22-25 April 2026 
A Head First dive into Azure Synapse Analytics Data Explorer Pools
2022TL; DR
This session shows you how to unlock insights in your log and telemetry using Azure Synapse Analytics Data Explorer Pools.
Session Details
Do you need to explore log or telemetry data at scale? Whether you need to ingest the data in a streaming fashion or a more traditional batch mechanism Azure Synapse Analytics Data Explorer Pools allows you to unlock data by using the Powerful KQL "Kusto" query language. Along the way, we will explore the options for data ingestion and look into the KQL Query language. We will also look into the overall architecture for Data Explorer Pools and what use cases make sense to leverage this technology.
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