As data environments become increasingly distributed across multiple clouds and systems, the challenge of maintaining consistent governance, access control, and compliance grows. Databricks Unity Catalog meets this challenge by providing a unified governance layer purpose-built for the modern data stack. It supports structured, unstructured, and federated data, spanning sources like SAP and beyond, as well as AI assets such as models, ensuring that data and AI assets are governed and fresh for decision-making AI and analytics. [...Less]