Microsoft Fabric with Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks integrates with Microsoft Fabric in two ways. Both result in Unity Catalog tables being in Fabric as a read-only mirrored catalog with no data movement. The choice is mostly about which team drives the integration.

Choose an integration method

Integration method Who initiates What gets shared Release status
Publish a Unity Catalog catalog to Microsoft Fabric An Azure Databricks catalog admin runs Catalog > Share > Publish to OneLake on Azure Databricks. The full catalog. Beta
Use Microsoft Fabric to read data that is registered in Unity Catalog A Fabric workspace administrator selects + New > Mirrored Azure Databricks catalog in the Fabric portal. Selected schemas and tables, with optional auto-sync of new ones. Generally Available