Azure Synapse, formerly the Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse, is built on a strong SQL foundation and seeks to be a unified data analytics platform for big data systems and data warehouses.

The data storage method is another important difference between a data lake and a data warehouse. A data lake stores raw information to make it easier to search through or analyze.

Both Snowflake and AWS Redshift are leading data warehouse platforms, but which solution is best for your business's needs?