Azure Synapse MVP Corner - March 2023
About this blog series
Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, or MVPs, are technology experts who passionately share their knowledge with the community. They are always on the "bleeding edge" and have an unstoppable urge to get their hands on new, exciting technologies. They have very deep knowledge of Microsoft products and services, while also being able to bring together diverse platforms, products and solutions, to solve real world problems. To learn about the Microsoft MVP Award and to find MVPs visit the official website: https://mvp.microsoft.com/.
The Azure Synapse Analytics team presents you with a blog series "Azure Synapse MVP Corner" to highlight selected content created by MVPs.
This month's MVP content
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Kevin Chant (Twitter: @kevchant)
Blog post: Deploy a dacpac to a serverless SQL pool using GitHub Actions Description: Covers how you can deploy a dacpac to a serverless SQL pool using GitHub Actions. Which is now possible thanks to a SqlPackage update.
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Kevin Chant (Twitter: @kevchant)
Video: Streamlining your CI/CD Pipeline with Azure Synapse Link for SQL Server 2022 Description: Covers a complete CI/CD experience for Azure Synapse Link for SQL Server 2022.
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Andy Cutler (Twitter: @MrAndyCutler)
Blog post: Understanding ResultSet Caching in Dedicated SQL Pools with Power BI Description: In this first blog in a new series of Power BI + Azure Synapse Analytics Andy is looking into Dedicated SQL Pools ResultSet Caching and how this feature can accelerate load performance into Power BI datasets.
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Andy Cutler (Twitter: @MrAndyCutler)
Blog post: Azure Synapse Serverless SQL Pools Cheat Sheet Description: Here is a Synapse Serverless SQL Pools Cheat Sheet to help you easily reference syntax to query CSV, Parquet, and Delta data in Azure Data Lake. It covers various scenarios when querying and includes creating Views, External Tables, and using system metadata to track Data Processed.
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Call to action
- Read or watch the content listed above.
- If you like the content, subscribe to the blogs or YouTube channels of the MVPs.
- Follow the MVPs mentioned above on Twitter.
- Stay tuned for more "MVP Corner" blog posts!
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