topic Re: Assigning Databricks Account Admin role to User group in Data Engineering

Assigning Databricks Account Admin role to User group

shweta_m — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:05:08 GMT

Hi,

As per our company policy, individual users should not be given elevated privileges. Permissions should be assigned to user groups, so that group membership can be managed at the AD level.

In that context, is there a way to assign the 'Databricks Account Admin' role to a user group instead of individual users using OAuth or service principals?

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

Re: Assigning Databricks Account Admin role to User group

szymon_dybczak — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:16:40 GMT

Hi @shweta_m ,

Yes, I think it's possible using REST API. You can use following endpoint which allows you to define a role membership for given group:

Create a new group. | Account Groups API | REST API reference | Databricks on AWS

Re: Assigning Databricks Account Admin role to User group

shweta_m — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:58:53 GMT

Hi @szymon_dybczak
I tried this and it worked.
Thanks!

Re: Assigning Databricks Account Admin role to User group

szymon_dybczak — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 06:54:05 GMT

No problem @shweta_m , great that it worked for you 🙂