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Understand Synapse dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW) and Serverless SQL pool

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Sep 13, 2022
Two recurring questions I frequently get from customers are: "What is the difference between Synapse dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW) and Serverless SQL pool?" and "Which one should I choose for ...
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Sep 15, 2022

versydney thanks for the comment. Yes, so that could be a point with data exploration using ad hoc queries, for example. But it can also be used for a logical data warehouse. In that case, most likely will be built using views on top of delta lake. We have customers using only Serveless as a logical DW,for example.