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    PracticeAzure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)Azure Solutions Architect Expert AZ-305 Practice Exam 5Question 20
    Medium1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 2.2: Data IntegrationDomain 2Data IntegrationSynapse AnalyticsArchitecture

    AZ-305 · Question 20 · Domain 2.2: Data Integration

    Your company is building an enterprise data platform. You need an orchestration tool to move data from 50 different on-premises and cloud sources into Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

    The data engineering team requires a visual, code-free interface to build ETL pipelines. They also need to execute SQL queries directly against the files in the Data Lake without provisioning dedicated database compute resources.

    Which service should you recommend?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Azure Data Factory

    B.

    Azure Synapse Analytics

    C.

    Azure Databricks

    D.

    Azure Stream Analytics

    How to approach this question

    Identify the service that combines visual ETL (like Data Factory) with Serverless SQL capabilities.

    Full Answer

    B.Azure Synapse Analytics✓ Correct
    Azure Synapse Analytics
    Azure Synapse Analytics is an integrated analytics service. It includes Synapse Pipelines, which use the exact same visual, code-free integration engine as Azure Data Factory. Crucially, Synapse also includes Serverless SQL pools. This feature allows users to run T-SQL queries directly against CSV, Parquet, or JSON files stored in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 without having to provision or manage dedicated SQL compute clusters.

    Common mistakes

    Choosing Azure Data Factory. While ADF does the ETL part perfectly, it lacks the Serverless SQL engine required by the second half of the prompt.
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