TNWiki Article Spotlight – SQL Server and PolyBase

Welcome to another Tuesday TNWiki Article Spotlight.

The amount of data modern applications generate is staggering. We use the term Big Data as a catch-all buzz word for not only data storage but also data processing.

However, Big Data has not replaced the need for relational databases (RDBMS) in enterprise systems. A question though now emerges in how does the Big Data infrastructure link to the RDBMS? This is solved with PolyBase.

To see a nice overview of this, Chervine Bhiwoo has created an award-winning article entitled Query Unstructured Data from SQL Server using Polybase for the TechNet Wiki. Chervine demonstrates how to install PolyBase, how  to link it to an existing SQL Server installation, and then how to connect it to a Big Data solution. He wraps up by showing an in-depth example of how to fetch data from an Azure Blob Store into the RDBMS.

If you ever wanted to know more about how SQL Server and Hadoop can work together, read his article.

by Ken Cenerelli (Twitter,  Blog,  MSDN Profile,  MVP Profile)

Comments

• Anonymous
  May 24, 2016
  Thank You Ken for selecting very good article tittle.
• Anonymous
  May 24, 2016
  Thanks, SYEDSHANU for the comment.
• Anonymous
  May 24, 2016
  Thanks for the mention ken! By the way, I'm waiting for a reply in the Guru Awards for this month, grateful if you can pass on the message internally.
• Anonymous
  May 24, 2016
  You are welcome Chervine. And I have passed your request on for a reply.
  • Anonymous
    May 24, 2016
    Thanks for the super fast action ken!
    • Anonymous
      May 25, 2016
      You are welcome Chervine.
• Anonymous
  May 24, 2016
  Very cool! This is a great article! Thanks Ken! And thanks to Cervine on the quality in this article!
  • Anonymous
    May 25, 2016
    Thanks, Ed.
  • Anonymous
    May 27, 2016
    Thanks!
• Anonymous
  May 25, 2016
  Great article! Thanks for sharing! :-)
  • Anonymous
    May 26, 2016
    Thanks, Saeid.