Microsoft Databricks Partnership: How to Build a Request-to-Answer Governance Gate

The July 23, 2026 update isn't just another shiny chat surface—it's a fundamental shift in how we link agent execution to enterprise governance. Microsoft and Databricks extended their decade-long strategic partnership through the 2030s. For data engineering, platform, and MLOps teams, the practical question is not whether an assistant can write a polished answer. It is whether that answer comes from governed data, accepted definitions, authorized access, and traceable evidence. Read the stack…