{"id":2879,"date":"2018-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/seamlessly-upgrade-azure-sql-data-warehouse-for-greater-performance-and-scalability"},"modified":"2025-07-01T08:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:26:11","slug":"seamlessly-upgrade-azure-sql-data-warehouse-for-greater-performance-and-scalability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/seamlessly-upgrade-azure-sql-data-warehouse-for-greater-performance-and-scalability\/","title":{"rendered":"Seamlessly upgrade Azure SQL Data Warehouse for greater performance and scalability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azure SQL Data Warehouse recently announced the preview release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/faster-compute-optimized-performance-tier-for-azure-sql-data-warehouse\/\">Compute Optimized Gen1 tier<\/a> performance tier providing customers with an enhanced offering of the service. 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