SharePoint connector

Beta

This feature is in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. See Manage Databricks previews.

The managed SharePoint connector in Lakeflow Connect allows you to ingest unstructured files from SharePoint into Databricks.

What to know before you start

Topic	Why it matters
Databricks user persona	The workflow depends on your Databricks user persona: Single-user: An admin user creates a Unity Catalog connection and an ingestion pipeline. Multi-user: An admin user creates a connection for non-admin users to create pipelines with.
Authentication method	The steps to create a connection depend on the authentication method you choose.
Interface	The steps to create a pipeline depend on the interface.
Ingestion frequency	The pipeline schedule depends on your latency and cost requirements.
Common patterns	Depending on your ingestion needs, the pipeline might use configurations like history tracking, column selection, and row filtering. Supported configurations vary by connector. See Feature availability.

Feature	Availability
UI-based pipeline authoring	Not supported
API-based pipeline authoring	Supported
Declarative Automation Bundles	Supported
Incremental ingestion	Supported
Unity Catalog governance	Supported
Orchestration using Databricks Workflows	Supported
SCD type 2	Supported
API-based column selection and deselection	Supported
API-based row filtering	Not supported
Automated schema evolution: New and deleted columns	Supported
Automated schema evolution: Data type changes	Not supported
Automated schema evolution: Column renames	Not supported Requires a full refresh.
Automated schema evolution: New tables	Supported If you ingest the entire schema. See the limitations on the number of tables per pipeline.
Maximum number of tables per pipeline	250

The following table provides an overview of the end-to-end SharePoint ingestion flow, based on user type:

User	Steps
Admin	Configure SharePoint authentication. See Overview of SharePoint ingestion setup. Use Catalog Explorer to create a connection to SharePoint so that non-admins can create pipelines. See SharePoint.
Non-admin	Use any supported interface to create a pipeline from an existing connection. See Ingest data from SharePoint.

Authentication method	Availability
OAuth U2M	Supported
OAuth M2M	Supported (Public Preview)
OAuth (manual refresh token)	Supported
Basic authentication (username/password)	Not supported
Basic authentication (API key)	Not supported
Basic authentication (service account JSON key)	Not supported