Creates an external data source for PolyBase queries. External data sources are used to establish connectivity and support these primary use cases: Specifies the user-defined name for the data source.

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

Business Apps Developers using PowerApps can now use the Power Query feature to create new entities and then load data into the Common Data Service based on data from a wide range of external data ...

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A few months ago a new option was added to the Sql.Database and Sql.Databases functions in Power Query in Power BI and Excel which allows Power Query queries that combine data from different SQL ...

Microsoft continues to make positive strides in the world of open source. The company once considered open source software to be an anathema, but now it's common for Microsoft to pull software ...