Azure Synapse Serverless Pools: POLARIS Deep Dive

ABSTRACT
As part of a multi-year project to re-architect the query processing framework in the SQL DW parallel data warehouse services the POLARIS distributed query engine was developed. If you work with Azure Synapse Analytics and analytical workloads then this session is for you. We will review our architecture for SQL Serverless Pools. We will demonstrate how to resize live workloads, deliver predictable performance at scale, and how to effectively handle unstructured and relational data.

BIO
Bradley Ball is a Sr. Azure Engineer for the Azure FastTrack CXP PG at Microsoft, and uses his knowledge of data platforms to help onboard customers to Azure while working with Product Groups to refine Azure’s Data Services. He is the FastTrack Service Lead working with the Azure Synapse Analytics, SQL Server PG’s. He’s done some cool things like working as a Defense contractor for the U.S. Army and the Executive Office of the President of the United States for the Obama Administration. Prior to joining Microsoft he was a Data Platform MVP. He has presented at many SQL Saturdays, for Microsoft Data Platform User Groups across the US from California to Florida to New Hampshire and Puerto Rico. A frequent presenter at conferences and community events, and author of two books and many articles on SQL Server. He is passionate about enabling anyone using data to achieve greatness.