Analytics

For any organization to succeed in a world of unprecedented uncertainty, a new level of agility is required.

As the Azure engineering team continues to deliver a rapid pace of innovation for defense customers, we’re also continuing to support Department of Defense (DoD) customers and partners in delivering new capabilities to serve mission needs.

For companies worldwide, SAP is at the core of their business applications—housing critical information on sales, manufacturing, and financial processes. However, due to the inherent sophistication of SAP systems, many organizations struggle to integrate SAP data into modern analytics projects.

Each new year introduces new opportunities and challenges, but 2020 was exceptional. The pandemic massively disrupted retail organizations due to ongoing shelter-in-place orders and social distancing requirements. Consumers adapted, driving nine years’ worth of e-commerce growth in 90 days.

Azure Synapse Analytics is a limitless analytics service that is designed to bring the two worlds of big data and data warehousing into a unified, enterprise-grade, powerful platform.

Since its preview announcement, we’ve witnessed incredible excitement and adoption of Azure Synapse from our customers and partners.

Over the years, we have had a front-row seat to digital transformation occurring across all industries and regions around the world.

Planning strategic data and analytics initiatives is now critical for helping your organization build the agility and resilience needed to successfully navigate the future.

It is impossible to understate the profound impact 2020 events have had on the real estate industry.

To further accelerate time to insight in Azure Synapse Analytics, we are introducing the Knowledge center to simplify access to pre-loaded sample data and to streamline the getting started process for data professionals.

To enable companies to gain real-time insights on the critical data in their Oracle E-Business Suite, we are announcing a new offer with Incorta that brings Azure Synapse Analytics, Power BI, and Incorta together for end-to-end finance analytics.

New and recent updates for Microsoft Azure Maps include support for Azure Maps integration with Azure Active Directory, integration with the Microsoft Power Apps platform, Search and Routing services enhancements, new Weather services REST APIs (in preview), and expanded coverage for Mobility services.