Data engineers need a Spark ecosystem for scalable transformation, streaming, lakehouse tables, and data science. Which service is the strongest starting point?

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A.Synapse dedicated SQL pool alone, without Spark or a separate engineering engine
B.Data Factory Copy Activity alone without a transformation engine
C.Azure Data Explorer chosen solely as a substitute for the required Spark engineering ecosystem
D.Azure Databricks

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Azure Databricks

Databricks supplies the requested Spark/lakehouse engineering environment. A dedicated SQL pool alone is a warehouse SQL engine; ADX focuses on KQL event exploration rather than supplying the stated Spark ecosystem. Copy Activity moves data and does not replace the required transformation/engineering engine. Source guide: PDF page 33.

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