Azure Databricks provides latest Spark version and used to integrate with open source libraries. Apache Spark is the computing framework which speeds up the processing speed. By comparing original Spark, Azure Databricks claims 10x faster.
Databricks is managed instance (PaaS Model) in Azure which easies the setup and termination of Spark clusters within a minute of time.
Apart from the batch computing, one of the main benefits of Spark is real time computing
