Databricks-GenAI-Assoc Governance Practice Question
Which Unity Catalog feature is best suited for sharing data assets with users outside of your Databricks account?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often suggest 'Unity Catalog' or 'Workspace Sharing', not realizing that Delta Sharing is the specific protocol designed for cross-account and cross-platform data distribution.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Delta Sharing
Delta Sharing is an open-protocol standard that allows organizations to share data with users regardless of whether they have a Databricks account. It enables secure, read-only data sharing across different platforms and cloud environments. This is essential for organizations that need to collaborate with partners, vendors, or external clients while maintaining centralized control and auditability within Unity Catalog.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Unity Catalog cross-account roles
Why it's wrong here
Cross-account roles are used for managing identity and access within a single Databricks organization across multiple workspaces. They do not facilitate the sharing of data with external entities or users who are not part of the same organization's identity provider.
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Delta Sharing
Why this is correct
Delta Sharing is designed specifically for secure data sharing with entities outside your organization. It supports sharing data from your Unity Catalog metastore to any Delta Sharing recipient, even if they do not use Databricks, providing a platform-agnostic way to collaborate on large datasets.
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External locations
Why it's wrong here
External locations are for managing internal storage paths within your own environment. Granting an external party access to an external location would require them to have direct access to your cloud storage, which is insecure and does not provide the governed sharing capabilities of Delta Sharing.
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Workspace federation
Why it's wrong here
Workspace federation is a conceptual approach to linking workspaces, but it is not a data sharing mechanism. It does not provide the ability to expose specific tables or views to external users in a controlled, read-only manner as Delta Sharing does.
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