PolyBase can be installed as a part of SQL Server installation. You can choose whether PolyBase will be configured as a scale-out group. If you would like to use a scale-out group for maximum performance and throughput, you need to make sure that the following is correct:
- All nodes are in the same domain
- All nodes use the same account and password for the PolyBase service
- All nodes can communicate over the network
- All nodes are running the same SQL Server version
To install PolyBase, you will need a Java Runtime Environment available on your SQL Server, which is not part of the installation media, You'll be provided with a link to download the installation files for JRE.
You can confirm that PolyBase is installed ...
