Ignite 2019: Microsoft has revved its Azure SQL Data Warehouse, re-branding it Synapse Analytics, and integrating Apache Spark, Azure Data Lake Storage and Azure Data Factory, with a unified Web ...

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Azure SQL Data Warehouse, a data-analysis service that many companies are likely to find important.

Microsoft's latest cloud data warehouse release retains its decoupled compute-storage advantage, while crafting parity with Amazon Redshift's local storage performance.