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In this deep-dive episode, we unpack the technical and strategic implications of integrating Databricks with Microsoft Fabric. As enterprises increasingly operate across hybrid data ecosystems, ensuring seamless interoperability between platforms is critical. This episode covers the full landscape—OneLake mounting techniques, Delta Sharing, Unity Catalog mirroring, and Direct Lake integration with Power BI.

You’ll learn:

• How to securely mount and access OneLake and ADLS Gen2 from Databricks
• When to use service principals vs. credential passthrough
• What Delta Sharing enables between Databricks and Fabric, and its governance model
• How Lakehouse Federation supports federated querying across systems
• Why Unity Catalog mirroring to Fabric Lakehouse is a game-changer—and its limitations
• How Direct Lake mode in Power BI reshapes performance and semantic model design
• Practical guidance on security, schema consistency, and performance trade-offs

Whether you're a data architect, platform engineer, or analytics leader, this episode equips you with the insights to design and optimize cross-platform data architectures that scale.

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