What is the difference between "SQL Database" and "Lake Database" in Synapse

chanduzid 61 Reputation points
2022-03-23T13:10:06.92+00:00

What is the difference between "SQL Database" and "Lake Database" in Synapse. I was not able to find more info on this topic in Microsoft documentation. When should we use each of these?

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Azure Synapse Analytics
An Azure analytics service that brings together data integration, enterprise data warehousing, and big data analytics. Previously known as Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
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  1. brucezcsi 46 Reputation points
    2024-10-23T06:52:43.9966667+00:00

    I'm also looking for the difference, and find this post - https://www.evandata.com/blog/synapse-serverless-vs-lake-database

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