Must Watch YouTube Videos for Databricks Platform Administrators

JD Braun
Databricks Platform SME
2 min readJul 17, 2024
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While written word is clearly the medium of choice for this platform, sometimes a picture or a video can be worth 1,000 words.

Below are 16 videos I’d recommend for any Databricks administrators covering the topics of general platform administration, automation, networking, and security.

Administration:

  • Administrator Best Practices and Tips for Future-Proofing your Databricks Account by Siddharth Bhai, Gaurav Bhatnagar, and Vicky Avison
  • Best Practices for Setting up Databricks SQL at Enterprise Scale by Siddharth Bhai, Samrat Ray, and Jeremy Lewallen
  • A Technical Deep Dive into Unity Catalog’s Practitioner Playbook by Zeashan Pappa
  • Migration from Hive Metastore to Unity Catalog by Arthur Dooner

Automation:

  • Databricks Asset Bundles: A Standard, Unified Approach to Deploying Data Products on Databricks by Rafi Kurlansik and Pieter Noordhuis
  • Terraform Templates for Secure Databricks Deployments from Day Zero by JD Braun
  • Getting Started with Databricks Terraform Modules by Yassine Essawabi and Youssef Mrini
  • How to Setup Databricks Unity Catalog with Terraform by Himanshu Arora and Youssef Mrini
  • CI/CD in Databricks with Azure DevOps by Ravi Shankar

Networking:

  • Deploying a Databricks Workspace on AWS with PrivateLink by JD Braun
  • Azure Databricks Networking Security by Arthur Dooner

Security:

  • Security Best Practices for the Lakehouse by David Veuve
  • Security Best Practices and Tools to Build a Secure Lakehouse by Anindita Mahapatra and Arun Pamulapati
  • Enterprise-Grade Security and Compliance on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform by Filippo Seracini and Alex Esibov
  • Data Warehousing Performance, Scale and Security with Databricks SQL by Alex Esibov and Jeremy Lewallen
  • Isolate the Lakehouse: Deploying an Isolated Architecture on Databricks by JD Braun

Administration — Videos:

Administrator Best Practices and Tips for Future-Proofing your Databricks Account by Siddharth Bhai, Gaurav Bhatnagar, and Vicky Avison
Best Practices for Setting up Databricks SQL at Enterprise Scale by Siddharth Bhai, Samrat Ray, and Jeremy Lewallen
A Technical Deep Dive into Unity Catalog’s Practitioner Playbook by Zeashan Pappa
Migration from Hive Metastore to Unity Catalog by Arthur Dooner

Automation — Videos:

Databricks Asset Bundles: A Standard, Unified Approach to Deploying Data Products on Databricks by Rafi Kurlansik and Pieter Noordhuis
Terraform Templates for Secure Databricks Deployments from Day Zero by JD Braun
Getting Started with Databricks Terraform Modules by Yassine Essawabi and Youssef Mrini
How to setup Databricks Unity Catalog with Terraform by Himanshu Arora and Youssef Mrini
CI/CD in Databricks with Azure Devops by Ravi Shankar

Networking Videos:

Deploying a Databricks Workspace on AWS with PrivateLink by JD Braun
Azure Databricks Networking Security by Arthur Dooner

Security — Videos:

Security Best Practices for the Lakehouse by David Veuve
Security Best Practices and Tools to Build a Secure Lakehouse by Anindita Mahapatra and Arun Pamulapati
Enterprise-Grade Security and Compliance on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform by Filippo Seracini and Alex Esibov
Data Warehousing Performance, Scale and Security with Databricks SQL by Alex Esibov and Jeremy Lewallen
Isolate the Lakehouse: Deploying an Isolated Architecture on Databricks by JD Braun

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