Author: Daniel Coelho

Feed: Microsoft SQL Server Blog. Author: Daniel Coelho. SQL Server Big Data Clusters (BDC) is a capability brought to market as part of the SQL Server 2019 release. Big Data Clusters extends SQL Server’s analytical capabilities beyond in-database processing of transactional and analytical workloads by uniting the SQL engine with Apache Spark and Apache Hadoop to create a single, secure, and unified data platform. It is available exclusively to run on Linux containers, orchestrated by Kubernetes, and can be deployed in multiple-cloud providers or on-premises. Today, we’re proud to announce the release of the latest cumulative update, CU13, for SQL ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Daniel Coelho. This blog post has been co-authored by Bhanu Prakash, Principal Program Manager, Azure Databricks. We are now announcing the general availability of the Apache Spark 3.0 compatible Apache Spark Connector for SQL Server and Azure SQL, accessible through Maven. The Spark 3.0 compatible connector went into preview early this year. Since then, we have seen tremendous customer adoption and received helpful customer feedback. Over the last few months, after incorporating enhancements and bug fixes to the connector, we are now excited about the general availability of this connector so that customers can expand their usage ... Read More