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Hand-picked courses, books and videos I recommend for learning modern data and AI.
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Recommended Short Course: MCP: Build Rich-Context AI Apps with Anthropic (DeepLearning.AI)
The Model Context Protocol is becoming the standard way to connect AI agents to tools and data. This hands-on DeepLearning.AI short course is the clearest introduction I’ve found.
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Recommended YouTube Channel: Guy in a Cube for Power BI and Microsoft Fabric
For practical, up-to-date Power BI and Fabric know-how, Guy in a Cube is the YouTube channel I keep coming back to, and its getting-started playlist is a great entry point.
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Recommended Book: Fundamentals of Data Engineering by Joe Reis and Matt Housley (O’Reilly)
Tools change every year; good data engineering thinking doesn’t. This O’Reilly book is the vendor-neutral foundation I recommend to every new data engineer.
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Recommended Course: Azure Databricks & Spark for Data Engineers by Ramesh Retnasamy (Udemy)
A hands-on Udemy course that builds a full Formula 1 lakehouse project on Azure Databricks, with Unity Catalog, Delta Lake and the medallion architecture.
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Recommended Course: Implement Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric (DP-600T00) on Microsoft Learn
If you want a structured route into Microsoft Fabric analytics, Microsoft’s own DP-600T00 course and its self-paced learning paths are where I’d start.







