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RSS feedMarch 2019
Workload importance (preview) for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Manage workload more efficiently by using workload importance. It is now available for preview in Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
February 2019
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 is now generally available
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 is a no-compromises data lake platform that combines the rich feature set of advanced data lake solutions with the economics, global scale and enterprise grade security of Azure Blob Storage.
January 2019
Query Store for Azure SQL Data Warehouse is now generally available
Query Store automatically captures a history of queries, plans and runtime statistics and retains them for your review when monitoring your data warehouse. Query Store is available in all regions for all generations of Azure SQL Data Warehouse with no additional charges.
December 2018
SQL Data Warehouse integration with Informatica iPaaS on Azure
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS) on Azure is now generally available
General availability: Azure Virtual Network service endpoints for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Azure Virtual Network service endpoints for Azure SQL Data Warehouse is now generally available in all Azure regions.
Smaller SKUs for Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2
Smaller SKUs for Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2
November 2018
Additional workload insights for advanced performance tuning with SQL Data Warehouse
Azure Advisor and Azure Monitor are configured by default for SQL Data Warehouse to automatically deliver you workload insights at no additional cost. We have now enhanced this experience.
Azure Monitor log support for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
SQL Data Warehouse now enables enhanced insights into analytical workloads by integrating directly with Azure Monitor diagnostic logs.
General availability: Row-level security (RLS) for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Row-level security (RLS) for Azure SQL Data Warehouse, a new capability that can help you manage security for sensitive data, is now generally available.
October 2018
September 2018
Stream Analytics: Parallel SQL write operations
To achieve fully parallel topologies, Azure Stream Analytics will transition SQL writes from serial to parallel operations while simultaneously allowing for batch size customizations.
Logic Apps available in Azure China cloud
Logic Apps is available in the Azure China cloud.
Azure Data Studio is now available
Previously released under the name of SQL Operations Studio, Azure Data Studio offers a modern editor experience for managing data across multiple sources with fast intellisense, code snippets, source control integration and an integrated terminal. Azure Data Studio is engineered with the data platform user in mind, with built-in charting of query result-sets and customisable dashboards.
Azure SQL Data Warehouse streaming support in Azure Databricks.
Azure SQL Data Warehouse connector now offers efficient and scalable structured streaming write support for SQL Data Warehouse.
SQL Data Warehouse now offers flexible restore points
SQL Data Warehouse is a fast, flexible and secure analytics platform. It now provides user defined restore points, enabling you to initiate snapshots before and after significant operations on your data warehouse.
SQL Data Warehouse intelligent insights
Get intelligent insights to ensure your data warehouse is consistently optimised for performance with SQL Data Warehouse intelligent insights.
SQL Data Warehouse Vulnerability Assessment
SQL Vulnerability Assessment is an easy-to-use service that continually monitors your database or data warehouse, ensuring those are maintained at a high level of security at all times and that your organisational policies are met.
SQL Data Warehouse: User defined maintenance scheduling
Azure SQL Data Warehouse maintenance scheduling is now preview. This is a new feature that seamlessly integrates the Azure Service Health planned maintenance notifications with Resource Health monitor services.
Azure Advisor: New recommendations and tighter integrations
Additional recommendations are now available in Azure Advisor, your personalised guide to Azure best practices. Advisor is a free service that helps you optimise your Azure resources to reduce costs, boost performance, strengthen security and improve reliability.
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