Configure access to cloud object storage for Azure Databricks

Note

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