https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/new-google-drive-connector-for-azure-databricks-seamless/m-p/146152#M49 <P>My Blog:&nbsp;<A href="https://nidhig631.medium.com/ingest-google-drive-files-into-azure-databricks-f06d263d84ec?sk=6928d5c80827b1bd2e977c01708a321c" target="_blank">https://nidhig631.medium.com/ingest-google-drive-files-into-azure-databricks-f06d263d84ec?sk=6928d5c80827b1bd2e977c01708a321c</A><BR /><BR /></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Nidhig631_0-1769792378178.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23491i0D781A8AB84E34D1/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Nidhig631_0-1769792378178.png" alt="Nidhig631_0-1769792378178.png" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Nidhig631_1-1769792432166.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23492i2DB9AD4EA5DC4028/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Nidhig631_1-1769792432166.png" alt="Nidhig631_1-1769792432166.png" /></span></P><P>#MVP Articles</P> Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:01:16 GMT Nidhig631 2026-01-30T17:01:16Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/new-google-drive-connector-for-azure-databricks-seamless/m-p/145443#M32 <DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><SPAN class=""><SPAN>One of the biggest challenges in modern data engineering is bridging the gap between business‑user data sources and enterprise‑grade analytics platforms. Google Drive has long been a favourite for teams collaborating on documents, spreadsheets, and ad‑hoc datasets but getting that data into a governed analytics environment has often required workarounds, manual exports, or custom scripts. That changes today!<BR /><BR />Databricks has released the Google Drive Connector in Beta, and after testing it end‑to‑end, I’m genuinely impressed by how smooth and intuitive the experience is. This is one of those features that quietly solves a real-world problem for many organisations.<BR /><BR />With a few clicks, you can authenticate securely, browse your Drive, and ingest files directly into Databricks using familiar Spark APIs.<BR /><BR />After hands‑on testing, a few things stood out:<BR /><BR /><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":chart_increasing_with_yen:">💹</span>Authentication is clean and secure<BR />The OAuth flow is straightforward, and Databricks handles token management behind the scenes.<BR /><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":chart_increasing_with_yen:">💹</span>Native Spark integration<BR />Once connected, reading files feels natural just like working with any other cloud storage source.<BR /><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":chart_increasing_with_yen:">💹</span>Supports multiple file types<BR />CSV, Excel, JSON, and more all handled seamlessly.<BR /><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":chart_increasing_with_yen:">💹</span>Perfect for ELT pipelines<BR />You can now automate ingestion from Google Drive into Delta Lake, enabling downstream transformations in Unity Catalog or Lakehouse workflows.<BR /><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":chart_increasing_with_yen:">💹</span>Ideal for business‑user collaboration<BR />Teams can continue working in Google Drive while data engineers build reliable ingestion pipelines without friction.<BR /><BR />If you're excited about this new feature, stay tuned as I release the end-to-end video guiding you through this solution<BR /><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="google.PNG" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23349i55B9E51D12EC831B/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="google.PNG" alt="google.PNG" /></span><BR /></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:35:29 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/new-google-drive-connector-for-azure-databricks-seamless/m-p/145443#M32 Abiola-David 2026-01-27T18:35:29Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/new-google-drive-connector-for-azure-databricks-seamless/m-p/145543#M36 <P>Just testing it!</P> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:25:04 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/new-google-drive-connector-for-azure-databricks-seamless/m-p/145543#M36 Hubert-Dudek 2026-01-28T14:25:04Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/new-google-drive-connector-for-azure-databricks-seamless/m-p/146152#M49 <P>My Blog:&nbsp;<A href="https://nidhig631.medium.com/ingest-google-drive-files-into-azure-databricks-f06d263d84ec?sk=6928d5c80827b1bd2e977c01708a321c" target="_blank">https://nidhig631.medium.com/ingest-google-drive-files-into-azure-databricks-f06d263d84ec?sk=6928d5c80827b1bd2e977c01708a321c</A><BR /><BR /></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Nidhig631_0-1769792378178.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23491i0D781A8AB84E34D1/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Nidhig631_0-1769792378178.png" alt="Nidhig631_0-1769792378178.png" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Nidhig631_1-1769792432166.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23492i2DB9AD4EA5DC4028/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Nidhig631_1-1769792432166.png" alt="Nidhig631_1-1769792432166.png" /></span></P><P>#MVP Articles</P> Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:01:16 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/new-google-drive-connector-for-azure-databricks-seamless/m-p/146152#M49 Nidhig631 2026-01-30T17:01:16Z