Unity Catalog in Databricks

What is the primary function of Unity Catalog in Databricks?

• Data visualization

• Machine learning

• Unified governance solution for data and AI assets

• Cloud storage

What is the relationship between Unity Catalog and Metastores?

• Unity Catalog replaces all Metastores

• Unity Catalog is a type of Metastore

• Unity Catalog allows for a single metastore per region

• Unity Catalog and Metastores are unrelated

What file formats does Unity Catalog support for external tables?

• Only DELTA format

• DELTA, CSV, JSON, AVRO, PARQUET, ORC, TEXT file formats

• Only CSV and JSON formats

• All file formats

How does Unity Catalog integrate with Azure Purview?

• Unity Catalog does not integrate with Azure Purview

• Microsoft is building a first-class integration between Purview and Unity Catalog

• Unity Catalog integrates with Azure Purview through a third-party connector

• Unity Catalog integrates with Azure Purview through Delta Sharing

What is the role of Delta Sharing in Unity Catalog?

• It is used for data visualization

• It allows sharing assets across regions, clouds, or to external organizations in a compute-free manner

• It is used for machine learning tasks

• It is not related to Unity Catalog