Get started as a Databricks administrator

Welcome to Databricks, and congratulations on being your team’s administrator! Your journey to solving some of the world’s toughest problems with data starts here.

This getting started tutorial provides step-by-step guidance to get your team up and running on Databricks.

Learn about Databricks

Get familiar with Databricks before you start setting up your account and adding users.

• Databricks overview
• Databricks concepts

Set up your Databricks account and deploy your workspace

Are you the Databricks account owner? Only you can do the initial setup of your Databricks account and deploy your team’s workspace.

• Set up and deploy your account

Add users and assign admin rights

Now it’s time to add users and assign admin rights. Any admin user can perform this step: you don’t have to be an account owner. But of course the account owner has to add the first admin user.

• Add users and assign admin rights
• (Optional) Assign users to groups

At this point, you’ve completed the minimum setup to have a functional Databricks workspace. Congratulations! In a production environment, you should also perform or familiarize yourself with the administrative tasks that follow. If you’re new to Databricks, this might also be a good time to run the Get started as a Databricks Data Science & Engineering user tutorial.

Configure permissions and access control

Now that you have users, you should secure your data by giving your users access only to the Databricks functionality and data they need. This step requires the <Security plan - new only> or above. If you don’t have it, contact your Databricks sales representative.

• Read about data governance best practices on Databricks
• Set up access control and permissions for clusters, jobs, tables, notebooks, and other workspace objects

Set up support

If you have a Databricks support package, you may want to add users as support contacts and learn how to manage and use the support plan.

• Add support contacts and manage your support plan
• Learn how to use Databricks support
• Learn how to submit product feedback

Advanced options and best practices

If you have completed the steps above, you have a secure, working Databricks deployment in place. But you might still be interested in learning about these advanced options and best practices.

• Secure credentials using secrets
• Manage data retention

More resources

Managing your Databricks account is an ongoing process. Administration guide covers everything an account owner and admin can do. Databricks also provides many excellent resources to help you manage your Databricks account to its fullest potential.

Become a Databricks expert	Run the Get started as a Databricks Data Science & Engineering user tutorial Take training courses at Databricks Academy Explore the documentation at docs.databricks.com Review resources such as e-books, webinars, and more
Learn Apache Spark	Work through the Introduction to Apache Spark tutorial modules Read Spark: The Definitive Guide
Learn to speak Databricks	Read Databricks Data Science & Engineering concepts
Learn industry best practices and news	Read Databricks blogs View past Spark + AI Summit sessions
Gain inspiration	Read customer stories
Get involved	Participate in Spark + AI Summit
Get help and support	Help Center Forums