It adds a cluster manager, notebooks, dashboards, jobs, and integration with third-party apps, to the free open source Spark distribution. Databricks provides several sample notebooks for ML problems.

Although you’ve always been able to install Spark or Databricks on Azure, Azure Databricks makes it a one-click experience, driving the setup process from the Azure Portal.

Azure Databricks provides one-click setup, streamlined workflows, and an interactive workspace that enables collaboration between data scientists, data engineers, and business analysts.