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Combination of data warehousing and big data analytics.
Has tools for data integration and analytics (e.g., apache Spark, SQL).
Is powered by massively parallel processing (MPP).
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If we want to read and access dta externally, we can use the builin T-SQL. PolyBase, Azure Synapse Link.
In Synapse, we can have the built-in serverless option or we can build our own dedicated pools.
Azure Stream Analytics