Big Data Tools in Azure

Come join us for our 1st NOVA SQL PASS Chapter meeting of 2017! We will kick off our Big Data journey with Mostafa Elzoghbi, Microsoft Sr. Technical Evangelist. Come learn about how we are planning a year of Big Data/Cloud Analytics sessions.

Date: Monday, January 23, 2017

Location: Microsoft Store, Tyson's Corner Mall

Networking, food, chapter announcements: 6:30PM - 7:00PM

Main Session and Speaker Introduction: 7:00PM to 8:00PM

Session Title: Big Data tools in Azure

Session Description:
In this session, I will be covering how to build solutions using Microsoft intelligent cloud. I will be covering how to ingest, transfer and transform data in big data systems using various tools and technologies in Azure. The session is covering Hadoop ecosystem tools such as: HDFS, Storm, Spark, Pig, Hive and HBase and Big data tools in Azure such as: Azure Data Factory capabilities to build ETLs processes at scale. No prior experience in Hadoop or big data systems is required to attend this session.

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About Mostafa Elzoghbi, Micrsooft Sr. Technical Evangelist -

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mostafaelzoghbi

Mostafa Elzoghbi is a Microsoft Sr. Technical Evangelist based in DC. Mostafa is specialized in Azure architecture and development, Office 365 development and administration, .NET development, and enterprise product development. I am an experienced architect in building cloud based solutions and a data nerd.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Mostafa was awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for five consecutive years. Mostafa holds a M.Sc. of Computer Science and holds several Microsoft certifications.