Apache Spark 2.4 and Apache Kafka 2.1 support on Azure HDInsight
Azure HDInsight now supports Apache Spark 2.4 and Apache Kafka 2.1. You can choose the Spark or the Kafka version that you want during cluster creation in the Azure portal.…
08/07/2019
Improved query replica synchronization in Azure Analysis Services is in development
A new Azure Analysis Services setting now in development will improve performance and consistency of query-replica synchronization in scale-out environments.
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