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Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks is an analytics platform optimized for the Microsoft Azure cloud services ecosystem. Introduced to provide a collaborative environment for data science, data engineering, and business analytics, Azure Databricks combines the best of Databricks' Spark-based analytics platform with Azure's cloud capabilities. It enables users to set up a managed Apache Spark environment in minutes, facilitating big data processing, machine learning, and real-time analytics applications. The platform integrates seamlessly with other Azure services such as Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure SQL Data Warehouse (now known as Azure Synapse Analytics), and Azure Cosmos DB, providing a comprehensive and secure environment for exploring, visualizing, and processing vast amounts of data. Key features include collaborative notebooks, integrated workflows, automatic scaling, and optimization for performance and cost-efficiency, making it a powerful tool for transforming data into actionable insights.