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Databricks Interactive Architecture Design Workshop

The Databricks Interactive Architecture Design Workshop is a hands-on session where participants map their current data environment, identify challenges, and uncover opportunities to modernize. Through structured activities and guided design discussions, they collaborate to define a future-state architecture aligned with organizational goals. By the end of the workshop, participants will have a documented data architecture roadmap and a clear view of how the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform can enable their data and AI initiatives.

Skill Level
Associate
Duration
4h
Prerequisites

In this course, the content was developed for participants with these skills/knowledge/abilities: 

• Basic understanding of data architecture concepts

• Familiarity with cloud computing and data platforms

• Experience with data engineering, analytics, or data science workflows

• No prior Databricks experience required

Outline

Framing the Architectural Challenge

• An Introduction to Design Thinking and Data Architecture

• Business Drivers for Architectural Decisions

• Guiding Criteria Canvas


Applying Design Thinking to Your Architecture

• Design Thinking in Action

• Mapping Current-State Architecture

• Group Debrief: Common Themes and Observations


Discovering Gaps and Perspectives

• Identifying Gaps in the Current State

• Gap Identification Activity

• Audience Poll: Top Architecture Challenges


Designing the Future-State Architecture

• Databricks Platform and Patterns Overview

• Future-State Architecture Design Activity

• Group Debrief: Future-State Insights


Roadmapping and Reflection

• Roadmap Prioritization

• Workshop Reflection

• Summary and Next Steps

Upcoming Public Classes

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Jun 26
01 PM - 05 PM (Europe/London)
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English
Free
Jul 10
01 PM - 05 PM (Australia/Sydney)
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English
Free
Jul 24
09 AM - 01 PM (America/New_York)
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English
Free
Aug 07
09 AM - 01 PM (Asia/Singapore)
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English
Free
Aug 07
09 AM - 01 PM (America/Los_Angeles)
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English
Free
Sep 04
01 PM - 05 PM (Europe/Paris)
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English
Free
Oct 02
01 PM - 05 PM (America/New_York)
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English
Free
Oct 07
09 AM - 01 PM (Asia/Kolkata)
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English
Free

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Upcoming Public Classes

Data Analyst

AI/BI for Data Analysts

This course teaches data analysts how to design, build, publish, and operate AI/BI Dashboards in Databricks. AI/BI Dashboards combine governed Unity Catalog data with interactive visualizations, filters, and Genie integration so business users can explore answers without writing code.

The course follows a single end-to-end build. You start with source tables in Unity Catalog and finish with a published, monitored multi-page dashboard. Along the way you learn how dashboards fit into the broader Databricks AI/BI product family and where Genie, datasets, visualizations, and filters each fit in the workflow.

The content covers:

• AI/BI Dashboard fundamentals and how they relate to Genie and the rest of the Databricks platform.

• Exploring source data in Unity Catalog and designing reusable dashboard datasets with SQL.

• Authoring visualizations (KPIs, trends, breakdowns) and laying out a clean multi-page dashboard.

• Using Genie Code to draft SQL, charts, and filters from natural language prompts.

• Adding filters to make dashboards interactive and responsive to viewer questions.

• Publishing, sharing, and managing permissions so the right people can view and edit the dashboard.

• Running the dashboard in production with scheduled refresh, caching, and usage monitoring.

Note: For SCORM lecture files, please ensure that you close the SCORM window after completing the content. Do not click the ‘Next Lesson’ button, as doing so may prevent the SCORM module from being marked as complete.

Languages Available: English | 日本語 | Português BR | 한국어 | Español | française

Free
2h
Associate

Catalog Management and Data Organization

In this course, you will learn how to design, implement, and govern catalog structures and large-scale data organization on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. It offers a comprehensive view of Unity Catalog as the centralized governance layer for an enterprise lakehouse. Divided into five modules, it begins by placing Unity Catalog within the cloud deployment model — covering the Account Console, metastore creation, and the administrator role hierarchy. You will then translate organizational topology (business units, regions, and dev/QA/prod environments) into a scalable catalog and schema design using naming conventions, ownership patterns, and MANAGE delegation. The course then covers secure storage integration with storage credentials, external locations, the managed-storage hierarchy, managed versus external tables, and UC Volumes for non-tabular data. Next, you will apply access patterns and isolation strategies — the three-level GRANT chain, workspace-catalog binding, and schema-level Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) policies — to enforce fine-grained data protection at scale. Finally, the course closes with best practices for catalog design, automation, least-privilege permissions, and group-based access management.

Note: For SCORM lecture files, please ensure that you close the SCORM window after completing the content. Do not click the ‘Next Lesson’ button, as doing so may prevent the SCORM module from being marked as complete.

Free
2h
Associate

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