How We Achieved High-bandwidth Connectivity With BI Tools
Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Tableau and Microsoft Power BI are notoriously slow at extracting large query results from traditional data warehouses because they typically fetch the data in a single thread through a SQL endpoint that becomes a data transfer bottleneck. Data analysts can connect their BI tools to Databricks SQL endpoints to...
Women in Product at Databricks
Databricks was a proud sponsor of the 2021 Women In Product Conference, which this year, had a theme of igniting possibility. We interviewed a few of the women on our product team – designers, program managers and product managers – all of whom play an integral role in Databricks’ success. We had the opportunity to...
Improved Tableau Databricks Connector With Azure AD Authentication Support
With the release of Tableau 2021.1, we have added new functionality to the Tableau Databricks Connector that simplifies security administration and streamlines the connection experience for end users. The updated connector lets Tableau users connect to Azure Databricks with a couple of clicks, using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) credentials and SSO for Tableau Online...
Announcing General Availability (GA) of the Power BI connector for Databricks
We are excited to announce General Availability (GA) of the Microsoft Power BI connector for Databricks for Power BI Service and Power BI Desktop 2.85.681.0. Following the public preview, we have already seen strong customer adoption, so we are pleased to extend these capabilities to our entire customer base. The native Power BI connector for...
Announcing Azure Databricks Power BI Connector (Public Preview)
Databricks and Microsoft Power BI customers will be delighted to know that an enhanced Azure Databricks PowerBI connector is now natively integrated into Power BI Desktop (2.85.681.0 and above ) and Power BI Service! The native connector lets users connect to Databricks from PowerBI Desktop with a couple of clicks, using Azure Active Directory (Azure...
