Monthly Archives: May 2016

Polybase Query Service and Hadoop – Welcome SQL Server 2016

Posted on May 29, 2016 by

Introduction One of the coolest features of SQL Server 2016 is Polybase. Already available for Parallel Data Warehouse, this functionality is now integrated in SQL Server 2016 and allows to combine relational and non-relational data, for example, query data in … Continue reading →

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My experience building Hadoop 2.7.1 on Windows Server 2012

Posted on May 8, 2016 by

Introduction Building the Hadoop sources on windows could be cumbersome even when the official documentation states: “… building a Windows package from the sources is fairly straightforward”. There are several good resources containing the steps needed in order to successfully … Continue reading →

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