Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics is a cloud-based analytics service from Microsoft that integrates big data and data warehousing. It provides a unified experience for data ingestion, preparation, management, and serving, enabling users to query data at scale using both serverless and dedicated resources. It combines enterprise data warehousing with big data analytics, supporting SQL, Apache Spark, and data integration pipelines.
Developers should use Azure Synapse Analytics when building large-scale data analytics solutions that require processing and analyzing massive datasets from diverse sources. It is ideal for scenarios like real-time analytics, business intelligence reporting, and machine learning workflows, as it reduces the complexity of managing separate data services. Its integration with other Azure services makes it suitable for organizations already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem.