Service principal PAT: Creation and rotation
Learn how to create a Databricks Personal Access Token (PAT) for a service principal on Azure Databricks, and rotate it safely for use with Databricks connections.
Service principal types
Azure Databricks supports two types of service principals:
Azure Databricks managed service principals: Created and managed directly within Databricks. Can create PATs through the Databricks UI.
Microsoft Entra ID managed service principals: Created in Microsoft Entra ID, then imported into Databricks. Accessed via Azure API.
Learn how to create PATs for both Microsoft Entra ID managed service principals (option A in Choose your service principal type) and Databricks managed service principals (option B in Choose your service principal type).