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March 2023

Mar 15

Public Preview: Change data capture for Azure Cosmos DB analytical store

IN PREVIEW

Build CDC data flows from Azure Cosmos DB analytical store, at no RUs cost, with Azure Synapse Analytics or Azure Data Factory.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

January 2023

Jan 18

Generally available: Azure Active Directory authentication for SQL Server 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

Customers with SQL Server 2022 can enable Azure Active Directory authentication, single sign-on, unify SQL Server authentication and leverage multi-factor authentication.

  • Services
  • Features
Jan 10

Public preview: Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.3

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now create Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.3. The essential changes include features which come from upgrading Apache Spark to version 3.3.1, and upgrading Delta Lake.

  • Features
Jan 9

Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer Synapse Link

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2023

Now in public preview: managed ingestion from Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer in near real time.

  • Features

November 2022

Nov 16

Generally available: Azure Synapse Link for SQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Synapse Link for SQL enables seamless near-real-time data movement from relational sources in Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2022 to analytical stores without needing to build ETL pipelines.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Nov 9

Generally available: Increasing Azure Synapse Analytics Spark performance up to 77%

NOW AVAILABLE

Faster Azure Synapse Analytics Spark performance at no cost.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Open Source
  • Services
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings

October 2022

Oct 26

Public preview: Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin API

IN PREVIEW

Unlock near real time analytics on your graph data with Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin API.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Management
  • Features
Oct 26

Generally available: MERGE command for Azure Synapse Analytics

NOW AVAILABLE

Runs insert, update, or delete operations on a target table from the results of a join with a source table.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Features

September 2022

Sep 6

General availability: Managed private endpoint support to Synapse SQL output

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now connect your Stream Analytics jobs running on a dedicated cluster to your synapse dedicated SQL pool using managed private endpoints.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Features

July 2022

Jul 28

Public preview: Azure Synapse Analytics Spark elastic pool storage

IN PREVIEW

Reduce job failures by using elastic pool storage.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Open Source
  • Services
  • Features

May 2022

May 24

Public preview: Azure Synapse Link for SQL

IN PREVIEW

Synapse Link for SQL enables seamless near-real-time data movement from relational sources to analytical stores without the need to build ETL pipelines.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Microsoft Build
  • Management
  • Features

April 2022

Apr 27

Generally available: Database templates in Azure Synapse Analytics

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Synapse database templates are industry-specific schema definitions that provide a standardized way for you to store and shape data, enabling rapid digital transformation.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Services
  • Features

March 2022

Mar 24

Public preview: Intelligent cache for Apache Spark in Azure Synapse

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2022

Accelerate Apache Spark in Azure Synapse execution speed using the new intelligent cache feature.

  • Features
Mar 21

Azure Data Lake Analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Migrate to Azure Synapse Analytics.

  • Retirements
Mar 15

Public preview: Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB partitioning Spark 3.1

IN PREVIEW

Use Azure Synapse Spark 3.1 to partition your Azure Cosmos DB data in analytical store for improved query performance.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

November 2021

Nov 19

Dynamic allocation for Apache Spark in Azure Synapse now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Expanded options for autoscale for Apache Spark in Azure Synapse are now available through dynamic allocation of executors.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Features
Nov 17

General availability: Copy data to/from Azure Data Explorer using Azure Data Factory or Synapse Analytics

NOW AVAILABLE

Mapping Data Flows provides scale-out data transformation in the cloud in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics. With these additional connectors, you can build ETL patterns at Spark scale in a code-free design environment without ever touching the Spark compute. Azure Integration Runtimes allow you to define the Spark environment and provide a serverless Spark compute for your data transformation pipelines.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure Data Factory
  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Azure Integration Runtime
  • Features
Nov 11

Hardware-accelerated pools now in public preview for Apache Spark on Azure Synapse Analytics

IN PREVIEW

Speed up big data processing in Azure Synapse with hardware-accelerated Spark pools.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Microsoft Ignite
Nov 3

General availability: New Azure Data Explorer output plugin for Telegraf

NOW AVAILABLE

This new output plugin allows you to write telemetry collected by any of the input plugins of Telegraf directly into Azure Data Explorer e.g. it makes SQL monitoring at scale better and affordable.

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Open Source
  • Features
Nov 2

Public preview: Near real-time analytics for telemetry, time series, and log data on Azure Synapse

IN PREVIEW

Azure Synapse data explorer is optimized for efficient log analytics, using powerful indexing technology to automatically index structured, semi-structured, and free-text data commonly found in telemetry data.

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

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