Azure Synapse MVP Corner - February 2023

Dennes Torres (Twitter: @dennes)

Blog post: Synapse Serverless and Dedicated Pool: The differences no one told you about

Description: There are many differences about drivers to access external sources and SQL syntax between Synapse Serverless and Dedicated Pool. In this blog, Dennes is highlighting some of these differences.

Michał Smereczyński (Twitter: @smereczynski)

Blog post: Transaction cost and performance comparison per storage type in Azure Synapse Analytics Serverless

Description: Transaction cost and performance comparison per storage type in Azure Synapse Analytics Serverless.

Andy Cutler (Twitter: @MrAndyCutler)

Blog post: Partition Pruning with Delta Tables in Azure Synapse Analytics

Description: In this blog post we’ll be looking at how Azure Synapse Analytics deals with partitioned Delta tables in Lake Databases & Serverless SQL Pools databases. We'll create Delta tables, run queries, and observe the results.

Andy Cutler (Twitter: @MrAndyCutler)

Video: Delta Tables in Azure Synapse Analytics - What's Going On?

Description: We're looking at Delta tables in Azure Synapse Analytics in this video, specifically around partitioned Delta tables. We'll be looking at what happens when you create and query Delta partitioned tables in both Spark (Lake Databases) and Serverless SQL Pools databases.

Andy Cutler (Twitter: @MrAndyCutler)

Video: Well-Architected Framework - Assessing Your Azure Synapse Analytics Readiness

Description: The Azure Well-Architected Framework is a set of 5 pillars to help organizations optimize their Azure projects. But how do you link these 5 pillars with Azure Synapse Analytics? The Assessments area has a specific Synapse Analytics assessment. In this video we look at this assessment and the results.

Kevin Chant (Twitter: @kevchant)

Blog post: Using Azure SQL Deploy v2 for dedicated SQL Pool deployments

Description: Covers using Azure SQL Deploy v2 for dedicated SQL Pool deployments using GitHub Actions. Which is the GitHub Action that is also known as sql-action.

Kevin Chant (Twitter: @kevchant)

Blog post: T-SQL Tuesday 159 - Azure Synapse Link and certifications

Description: Kevin's T-SQL Tuesday contribution for February 2023, which covered Azure Synapse Link and certifications.

Kevin Chant (Twitter: @kevchant)

Blog post: Deploying a dacpac to a serverless SQL pool

Description: Cover deploying a dacpac to a serverless SQL pool using Azure DevOps. Yes, you are reading that right. It is now possible thanks to a SqlPackage update.

Kevin Chant (Twitter: @kevchant)

Blog post: Homemade serverless SQL Pool Database Project

Description: Shares how Kevin created a homemade serverless SQL Pool database project. Because he knows people are keen to work this way right now.

Adrian Chodkowski (Twitter: @adrian_sql)

Blog post: Delta Lake 101 – Part 1: Introduction

Description: Delta Lake is becoming increasingly popular. It is currently the default storage format used by the Spark engine. If not specified otherwise, it will be used by Synapse Analytics Spark Pools or Azure Databricks. Why has it become so popular? This is the first article in a series that will cover all of these topics.