As Snowflake and Databricks become core to analytics and AI work, they are also becoming harder to operate and secure. Logs, audit trails, and performance data often live in different places, owned by different teams. For MSPs and internal IT teams, that usually means more time chasing signals and less time fixing real problems.Sumo Logic is trying to reduce that friction with two new integrations: the Snowflake Logs App and the Databricks Audit App. The idea is simple - to pull visibility for these data platforms into the same place teams already use to monitor cloud and application environments.In practice, that means faster troubleshooting and clearer visibility across multiple customer environments.Over time, that same visibility can support managed services around data platforms. Instead of treating monitoring as a one-time setup, partners can offer ongoing oversight.Peterson frames it as a mindset shift. “Partners should think of this as continuous health monitoring, not just a one-time install-and-forget setup. Data platforms are living, breathing environments… With real-time dashboards and alerting, you can catch issues as they happen.”For MSPs, that creates a more durable service model: keeping Snowflake and Databricks environments secure, stable, and compliant over time, not just standing them up and moving on.
Why this matters to MSPs
Snowflake and Databricks are no longer edge cases. Many MSPs are already supporting customers that rely on them for reporting, analytics, and AI-driven workloads. When something breaks or looks suspicious, partners are often stuck jumping between tools to understand what happened.Bill Peterson, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Sumo Logic, told ChannelE2E that the biggest win is cutting down that daily complexity.“For MSPs and partners, these apps really simplify the day-to-day grind. Instead of hunting through multiple sources trying to piece together what's happening with performance, logins, or security events, users get everything in one centralized dashboard with real-time alerts. They will spend less time manually digging through logs and more time actually solving problems.”
What the Snowflake Logs App and Databricks Audit App add
Snowflake hides much of the underlying infrastructure, which is helpful until teams need to understand performance or access issues. The Snowflake Logs App brings login activity, query behavior, and operational signals into Sumo Logic, alongside other application and cloud logs.For MSPs, this makes it easier to spot long-running or failed queries, unusual access patterns, or reliability problems without pulling data from multiple systems. It turns Snowflake from a black box into something that can be monitored consistently.On the other hand, Databricks is often used for sensitive analytics and AI workloads, where visibility into user behavior and configuration changes matters. The Databricks Audit App centralizes audit logs to show who did what, where, and when across workspaces.That visibility helps security and compliance teams investigate incidents faster and gives MSPs a clearer way to explain activity to customers when questions come up.Partners should think about this
Today, these apps extend existing SIEM and log analytics deployments rather than replacing them. Peterson is clear that this is an add-on to what partners are already running.“These new apps are add-ons to existing security and operational deployments with SIEM and log analytics. Sumo Logic recently announced Dojo AI and introduced the ability to search logs across multiple tenants or organizations with analytics including log compare.”
