Azure Databricks

Design AI with Apache Spark™-based analytics.

Overview

Azure Databricks is a data analytics platform optimized for the Microsoft Azure cloud services platform. Azure Databricks offers three environments for developing data intensive applications: Databricks SQL, Databricks Data Science & Engineering, and Databricks Machine Learning.

Key Resources

Homepage: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/databricks/
Pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/databricks/
SLA: https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/sla/databricks/
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News

Date News
7/15/2025
Announcing the general availability of Mirroring for Azure Databricks Unity Catalog in Microsoft Fabric—a secure, high-performance integration that provides seamless access to Azure Databricks...
7/15/2025
Choosing Azure Databricks can streamline your entire data lifecycle within a single, scalable environment. The post Databricks runs best on Azure appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
6/11/2025
Now you can easily connect Azure Databricks with Microsoft Power Apps in several new ways. The new connector enables you to: Support real-time data access without the need for data...
5/23/2025
Unity Catalog access to Amazon S3 data on Azure Databricks is now generally available. This release gives you seamless, multicloud data governance by unifying permissions and access controls...
5/19/2025
You can now easily create AI agents in Azure AI Foundry with Azure Databricks data. Using the new Azure Databricks Azure AI Foundry connector, you can: Connect Azure AI Foundry agents with...
4/17/2025
In a data-driven world, you need an efficient way to harness your data for actionable insights and gain a competitive edge. Azure Databricks is a powerful, unified analytics and AI platform that...
4/6/2025
We are excited to share the first models in the Llama 4 herd are available today in Azure AI Foundry and Azure Databricks. The post Introducing the Llama 4 herd in Azure AI Foundry and Azure...
4/4/2025
In this episode, Sujit D'Mello and Cynthia Kreng are joined by special guest Mike Becker, an Azure Architect at Microsoft, to discuss how various Azure services can be combined to create a...
3/28/2025
Optimizing ETL Data Pipelines When building ETL data pipelines using Azure Data Factory (ADF) to process huge amounts of data from different sources, you may often run into performance and...
3/27/2025
The limited time discount for Azure Databricks Automated and Interactive Serverless Compute will end on April 30, 2025. Serverless compute provides rapid workload startup, automatic...
3/26/2025
We are thrilled to announce that as of March 26, 2025, Microsoft Azure customers can access and use Anthropic models within their existing Azure Databricks workspaces. This integration is a...
3/20/2025
Java remains a cornerstone in today’s AI-driven world, offering scalability, high performance, and seamless integration for enterprise applications. Microsoft continues its commitment to Java...
2/3/2025
Azure Databricks is a data analytics platform optimized for the Microsoft Azure cloud services platform. Azure Databricks offers three environments for developing data intensive applications:...
1/13/2025
Azure Databricks Clean Rooms offers a privacy-safe environment for collaboration on all your data and AI assets, ensuring no direct access to sensitive information. In today’s world,...
11/14/2024
We’re excited to announce the extension of the promotional discounts on serverless compute for Notebooks, Jobs, and Pipelines (Delta Live Tables). You will continue to get 50% off serverless...
9/9/2024
Introduction: In this post, I explore a recent experiment aimed at creating a RAG pipeline tailored for the insurance industry, specifically for handling automobile insurance claims, with the...
9/4/2024
This Azure Architecture Blog was written in conjunction with Isaac Gritz, Senior Solutions Architect, at Databricks.   The Data Intelligence End-to-End Architecture provides a scalable, secure...