Microsoft also highlights Synapse’s integration with Power BI, its easy to use business intelligence and reporting tool, as well as Azure Machine Learning for building models. With the Azure ...

Databricks, provider of a Unified Analytics Platform and founded by the team who created Apache Spark, has become a partner with Microsoft to expand the reach of its Unified Analytics Platform and ...

Microsoft and Databricks have actually worked on this integration since 2016, and this is making Databricks a first-party service on Azure.

Data warehouses that support external tables, such as Snowflake and Azure Synapse Analytics are indirect competitors. The following screenshot is an overview of Databricks Lakehouse Platform.

But with Azure Synapse, Microsoft is seeking on the analytics side to bring the poles together. Although Azure Synapse is a generally available service today, the expanded platform is barely six ...

However, Azure Synapse not only integrates with its ecosystem, but also with partners like Databricks, Informatica, Accenture, Talend, Panoply, Attunity, Pragmatic Works, and Adatis.

Ignite 2019: Microsoft has revved its Azure SQL Data Warehouse, re-branding it Synapse Analytics, and integrating Apache Spark, Azure Data Lake Storage and Azure Data Factory, with a unified Web ...

Microsoft has unveiled a preview of a C++-based vectorized query engine for the Azure Databricks cloud analytics and AI service based on Apache Spark. Azure Databricks, which is delivered in ...