Unlock new insights from enterprise data with this solution builder's guide to HDInsight. Whether you're a developer or data analyst, BI professional or IT professional, you'll learn how to build Hadoop-compatible Big Data applications for the cloud or on premises. Written by key members of the Microsoft teams focused on Big Data Gets you up and running quickly with HDInsight, which provides 100% Apache Hadoop compatibility Shares developer insights on using HDInsight and other Microsoft tools to process and analyze large datasets, including structured and unstructured data Explains how to build, deploy, and manage Hadoop clusters through Windows Server and Windows Azure Topics includes: Working with the console, streaming data, predictive analytics, Pig, Hive, Sqoop, HDFS, Hbase, management, and troubleshooting, plus real-world examples