Which feature in SQL Server and Azure Synapse Analytics lets you run T-SQL queries against external data stores and makes those external sources appear as tables in a SQL database?

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Create a new Azure Function App. Develop an HTTP-triggered function that will act as your API endpoint. In this function, when data is received, send a message to the Service Bus queue or topic.

Exports the contents of a table, view, or query of a SQL Server database to an RFC 4180-compliant CSV file. This function supports the export of huge result sets by writing the contents of the CSV ...