Get Started with Data Governance on Databricks

This course explores how to achieve data interoperability between systems using Databricks Unity Catalog as a unified governance layer, using both Delta and Iceberg open table formats. Participants will learn to implement, manage and optimize a data environment where tables can be accessed by both Delta and Iceberg clients, enabling cross-platform analytics and eliminating data silos.

This course is designed for Data Engineers, Platform Administrators, and Analytics Engineers responsible for implementing and managing multi-format data architectures. You will gain the skills to use Unity Catalog for unified governance across Delta and Iceberg table formats and across federated external systems.

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.

This course covers performance optimization, cost control, and security for large-scale data warehousing deployments.This course is designed for Data Warehousing practitioners responsible for managing Databricks environments serving hundreds or thousands of users across multiple business units. You will gain the skills necessary to efficiently scale data warehousing operations while maintaining high performance, cost-effectiveness, and compliance with security standards.

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.

In this course, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to design, scale, and operationalize end-to-end feature engineering pipelines on the Databricks platform. The curriculum is structured across three progressive modules: mastering the fundamentals of Spark’s distributed execution and optimization, implementing scalable data ingestion with Auto Loader and declarative Lakeflow pipelines, and advancing to production-grade MLOps with the Databricks Feature Store.

You will engage in hands-on learning experiences such as debugging Spark performance with the Catalyst Optimizer and Spark UI, building robust Bronze-Silver-Gold medallion architectures with automated quality checks, and implementing scalable feature transformations using SparkML. The course culminates in deploying real-time feature serving through Online Feature Stores, defining FeatureSpecs with on-demand transformations, and applying governance and lineage tracking with Unity Catalog.