Keeping up with demand is getting even easier thanks to the Azure team. As of today, you’ll be able to create a new Azure SQL Data Warehouse database with one of the 3800 collations that you’ve pre-selected as a default.
What exactly are collations? A character set is a group of symbols and encoding that are put together. A collation is a grouping of rules to work for that character set that determines how they are read by the SQL server. And so by setting a default collation, you are enabling faster progress to setting up your new database without the extra steps.
You can set the default collation for when you create a new Azure SQL Data Warehouse database by updating the Collation field from the Azure portal. Additionally, you can use commands to see what has been added to list all the supported collations and checking which one is currently selected. While it’s a minor feature for IT admins, the feature is bound to save time and effort for configuring the database from the get go.
