Global Summer 2020 Azure Data Fest 2020
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Azure SQL Database - Lessons learned from the trenches | Jose Manuel Jurado Diaz, Vitor Pombeiro | 58m |
A production database hits 100% CPU because one frequently run parameterized query repeatedly converts a parameter, causing a clustered index scan that reads… | ||
| Deep Dive into Azure Automated Machine Learning | Vivek Raja P S | 58m |
Azure Automated ML runs parallel pipelines that do feature selection, hyperparameter tuning and model selection, then returns a deployable model; demo uses a… | ||
| Building highly scalable IoT streaming solutions using Azure Event Hubs and MongoDB | Robert Walters | 47m |
Shows a concrete pipeline: MongoDB’s Kafka connector reads change streams from Atlas and writes to Azure Event Hubs, then a sync task consumes the hub back… | ||
| OLAP on the Cloud with Azure Databricks and Azure Synapse | David Mariani | 54m |
Claims that adding a cloud OLAP semantic layer to Azure Synapse and Azure Databricks cuts query time from ~25s to under two seconds on a 10 TB TPC‑DS… | ||
| Best practices for implementing a modern data architecture with Azure | Raheel Retiwalla, Elvis D'Souza | 50m |
600 RSVPs and ~250 attendees; practical Azure stack guidance: use store all sources in Data Lake as the single hub, put streaming through Event Hubs + Stream… | ||
| AI and ML imbedded in Azure Data Platform | Armando Lacerda | 01h 01m |
Clear guidance on when to build custom models versus calling pre‑trained APIs, with a live walkthrough of Azure Machine Learning Studio to create a workspace… | ||
| Responsible AI | Valerie Hyde | 48m |
Shows concrete tools and results: Azure Machine Learning integrates InterpretML dashboards for per-cohort explainability and Fairlearn for mitigation. A census… | ||
| Dialogue with your Data: Interactive AI with Azure Cognitive Services | Matt Gordon | 01h 09m |
Azure Cognitive Services demos show the Language API, LUIS intent/entity extraction, QnA Maker building a FAQ bot from a URL, Text Analytics sentiment scoring… | ||
| Building an NFL Scouting Dashboard with Azure Data Services | Jake Switzer | 49m |
A working NFL scouting dashboard that scrapes 2007–2020 combine and college stats using BeautifulSoup + requests, runs Python notebooks on Azure Databricks… | ||
| Go Serverless with Cosmos DB, Azure Functions and Blazor | Louis Berman | 01h 01m |
A working demo called Fly Cosmos demo ties five projects together: a console updater that writes flight price changes into Cosmos DB, an Azure Function with a… | ||
| Building Intelligent Bots using Microsoft Bot Framework, Azure Bot Service and Cognitive Services | Prashant G Bhoyar | 56m |
Creates an echo bot with Visual Studio and the Bot Framework SDK, runs it locally in the Bot Emulator, then converts a CDC FAQ page into a knowledge base using… | ||
| Hand-On-Labs: How crazy are these from Azure Database PaaS! | Jose Manuel Jurado Diaz, Vitor Prombeiro | 01h 11m |
Demos show Azure Database PaaS creating MySQL/Postgres/MariaDB servers from the portal, provisioning in minutes and automatically giving 3 replicas with… | ||
| Creating an ADF Pipeline Management System | Joel Cochran | 54m |
A pipeline orchestration system built around an Azure SQL queue stores job rows, parameters and allowed concurrency and handles tens of thousands of ADF runs… | ||
| Azure SQL Database - Where is my SQL Agent? | Taiob Ali | 51m |
Shows concrete replacements for SQL Agent: linked servers + PowerShell + Windows Task Scheduler to iterate resource groups and collect DB sizes; Azure… | ||
| Building Executive Support for Analytics Initiatives | Rob Lawrence | 48m |
Executive sponsorship drives outcomes: Prosci finds 71% of projects succeed with effective sponsors versus 29% with ineffective ones, and NewVantage shows 97%… | ||
| Sharing a story of cosmic journey with Cosmos DB | Elkhan Yusubov | 54m |
Step-by-step demonstration of provisioning an Azure Cosmos DB account via the Azure Portal with Core (SQL) API, shows choosing region, enabling multi-region… | ||
| Azure DevOps and the SSIS Development Lifecycle | Andy Leonard | 53m |
Shows how to put SSIS under Azure DevOps source control, build and deploy using SSIS Build and Deploy tasks, run pipelines on a self-hosted agent VM, and… | ||
| Comparing Azure and AWS | Paresh Motiwala | 48m |
Compares actual features and outcomes: Azure spins a VM in under a minute while AWS once took hours in the presenter’s classroom, Azure charges by per-minute… | ||
| Cloud Data Management | Paresh Motiwala | 47m |
Cloud data management centers on data integration and holistic governance, not just moving servers. Claims: scale-out compute (example: Snowflake scale-out… | ||
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