Microsoft® Big Data Solutions

The book will show readers how to get their organization set up for Big Data using Microsoft technologies as well as open source tools. The book will focus on Microsoft's new Big Data platform--HDInsight--showing readers how to use HDInsight to store, manage, analyze, and share Big Data throughout the enterprise. The author will cover both on-premises and cloud-based solutions.The book details best practices for integrating these solutions with technologies they already have and know--including SQL Server and Hadoop. Solutions will be illustrated with case studies from real world implementations. After reading this book, readers will have a detailed road map for designing and implementing a fully deployed Big Data solution

Topics include:

Microsoft's approach to Big DataSetting up Big Data with Microsoft HDInsightChoosing the right toolset (Microsoft and open source)Installing and configuring HDInsight ServerStoring and Managing Big Data with HDInsight, HDFS, Hive, HBase and HCatalogBig Data ETL and data cleansing with Pig and HiveIntegrating Big Data with SQL ServerVisualizing Big Data with Microsoft BI toolsBuilding and Executing your Big Data plan.Extended industry case scenarios

The companion website will provide working examples of all of the case studies and examples in the book.