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Connect your data lake to Power BI, manage schemas, benchmark performance, and leverage the shared metadata model.

Azure Synapse SQL Serverless: connect Data Lake and Power BI

Azure Synapse SQL Serverless: connect Data Lake and Power BI

Carmel Eve

TL;DR - Using Azure Synapse SQL Serverless, you can query Azure Data Lake and populate Power BI reports across multiple workspaces.
Managing schemas in Azure Synapse SQL Serverless

Managing schemas in Azure Synapse SQL Serverless

James Broome

Explore Azure Synapse's SQL Serverless for on-demand data lake queries, its benefits, and challenges in managing schemas and maintaining data sync.
Benchmarking Azure Synapse SQL Serverless with Polyglot Notebooks

Benchmarking Azure Synapse SQL Serverless with Polyglot Notebooks

James Broome

New Azure Synapse Analytics service offers SQL Serverless for on-demand data lake queries. We tested its potential as a Data Lake Analytics replacement.
What is the Shared Metadata Model in Azure Synapse, and why use it?

What is the Shared Metadata Model in Azure Synapse, and why use it?

Ed Freeman

Explore Azure Synapse's 'Shared Metadata Model' feature. Learn how it syncs Spark tables with SQL Serverless, its benefits, and tradeoffs.
Sharing access to Shared Metadata Model objects in Synapse

Sharing access to Shared Metadata Model objects in Synapse

Ed Freeman

Learn how to grant non-admin users access to Spark synchronized objects with SQL Serverless in Synapse Analytics using the Shared Metadata Model.

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