https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/regarding-external-location/m-p/136200#M4280 <P>If you transfer ownership of the external location to another principal, the new owner gains full control.<BR />Existing privileges may remain intact unless explicitly revoked.<BR />However, if the new owner modifies privileges or policies, it could affect user access.<BR />If you revoke READ, WRITE, or USE privileges from users or groups, they may lose access to the container via Unity Catalog.<BR />This can interrupt workflows, especially if users are actively reading/writing data.</P> Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:05:59 GMT nayan_wylde 2025-10-27T14:05:59Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/regarding-external-location/m-p/136170#M4276 <P>If I update the ownership or privileges of an external location, will it have any impact on the associated container? Specifically, while users continue to access the container through the external location during frequent updates, could these changes affect their ability to interact with the container?"</P> Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:53:03 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/regarding-external-location/m-p/136170#M4276 satishreddy1326 2025-10-27T11:53:03Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/regarding-external-location/m-p/136176#M4278 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/194678">@satishreddy1326</a>&nbsp;,</P><P>Nope. If your users have appropriate grants on external location then changing the owner won't have any negative effect on their ability to interact with data.</P> Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:18:28 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/regarding-external-location/m-p/136176#M4278 szymon_dybczak 2025-10-27T12:18:28Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/regarding-external-location/m-p/136200#M4280 <P>If you transfer ownership of the external location to another principal, the new owner gains full control.<BR />Existing privileges may remain intact unless explicitly revoked.<BR />However, if the new owner modifies privileges or policies, it could affect user access.<BR />If you revoke READ, WRITE, or USE privileges from users or groups, they may lose access to the container via Unity Catalog.<BR />This can interrupt workflows, especially if users are actively reading/writing data.</P> Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:05:59 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/regarding-external-location/m-p/136200#M4280 nayan_wylde 2025-10-27T14:05:59Z