Databricks Enterprise RBAC

Overview

Implement enterprise access control using Unity Catalog privileges, SCIM-provisioned groups, workspace entitlements, cluster policies, and audit logging. Unity Catalog uses a three-level namespace (catalog.schema.object) with privilege inheritance: granting USAGE on a catalog cascades to schemas. Account-level SCIM syncs groups from your IdP (Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace).

Prerequisites

• Databricks Premium or Enterprise with Unity Catalog enabled
• Account admin access for SCIM and group management
• Identity Provider supporting SAML 2.0 and SCIM 2.0

Instructions

Step 1: Provision Groups via SCIM API

Sync groups from your IdP at the account level. Max 10,000 users + service principals and 5,000 groups per account.