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[Microsoft Azure Databricks](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/databricks/) delivers the first-party advantage of Databricks on Microsoft—and for customers, that advantage shows up as real, measurable value. It is the same Databricks platform your teams already know, co-engineered with Microsoft and delivered as a native [Azure service](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us), so it fits naturally into the Microsoft tools, identity, and governance your organization already runs.

[Discover Azure Databricks](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/databricks/)

The advantage is built-in, not bolted on. Microsoft and Databricks co-engineer the service, share one integration roadmap across the Microsoft data and AI stack, and align go-to-market so you get one motion, one bill, and one support path. For technical teams, that means deeper native integration and stronger performance. For the business, it means lower cost, less risk, and faster time to value.

The strategic partnership drives an accelerated integration roadmap and continuous optimization for improved performance; however, decision-makers constantly ask about what business value all of this translates to. To address this key question, Microsoft commissioned a [Forrester Total Economic Impact™ study](https://tei.forrester.com/go/Microsoft/Databricks/?lang=en-us) of [Azure Databricks](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/databricks/). It found that a composite organization based on interviewed customers realized a three-year **331% return on investment**, **$58.1 million in net present value**, and recovered its investment in **less than six months**.

| **331%**   Return on investment | **$58.1M**   Net present value | **< 6 months**   Payback period |
| --- | --- | --- |

*Commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, June 2026. Results are over three years and represent a composite organization based on interviewed customers and may not be typical; actual results will vary.*

## What the study found

Forrester interviewed [Azure Databricks](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/databricks/) customers and built a composite organization to model the impact: a $6 billion company in a regulated industry, running about 10 petabytes of data.

Before Azure Databricks, its data estate was fragmented and expensive. It was unreliable at scale and hard to govern. Afterward, the results were clear: $75.6 million in benefits against $17.5 million in cost over three years translating to $58.1 million in net present value.

The value came from four places:

- **$39.0 million—data and analytics teams’ productivity**. Teams handled more work without adding people, with measured gains of 15% to 25%. As a Vice President of data services at a healthcare organization put it: “ *…we’re doing more work with the same size of the team*.”
- **$19.9 million—lower infrastructure costs**. Elastic, pay-as-you-go compute replaced overprovisioned hardware.
- **$11.4 million—better data platform resiliency**. Managed operations meant fewer outages and no custom disaster recovery to build.
- **$5.4 million—retired legacy software and redeployed DBAs**.Consolidating databases and Extract, Load, Transform (ETL) tools eliminated third-party licenses, and managed operations freed database administrators for higher-value work.

Forrester listed more benefits it didn’t put a price on: native Azure services integration, faster insights, wider access to data, and governance through Unity Catalog. That’s where the return starts.

[Model your own numbers with the Azure Databricks ROI estimator](https://tei.forrester.com/go/Microsoft/Databricks)

![The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Azure Databricks infographic](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TEI-of-ADB-infographic.jpg)

The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Azure Databricks infographic

## Where the value comes from

Those returns come down to one thing. [Azure Databricks](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/databricks/) is a true first-party Azure service, co-engineered by Microsoft and Databricks, it plugs into the tools your teams already use. That removes the extra data copies, tooling, and integration work that raise costs elsewhere.

A great example is the [Azure Databricks Genie](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/genie-one/) integration with [Microsoft Copilot Cowork](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/cowork). You can add context of your business and build on that intelligence into the tools your teams already use with this integration. [Genie](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/genie-ui/genie) lets anyone question the lakehouse in plain language—now inside [Microsoft Teams](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/integrations/msft-teams), [Microsoft 365 Copilot](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/integrations/msft-m365-copilot), and more recently in [Copilot Cowork](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-databricks/azure-databricks-at-databricks-data--ai-summit-2026-updates-and-new-announcement/4528388), where it grounds tasks in trusted data through Genie Ontology. Every answer is scoped by Unity Catalog to exactly what each user is permitted to see, so intelligence reaches the flow of work without loosening governance.

The same depth runs across the rest of the platform:

- **Identity and governance**: [Automatic Identity Management for Entra ID](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-databricks/general-availability-automatic-identity-management-aim-for-entra-id-on-azure-dat/4452206) syncs users into [Azure Databricks](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/databricks/). Unity Catalog and [Microsoft Purview](https://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/security/business/microsoft-purview) govern the rest.
- **Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft 365**: [Power BI](https://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/power-platform/products/power-bi) reads your data directly and now [writes back to it](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-databricks/closing-the-loop-interactive-write-back-from-power-bi-to-azure-databricks/4442999). A new Excel add-in brings governed data into spreadsheets; a SharePoint connector streams files into Delta tables, and [Teams notifications](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/ai-bi/admin/teams-subscriptions) deliver alerts where teams work. [Metric views](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/metric-views/) keep business logic consistent across all of them.
- **AI and agents**: Beyond chatting with your data, [Genie](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/genie-ui/genie) connects to [Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-databricks/azure-databricks-genie-integration-with-copilot-studio-and-microsoft-foundry-is-/4471087), and a single Model Context Protocol (MCP) connection lets [Copilot Studio and GitHub Copilot agents](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/analyticsonazure/building-ai-apps-and-agents-with-azure-databricks-copilot-studio-and-github-copi/4524065) reason over an entire Azure Databricks workspace. [Azure Database Lakebase](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-databricks/azure-databricks-lakebase-is-now-generally-available/4498779) gives agents a serverless Postgres engine, and [serverless workspaces](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/admin/workspace/serverless-workspaces) get them started fast.
- **Microsoft OneLake**: [OneLake catalog federation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/query-federation/onelake) lets Azure Databricks query OneLake data directly, with no pipelines or copies. You can also [store Unity Catalog tables in OneLake](https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Updates-Blog/Extending-interoperability-Azure-Databricks-can-now-store-Unity/ba-p/5199741), alongside Azure Data Lake Storage.
- **Customer data**: [CustomerLake](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-databricks/azure-databricks-at-databricks-data--ai-summit-2026-updates-and-new-announcement/4528388), a new Agentic Customer Data platform, builds Customer 360 profiles and runs campaigns inside the lakehouse where the data and governance already live.
- **Enterprise systems**: [SAP Business Data Cloud Connect](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-databricks/sap-business-data-cloud-connect-with-azure-databricks-is-now-generally-available/4459490) brings SAP data into the lakehouse. It’s the same model helping industries like [industries like telecom](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/telecommunications/2026/02/24/microsoft-accelerates-telecom-return-on-intelligence-with-a-unified-trusted-ai-platform/) turn AI into returns.

These are the integrations that Forrester valued but didn’t price separately however, they are critical factors driving productivity and cost benefits that were quantified.

## Backed by independent benchmarks

Value also depends on speed, and that’s been tested. Principled Technologies, an independent firm, ran an industry-standard, TPC-DS-like [decision-support benchmark](https://www.principledtechnologies.com/clients/reports/Microsoft/Azure-Databricks-competitive-0725/) on a 10-terabyte dataset. [Azure Databricks](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/databricks/) completed a single query stream in up to 21.1% less time than Databricks on AWS (with autoscale disabled) and ran four concurrent query streams more than nine minutes faster.

## What it means for you

Choosing a data and AI platform is a long-term decision, and with [Azure Databricks](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/databricks/) the pieces reinforce each other. The integration drives the savings Forrester measured. The performance keeps those gains steady as usage grows. And it all rests on one foundation: a first-party partnership that puts Microsoft and Databricks engineering, roadmap, and support behind your data estate. The value isn’t a claim, it’s been measured: a three-year 331% return, with payback in under six months. It’s why so many teams choose to run their lakehouse on Azure Databricks.

[**Get started with Azure Databricks**](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/databricks/)

**Explore further**

- The full [Forrester TEI study](https://tei.forrester.com/go/Microsoft/Databricks/?lang=en-us), plus the ROI calculator to model your own numbers.
- The [Principled Technologies benchmark](https://www.principledtechnologies.com/clients/reports/Microsoft/Azure-Databricks-competitive-0725/).
- [Azure Databricks at Data + AI Summit 2026](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-databricks/azure-databricks-at-databricks-data--ai-summit-2026-updates-and-new-announcement/4528388), and how it [uses OneLake as a shared data foundation](https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Updates-Blog/Unlocking-Microsoft-OneLake-as-the-data-foundation-for-Azure/ba-p/5201876).
- Build AI apps and agents with [Azure Databricks, Copilot Studio, and GitHub Copilot](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/analyticsonazure/building-ai-apps-and-agents-with-azure-databricks-copilot-studio-and-github-copi/4524065).
- Stay current on the [Azure Databricks Tech Community blog](https://aka.ms/adbblog) and the official [release notes](https://aka.ms/adbreleasenotes).
- Related blog posts: [Differentiated synergy](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-databricks-differentiated-synergy/) and [Databricks runs best on Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/databricks-runs-best-on-azure/).
- For the full set of Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026 announcements, see [Azure Databricks at Data + AI Summit 2026](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-databricks/azure-databricks-at-databricks-data--ai-summit-2026-updates-and-new-announcement/4528388).
- Learn more about [Azure Databricks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/introduction/)

## Build Intelligent Solutions with Azure Databricks

Empower teams to develop AI-powered applications and gain deeper insights with a unified data and AI platform.

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