Configure access to cloud object storage for Azure Databricks using legacy patterns

Important

The articles in this section describe legacy patterns for configuring access to cloud object storage. Databricks recommends using Unity Catalog instead to manage connections to storage. See Connect to cloud object storage using Unity Catalog.

Azure Databricks uses cloud object storage to store data files and tables. During workspace deployment, Azure Databricks configures a cloud object storage location known as the DBFS root. You can configure connections to other cloud object storage locations in your account.

The following articles describe configuration options when you are not using Unity Catalog.

• Connect to Azure Data Lake Storage and Blob Storage
• Tutorial: Connect to Azure Data Lake Storage
• Access storage using a service principal & Microsoft Entra ID(Azure Active Directory)
• Connect to Google Cloud Storage
• Connect to Amazon S3