Microsoft to Release Hadoop Connectors for SQL Server, Parallel Data Warehouse

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"A TechNet blog by Microsoft's SQL Server Team detailed the company's plans to release a community technology preview (CTP) of two new Hadoop connectors: one for SQL Server and one for the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) solution.

"PDW is Microsoft's high-scale enterprise data warehousing solution for enabling self-service business intelligence using SQL Server. The new Hadoop connectors would provide interoperability between SQL Server, PDW and Hadoop environments."

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