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December 2018

Dec 7

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.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Features
Dec 4

Smaller SKUs for Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2

NOW AVAILABLE

Smaller SKUs for Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Microsoft Connect
  • Features

November 2018

Nov 12

Additional workload insights for advanced performance tuning with SQL Data Warehouse

NOW AVAILABLE

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 Synapse Analytics
  • Services
  • Features
Nov 12

Azure Monitor log support for Azure SQL Data Warehouse

NOW AVAILABLE

SQL Data Warehouse now enables enhanced insights into analytical workloads by integrating directly with Azure Monitor diagnostic logs.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Services
  • Features
Nov 7

Azure portal November 2018 update

NOW AVAILABLE

See updates to the Azure portal in November 2018.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Marketplace
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Services
  • Management
Nov 7

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.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Services
  • Features

October 2018

Oct 22

Azure portal October update

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure portal received updates in October 2018.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Azure mobile app
  • Storage Accounts
  • Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Azure Advisor
  • Azure Service Fabric
  • Virtual WAN
  • Activity Log
  • Azure Managed Applications
  • Automation
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Management

September 2018

Sep 26

Stream Analytics: Parallel SQL write operations

NOW AVAILABLE

To achieve fully parallel topologies, Azure Stream Analytics will transition SQL writes from serial to parallel operations while simultaneously allowing for batch size customizations.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Features
Sep 24

Azure SQL Data Warehouse streaming support in Azure Databricks.

IN PREVIEW

Azure SQL Data Warehouse connector now offers efficient and scalable structured streaming write support for SQL Data Warehouse.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure Databricks
  • Services
Sep 24

SQL Data Warehouse now offers flexible restore points

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Services
Sep 24

SQL Data Warehouse intelligent insights

NOW AVAILABLE

Get intelligent insights to ensure your data warehouse is consistently optimized for performance with SQL Data Warehouse intelligent insights.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Services
Sep 24

SQL Data Warehouse Vulnerability Assessment

NOW AVAILABLE

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 organizational policies are met.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Services
Sep 24

SQL Data Warehouse: User defined maintenance scheduling

IN PREVIEW

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 Synapse Analytics
  • Services
Sep 24

New SQL Data Warehouse performance tier SKU

NOW AVAILABLE

The industry-leading query performance of the compute optimized Gen2 tier of SQL Data Warehouse is now accessible to more customers through a new smaller SKU, 500DWc. With this release, get started with a powerful data warehouse in the cloud for as low as USD7.56/hour (in the US East region—price varies by region).

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Services
Sep 6

SQL Data Warehouse now available in Government Cloud

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2 is now available in government cloud

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
Sep 6

Azure SQL Data Warehouse enables streaming solutions with Azure Databricks

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) customers can build near real-time analytics solutions with tighter integration with Azure Databricks.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure Databricks
  • Services

August 2018

Aug 2

Automatic recommendations help optimize performance with SQL Data Warehouse

Automatic intelligent insights to optimize performance with SQL Data Warehouse

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Features

July 2018

Jul 25

Accelerated and flexible restore points for Azure SQL Data Warehouse

SQL Data Warehouse has released accelerated and flexible restore points for fast data recovery.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Jul 9

Public preview: Azure SQL Data Warehouse extension for SQL Operations Studio

IN PREVIEW

The Azure SQL Data Warehouse extension for SQL Operations Studio is in preview.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

June 2018

Jun 21

Column-level security is now supported in Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Azure SQL Data Warehouse supports column-level security.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Features

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