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Overview

Overview

Azure Databricks is an Apache Spark-based analytics platform optimized for the Microsoft Azure cloud services platform. Designed with the founders of Apache Spark, Databricks is integrated with Azure to provide one-click setup, streamlined workflows, and an interactive workspace that enables collaboration between data scientists, data engineers, and business analysts.

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Getting Started

Getting Started

  1. Introduction to Azure Databricks
    11/15/2017, Video, 0:03:38
    Azure Databricks, a fast, easy and collaborative Apache® Spark™ based analytics platform optimized for Azure. Designed in collaboration with the founders of Apache Spark,...
  2. A Developer’s Introduction to Big Data Processing with Azure Databricks
    5/9/2018, Video, 0:20:55
    Big Data is everywhere, and you as a developer can take advantage of the insights that can be derived of it. To make things easier, Azure brings services like Azure...
  3. The Developer Data Scientist – Creating New Analytics Driven Applications using Apache Spark with Azure Databricks
    5/6/2018, Video, 1:33:22
    The developer world is changing as we create and generate new data patterns and handling processes within our applications.  Additionally, with the massive interest in machine...

Videos

Building geospatial apps on Postgres, PostGIS, & Citus at large scale | Citus Con 2022
0:30:12
4/26/2022, YouTube: Microsoft Developer
Building geospatial apps on Postgres, PostGIS, & Citus at large scale |...
Build Your Business Based On PostgreSQL Databases | Citus Con: An Event for Postgres 2022
0:20:18
4/12/2022, YouTube: Microsoft Developer
Build Your Business Based On PostgreSQL Databases | Citus Con: An Event for...
AZ-900 Certification Course - Benefits and Usage of Big Data and Analytics Services
0:13:26
1/2/2022, John Savill's Technical Training
AZ-900 Certification Course - Benefits and Usage of Big Data and Analytics...
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Learning

Learning Paths

Data engineering with Azure Databricks
Data engineering with Azure Databricks
Published: 5/15/2020, Length: 10:32:00
Data engineering with Azure Databricks
Perform data science with Azure Databricks
Perform data science with Azure Databricks
Published: 5/22/2020, Length: 8:25:00
Perform data science with Azure Databricks
Azure Fundamentals part 2: Describe core Azure services
Azure Fundamentals part 2: Describe core Azure services
Published: 9/14/2020, Length: 3:12:00
This learning path provides you with an introduction to the basics of Azure's core services for compute, network, storage, and database.

Learning Modules

Describe platform architecture, security, and data protection in Azure Databricks
Describe platform architecture, security, and data protection in Azure...
Published: 5/15/2020, Length: 1:03:00
Work with DataFrames columns in Azure Databricks
Work with DataFrames columns in Azure Databricks
Published: 5/15/2020, Length: 0:43:00
Integrate Azure Databricks with other Azure services
Integrate Azure Databricks with other Azure services
Published: 5/15/2020, Length: 0:33:00
Implement CI/CD with Azure DevOps
Implement CI/CD with Azure DevOps
Published: 5/15/2020, Length: 0:28:00
Work with user-defined functions
Work with user-defined functions
Published: 6/4/2020, Length: 0:33:00
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Azure Databricks News

5/19/2022, MS Tech Community
Bring Vision to Life with Three Horizons, Data Mesh, Data Lakehouse, and Azure Cloud Scale Analytics
Introduction:   Many of you may have been focused on analytics for years and have shown audacity, acumen, and determination in improving your decision-making and the decisions of those around...
5/18/2022, MS Tech Community
Azure Marketplace new offers – May 18, 2022
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 116 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below:   Get it...
5/17/2022, MS Tech Community
Detect Anomalies in Equipment with Anomaly Detector in Azure Databricks
As Industry 5.0 is coming which is regarded as the next industrial evolution, the objective is to leverage the creativity of human experts in collaboration with efficient, intelligent, and...
5/17/2022, MS Tech Community
ADLS Gen1 to ADLS Gen2 Migrations: Options and Best Practices
If you are not aware Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Gen1 is being replaced by ADLS Gen2. The end of life for Gen1 is Feb 2024 (Retirement Announcement). FastTrack along with  the Customer Support...
5/12/2022, MS Tech Community
Azure Marketplace new offers – May 11, 2022
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 92 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below:   Get it now...
4/11/2022, Service Updates
Generally available: Azure Databricks Delta Live Tables
Build reliable, maintainable, and testable data processing pipelines with Delta Live Tables.
3/30/2022, MS Tech Community
Data Cataloging with Azure Purview
Many big organisations are moving towards decentralisation of data teams. In a decentralised data team setup — where there will be multiple data teams, producing data sets covering different...
3/23/2022, MS Tech Community
Meet the 2022 Imagine Cup World Finals judges
Next week, 48 student teams from across the globe will present their purpose-driven applications in regional Imagine Cup World Final events where they will vie for USD50,000 in prizing and...
3/18/2022, MS Tech Community
The Data Lakehouse, the Data Warehouse and a Modern Data platform architecture
I am encountering two overriding themes when talking to data architects today about their data and analytics strategy – which take very different sides, practically at the extreme ends of the...
3/11/2022, MS Tech Community
The Semantic Lakehouse with Azure Databricks and Power BI
This post was authored by Kyle Hale, a Solutions Architect at Databricks.   If you’re a BI practitioner, this diagram (and others like it) may be intimately familiar to you:   The “BI stack” is...
3/10/2022, MS Tech Community
Azure Marketplace new offers – March 10, 2022
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 140 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Get...
2/24/2022, MS Tech Community
Azure Marketplace new offers – February 24, 2022
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 128 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Get...
2/10/2022, MS Tech Community
Genomic data in Parquet format on Azure
One of the most common formats for genomic data is Variant Call Format (VCF). VCF is a text file format, most likely stored in a compressed manner. It contains meta-information, a header, and...
1/28/2022, MS Tech Community
ADF and Azure Databricks Best Practices
This post was authored by Leo Furlong, a Solutions Architect at Databricks.   Azure Data Factory (ADF), Synapse pipelines, and Azure Databricks make a rock-solid combo for building your Lakehouse...
1/28/2022, MS Tech Community
Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks Best Practices
This post was authored by Leo Furlong, a Solutions Architect at Databricks.   Azure Data Factory (ADF), Synapse pipelines, and Azure Databricks make a rock-solid combo for building your Lakehouse...
1/20/2022, MS Tech Community
Microsoft Defender for Key Vault - Migration from Azure Databricks to Azure Synapse Analytics
We're excited to announce that SIPS ML team has migrated services – including USM and Microsoft Defender for Key Vault - to Azure Synapse Analytics from Azure Databricks.   The benefits and...
1/19/2022, MS Tech Community
Azure Marketplace new offers – January 19, 2022
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 130 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Get...
1/14/2022, MS Tech Community
Machine learning with Apache Spark | Machine Learning Essentials
Join Seth Juarez, Principal Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft, to learn how to use Azure Databricks for machine learning.
1/14/2022, MS Tech Community
Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 183
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 140 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Get...
1/10/2022, MS Tech Community
Machine Learning at Scale with Databricks and Kubernetes
Overview   Machine Learning Operationalisation (ML Ops) is a set of practices that aim to quickly and reliably build, deploy and monitor machine learning applications. Many organizations...