{"id":24502,"date":"2018-06-04T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:51:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:51:17","slug":"microsoft-releases-the-latest-update-of-analytics-platform-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2018\/06\/04\/microsoft-releases-the-latest-update-of-analytics-platform-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft releases the latest update of Analytics Platform System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is pleased to announce that the Analytics Platform System (APS) appliance update 7 (AU7) is now generally available. APS is Microsoft\u2019s scale-out Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) system based on SQL Server for data warehouse specific workloads on-premises.<\/p>\n<p>Customers will get significantly improved query performance and enhanced security features with this release. APS AU7 builds on appliance update 6 (APS 2016) release as a foundation. Upgrading to APS appliance update 6 is a prerequisite to upgrade to appliance update 7.<\/p>\n<h2>Faster performance<\/h2>\n<p>APS AU7 now provides the ability to automatically create statistics and update of existing outdated statistics for improved query optimization. APS AU7 also adds support for setting multiple variables from a single select statement reducing the number of redundant round trips to the server and improving overall query and ETL performance time. Other T-SQL features include HASH and ORDER GROUP query hints to provide more control over improving query execution plans.<\/p>\n<h2>Better security<\/h2>\n<p>APS AU7 also includes latest firmware and drivers along with the hardware and software patch to address the Spectre\/Meltdown vulnerability from our hardware partners.<\/p>\n<h2>Management enhancements<\/h2>\n<p>Customers already on APS2016 will experience an enhanced upgrade process to APS AU7 allowing a shorter maintenance window with the ability to uninstall and rollback to a previous version.<br \/>\nAU7 also introduces a section called Feature Switch in configuration manager giving customers the ability to customize the behavior of new features.<\/p>\n<h2>Flexibility of choice with Microsoft\u2019s data warehouse portfolio<\/h2>\n<p>The latest update is an addition to already existing data warehouse portfolio from Microsoft, covering a range of technology and deployment options that help customers get to insights faster. Customers exploring data warehouse products can also consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/data-warehousing\">SQL Server with Fast Track for Data Warehouse<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/services\/sql-data-warehouse\/\">Azure SQL Data Warehouse<\/a>, a cloud-based fully managed service.<\/p>\n<h2>Next Steps<\/h2>\n<p>For more details about these features, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/analytics-platform-system\/whats-new-analytics-platform-system?view=aps-pdw-2016\">online documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is pleased to announce that the Analytics Platform System (APS) appliance update 7 (AU7) is now generally available. APS is Microsoft\u2019s scale-out Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) system based on SQL Server for data warehouse specific workloads on-premises. 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