Azure Data Explorer seems to be very promising way to deal with big data.
If want to evaluate Azure Data Explorer(ADX), here are some usefull links:
Official Product resources
- Product page: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/data-explorer/
- Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-explorer , http://aka.ms/ADX.Docs
- Costs: http://aka.ms/ADX.cost
- Kusto whitepaper: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/azure-data-explorer/en-us/
- Create a service: http://aka.ms/createkusto
- Pluralsight: Query language for Azure Data Explorer
Blogs
- Azure data explorer announcement: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/blog/introducing-azure-data-explorer/
- Kusto 101 blog: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-data-explorer-technology-101/
Demos
- Scott's Keynote @ Ignite (Orlando): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnmBu4oh7xk&t=1h08m12s
- Rohan's Session @ Ignite (Orlando): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaiM89Z01r0&t=58m0s
- Scott's Session @Netherlands (Techorama): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTWewM_UMOk&feature=youtu.be&t=3074
Community resources
- Twitter: @AzDataExplorer
- Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Azure-Data-Explorer/bd-p/Kusto
- StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/azure-data-explorer