# Azure Synapse

Azure Synapse Analytics is a Microsoft analytics platform that combines a massively parallel SQL warehouse, an Apache Spark engine, a data integration service and a web studio in one workspace. It offers serverless and provisioned resources for querying data on demand. Microsoft says existing workspaces remain supported, but it directs new data warehousing projects to Fabric Data Warehouse.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/azure-synapse · data of 2026-11-03

## Facts

- Headquarters: Redmond, Washington
- Employees: 5,000+
- Company type: Division of Microsoft
- Deployment: Serverless or provisioned resources, with Azure Private Link keeping traffic between Synapse and its consumers on the Microsoft network rather than the internet.
- Compliance: HITRUST, SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017

## Products

- Dedicated SQL pools: Provisioned, massively parallel SQL data warehouse within a Synapse workspace.
- Serverless SQL: On-demand querying of data without provisioned resources.
- Spark pools: Apache Spark engine for big data processing.
- Pipelines: Data integration using the same engine as Azure Data Factory.
- Data Explorer: Log and time-series analytics. The Data Explorer preview was retired on 7 October 2025.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Warehouse | 17 of 39 | 4.8 | 10 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 0.9 | 3.7% |
| google_ai_mode | 3.7 | 11.1% |
| perplexity | 9.6 | 22.2% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

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