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 have a basic knowledge of Azure Databricks. Consider completing the previous modules in the Data Engineering with Azure Databricks learning path before this one.