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Deploying Azure Synapse Analytics Pool

The ability to discern key insights from the information available to you is an important part of any data solution. Azure Synapse Analytics provides a limitless managed cloud service for both traditional data warehousing and big data analytics. In this hands-on lab scenario, you are the DBA for Awesome Company. You've been asked to investigate using Azure Synapse Analytics as the company's central analytics platform. Performing the actions of this lab will help you become familiar with deploying an Azure Synapse Analytics workspace and a dedicated Synapse SQL pool.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 23, 2025
Duration
30m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Create a Synapse Workspace

    Before you can create a dedicated SQL pool for T-SQL-based compute and storage, you must create a workspace for it to reside in.

  2. Challenge

    Create a SQL Pool

    Now that your workspace is available, create a dedicated SQL pool for it.

  3. Challenge

    Query Data

    Use Azure Synapse Studio to query sample data.

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