Hands-On with Apache Iceberg Using Dremio Cloud

This article is Part 14 of a 15-part Apache Iceberg Masterclass, providing a hands-on guide to using Iceberg with Dremio Cloud. It covers step-by-step instructions for signing up, connecting cloud storage (S3, ADLS, GCS), creating Iceberg tables with hidden partitioning, and ingesting data via COPY INTO or INSERT...SELECT. The article also explores Dremio's platform features like the Columnar Cloud Cache (C3) for query acceleration, semantic layer construction, data governance, query federation, essential SQL operations, table optimization, time travel, metadata inspection, and AI-powered analytics via an MCP server. It includes practical SQL examples and references to related resources, making it useful for data engineers and developers working with lakehouse architectures.