My organization up until just before 2021 was by and large an on premise shop. So most of our ETL tools, reporting and business intelligence tech stack was all based on premise. That all changed in the last few years as there has been a major shift towards embracing more of what cloud providers can enable our organization. Our journey began with Azure and talking about reporting, data science, machine learning and ELT/ETL you have to look at Azure Databricks. Databricks can seem a bit daunting at first as there is a lot of features packed into it but after using it for a month you will definitely get the hang of things and how to find things. Its definitely been a tool that has become our go-to when looking towards any sort of data integration or analysis

For business and non-technical users, there is still a learning curve to use the platform. It has a very "tech" feel to the UI. The "Genie" AI features are very customizable but the interface takes some getting used. Business and non-technical users require training on data and AI lingo beforehand. From a business analyst perspective, there are a lot of robust features that make this platform superior to other similar platforms, such as Notebooks, integrated dashboarding, and the AI/ML playground.