HDinsightGettingStartedOverview

Windows Azure HDInsight Service makes Apache Hadoop available as a service in the cloud. I can quickly create an HDInsight Cluster in Windows Azure for processing big data. By using the Windows Azure HDInsight Service, I pay only for the storage and compute capacity that I use. When I'm done I can simply delete the cluster without paying any further charges. Provisioning an HDInsight Cluster involves 4 quick tasks— creating a Windows Azure account subscription, enabling the HDInsight Service on my Windows Azure account, creating and configuring the location in the cloud where I can store my data, and creating and provisioning my cluster. This sounds like a lot, but it's very straightforward— definitely quicker than doing all of this on Premise. Each of these tasks is available as a video and written topic. Links to each of these are provided on the launch page for this video. Please visit windowsazure.com for more information. [Microsoft]