Blog

The first multimodal open catalog for data and AI
Guide

Unity Catalog 0.2 Introduces Models, MLflow and Apache Spark™ Integration, and support for External Identity Providers

Since its launch in July 2024, Unity Catalog has rapidly grown with key features like external authentication, MLflow model support, Apache Spark integration, and a new UI, making it a powerful tool for unified data and AI governance.

October 8, 2024
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Working with Functions in Unity Catalog

Learn how to create, manage, and secure reusable functions in Unity Catalog. This guide explains how to store logic in your data catalog for reliable, reproducible code, making it ideal for ML and AI workloads. Explore how to work with functions using the CLI, REST API, and integrate them with popular AI tools like LangChain and LlamaIndex.

Guide
July 25, 2025

Unity Catalog and LlamaIndex

Using Unity Catalog with LlamaIndex helps you organize and use your data with AI. You can build LLM-powered systems while keeping your data safe and easy to manage.

Guide
June 25, 2025

Unity Catalog and OpenAI

This article explains how you can use Unity Catalog with OpenAI to build faster and safer AI workflows.

Guide
June 17, 2025

Unity Catalog: Managed vs External Tables

This article explains the difference between managed and external tables and shows you how to work with both types of tables in Unity Catalog (UC).

Guide
May 27, 2025

Unity Catalog for AI

This article explains how you can use Unity Catalog for AI use cases. Unity Catalog integrates with popular GenAI tools like LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI, Anthropic, and many others to make it easy to manage data, functions, and access control across AI platforms.

Guide
May 5, 2025

Unity Catalog and LangChain

The Unity Catalog AI library is built to integrate Unity Catalog with popular GenAI tools like LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI, Anthropic, and many others to make it easy to manage data, functions, and access control across AI platforms.

Guide
May 1, 2025

Introducing Unity Catalog AI 0.3.0 Release

As part of our continued steadfast commitment to build a robust, flexible, and developer-friendly data catalog platform, we are excited to announce the release of Unity Catalog AI 0.3.0.

Guide
April 22, 2025

Metadata and Data Catalogs

This article explains what metadata is and how it is handled by a data catalog to make your data storage and queries more efficient and secure. The article gives an overview of metadata management and explains why a modern data catalog like Unity Catalog is better than legacy metadata management techniques.

Guide
April 10, 2025

How to use Unity Catalog Volumes

Unity Catalog uses a universal namespace for consistent data access, offers secure access control, and supports both managed and external volumes. It integrates with Spark, MLflow, and other AI tools for seamless data and experiment management.

Guide
April 7, 2025
An abstract blue and white illustration.

Open Sourcing Unity Catalog

We are excited to announce that we are open sourcing Unity Catalog, the industry’s first open source catalog for data and AI governance across clouds, data formats, and data platforms.

News
June 13, 2024

Subscribe to our newsletter for daily industry insights

Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.