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RSS feedMay 2023
Generally available: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks
Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks is now generally available. This capability provides instant compute to users for their BI and SQL workloads, with minimal management required.
March 2023
Multi-Column Distribution for Dedicated SQL pools is now available!
Multi-Column Distribution (MCD) is highly desirable for easing migrations, promotes faster query performance and reduces data skew.
November 2022
Generally available: Azure Databricks SQL Pro
Beginning in November, Azure Databricks customers have an additional option for SQL compute, with Azure Databricks SQL Pro, which provides enhanced performance and integration features.
August 2022
Public preview: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks
Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks provides instant compute to users for their BI and SQL workloads without waiting for clusters to start up or scale out.
March 2022
Azure Data Lake Analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Migrate to Azure Synapse Analytics.
October 2021
Announcing Azure Synapse Analytics pre-purchase plans, now generally available
You can now save up to 28 percent on Azure Synapse workloads without sacrificing flexibility with Azure Synapse pre-purchase plans.
March 2021
Public preview: Announcing Azure Synapse Pathway: Accelerate your data warehouse migration
Azure Synapse Pathway is a point-and-click solution that simplifies and accelerates migration for both on-premises and cloud data warehouses to Azure Synapse Analytics.
December 2020
Azure Data Share snapshot sharing for SQL Database and Synapse generally available
You can now share structured data stored in relational databases and data warehouse easily and securely between internal departments, with external partners, vendors or customers for collaboration.
September 2020
High throughput output from Stream Analytics to Azure Synapse Analytics (General Availability)
With a brand new output connector to Synapse SQL Pools, Stream Analytics can now support throughput rates even higher than 200MB/sec while ensuring ultra-low latencies.
May 2020
High throughput output from Stream Analytics to Azure Synapse Analytics (preview)
Azure Stream Analytics jobs now have the ability to output to an existing SQL pool table in Azure Synapse Analytics, and to process throughput rates up to 200 MB/s.
High throughput output from Azure Stream Analytics to Azure Synapse Analytics in preview
Azure Stream Analytics jobs now have the ability to output to an existing SQL pool table in Azure Synapse Analytics, and to process throughput rates up to 200 Mbps.
Azure Synapse Analytics features availability now in preview
Try the new Azure Synapse features now available in preview.
Azure Private Link is now generally available in US Government regions
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in GA.
March 2020
Data Factory adds Managed Identity and Service Principal to Data Flows Synapse staging
Azure Data Factory adds Managed Identity & Service Principal to Data Flows Synapse staging for fast, secure data loading.
Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.
February 2020
Azure Private Link is now generally available
Azure Private Link is now generally available. Azure Private Link is a secure and scalable way for you to consume services (such as Azure PaaS, Partner Service, BYOS) on the Azure platform privately from within your virtual network.
January 2020
Data Factory Adds Managed Identity Support to Data Flows
Azure Data Factory users can now build Mapping Data Flows utilized Managed Identity (formerly MSI) for Azure Data Lake Store Gen 2, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly SQL DW).
Azure Data Factory supports loading data into Azure Synapse Analytics using COPY statement
Azure Synapse Analytics introduced a new COPY statement (preview) which provides the most flexibility for high-throughput data ingestion.
December 2019
Azure Australia Central Region Changes
Effective 1 February 2020 , the pricing promotion for the Azure Australia Central regions will end and all services in Australia Central and Australia Central 2 will be price-matched to Australia East.
November 2019
Azure Synapse Analytics—Continuous integration and deployment with SSDT is now available
The highest requested feature for Azure Synapse Analytics is now available—SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) Database projects. This release includes support for SSDT with Visual Studio 2019, along with native platform integration with Azure DevOps, providing built-in continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) capabilities for enterprise level deployments.
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