Global Azure Veneto 2026: Databricks Enterprise Architecture: VNet Injection, SCC, and NCC
On April 17, I took the stage at Global Azure Veneto with a dear friend. We share a passion for what we do and for the technology we use every day: he is a Chief Network Architect, and I am a Data Solution Architect. We have different skill sets, often working in separate departments that struggle to communicate with one another. It is precisely this disconnect that motivated us to create this session together. All too often, those who design data architectures are unfamiliar with the network infrastructure on which they run, and those who design the infrastructure lack full awareness of the requirements of an enterprise data platform. We see the result in projects: network decisions made without considering the serverless pattern, or data architectures designed without knowing how Databricks’ Private Endpoint works. Everyone optimizes their own part, but the system as a whole remains fragile. ...