Becoming a Databricks Validated Partner
Databricks Technology Partner validation is a formal process that certifies your integration meets Databricks quality, security, and interoperability standards. Validating your product integration is the first step in your partnership journey. All technology partners must have a valid integration to be eligible for our partnership program.
Validation process
1. Apply to become a partner
Submit your partner application through the Databricks Partner Portal. The portal will walk you through all of the details.
2. Develop your integration
Follow the best practices and standards in this guide to develop your integration. If you need help along the way, use the contact form in the partner portal to get access to a Databricks partner engineer.
3. Live validation
Confirm your integration meets all requirements and best practices, then fill in the integration request form in the portal. You will do a live validation with a Databricks partner engineer to confirm all requirements are met. The partner portal will walk you through expectations of this session.
4. Databricks Validated Partner
Upon successful validation, you receive official Databricks Validated Partner status and partner badge assets for marketing use. You are now eligible for GTM partner benefits.
As a validated partner, you are expected to:
- Maintain telemetry instrumentation
- Complete annual revalidation to ensure continued compliance
Requirements overview
Before starting validation, review the integration requirements. All validated partners must implement:
- Telemetry — Programmatic tagging for consistent attribution
- OAuth — Support for U2M with PKCE and M2M authentication
- Unity Catalog — Proper namespace handling and metadata publishing
What's next
- Review the integration requirements
- Explore the Databricks Design Patterns for implementation guidance
- Apply through the Partner Portal
Contact the Databricks Partner Engineering team through the Partner Portal for guidance on your validation journey.