Beginning Azure Synapse Analytics: Transition from Data Warehouse to Data Lakehouse

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B. ShiyalBeginning Azure Synapse Analyticshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7061-5_3

3. Introduction to Azure Synapse Analytics

Bhadresh Shiyal¹  

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Mumbai, India

 

In Chapters 1 and 2, we discussed some of the important concepts around core data, various types of data, their characteristics, relational and non-relational data, and so forth. We also covered basic and conceptual knowledge regarding traditional data warehouses, modern data warehouses, and data lakehouses. Based on that foundation, we are now ready to take our first step in our journey toward learning Azure Synapse Analytics, which is the main topic of this book.

We got a high-level introduction ...