Partitioning tables in SQL Server provides improved query performance. Lets me share a simple example:- Imagine you have a large sales table with millions of records spanning several years.

Setting up a SQL Server Partitioned Table; Configuring an Azure Data Factory Pipeline for copying data from one database to another one; Adding the Azure Data Factory Managed Identity to an Azure SQL ...

<p>SQL Server supports table partitioning, whereby a table can be carved into as many as 15,000 pieces, with each residing on its own fi legroup. Each fi legroup can be independently backed up.

The standard way to get linear scaling in a distributed OLTP DBMS is to horizontally partition data across several nodes. Ideally, this partitioning will result in each query being executed at just ...