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Walkthrough (tutorials and general tasks) of Graph database with Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin for your first use, and a little bit dive into the practical usage of the graph query.
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/tsmatsuz/2017/07/04/azure-cosmos-db-gremlin-graph-tutorial/
“Expert data scientists are adopting Advanced Analytics (AA) and Machine Learning (ML) at a rapid pace. This pace can be significantly increased when enterprise-grade AA and ML are available within environments where the customers’ data is, infusing intelligence into mission-critical applications is made much easier and, enterprises can turn to a single vendor to make the world of AA and ML synthesized and supported with the SLAs they have come to expect. At Microsoft, our mission has been to make this vision of ambient intelligence a reality for our customers. We took the first step with Microsoft R Server 9.0 (https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/machinelearning/2016/12/07/introducing-microsoft-r-server-9-0/), and this follow on release includes significant innovations such as:
• New machine learning enhancements and inclusion of pre-trained cognitive models such as sentiment analysis & image featurizers
• SQL Server Machine Learning Services with integrated Python in Preview
• Enterprise grade operationalization with real-time scoring and dynamic scaling of VMs
• Deep customer & ISV partnerships to deliver the right solutions to customers
• A panoply of sources to help you get started with ease
You can immediately download Microsoft R Server 9.1 from MSDN (https://aka.ms/rserver9.1) and Visual Studio Dev Essentials (https://aka.ms/rserver9.1.myvs). It comes packed with tons of value built on top of the latest open source R engine that makes R enterprise-class. Also check out R Client for Windows (http://aka.ms/rclient) and R Client for Linux (http://aka.ms/rclientlinux).”…
read more at https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2017/04/19/introducing-microsoft-r-server-9-1-release/
In this talk, I describe the key capabilities, system design and various design trade-offs we had to make in the process of building Cosmos DB (http://cosmosdb.com) service. I also share our experience from operating a globally distributed database service worldwide and maintaining comprehensive Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Azure Cosmos DB was built from the ground up with global distribution and horizontal scale at its core. There are many Azure services you can plug and
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/app-scale-iot-solutions-azure-cosmosdb-ranga-vadlamudi
Learn about planet-scale geo-replication, failover, and data recovery using global databases from Azure Cosmos DB, a globally-distributed, mutli-model database service.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/cosmos-db/distribute-data-globally
Quickstarts, Samples and Tutorials
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/java/azure/
5-minutes Quickstarts for deploying a Java Web App and connecting to other Azure services. Browse through 100+ samples and step-by-step tutorials.
Libraries
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/java/azure/java-sdk-azure-overview
The Azure libraries for Java help you manage Azure resources and connect to services from your application code.
Tools
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/java/azure/java-azure-tools
Download Azure tools and plug-ins, from Eclipse, IntelliJ to Jenkins as well as Command line tools.
New way for dealing with Azure Table Storage…
Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB’s Table API
Learn how you can use Azure Cosmos DB to store and query massive volumes of key-value data with low latency using the popular OSS MongoDB APIs.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/cosmos-db/table-introduction
“Graph databases are useful for certain types of database tasks that involve representing and traversing complex relationships between entities. These can be difficult to do in relational databases and even trickier to report on. Until now, we have had the choice of doing it awkwardly in SQL Server or having an ancillary database to tackle this type of task. SQL Server 2017 will be bringing graph capabilities to the product but will these features prove to be good enough to allow us to dispense… ”
https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/sql-graph-objects-sql-server-2017-good-bad/
Recently announced “The Power BI service supports viewing and interacting with visuals created with R scripts. Visuals created with R scripts, commonly called R visuals, can present advanced data shaping and analytics such as forecasting, using the rich analytics and visualization power of R.”
See https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-r-visuals/ for full details.
Paul Bunting • Architecture Team Manager and Senior IT Architect 