Big Data Analytics with Microsoft HDInsight in 24 Hours

Step-by-step instructions walk students through common questions, issues and tasks; Q-and-As, Quizzes and Exercises build and test your knowledge; "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts; and "Watch Out!" alerts help them avoid problems. By the time they're finished, your students will be comfortable going beyond the book to create any HDInsight app they can imagine!

About the Author

Arshad Ali has more than 13 years of experience in the computer industry. As a DB/DW/BI consultant in an end-to-end delivery role, he has been working on several enterprise-scale data warehousing and analytics projects for enabling and developing business intelligence and analytic solutions. He specializes in database, data warehousing and business intelligence/analytics application design, development and deployment at the enterprise level. He frequently works with SQL Server, Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS, or formally known as SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse [PDW]), HDInsight (Hadoop, Hive, Pig, HBase and so on), SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, Service Broker, MDS, DQS, SharePoint and PPS. In the past, he has also handled performance optimization for several projects, with significant performance gain. Arshad is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE)–SQL Server 2012 Data Platform and Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) in Microsoft SQL Server 2008–Database Development, Data Administration and Business Intelligence. He is also certified on ITIL 2011 foundation.