Microsoft and Databricks have actually worked on this integration since 2016, and this is making Databricks a first-party service on Azure.

Scott Guthrie, Microsoft EVP of Cloud & Enterprise. Microsoft Azure customers interested in parsing large amounts of data to improve their businesses will soon be able to use Azure Databricks ...

Azure Databricks, which is delivered in partnership with Databricks, introduced the Photon-powered Delta Engine September 22.