To review Azure Synapse Analytics and Snowflake, we analyzed various factors, including the core functionality, scalability, ease of use, integration capabilities, security tools and customer support.

Azure Synapse is better set up for users that just want to deploy a good data warehouse and analytics tool rapidly without being bogged down by configurations, data science minutia, or manual setup.

Azure Synapse chart view of insights from multiple data sources. Integrated machine learning and BI: The integration with Power BI and Azure Machine Learning empowers users to discover insights ...

Where Synapse differs from other data warehouse products is its roots in Azure SQL’s hyperscale option. Instead of a single compute node handling all your queries, it uses a cluster of what ...

In recent news from the Azure team, Azure Synapse Link introduces a set of new capabilities, including its compatibility with existing MongoDB collections, integration with continuous backup, and ...

Microsoft also highlights Synapse’s integration with Power BI, its easy to use business intelligence and reporting tool, as well as Azure Machine Learning for building models. With the Azure ...

In a matter of hours, Azure Synapse will deliver useful business insights that used to take days or even weeks and months, said Rohan Kumar, corporate vice president for Azure Data. “Let’s say an ...

But Azure Synapse Link is a different creature – it extends the data warehouse to include data that is populated from Cosmos DB via the equivalent of a change-data-capture stream. To activate it ...

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 today unveiled Azure Purview, a new data governance solution in public preview. Additionally, the company announced that Azure Synapse Analytics is now generally available.