Data Management and Governance with Unity Catalog

In this Data Governance with Unity Catalog session, you'll learn concepts and perform labs that showcase workflows using Unity Catalog - Databricks’ solution to data governance. We'll start off with a brief introduction to Unity Catalog, discuss fundamental data governance concepts, and then dive into a variety of topics including using Unity Catalog for data access control, managing external storage and tables, data segregation, and more.

Skill Level

Associate

Duration

Prerequisites

Beginner familiarity with cloud computing concepts (virtual machines, object storage, etc.)
Intermediate experience with basic SQL concepts such as SQL commands, aggregate functions, filters and sorting, indexes, tables, and views.
Basic knowledge of Python programming, jupyter notebook interface, and PySpark fundamentals.

Outline

- Data Governance Overview
- Demo: Populating the Metastore
- Lab: Navigating the Metastore
- Organization and Access Patterns
- Demo: Upgrading Tables to Unity Catalog
- Security and Administration in Unity Catalog
- Databricks Marketplace Overview
- Privileges in Unity Catalog
- Demo: Controlling Access to Data
- Fine-grained Access Control
- Lab: Securing Data in Unity Catalog
- Lakehouse Monitoring
- Demo: Lakehouse Monitoring

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