Lakehouse Real-Time (Beta)

BetaJun 30, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Lakehouse Real-Time (Lakehouse//RT) is now in Beta . Lakehouse//RT is a serverless SQL warehouse type built for low-latency, high-concurrency workloads, delivering sub-second SQL read queries against Unity Catalog tables.

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