Unity Catalog and the next era of Apache Iceberg™

Unity Catalog, Databricks' open governance solution, integrates with Apache Iceberg to provide unified metadata management, access controls, and data lineage across data lakes and warehouses. This integration enables organizations to implement fine-grained security policies and improve data governance while leveraging Iceberg's open table format capabilities. The combination represents an evolution in data management by combining Iceberg's performance and reliability with Unity Catalog's governance and compliance features.

Source: Databricks | 2026-05-28