February .NET User Group MeetingWhen: Where: Mark your calendar for the first ever SQLSaturday Baton Rouge BI Edition!This SQLSaturday is focused on all things related to Business Intelligence, Analytics and all things data! Register here! Pre-con offering for SQLSaturday Baton Rouge BI Edition. An Introduction to Data Science With Python for Data Professionals Sponsored By: Headspring Main Presentation: Crud, Another ETL Solution: Azure Data FactoryBrandon Brockhoeft Spending too much time building and maintaining your data analytics and data warehousing applications, but don’t want to invest in a pricey commercial solution with licensing entanglements? Azure Data Factory is an alternative to writing something completely custom that plugs into lots of services and can be tailored where needed. In this talk, you’ll learn how and why to leverage Azure Data Factory as the stepping stone for your organization’s ETL, ELT, and big data solutions. We’ll explore the distinguishing data and compute platforms that you’ll be able to use along with developer features like git source control and continuous delivery. You’ll even get to see a sample pipeline built in .NET and the Azure UI Designer that works with open data sources. Brandon Brockhoeft is a career software engineer working primarily with Microsoft solutions with over 15 years of professional experience. He is an LSU alumnus and native of the Baton Rouge area. Brandon is employed as a Principal Consultant for Austin-based Headspring custom software consultancy. He has provided development and architecture technology solutions in the finance, state government, energy, and aerospace industries. Brandon’s functional expertise includes full-stack development, distributed architecture, real-time communication, DevOps and agile transformation, & mentoring. Agenda Louisiana Technology Park (map) |