Azure Data Lake Storage (Gen 2) Tutorial | Best storage solution for big data analytics in Azure

Data Lake Storage Gen 2 is the best storage solution for big data analytics in Azure. With its Hadoop compatible access, it is a perfect fit for existing platforms like Databricks, Cloudera, Hortonworks, Hadoop, HDInsight and many more. Take advantage of both blob storage and data lake in one service!

In this episode I give you introduction to what Azure Data Lake Storage is, how it works and how can you leverage it in your big data workloads. I will also explain the differences between Blob and ADLS.

In a short demo I will show you
- What is Data Lake Storage and how it works and why is it called Gen2?
- What does it mean being designed for big data analytical workloads?
- How does multi-protocol access work?
- What are key differences between ADLS and Blob Storage?
- Quick demo of creating ADLS in portal
- Quick demo of connecting from Power BI and using multi-protocol access
- How to use storage explorer with ADLS
- How do Access Control Lists work and how to manage them
- Demo with Databricks and ADLS

Next steps for you after watching the video
1. Azure Data Lake Storage documentation
2. Transform data using Databricks and ADLS demo tutorial
3. More on multi-protocol access
4. Read more on ACL

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[carlp]

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[sau]

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[tarvinder]

This is such a great tutorial especially that you share all teh difference with normal storage account. Its was extremely helpful for me

[shockey]

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[adamolekunfemi]

Excellent video. Taught with simplicity and clarity, without any noise.

[alexandrupopovici]

Great video as per usual, your channel is my go-to for preparing for Azure Certification Exams!

I do have a question regarding the ADLS Gen 2 hierarchy, as one of my friends is preparing for the DP-900 exam (regarding a practice question).

The question asks you to match 2 of the following 3 terms ([Azure Storage Account], [File share], [Container]) in the following hierarchy (only one answer is allowed):
Azure Resource Group - [TERM 1] - [TERM 2] - Folders - Files

The suggested correct answer is:
Azure Resource Group - [Azure Storage Account] - [File Share] - Folders - Files


But I don't see any reason why the following answer would not also be correct (besides maybe because containers being called file systems in ADLS Gen 2?):
Azure Resource Group - [Azure Storage Account] - [Container] - Folders - Files

What is your take on this? Thanks for taking your time!

[empowerpeoplebytech]

Great explanation of many things together and also explaining the differences and linkage between ADL, ADB, PBI, etc. Thank you very much Adam for this one.

[刘振-tu]

Thanks Adam's wonderful video, it's really easy to understand the ADLS!

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