Partner Connect set up best practices

These best practices help you connect your Databricks workspace to technology partners using Partner Connect, covering single sign-on, hosting, and gateway cluster setup.

Use single sign-on

When possible, connect your chosen technology partner to Databricks using single sign-on (SSO). This lets you use security and governance controls implemented in Unity Catalog on Databricks and access audit data.

Host partners and Databricks in the same region

Try to host your technology partner and Databricks as close together as possible, ideally in the same region. This minimizes network latency and might help avoid cross-region traffic costs.

Use gateway clusters

If applicable or possible, use gateway clusters to connect to Databricks workspaces secured with IP access lists or Private Link. This avoids single points of failure and load-balances traffic across gateways in a cluster.