Kusto Detective Agency - Intro

Part of the "Kusto Detective Agency" series:

  1. Kusto Detective Agency - Intro
  2. KDA: Echoes of Deception - Onboarding
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While I mostly write about SQL Server, I have a soft spot for Kusto. In this series, I will explore solutions to fun challenges collectively known as the Kusto Detective Agency.

What’s a Kusto Detective Agency? ๐Ÿ”—︎

Itโ€™s essentially a series of exercises where you tackle problems and uncover insights from data. Think of it as solving a mystery, but instead of clues and suspects, you’re working with data sets and queries. You can try it yourself here: Kusto Detective Agency

Reason ๐Ÿ”—︎

There will be a new challenge on June 8th called Call of the Cyber Duty , with a grand prize of $10k. While Iโ€™ve already completed the previous challenges, itโ€™s been a while, and I need a refresher to keep my skills sharp.

Iโ€™ve completed both full seasons and some holiday challenges as well. The only one I skipped is Digibus Real-Time Crisis, because it involves Fabric.

Change of order ๐Ÿ”—︎

The order of challenges in the menu now doesn’t match the chronological release of the season. I can also see that they’ve added names to them:

  • Season 1
    • Now named New Shadows Over Digitown
    • 5 cases
    • Difficulty level = master (est. completion time 20 hours)
    • Listed as second
  • Season 2
    • Now named Echoes of Deception
    • 10 cases
    • Difficulty level = expert (est. completion time 20 hours)
    • Listed as first

I’ll adhere to the newly preferred order: Season 2 first, then Season 1

Badges ๐Ÿ”—︎

Season 1 (New Shadows Over Digitown) ๐Ÿ”—︎

Season 2 (Echoes of Deception) ๐Ÿ”—︎

Holiday Challenges ๐Ÿ”—︎