Unity Catalog shows enabled in Azure Resource Graph, but the Databricks workspace UI does not show UC features

michael dugan 0 Reputation points
2026-10-05T17:29:59.9+00:00

copilot is saying this:

This means the workspace backend has not been fully updated. Please run the ARM update that sets properties.features.unityCatalogEnabled=true or properties.parameters.enableUnityCatalog.value=true depending on API version.”**

how do I get someone to do this?

thanks

mike

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  1. Zoha Fatima 510 Reputation points
    2026-10-05T18:15:36.03+00:00

    Hi Mike,

    I would not run the ARM update suggested by Copilot. Microsoft’s current Azure Databricks documentation says an existing workspace is enabled for Unity Catalog by assigning it to a Unity Catalog metastore; it does not document manually setting unityCatalogEnabled through the Azure Resource Manager workspace properties.

    If you are an Azure Databricks account admin, open the Databricks Account Console > Catalog > select the metastore > Workspaces > Assign to workspace, select the affected workspace, and choose Enable. The metastore and workspace must be in the same region.

    If the workspace is already assigned to a metastore but Catalog Explorer/Unity Catalog features are still missing, I would open an Azure Databricks support request rather than manually modifying undocumented ARM properties. Include the workspace ID, region, metastore ID, and the Resource Graph output showing Unity Catalog as enabled.

    Thank you, and feel free to respond back for more assistance.

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  2. michael dugan 0 Reputation points
    2026-10-05T18:27:38.5066667+00:00

    tried initially to email databricks support, but they responded: Comment description: Hi, Thank you for reaching out to Databricks Support! According to our records, the account is an Azure account; hence, we request you to contact Azure support first and Databricks will be involved in case required. Azure Portal link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/support Regards, Databricks Support Team

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  3. michael dugan 0 Reputation points
    2026-10-05T19:42:00.35+00:00

    ok, emailed them again. they were trying to push it to azure support, fingers crossed

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