Functional Difference between managed and external tables UC

carlosjrestr
New Contributor III

Hi community,

Is there a summary or detail guidance on the functional differe​nce between managed and external tables in unity catalog? Looking at the documentation I can't find any specific functionality in databricks that is supported in managed tables that is not supported in external tables. Assuming I have external tables using delta format what capabilities I will not be able to use if I don't convert them to managed tables?

Thanks

CR​