Introduction to Microsoft Azure Data core data concepts

Data concepts before the services

This two-module Learn path, about 57 minutes, sets the vocabulary for the rest of the Azure data track. It covers common data formats and workloads, then the roles and services that data professionals work with.

The two modules

1. Explore core data concepts, including formats and workload types.
2. Explore data roles and services in Azure.

Where it fits

Start here if relational, non-relational and analytics are still new terms for you. Because the modules are short, it is easy to return to when a later path uses a term you have forgotten. The path pairs well with the relational data path that follows, and it is short enough to finish in one sitting.