Administrator privileges in Unity Catalog
Metastore administrators have privileges for creating metastore-level securable objects in Unity Catalog. You can grant privileges to create metastore-level securables to users, groups, and service principals in the account. Databricks recommends limiting these privileges to trusted power users.
Metastore level privileges
CREATE CATALOG: Allows a user to create a catalog.CREATE EXTERNAL LOCATION: Allows a user to create an external location.CREATE SHARE: Allows a data provider user to create a share in Delta Sharing.CREATE RECIPIENT: Allows a data provider user to create a recipient in Delta Sharing.CREATE PROVIDER: Allows a data recipient user to create a provider in Delta Sharing.