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When to use Azure Synapse Analytics?


●● When you have a variety of data sources use Azure Synapse Analytics for code-free ETL and data flow
activities.
●● When you have a need to implement Machine Learning solutions using Apache Spark, use Azure
Synapse Analytics for built-in support for AzureML.
●● When you have existing data stored on a data lake and need integration with the Data Lake and
additional input sources, Azure Synapse Analytics provides seamless integration between the two.
When management needs real-time analytics, you can use features like Azure Synapse Link to analyze in
real-time and offer insights.

What kind of analytics can you do with Azure Synapse


Analytics?
Following table shows the range of analytical types that Azure Synapse Analytics supports:

Analytics type Description


Descriptive analytics - "What is happening?" Azure Synapse Analytics leverages the dedicated
SQL pool capability that enables you to create a
persisted data warehouse to perform this type of
analysis. You can also make use of the serverless
SQL pool to prepare data from files stored in a
data lake to create a data warehouse interactively.
Diagnostic analytics - "Why is it happening?" You can use the serverless SQL pool capability
within Azure Synapse Analytics that enables you to
interactively explore data within a data lake.
Serverless SQL pools can quickly enable a user to
search for additional data that may help them to
understand why questions.
Predictive analytics - "What is likely to happen?" Azure Synapse Analytics uses its integrated
Apache Spark engine and Azure Synapse Spark
pools for predictive analytics with other services
such as Azure Machine Learning Services, or Azure
Databricks.
Prescriptive analytics - "What needs to be done?" This type of analytics looks at executing actions
based on real-time or near real-time analysis of
data, using predictive analytics. Azure Synapse
Analytics provides this capability through both
Apache Spark, Azure Synapse Link, and by inte-
grating streaming technologies such as Azure
Stream Analytics.

When to choose Azure Data Factory over Azure Synapse


Analytics
Let us look at some criteria that will help you decide when to pick Azure Data Factory solution over Azure
Synapse Analytics. In the following table, the two solutions are compared against a set of criteria.

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