Unifying governance across engines and catalogs in the Open Lakehouse
Sep 10, 2026

Summary
This post details the evolution of the Governance Hub to unify governance across different engines and catalogs within the Open Lakehouse. It describes how Databricks is enhancing its governance capabilities to manage access control policies and data lineage across diverse data sources and compute engines, moving beyond a single catalog to a more comprehensive, cross-engine approach.
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