Delta tables background

SaraCorralLou
New Contributor III

Hi,

Looking at the delta tables and how they are stored I have a question.

If the delta tables are stored as parquet files in ADLS why if I copy/paste/rename a folder that corresponds to an existing table in the same location/database this does not generate a copy of the previous table but with another name? What happens in the backgroud? 

Thank you in advanced!