Hi @Jeffrey Tennenbaum, Databricks Runtime provides bindings to popular data sources and formats to make importing and exporting data from the lakehouse simple.
This article provides information to help you identify formats and integrations that have built-in support.
You can also discover ways to extend Databricks to interact with even more systems.
Databricks provides a number of optimizations for data loading and ingestion.
Databricks also supports query federation for both SQL and DataFrame users. See What is query federation?
If you have not read or write data with Databricks before, consider reviewing the DataFrames tutorial for Python or Scala. Even for users familiar with Apache Spark™, this tutorial might address new challenges associated with accessing data in the cloud.
Partner Connect provides optimized, easy-to-configure integrations to many enterprise solutions. See What is Databricks Partner Connect?