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Azure Databricks
Unlock the potential of your data with this Introduction to Azure Databricks step-by-step training. This comprehensive training explores the Databricks Data + AI Platform, covering everything from production-scale AI and LLM training to serverless data warehousing and unified governance with Unity Catalog. Learn to simplify complex ETL processes and accelerate your organization's AI initiatives using a unified lakehouse architecture designed for performance and regulatory compliance.
Unified data, analytics and AI on one open platform
Unify all your data, analytics and AI
on one open platform.
Built on open standards to avoid vendor lock-in
Built on open standards to ensure
interoperability and avoid vendor lock-in.
Collaboration helps data teams securely share insights
Empower all data teams to securely build
and share insights together.
Why Azure Databricks?
12x better price/performance for SQL workloads
Accelerated performance for SQL workloads with Photon and AI-driven query optimization. Optimized runtimes for Spark, Python and SQL power all workloads, from ETL to BI to AI.
Enterprise scale
Trusted by over 10,000 global organizations, including more than 60% of the Fortune 500, to run data and AI workloads reliably at scale across 44+ Azure regions.
Native Azure experience
Deploy in one click through Azure Portal. Benefit from native identity and governance via Entra ID, Unity Catalog and Microsoft Purview. Empower teams with collaborative notebooks, SQL and visual workflows to accelerate data and AI projects.
Azure Databricks industry use cases
Discover how industry leaders in financial services, retail and healthcare are transforming with the Databricks Data + AI Platform on Azure.
HSBC
Built a digital payment platform using Azure Databricks.
Santander
Accelerates real-time analytics and compliance with Azure Databricks.
Banco Bradesco
Uses Azure Databricks and Databricks Assistant to speed up code development and expand data access across teams.
Navy Federal Credit Union
Scales fraud detection and AI with Azure Databricks.
Join an Azure Databricks event
Learn how organizations are transforming with the Databricks Data + AI Platform on Azure. Meet product experts, Microsoft partners and customers at upcoming events and workshops.
Azure Databricks security, compliance and integrations
Seamlessly integrate Azure data stores and services with specialized connectors for fast data access and simplified management across your environment. Azure-native integrations ensure easy setup of Unity Catalog, security and compliance, as well as the ability to manage and operationalize all your Azure data.
Featured Azure Databricks integrations
Single Sign-On with Azure Active Directory is the best way to sign in to Azure Databricks. Azure Databricks also supports automated user provisioning with Azure AD to create new users, give them the proper level of access, and remove users to deprovision access.
Azure Databricks resources
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Frequently Asked Questions
Azure Databricks is a first-party lakehouse solution jointly developed by Databricks and Microsoft that unifies data, analytics and AI on Azure. It is part of the Databricks Data + AI Platform and is built on lakehouse architecture, giving teams one open platform instead of separate data warehouse, data lake and machine learning tools. Because it is native to Azure, it provides a seamless experience for organizations already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem. Databricks describes it as helping customers simplify architectures, accelerate time to insight and build generative AI solutions.