Delta Sharing is the most widely adopted open protocol for Data and AI sharing. Using Delta Sharing, data providers can now share Delta tables to any Iceberg-compatible client, allowing them to reach their customers across all platforms, including Snowflake or Amazon EMR. Furthermore, data providers can use Delta Sharing to share Iceberg tables, including tables stored on external catalogs such as AWS Glue or Snowflake Horizon.

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Databricks Delta Sharing now supports Apache Iceberg format, enabling data providers to share Delta tables with any Iceberg-compatible client (Snowflake, Trino, Flink, Spark) via the Iceberg REST Catalog API. A private preview also allows sharing Iceberg tables from external catalogs like AWS Glue or Snowflake Horizon through Delta Sharing. This eliminates manual data exports and replication, providing secure, live access across platforms while maintaining unified governance through Unity Catalog. Recipients experience shared Delta tables as native Iceberg tables, combining Delta Sharing's advanced features with Iceberg ecosystem compatibility.

Announcing first-class support of Iceberg format in the Databricks Delta Sharing

Interoperability: Both Source and Destination