https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/databricks-foreign-table/m-p/163531#M254 <P class="">Foreign Tables in Databricks are part of<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><STRONG>Lakehouse Federation</STRONG><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>and allow you to query data that lives outside Databricks without copying it into Delta tables first. Think of them as a Unity Catalog object that points to an external system.</P><P class="">Let’s understand each term:</P><P class="">Article Link:&nbsp;<A title="Databricks Foreign Table" href="https://nidhig631.medium.com/databricks-foreign-table-f270aca54f57?sharedUserId=nidhig631" target="_self">Databricks Foreign Table</A>&nbsp;</P><P>#mvp</P> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:11:03 GMT Nidhig631 2026-07-20T15:11:03Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/databricks-foreign-table/m-p/163531#M254 <P class="">Foreign Tables in Databricks are part of<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><STRONG>Lakehouse Federation</STRONG><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>and allow you to query data that lives outside Databricks without copying it into Delta tables first. Think of them as a Unity Catalog object that points to an external system.</P><P class="">Let’s understand each term:</P><P class="">Article Link:&nbsp;<A title="Databricks Foreign Table" href="https://nidhig631.medium.com/databricks-foreign-table-f270aca54f57?sharedUserId=nidhig631" target="_self">Databricks Foreign Table</A>&nbsp;</P><P>#mvp</P> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:11:03 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/databricks-foreign-table/m-p/163531#M254 Nidhig631 2026-07-20T15:11:03Z