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1.3.1. Ingest → Store → Process → Serve
💡 First Principle: Each lifecycle stage answers a different question:
| Stage | Question | Azure Services |
|---|---|---|
| Ingest | How does data enter the platform? | Data Factory, Event Hubs, IoT Hub |
| Store | Where does data live at rest? | Data Lake, SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Blob Storage |
| Process | How is data transformed and analyzed? | Synapse, Databricks, Stream Analytics |
| Serve | How do users consume insights? | Power BI, APIs, applications |
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