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 ## About this sample
 
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-1. **Applies to:** SQL Server 2016 (or higher), Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Parallel Data Warehouse
-1. **Key features: **
-1. **Workload:**
-1. **Programming Language:**
-1. **Authors:**
-1. **Update history:**
+**Applies to:** SQL Server 2016 (or higher), Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Parallel Data Warehouse
+**Key features:**
+**Workload:**
+**Programming Language:**
+**Authors:**
+**Update history:**
 
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