{"id":415,"date":"2025-08-11T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dataopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=415"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:04:16","slug":"databricks-account-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dataopsschool.com\/blog\/databricks-account-console\/","title":{"rendered":"Databricks Account Console"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Databricks Account Console<\/strong> is the <strong>central, account-level management portal<\/strong> for Databricks \u2014 it\u2019s where you control <em>everything that spans multiple workspaces<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think of it as the <strong>\u201ccontrol tower\u201d<\/strong> for your Databricks environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It sits <strong>above<\/strong> individual workspaces and lets you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Manage <strong>users, service principals, and groups<\/strong> across all workspaces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create, configure, and delete <strong>workspaces<\/strong> in different regions or cloud accounts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set up <strong>Unity Catalog metastores<\/strong> for centralized governance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configure <strong>billing and subscription<\/strong> settings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manage <strong>cloud resources linkage<\/strong> (e.g., AWS accounts, Azure subscriptions, GCP projects).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What You Do in the Account Console<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Feature<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>User &amp; Group Management<\/strong><\/td><td>Add\/remove users, assign groups, set account roles.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Workspace Management<\/strong><\/td><td>Create new workspaces, set region, choose cloud provider.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Unity Catalog Setup<\/strong><\/td><td>Create metastores, assign to workspaces, manage governance at account scope.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Billing<\/strong><\/td><td>View\/modify payment settings, invoices, usage reports.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cloud Integration<\/strong><\/td><td>Link AWS, Azure, or GCP accounts for workspace creation.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>SSO &amp; Identity<\/strong><\/td><td>Configure account-level SSO and SCIM provisioning.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How It Differs from a Workspace<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Account Console:<\/strong> Global, account-wide settings (affects all workspaces).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Workspace:<\/strong> A development &amp; compute environment for running notebooks, jobs, SQL, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Access URLs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Azure:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/accounts.azuredatabricks.net\/\">https:\/\/accounts.azuredatabricks.net\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AWS\/GCP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/accounts.cloud.databricks.com\/\">https:\/\/accounts.cloud.databricks.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like, I can <strong>create a diagram showing the relationship between the Account Console, workspaces, clusters, and notebooks<\/strong> so you can see the hierarchy visually. Would you like me to make that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Azure: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/accounts.azuredatabricks.net\/\">https:\/\/accounts.azuredatabricks.net\/<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is the <strong>Azure Databricks Account Console<\/strong>. It is accessed by account administrators to manage the overall Databricks account on Azure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Key functions available here include:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Managing Unity Catalog metastores<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>User and group management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Account-level settings (feature enablement, email preferences, language settings, account naming)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only users with the Account Admin role (usually assigned via a Microsoft Entra ID Global Administrator) have full access. Others may see only workspace lists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The portal complements the Azure Portal, which is used for creating workspaces and managing subscriptions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For AWS &amp; GCP: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/accounts.cloud.databricks.com\/\">https:\/\/accounts.cloud.databricks.com\/<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is the <strong>Databricks Account Console<\/strong> for AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It provides account-level management for Databricks accounts running on these cloud providers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Similar core functions as Azure:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Manage workspaces and user identities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set up account-level configurations and nicknames<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access or delegate account admin privileges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enable features like Unity Catalog and Previews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The console is tailored for multi-cloud deployments, handling AWS and GCP platform specifics while offering a standardized way to manage Databricks accounts, users, and workspaces across these providers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In short:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>accounts.azuredatabricks.net<\/strong>: For managing Databricks accounts on <strong>Azure<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>accounts.cloud.databricks.com<\/strong>: For managing Databricks accounts on <strong>AWS and GCP<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These consoles are the central hubs for account administrators to oversee security, user provisioning, feature enablement, and cross-workspace settings on their respective cloud platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Databricks Account Console is the central, account-level management portal for Databricks \u2014 it\u2019s where you control everything that spans multiple workspaces. 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