Are you an old school query writer looking to break into the brave new world of Lakehouses and Notebooks in Microsoft Fabric? Perhaps you're eying up Databricks or hoping to get more out of Synapse Analytics? Getting started with a whole new query engine and language might feel intimidating, but this session is here to help.
We'll introduce you to Spark with a focus on starting where you are; someone who knows how to write a decent SQL query looking to pick up a new skill and move to a new platform.
We will cover:
What are the similarities and differences are between spark and a classic SQL Server engine.
How to decide between SparkSQL and PySpark or when to use a combination of both.
How you can leverage the T-SQL you already know and even re-use existing queries to hit the ground running.
Neat new tricks that take you beyond SQL allowing you to do more or equally important, type less.

All this plus demos and example notebooks to take home delivered by two old school data people who learned it the hard way, so you don't have to.