Microsoft Big Data Solutions

by Adam Jorgensen, James Rowland-Jones, John Welch

Tap the power of Big Data with Microsoft technologies

Big Data is here, and Microsoft's new Big Data platform is a valuable tool to help your company get the very most out of it. This timely book shows you how to use HDInsight along with HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows to store, manage, analyze, and share Big Data throughout the enterprise. Focusing primarily on Microsoft and HortonWorks technologies but also covering open source tools, "Microsoft Big Data Solutions" explains best practices, covers on-premises and cloud-based solutions, and features valuable case studies.

Best of all, it helps you integrate these new solutions with technologies you already know, such as SQL Server and Hadoop.Walks you through how to integrate Big Data solutions in your company using Microsoft's HDInsight Server, HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows, and open source toolsExplores both on-premises and cloud-based solutionsShows how to store, manage, analyze, and share Big Data through the enterpriseCovers topics such as Microsoft's approach to Big Data, installing and configuring HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows, integrating Big Data with SQL Server, visualizing data with Microsoft and HortonWorks BI tools, and moreHelps you build and execute a Big Data planIncludes contributions from the Microsoft and HortonWorks Big Data product teams

If you need a detailed roadmap for designing and implementing a fully deployed Big Data solution, you'll want "Microsoft Big Data Solutions."

410 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good reference book for setting up Hadoop in a MS environment.