OneLake and the shortcut model
- Secure data with Entra ID, RBAC and private endpoints
- Control cost across compute, storage and capacity units
Table of contents
9 chapters-
01
The Azure Data Landscape
- · Services and how they overlap
- · Synapse vs Databricks vs Fabric
- · A reference architecture
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02
Storage Foundations on ADLS Gen2
- · Hierarchical namespace
- · Zones and folder design
- · Delta on the lake
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03
Ingestion with Data Factory
- · Pipelines, activities and triggers
- · Copy at scale and CDC
- · Parameterised, reusable pipelines
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04
Transforming with Synapse
- · Dedicated vs serverless SQL
- · Spark pools and notebooks
- · Mapping data flows
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05
Serving Analytics
- · Star schemas in Synapse
- · Serverless queries over the lake
- · Connecting Power BI
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06
Microsoft Fabric and OneLake
- · The Fabric workspace model
- · OneLake and shortcuts
- · Migrating workloads to Fabric
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07
Security and Governance
- · Entra ID and RBAC
- · Private endpoints and networking
- · Purview for cataloguing
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08
Cost Management on Azure
- · Capacity units and pausing
- · Storage tiers and lifecycle
- · Tagging and budgets
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09
Operating the Platform
- · Monitoring and alerts
- · CI/CD with Azure DevOps
- · A go-live checklist
This is the full chapter list — exactly what you'll receive in the PDF.
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