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databricks Platform · Updated Jun 11, 2025

Managed Apache Iceberg tables are in Public Preview

Managed Apache Iceberg tables are now in Public Preview.

What it does

Managed Apache Iceberg tables are now in Public Preview. You can read from and write to these tables from Databricks or from external Iceberg engines using the Iceberg REST Catalog API. These tables are integrated with predictive optimization to apply advanced optimizations, including liquid clustering automatically.

Why it matters

Databricks recommends using managed tables to take advantage of the following benefits, compared to external and foreign tables: Reduced storage and compute costs.

Architecture
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In short

Managed Apache Iceberg tables are now in Public Preview. You can read from and write to these tables from Databricks or from external Iceberg engines using the Iceberg REST Catalog API.

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Key takeaway
Managed Apache Iceberg tables are now in Public Preview.
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