Download and install the Databricks ODBC Driver

Note

As of February 2026, new versions of the ODBC driver are being released by Databricks and the driver has been renamed to Databricks ODBC Driver. To migrate from the legacy Simba Spark ODBC driver, see the migration guide.

Review the JDBC ODBC driver license before you install the driver.

Some tools require separate ODBC driver installation (like Tableau Desktop), while others include the driver (like recent Power BI Desktop releases). If installation isn't required, skip to Next steps.

Databricks ODBC Driver

To download and install the Databricks ODBC Driver:

1. Go to the Databricks ODBC Driver download page.
2. Select your operating system.
3. Download and run the installer.

The driver installs to:

• Windows 64-bit: C:\Program Files\Databricks ODBC Driver
• Windows 32-bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Databricks ODBC Driver
• macOS: /Library/databricks/databricksodbc
• Linux: /opt/databricks/databricksodbc

Simba Spark ODBC Driver (legacy)

Important

The Simba Spark ODBC Driver is deprecated. It is still available and usable, but Databricks recommends using the Databricks ODBC Driver instead.

To download the legacy Simba Spark ODBC Driver, go to the ODBC Drivers archive. Before downloading the driver, you must sign in to your Azure Databricks account.

If you use Databricks on Azure Government, you must contact your account team to receive access to the driver.

Windows

1. Go to All ODBC Driver Versions - Windows.
2. Choose 32-bit or 64-bit for your system architecture.
3. Extract the downloaded .zip file.
4. Run the .msi installer.

The driver installs to C:\Program Files\Simba Spark ODBC Driver.

MacOS

1. Go to All ODBC Driver Versions - Mac OS.
2. Choose 32-bit for the latest version.
3. Extract the downloaded .zip file.
4. Run the .dmg installer.

The driver installs to /Library/simba/spark.

Linux

1. Go to the download page for your package manager:

   • rpm packages
   • deb packages

2. Choose 32-bit or 64-bit for your system architecture.

3. Extract the downloaded .zip file.

4. Install the package:

   RPM:

   sudo yum --nogpgcheck localinstall simbaspark_<version>.rpm
   

   DEB:

   sudo dpkg -i simbaspark_<version>.deb
   

The driver installs to /opt/simba/spark.

Next steps

Configure your Databricks connection:

• Compute settings for the Databricks ODBC Driver
• Authentication settings for the Databricks ODBC Driver
• Driver capability settings for the Databricks ODBC Driver
• Create an ODBC DSN for the Databricks ODBC Driver
• Create an ODBC DSN-less connection string for the Databricks ODBC Driver

For more information, see the Databricks ODBC Driver Guide (HTML or PDF).