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User-Defined Restore Points are now supported for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Azure SQL Data Warehouse now supports User-Defined Restore Points.
SQL Data Warehouse PolyBase support for Azure Storage Encryption using customer-managed keys
PolyBase in SQL Data Warehouse, the preferred loading mechanism, can transparently read data from the encrypted storage layer and move the data in a secure way by using the WASBS protocol.
May 2018
General availability: Automatic creation of statistics in SQL Data Warehouse
Azure SQL Data Warehouse now supports the automatic creation of column-level statistics for streamlined maintenance.
Name changes: Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen1 and Gen2
To reflect key investments and capability updates, “SQL Data Warehouse” is now renamed to “Compute Optimized Gen1” or “Compute Optimized Gen2,” respectively.
General availability: Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2
SQL Data Warehouse Gen2 is generally available. Take advantage of five times the compute power and four times the concurrent queries.
April 2018
General availability: Replicated tables in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Reduce data movement and make your queries more efficient with the general availability of replicated tables in Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
General availability: Transparent Data Encryption with customer managed keys for Azure SQL
Transparent Data Encryption with customer managed keys is now generally available in Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
Enhanced portal capabilities for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Azure SQL Data Warehouse has enabled the next set of portal capabilities to help monitor, manage and integrate your data warehouse.
Optimise performance by upgrading SQL Data Warehouse
Take advantage of the latest capabilities of SQL Data Warehouse by upgrading your performance tier.
March 2018
Data Factory supports Azure AD authentication for SQL Database and SQL Data Warehouse
Azure Data Factory V2 supports Azure AD authentication for Azure SQL Database and SQL Data Warehouse, as an alternative to SQL Server authentication.
February 2018
Skip header rows on SQL Data Warehouse PolyBase load
PolyBase in SQL Data Warehouse can now skip header rows on load.
Seamlessly troubleshoot and tune query performance with SQL Data Warehouse
The Graphical Execution Plan feature in SQL Server Management Studio is supported for SQL Data Warehouse.
SQL Data Warehouse: ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL command for rotating storage keys
The ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL command is now supported for Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
December 2017
Azure SQL Data Warehouse: Support for SQL Operations Studio
SQL Operations Studio (preview) is a free tool that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, for managing SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse; wherever they're running.
November 2017
Static resource classes are now supported in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
SQL Data Warehouse now supports static resource classes in addition to the existing dynamic resource classes.
October 2017
Public preview: Twice the performance and unlimited columnar storage with SQL Data Warehouse
Announcing a new, faster performance tier for Azure SQL Data Warehouse for compute-intensive analytical workloads.
September 2017
Transparent data encryption with bring your own key (BYOK) support for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse
We’re glad to announce the preview of transparent data encryption with bring your own key (BYOK) support for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
August 2017
Azure Cloud Shell: Generate scripts by using mssql-scripter
Use mssql-scripter, an open-source command-line interface, to generate database scripts in Azure Cloud Shell.
July 2017
Azure SQL Data Warehouse: Troubleshoot with the Resource Health check
Reduce troubleshooting time with the upgraded Resource Health check for SQL Data Warehouse.
June 2017
IDENTITY now supported in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Azure SQL Data Warehouse now supports the IDENTITY property.
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