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Microsoft Fabric and Databricks integration/comparison
Hello amaaiia
lets me try to answer this question from what Databricks bring extra to the table:
Multi-Cloud Deployments: If your organization requires flexibility across different cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), Databricks supports multi-cloud environments
Customization and Control: For teams requiring fine-grained control over their data infrastructure and processing workflows, Databricks offers more flexibility and customization options
Advanced Cluster Management: For scenarios requiring detailed control over cluster management and scalable CI/CD pipelines, especially in complex Spark-based environments
I think it more around SAAS AND PAAS comparison. Fabric is still evolving and Databricks is more mature when compared to Fabric.
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Fabric has a different audience with the nocode / lowcode capability - making it easier for citizen dev to do more advanced data analytics than power bi. It also makes transition into more complex data engineering from power bi easier.
Obviously there are professional dev on Fabric too. Besides the obvious differences between paas and saas, Databricks is a much more mature product and i personally enjoy using it more than Fabric, but I am a professional developer, but that might change as fabric matures.
Medallion architecture is an approach and you can do it in both fabric and databricks.