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|**External tables**|[Yes](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-external-table-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true). See supported [data formats](#data-formats). | Yes, [external tables](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-external-table-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) are available and can be used to read data from [Azure Data Lake storage or Dataverse](#data-access). See the supported [data formats](#data-formats). |
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|**Caching queries**| Yes, multiple forms (SSD-based caching, in-memory, [resultset caching](../sql-data-warehouse/performance-tuning-result-set-caching.md)). In addition, Materialized View are supported. | No, only the file statistics are cached. |
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|**Result set caching**|[Yes](../sql-data-warehouse/performance-tuning-result-set-caching.md)| No, the query results are not cached. Only the file statistics are cached. |
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|**Materialized views**| Yes | No, the Materialized views are not supporte din the serverless SQL pools. |
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|**Materialized views**| Yes | No, the Materialized views are not supported in the serverless SQL pools. |
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|**Table variables**|[No](/sql/t-sql/data-types/table-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), use temporary tables | No, table variables are not supported. |
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|**[Table distribution](../sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-tables-distribute.md?context=/azure/synapse-analytics/context/context)**| Yes | No, table distributions are not supported. |
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|**[Table indexes](../sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-tables-index.md?context=/azure/synapse-analytics/context/context)**| Yes | No, indexes are not supported. |
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|**[Transactions](develop-transactions.md)**| Yes | Yes, transactions are applicable only on the meta-data objects. |
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|**[Labels](develop-label.md)**| Yes | No, labels are not supported. |
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|**Data load**| Yes. Preferred utility is [COPY](/sql/t-sql/statements/copy-into-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) statement, but the system supports both BULK load (BCP) and [CETAS](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-external-table-as-select-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) for data loading. | No, you cannot load data into the serverless SQL pool because data is stored on external storage. You can initially load data into an external table using CETAS statement. |
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|**Data export**| Yes. Using [CETAS](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-external-table-as-select-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true). | Yes. You can export data from external storage (Azure data lake, Dataverse, CosmosDB) into Azure data lake using [CETAS](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-external-table-as-select-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true). |
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|**Data export**| Yes. Using [CETAS](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-external-table-as-select-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true). | Yes. You can export data from external storage (Azure data lake, Dataverse, Cosmos DB) into Azure data lake using [CETAS](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-external-table-as-select-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true). |
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| **Types** | Yes, all Transact-SQL types except [cursor](/sql/t-sql/data-types/cursor-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), [hierarchyid](/sql/t-sql/data-types/hierarchyid-data-type-method-reference?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), [ntext, text, and image](/sql/t-sql/data-types/ntext-text-and-image-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), [rowversion](/sql/t-sql/data-types/rowversion-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), [Spatial Types](/sql/t-sql/spatial-geometry/spatial-types-geometry-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), [sql\_variant](/sql/t-sql/data-types/sql-variant-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), and [xml](/sql/t-sql/xml/xml-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) | Yes, all Transact-SQL types are supported, except [cursor](/sql/t-sql/data-types/cursor-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), [hierarchyid](/sql/t-sql/data-types/hierarchyid-data-type-method-reference?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), [ntext, text, and image](/sql/t-sql/data-types/ntext-text-and-image-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), [rowversion](/sql/t-sql/data-types/rowversion-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), [Spatial Types](/sql/t-sql/spatial-geometry/spatial-types-geometry-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), [sql\_variant](/sql/t-sql/data-types/sql-variant-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), [xml](/sql/t-sql/xml/xml-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), and Table type. See how to [map Parquet column types to SQL types here](develop-openrowset.md#type-mapping-for-parquet). |
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|**Cross-database queries**| No | Yes, 3-part-name references are supported including [USE](/sql/t-sql/language-elements/use-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) statement. The queries can reference the serverless SQL databases or the Lake databases in the same workspace. Cross-workspace queries are not supported. |
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| **Built-in/system functions (analysis)** | Yes, all Transact-SQL [Analytic](/sql/t-sql/functions/analytic-functions-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), Conversion, [Date and Time](/sql/t-sql/functions/date-and-time-data-types-and-functions-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), Logical, [Mathematical](/sql/t-sql/functions/mathematical-functions-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) functions, except [CHOOSE](/sql/t-sql/functions/logical-functions-choose-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) and [PARSE](/sql/t-sql/functions/parse-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) | Yes, all Transact-SQL [Analytic](/sql/t-sql/functions/analytic-functions-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), Conversion, [Date and Time](/sql/t-sql/functions/date-and-time-data-types-and-functions-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true), Logical, and [Mathematical](/sql/t-sql/functions/mathematical-functions-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) functions are supported. |
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|**SQL username/password authentication**| Yes | Yes, users can access serverless SQL pool using their usernames and passwords. |
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|**Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication**| Yes, Azure AD users | Yes, Azure AD logins and users can access serverless SQL pools using their Azure AD identities. |
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|**Storage Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) passthrough authentication**| Yes | Yes, [Azure AD passthrough authentication](develop-storage-files-storage-access-control.md?tabs=user-identity#supported-storage-authorization-types) is applicable to Azure AD logins. The identity of the Azure AD user is passed to the storage if a credential is not specified. Azure AD passthrough authentication is not available for the SQL users. |
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|**Storage shared access signature (SAS) token authentication**| No | Yes, using [DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-database-scoped-credential-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) with [shared access signature token](develop-storage-files-storage-access-control.mdtabs=shared-access-signature#database-scoped-credential) in [EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-external-data-source-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) or instance-level [CREDENTIAL](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-credential-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) with [shared acces signature](develop-storage-files-storage-access-control.md?tabs=shared-access-signature#server-scoped-credential). |
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|**Storage Access Key authentication**| Yes, using [DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-database-scoped-credential-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) in [EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-external-data-source-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true)| No, [use SAS token](develop-storage-files-storage-access-control.mdtabs=shared-access-signature#database-scoped-credential) instead of storage access key. |
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|**Storage shared access signature (SAS) token authentication**| No | Yes, using [DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-database-scoped-credential-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) with [shared access signature token](develop-storage-files-storage-access-control.md?tabs=shared-access-signature#database-scoped-credential) in [EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-external-data-source-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) or instance-level [CREDENTIAL](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-credential-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) with [shared access signature](develop-storage-files-storage-access-control.md?tabs=shared-access-signature#server-scoped-credential). |
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|**Storage Access Key authentication**| Yes, using [DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-database-scoped-credential-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true) in [EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-external-data-source-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true)| No, [use SAS token](develop-storage-files-storage-access-control.md?tabs=shared-access-signature#database-scoped-credential) instead of storage access key. |
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|**Storage [Managed Identity](../../data-factory/data-factory-service-identity.md?context=/azure/synapse-analytics/context/context&tabs=synapse-analytics) authentication**| Yes, using [Managed Service Identity Credential](../../azure-sql/database/vnet-service-endpoint-rule-overview.md?bc=%2fazure%2fsynapse-analytics%2fbreadcrumb%2ftoc.json&preserve-view=true&toc=%2fazure%2fsynapse-analytics%2ftoc.json&view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true)| Yes, The query can access the storage using the workspace [Managed Identity](develop-storage-files-storage-access-control.md?tabs=managed-identity#database-scoped-credential) credential. |
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|**Storage Application identity/Service principal (SPN) authentication**|[Yes](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-external-data-source-transact-sql?view=azure-sqldw-latest&preserve-view=true)| Yes, you can create a [credential](develop-storage-files-storage-access-control.md?tabs=service-principal#database-scoped-credential) with a [service principal application ID](develop-storage-files-storage-access-control.md?tabs=service-principal#supported-storage-authorization-types) that will be used to authenticate on the storage. |
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|**Server roles**| No | Yes, sysadmin, public, and other server-roles are supported. |
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|**Azure Blob Storage**| Yes | Yes, you can use external tables and the `OPENROWSET` function to read data from Azure Blob Storage. |
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|**Azure SQL/SQL Server (remote)**| No | No, serverless SQL pool cannot reference Azure SQL database. You can reference serverless SQL pools from Azure SQL using [elastic queries](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/read-azure-storage-files-using-synapse-sql-external-tables/) or [linked servers](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/linked-server-to-synapse-sql-to-implement-polybase-like-scenarios-in-managed-instance). |
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|**Dataverse**| No | Yes, you can read Dataverse tables using [Synapse link](https://docs.microsoft.com/powerapps/maker/data-platform/azure-synapse-link-data-lake). |
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|**Azure CosmosDB transactional storage**| No | No, you cannot access Cosmos DB containers to update data or read data from the Cosmos DB transactional storage. Use [Spark pools to update the Cosmos DB](../synapse-link/how-to-query-analytical-store-spark.md) transactional storage. |
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|**Azure CosmosDB analytical storage**| No | Yes, you can [query Cosmos DB analytical storage](query-cosmos-db-analytical-store.md) using [Synapse Link](../../cosmos-db/synapse-link.md?bc=%2fazure%2fsynapse-analytics%2fbreadcrumb%2ftoc.json&toc=%2fazure%2fsynapse-analytics%2ftoc.json). |
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|**Azure Cosmos DB transactional storage**| No | No, you cannot access Cosmos DB containers to update data or read data from the Cosmos DB transactional storage. Use [Spark pools to update the Cosmos DB](../synapse-link/how-to-query-analytical-store-spark.md) transactional storage. |
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|**Azure Cosmos DB analytical storage**| No | Yes, you can [query Cosmos DB analytical storage](query-cosmos-db-analytical-store.md) using [Synapse Link](../../cosmos-db/synapse-link.md?bc=%2fazure%2fsynapse-analytics%2fbreadcrumb%2ftoc.json&toc=%2fazure%2fsynapse-analytics%2ftoc.json). |
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|**Apache Spark tables (in workspace)**| No | Yes, serverless pool can read PARQUET and CSV tables using [metadata synchronization](develop-storage-files-spark-tables.md). |
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|**Apache Spark tables (remote)**| No | No, serverless pool can access only the PARQUET and CSV tables that are [created in Apache Spark pools in the same Synapse workspace](develop-storage-files-spark-tables.md). |
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|**Databricks tables (remote)**| No | No, serverless pool can access only the PARQUET and CSV tables that are [created in Apache Spark pools in the same Synapse workspace](develop-storage-files-spark-tables.md). |
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