Databricks Unity Catalog: Storage Credentials and External Locations

Welcome to this straightforward and practical guide on Unity Catalog Storage Credentials and External Locations.
Unity Catalog introduces several new securable objects to grant privileges to data in cloud object storage.
- A storage credential is a securable object representing an Azure managed identity or Microsoft Entra ID service principal.
- Once a storage credential is created access to it can be granted to principals, users and groups.
- An external location is a securable object that combines a storage path with a storage credential that authorizes access to that path.
⌚Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:03 High Level Process
02:27 Demo
🔗 Links and Documentation:
- learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azu...
- learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azu...
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[@user-dz9hx8ll8j]

Can we mount this external location path? Or any other way to avoid writing full container path every time in the script?

[@manikandan385]

Is there a way to access Azure SQLDW through MSI using the same connector