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docs/analytics-platform-system/determine-which-cluster-node-failed.md

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-title: "Determine Which Cluster Node Failed (Analytics Platform System)"
-author: "barbkess" 
-ms.author: "barbkess"
-manager: "craigg"	  
-ms.prod: "analytics-platform-system"
-ms.prod_service: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.service: ""
-ms.component:
-ms.technology: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.custom: ""
-ms.date: 01/05/2017
-ms.reviewer: na
-ms.suite: "sql"
-ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
-ms.topic: article
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+title: Determine failed cluster node - Analytics Platform System | Microsoft Docs
+description: This article describes how to determine the name of the Analytics Platform System (APS) node that failed after a cluster failover has occurred and a cluster failover alert has been raised. As part of troubleshooting a cluster failover, you must determine the name of the node that failed before contacting Microsoft to help resolve the problem.  
+author: mzaman1 
+manager: craigg
+ms.prod: sql
+ms.technology: data-warehouse
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.date: 04/17/2018
+ms.author: murshedz
+ms.reviewer: martinle
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-# Determine Which Cluster Node Failed
-This topic describes how to determine the name of the SQL Server PDW node that failed after a cluster failover has occurred and a cluster failover alert has been raised. As part of troubleshooting a cluster failover, you must determine the name of the node that failed before contacting Microsoft to help resolve the problem.  
+
+# Determine which cluster node failed for Analytics Platform System
+This topic describes how to determine the name of the Analytics Platform System (APS) node that failed after a cluster failover has occurred and a cluster failover alert has been raised. As part of troubleshooting a cluster failover, you must determine the name of the node that failed before contacting Microsoft to help resolve the problem.  
 
 ## <a name="Background"></a>Background  
 For high availability in SQL Server PDW, the Control node and the Compute nodes are configured as active or passive components of Windows failover clusters. When an active server fails to respond to critical system requests, the passive server fails over and performs the functions of the server that failed.  

docs/analytics-platform-system/download-and-apply-microsoft-updates.md

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-title: "Download and Apply Microsoft Updates (Analytics Platform System)"
-author: "barbkess" 
-ms.author: "barbkess"
-manager: "craigg"	  
-ms.prod: "analytics-platform-system"
-ms.prod_service: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.service: ""
-ms.component:
-ms.technology: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.custom: ""
-ms.date: 01/05/2017
-ms.reviewer: na
-ms.suite: "sql"
-ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
-ms.topic: article
-ms.assetid: 4f69df44-8549-4a8a-b10c-f91908594856
-caps.latest.revision: 51
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+title: Download Microsoft Updates - Analytics Platform System | Microsoft Docs
+description: This topic discusses how to download updates from the Microsoft Update Catalog to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and apply those updates to the Analytics Platform System appliance servers. Microsoft Update will install all applicable updates for Windows and SQL Server. WSUS is installed on the VMM virtual machine of the appliance. 
+author: mzaman1 
+manager: craigg
+ms.prod: sql
+ms.technology: data-warehouse
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.date: 04/17/2018
+ms.author: murshedz
+ms.reviewer: martinle
 ---
-# Download and Apply Microsoft Updates
+
+# Download and apply Microsoft updates for Analytics Platform System
 This topic discusses how to download updates from the Microsoft Update Catalog to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and apply those updates to the Analytics Platform System appliance servers. Microsoft Update will install all applicable updates for Windows and SQL Server. WSUS is installed on the VMM virtual machine of the appliance.  
 
 ## <a name="TOP"></a>Before You Begin  

docs/analytics-platform-system/dwloader-data-type-conversion-rules.md

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-title: "Data type conversion rules for dwloader"
-author: "barbkess" 
-ms.author: "barbkess"
-manager: "craigg"	  
-ms.prod: "analytics-platform-system"
-ms.prod_service: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.service: ""
-ms.component:
-ms.suite: "sql"
-ms.custom: ""
-ms.technology: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-description: "This topic describes the input data formats and implicit data type conversions that dwloader Command-Line Loader supports when it loads data into PDW."
-ms.date: "10/20/2016"
-ms.topic: "article"
-ms.assetid: 79c48520-b08b-4b15-a943-a551cc90a2c4
-caps.latest.revision: 30
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+title: Dwloader data type conversion rules - Parallel Data Warehouse | Microsoft Docs
+description: This topic describes the input data formats and implicit data type conversions that dwloader Command-Line Loader supports when it loads data into Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW)."
+author: mzaman1 
+manager: craigg
+ms.prod: sql
+ms.technology: data-warehouse
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.date: 04/17/2018
+ms.author: murshedz
+ms.reviewer: martinle
 ---
 
-# Data type conversion rules for dwloader
+# Data type conversion rules for dwloader - Parallel Data Warehouse
 This topic describes the input data formats and implicit data type conversions that [dwloader Command-Line Loader](dwloader.md) supports when it loads data into PDW. The implicit data conversions occur when the input data does not match the data type in the SQL Server PDW target table. Use this information when designing your loading process to ensure your data will load successfully into SQL Server PDW.  
 
 

docs/analytics-platform-system/dwloader.md

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-title: "dwloader Command-Line Loader for Parallel Data Warehouse"
-author: "barbkess" 
-ms.author: "barbkess"
-manager: "craigg"	  
-ms.prod: "analytics-platform-system"
-ms.prod_service: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.service: ""
-ms.component:
-ms.suite: "sql"
-ms.custom: ""
-ms.technology: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-description: "**dwloader** is a Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) command-line tool that loads table rows in bulk into an existing table."
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
-ms.topic: "article"
-ms.assetid: f79b8354-fca5-41f7-81da-031fc2570a7c
-caps.latest.revision: 90
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+title: dwloader Command-Line Loader - Parallel Data Warehouse | Microsoft Docs
+description: dwloader is a Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) command-line tool that loads table rows in bulk into an existing table.
+author: mzaman1 
+manager: craigg
+ms.prod: sql
+ms.technology: data-warehouse
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.date: 04/17/2018
+ms.author: murshedz
+ms.reviewer: martinle
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-# dwloader Command-Line Loader
+
+# dwloader Command-Line Loader for Parallel Data Warehouse
 **dwloader** is a Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) command-line tool that loads table rows in bulk into an existing table. When loading rows, you can add all rows to the end of the table (*append mode* or *fastappend mode*), append new rows and update existing rows (*upsert mode*), or delete all existing rows before loading and then insert all rows into an empty table (*reload mode*).  
 
 **Process for loading data**  

docs/analytics-platform-system/error-messages.md

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-title: "Error Messages (SQL Server PDW)"
-author: "barbkess" 
-ms.author: "barbkess"
-manager: "craigg"	  
-ms.prod: "analytics-platform-system"
-ms.prod_service: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.service: ""
-ms.component:
-ms.technology: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.custom: ""
-ms.date: 01/13/2017
-ms.reviewer: na
-ms.suite: "sql"
-ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
-ms.topic: article
-ms.assetid: e6223cba-2dec-4b8a-bc10-e2ef6a821fe0
-caps.latest.revision: 9
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+title: Error messages - Parallel Data Warehouse | Microsoft Docs
+description: Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) error messages report errors and problems encountered by the PDW components and can also include SQL Server errors surfaced through PDW. These error messages use a consistent syntax for presenting information. Understanding this syntax will allow you to identify and correct problems.  
+author: mzaman1 
+manager: craigg
+ms.prod: sql
+ms.technology: data-warehouse
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.date: 04/17/2018
+ms.author: murshedz
+ms.reviewer: martinle
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-# Error Messages
-SQL Server PDW error messages report errors and problems encountered by the SQL Server PDW components and can also include SQL Server errors surfaced through SQL Server PDW. These error messages use a consistent syntax for presenting information. Understanding this syntax will allow you to identify and correct problems on SQL Server PDW.  
+# Error messages in Parallel Data Warehouse
+
+Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) error messages report errors and problems encountered by the PDW components and can also include SQL Server errors surfaced through PDW. These error messages use a consistent syntax for presenting information. Understanding this syntax will allow you to identify and correct problems on SQL Server PDW.  
 
 ## <a name="Basics"></a>Error Message Basics  
 Error messages that are returned follow the same syntax.  

docs/analytics-platform-system/grant-permissions.md

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-title: "Grant permissions"
-author: "barbkess" 
-ms.author: "barbkess"
-manager: "craigg"	  
-ms.prod: "analytics-platform-system"
-ms.prod_service: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.service: ""
-ms.component:
-ms.technology: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.custom: ""
-ms.date: 01/05/2017
-ms.reviewer: na
-ms.suite: "sql"
-ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
-ms.topic: article
-
+title: Grant T-SQL permissions - Parallel Data Warehouse | Microsoft Docs
+description: Grant T-SQL permissions for database operations in Parallel Data Warehouse.
+author: mzaman1 
+manager: craigg
+ms.prod: sql
+ms.technology: data-warehouse
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.date: 04/17/2018
+ms.author: murshedz
+ms.reviewer: martinle
 ---
 
-# Grant permissions
+# Grant T-SQL permissions for Parallel Data Warehouse
+Grant T-SQL permissions for database operations in Parallel Data Warehouse.
 
 ## Grant Permissions to Submit Database Queries
 This section describes how to grant permissions to database roles and users to query data on the SQL Server PDW appliance.  

docs/analytics-platform-system/hardware-components.md

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-title: "Analytics Platform System hardware components"
-author: "barbkess" 
-ms.author: "barbkess"
-manager: "craigg"	  
-ms.prod: "analytics-platform-system"
-ms.prod_service: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.service: ""
-ms.component:
-ms.suite: "sql"
-ms.custom: ""
-ms.technology: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-description: "Analytics Platform System (APS) uses scalable components so that you can buy the right amount of processing and storage according to your business requirements."
-ms.date: "10/20/2016"
-ms.topic: "article"
-ms.assetid: aa1cdcc7-cfee-4658-bbce-7d319bfb7483
-caps.latest.revision: 17
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+title: Hardware components - Analytics Platform System | Microsoft Docs
+description: Analytics Platform System (APS) uses scalable components so that you can buy the right amount of processing and storage according to your business requirements. When you order APS, you will need a combination of these core hardware components.  
+author: mzaman1 
+manager: craigg
+ms.prod: sql
+ms.technology: data-warehouse
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.date: 04/17/2018
+ms.author: murshedz
+ms.reviewer: martinle
 ---
 
-# Analytics Platform System hardware components
+# Hardware components for Analytics Platform System
 
 Analytics Platform System (APS) uses scalable components so that you can buy the right amount of processing and storage according to your business requirements. When you order APS, you will need a combination of these core hardware components. Specific hardware vendors might use different naming conventions or have additional components.  
 

docs/analytics-platform-system/hardware-configurations.md

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-title: "Hardware Configurations (Analytics Platform System)"
-author: "barbkess" 
-ms.author: "barbkess"
-manager: "craigg"	  
-ms.prod: "analytics-platform-system"
-ms.prod_service: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.service: ""
-ms.component:
-ms.suite: "sql"
-ms.custom: ""
-ms.technology: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-description: "The Analytics Platform System (APS) hardware is architected with scalable units so that you buy the right amount of processing and storage according to your business requirements."
-ms.date: "01/05/2017"
-ms.topic: "article"
-ms.assetid: f95945b7-97ae-4ab9-bae5-c792a516acea
-caps.latest.revision: 9
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+title: Hardware configurations - Analytics Platform System | Microsoft Docs
+description: The Analytics Platform System (APS) appliance hardware is architected with scalable units so that you buy the right amount of processing and storage according to your business requirements. The appliance scales storage for Parallel Data Warehouse from a few terabytes to over 6 petabytes of data.  
+author: mzaman1 
+manager: craigg
+ms.prod: sql
+ms.technology: data-warehouse
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.date: 04/17/2018
+ms.author: murshedz
+ms.reviewer: martinle
 ---
 
-# Hardware configurations
+# Hardware configurations - Analytics Platform System
 The Analytics Platform System (APS) hardware is architected with scalable units so that you buy the right amount of processing and storage according to your business requirements. The appliance scales storage for SQL Server Parallel Data Wareouse (PDW) from a few Terabytes to over 6 Petabytes of data.  
 
 ## Contents  

docs/analytics-platform-system/hardware-installation.md

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-title: "Hardware Installation (Analytics Platform System)"
-author: "barbkess" 
-ms.author: "barbkess"
-manager: "craigg"	  
-ms.prod: "analytics-platform-system"
-ms.prod_service: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.service: ""
-ms.component:
-ms.technology: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.custom: ""
-ms.date: 01/05/2017
-ms.reviewer: na
-ms.suite: "sql"
-ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
-ms.topic: article
-ms.assetid: f4f612b9-f320-4391-952b-d3696cfbe2e2
-caps.latest.revision: 17
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+title: Hardware installation - Analytics Platform System | Microsoft Docs
+description: This article describes how to move, unpack, and install the hardware for your SQL Server PDW appliance. This article is informational only and is intended to help you understand the process. Your appliance should be unpacked, installed, and verified before it is turned over to you. Customer participation is required for items such as data center access, electrical power, and Ethernet connections.  
+author: mzaman1 
+manager: craigg
+ms.prod: sql
+ms.technology: data-warehouse
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.date: 04/17/2018
+ms.author: murshedz
+ms.reviewer: martinle
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-# Hardware Installation
-This topic describes how to move, unpack, and install the hardware for your SQL Server PDW appliance. This topic is informational only and is intended to help you understand the process. Your appliance should be unpacked, installed, and verified before it is turned over to you. Customer participation is required for items such as data center access, electrical power, and Ethernet connections.  
+
+# Hardware installation for Analytics Platform System appliance
+This article describes how to move, unpack, and install the hardware for your SQL Server PDW appliance. This article is informational only and is intended to help you understand the process. Your appliance should be unpacked, installed, and verified before it is turned over to you. Customer participation is required for items such as data center access, electrical power, and Ethernet connections.  
 
 ## <a name="BeforeMoving"></a>Before You Move Any Components from the Loading Dock  
 Perform the following tasks before you move, unpack, or rack any of the appliance components.  

docs/analytics-platform-system/high-availability.md

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-title: "Analytics Platform System high availability"
-author: "barbkess" 
-ms.author: "barbkess"
-manager: "craigg"	  
-ms.prod: "analytics-platform-system"
-ms.prod_service: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-ms.service: ""
-ms.component:
-ms.suite: "sql"
-ms.custom: ""
-ms.technology: "mpp-data-warehouse"
-description: "Describes how Analytics Platform System (APS) is architected for high availability."
-ms.date: "10/20/2016"
-ms.topic: "article"
-ms.assetid: 5ab245e9-0316-4d25-a626-4745ce856925
-caps.latest.revision: 9
-
+title: High availability in Analytics Platform System | Microsoft Docs
+description: Learn how Analytics Platform System (APS) is architected for high availability. 
+author: mzaman1 
+manager: craigg
+ms.prod: sql
+ms.technology: data-warehouse
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.date: 04/17/2018
+ms.author: murshedz
+ms.reviewer: martinle
 ---
 
 # Analytics Platform System high availability
-Describes how Analytics Platform System (APS) is architected for high availability.  
+Learn how Analytics Platform System (APS) is architected for high availability.  
 
 ## High Availability Architecture  
 ![Appliance architecture](media/appliance-architecture.png "Appliance architecture")