Microsoft Launches Preview of Azure Databricks -- Redmond Channel Partner

Microsoft this week unveiled a new service that integrates its Azure platform with a globally distributed streaming analytics solution. Now available in preview, Azure Databricks is designed to help app users and developers take advantage of machine learning, graph processing and AI-based applications. It was one of many announcements made by Microsoft during the opening keynote of its annual Connect() developer conference, which kicked off Wednesday in New York City. Azure Databricks will enable organizations to build modern data warehouses that support self-service analytics and machine learning using all data types in a secure and compliant architecture, according to Scott Guthrie, Microsoft's executive vice president of Cloud and Enterprise, speaking at the the Connect() keynote. Databricks is the creator and steward of Apache Spark.