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Transform Data Using T-SQL in Azure

In this hands-on lab, you work for Bethany's Pie Shop, because really, who doesn't love pie? Bethany is exploring how a move of all of their store databases into Azure Synapse would work. You have been asked to demonstrate a simple transformation in Azure.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 23, 2025
Duration
30m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Prepare the Environment

    Create a Synapse Analytics Workspace:

    • Use the West US region.
    • Create a new Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account.
    • Utilize an SQL Server admin login.

    Add a Synapse sample dataset:

    • Add US population by ZIP code.
  2. Challenge

    Create a Dedicated SQL Pool
    1. Create a DW100c dedicated pool.
    2. Create an SQL script.
  3. Challenge

    Run Queries Using the Dedicated SQL Pool

    Create a table named Students with StudentID, LastName, FirstName, Address, and City columns.

    Populate this table with the following data:

        VALUES   ('1', 'Smith', 'John', '200 W 1st St', 'Boston'),
                        ('2', 'Green', 'Tammy', '13012 W 3rd St', 'Denver'),
                        ('3', 'Clarence', 'Paul', '3950 W 24th St', 'New York')
    

    Alter the StudentID 3 line to change Clarence's city from New York to Los Angeles.

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