Road to Snowflake SnowPro Core Certification: Introduction

First chapter: Introduction to Snowflake.

First Chapter of the Snowflake SnowPro Core Certification Complete Course.

Hello everyone. In this first chapter, we will look at the Snowflake basics, apart from the typical exam questions they usually ask in the Snowflake SnowPro Core Certification Exam. These are the concepts that we are going to study in this chapter:

1. Snowflake as SaaS
2. Snowflake Editions
3. Cloud Providers
4. Connecting to Snowflake
5. Typical Exam Questions from this topic

Remember that all the chapters from the course can be found in the following link.

SNOWFLAKE AS SAAS

Snowflake is a Data Solution provided as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Snowflake enables data storage, processing, and analytic solutions that are faster, easier to use, and far more flexible than traditional offerings. It combines a new SQL query engine with an innovative architecture natively designed for the cloud. Snowflake releases new features weekly.

Thanks to this, Snowflake is optimal for:

• Data Warehouse
• Data Lake
• Data Exchange
• Data Apps