SQL Server 2019 Revealed: Including Big Data Clusters and Machine Learning

© Bob Ward 2019

B. WardSQL Server 2019 Revealedhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5419-6_9

9. SQL Server Data Virtualization

Bob Ward¹ 

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North Richland Hills, Texas, USA

 

Data Virtualization is one of the most exciting capabilities we are delivering with SQL Server 2019. In this chapter, you will learn more how Data Virtualization is made possible in SQL Server 2019 through a technology called Polybase. This chapter, along with Chapters 6, 7, and 8, provides the foundation to learn about SQL Server Big Data Clusters in Chapter 10.

What Is Polybase?

Polybase is an innovative technology introduced in SQL Server 2016, and expanded in SQL Server 2019, to solve the problem of data movement. Data movement typically involves building expensive and complex ...