Databricks accounts console not accessible

Question

Hello All, I'm not be able to access the account console page. I'm a portal admin, my workspace is premium, and yet the Databricks portal stays in a loop, always returning to the Workspaces Overview page and not going to the accounts console page so that I can enable the unit catalog. Can anyone help me solve the problem or is anyone else having the same problem?

Answer 1

@Gowtham Mani - Thanks for the question and using MS Q&A platform.

Yes, this is an excepted behaviour in case if you don't have right permission to access the databaricks accounts portal. Note: You must be an Azure Databricks account admin to getting started using Unity Catalog this can be done for first time using Azure Active Directory Global Administrator of your subscription.

The first Azure Databricks account admin must be an Azure Active Directory Global Administrator at the time that they first log in to the Azure Databricks account console. Upon first login, that user becomes an Azure Databricks account admin and no longer needs the Azure Active Directory Global Administrator role to access the Azure Databricks account. The first account admin can assign users in the Azure Active Directory tenant as additional account admins (who can themselves assign more account admins). Additional account admins do not require specific roles in Azure Active Directory.

How to identify your Microsoft Azure global administrators for your subscriptions?

The global administrator has access to all administrative features. By default, the person who signs up for an Azure subscription is assigned the global administrator role for the directory. Only global administrators can assign other administrator roles.

Login into the Azure Databricks account console via Global admin and then account admin can assign users in the Azure Active Directory tenant .

For more details, refer to Azure Databricks - Get started using Unity Catalog and also refer to MS Q&A thread - How to access Azure Databricks account admin? addressing similar issue.

Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries.

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