Microsoft and Databricks are extending their strategic alliance into the 2030s to deepen the use of Azure Databricks for core business operations and analytics, and to integrate Databricks’ Data and AI platform across Microsoft products. The expanded pact also includes broader deployment of Azure Cobalt to boost performance for data-intensive and agentic AI workloads, improving security, governance, and enterprise readiness. Microsoft will continue weaving Databricks Genie with its 365 stack, Power BI, Copilot, Teams, and other tools, while offering centralized governance through Unity AI Gateway to manage models, agents, usage, and costs. The collaboration emphasizes turning proprietary enterprise data into actionable intelligence, aiming to reduce friction in AI adoption and scale across organizations. The announcements come as both companies promote a joint vision of enterprise AI that leverages customers’ unique data and business context. This multi-year expansion is reflected in multiple updates across press statements and industry coverage, signaling a sustained push to normalize and operationalize enterprise-grade AI at scale.