Azure Data & Analytics Weekly-Issue #32

Curated list of Azure Data & Analytics articles, tips & more

This week newsletter covers the following

1. Data-engineering-with-databricks

https://github.com/databricks-academy/data-engineering-with-databricks-english

2. New Built-in Functions for Databricks SQL

https://www.databricks.com/blog/2023/01/20/new-built-functions-databricks-sql.html

3. Power BI Dataset Scale-Out - Public Preview

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-public-preview-of-power-bi-dataset-scale-out/

4. Connected Excel Tables from Power BI - Public Preview

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-connected-excel-tables-from-power-bi/

5. Connect Azure Databricks to Microsoft Purview

https://erwindekreuk.com/2023/01/connect-azure-databricks-to-microsoft-purview/

Definition of the week

Data Observability

Ability to understand, diagnose, and manage data health across multiple IT tools throughout the data lifecycle.