- A big data analystics, Used to be called SQL data warehouse (SQL DW)
- a database designed for reporting and analytics, for processing large amounts of data and answering complex questions
- with SQL pool to process pentabtye of data (MMP)
- serverless on-demand or provisioned
- with machine learning elements
- not for day-to-day operation
supports three types of distributed tables: - hash - round-robin - replicated