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Azure Synapse Analytics Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Synapse Analytics. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
How to Use This Skill
IMPORTANT for Agent: This file may be large. Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections, then use
read_filewith specific line ranges (e.g.,L136-L144) to read the sections needed for the user's question This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content. Usemcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetchto retrieve full articles.
- Fallback: Use the built-in
WebFetchtool if the Microsoft Learn MCP server is not available.
Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L31-L55 | Diagnosing and fixing Synapse issues: workspace/tenant moves, Spark jobs and libraries, SQL pool performance/connectivity, Synapse Link failures, Studio/network/storage connectivity. |
| Best Practices | L57-L114 | Best practices for Synapse: Spark tuning, Delta/Hyperspace optimization, dedicated/serverless SQL design and performance, T-SQL patterns, indexing/stats, and Netezza/Oracle/Teradata migration guidance. |
| Decision Making | L116-L134 | Guidance on choosing Synapse components, planning migrations (Netezza/Oracle/Teradata/SQL pools), sizing and cost management, Spark lifecycle, table distribution, and using tools like Advisor and query history. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L136-L155 | Architecture and design guidance for Synapse workspaces, SQL/serverless/Spark pools, data warehouse migrations, table design, ELT/PolyBase loading, and workload management. |
| Limits & Quotas | L157-L166 | Synapse SQL pool limits: maintenance windows, memory/concurrency by performance level, capacity caps, temp table behavior, serverless Delta Lake v1 querying, and Synapse Link feature limits/issues. |
| Security | L168-L225 | Securing Synapse workspaces end-to-end: auth and RBAC, network isolation, private endpoints, encryption, data exfiltration, policies, and secure access to storage, SQL, Spark, and migration scenarios. |
| Configuration | L227-L276 | Configuring Synapse workspaces, Spark pools, and SQL pools: environments, scaling, libraries, monitoring/metrics, backups/restore, workload management, and integrations (Purview, AML, SynapseML). |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L278-L313 | Patterns and code to integrate Synapse (Spark, serverless, dedicated SQL) with ADLS, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, AML, monitoring (Log Analytics, Prometheus), and external tools via connectors, REST, and T-SQL. |
| Deployment | L315-L327 | Deploying and managing Synapse workspaces and dedicated SQL pools with ARM/Bicep, CI/CD, source control, restore points, and automated SQL compute operations. |