How to enable metastore in azure databricks.

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In Azure Databricks, the account console is only available to the account owner (the person who created the databricks subs during setup) or someone explicitly granted Account Admin permissions. If your login is redirecting to the workspace instead of the account console, you are not an account admin or the AAD user is not properly linked.

Once you confirm you have access to the account console, follow these steps:

Step A: Assign account admin permissions

Sign in as the account owner.

1. In the Account Console, go to Users -> Add the user(s) as Account admins if needed.

Step B: Create the metastore

1. Go to Data -> Metastores -> Create Metastore.

Enter:

Metastore name

  Region (match your workspace region)
  
     Storage configuration (create a new ADLS Gen2 container if needed)
     
     Click Create.
     

Step C: Link workspace to the metastore

After the metastore is created, open the Workspaces tab.

Assign the workspace to the metastore.

Confirm permissions (grant yourself Metastore Admin).

If you still cannot access the account console:

• Check if your account is Enterprise tier. UC requires a Premium or higher tier.
• In Pay-As-You-Go, you should still have Premium tier available, but ensure it is selected during Databricks workspace creation.
• If you still face login redirection:
  • Try opening an incognito browser session.
  • Check that your AAD login matches the databricks account email.
  • If still stuck, open a Microsoft support ticket, as there could be a tenant-level policy or permission sync issue.

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