🔐 Identity & Access
Flashcard 1
Q: What provides identity and authentication in Azure Databricks?
A: Azure Active Directory (Entra ID)
Flashcard 2
Q: What platform governs data access and permissions?
A: Unity Catalog
Flashcard 3
Q: What is a service principal?
A: A non-human identity used for automation and API access
Flashcard 4
Q: How do service principals interact with Databricks?
A: Through REST APIs
🗂️ Governance & Data Management
Flashcard 5
Q: What does Unity Catalog manage?
A: Data, users, permissions, lineage, and governance
Flashcard 6
Q: What is a key benefit of Unity Catalog metastore?
A: Can be shared across multiple workspaces in the same region
Flashcard 7
Q: What objects can Unity Catalog manage?
A: Users, service principals, tables
🌐 Networking & Security
Flashcard 8
Q: Why use VNet injection?
A: To gain full control over networking and security
Flashcard 9
Q: What is Secure Cluster Connectivity?
A: Clusters without public IPs (private compute)
Flashcard 10
Q: What is Azure Private Link used for?
A: Private communication between control plane and data plane
Flashcard 11
Q: What does an IP access list control?
A: Which IPs can access the workspace
Flashcard 12
Q: What do User Defined Routes (UDR) do?
A: Control traffic routing and enforce firewall paths
🧱 Networking Architecture
Flashcard 13
Q: What are the two required subnets in Azure Databricks?
A: Public subnet and private subnet
Flashcard 14
Q: What is VNet peering used for?
A: Connecting VNets using private IP communication
Flashcard 15
Q: When should you use VNet injection?
A: When you need firewall control, NSGs, or private routing
🔐 Storage & External Access
Flashcard 16
Q: What is required to connect Databricks to Azure Storage?
A: Azure Databricks Access Connector (managed identity)
Flashcard 17
Q: What role is required for storage access?
A: Storage Blob Data Contributor
Flashcard 18
Q: What is the Access Connector?
A: Managed identity resource for accessing external storage
⚙️ Deployment & Infrastructure
Flashcard 19
Q: What service deploys Azure Databricks via IaC?
A: Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
Flashcard 20
Q: Minimum requirements to create a workspace?
A: Workspace name, resource group, and Azure region
🔄 Data Architecture
Flashcard 21
Q: Which layers does Databricks serve in data architecture?
A: Ingest, process, serve
Flashcard 22
Q: What is the role of Databricks in the Lakehouse?
A: Unified analytics and AI platform
🔐 DNS & Private Connectivity
Flashcard 23
Q: What is required for Private Link DNS setup?
A: Control plane record + Azure DB AName record
🔐 Secrets & Security
Flashcard 24
Q: How do you access secret scope UI?
A: Append #secrets/createScope to workspace URL