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ABAC DENY policies are in Beta

ABAC DENY policies are in Beta in Unity Catalog.

What it does

ABAC DENY policies are in Beta in Unity Catalog. DENY policies can be used to explicitly deny the MANAGE ACCESS CONTROL privilege to prevent specified principals, including object owners, from performing access management operations. They always take precedence over any grant.

Why it matters

DENY policies are attached at the catalog or schema level and deny the MANAGE ACCESS CONTROL privilege on the supported securable types.

Architecture
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In short

ABAC DENY policies are in Beta in Unity Catalog. DENY policies can be used to explicitly deny the MANAGE ACCESS CONTROL privilege to prevent specified principals, including object owners, from performing access management operations.

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Key takeaway
ABAC DENY policies are in Beta in Unity Catalog.
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