Use Azure Synapse serverless SQL pool to query files in a data lake

  • Module
  • 7 Units
Beginner
Data Engineer
Azure Synapse Analytics

With Azure Synapse serverless SQL pool, you can leverage your SQL skills to explore and analyze data in files, without the need to load the data into a relational database.

Learning objectives

After the completion of this module, you will be able to:

  • Identify capabilities and use cases for serverless SQL pools in Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Query CSV, JSON, and Parquet files using a serverless SQL pool
  • Create external database objects in a serverless SQL pool

Prerequisites

Consider completing the Explore data analytics in Azure and Get started querying with Transact-SQL learning paths before starting this module. You will need knowledge of:

  • Analytical data workloads in Microsoft Azure
  • Querying data with Transact-SQL