Use Delta Lake in Azure Databricks

Intermediate
Data Engineer
Azure Databricks

Delta Lake is an open source relational storage area for Spark that you can use to implement a data lakehouse architecture in Azure Databricks.

Learning objectives

In this module, you'll learn how to:

  • Describe core features and capabilities of Delta Lake.
  • Create and use Delta Lake tables in Azure Databricks.
  • Create Spark catalog tables for Delta Lake data.
  • Use Delta Lake tables for streaming data.

Prerequisites

Before starting this module, you should know how to use Apache Spark in Azure Databricks. Consider completing the Use Apache Spark in Azure Databricks module before this one.