diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ede02ac6..9d179a4c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-
 version: 2.1
 
 orbs:
   azure-cli: circleci/azure-cli@1.1.0
 
 jobs:
-  
   integration-redshift:
     docker:
       - image: cimg/python:3.9.9
@@ -16,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
           command: ./run_test.sh redshift
       - store_artifacts:
           path: ./logs
-      
+
   integration-snowflake:
     docker:
       - image: cimg/python:3.9.9
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           command: ./run_test.sh snowflake
       - store_artifacts:
           path: ./logs
-          
+
   integration-bigquery:
     environment:
       BIGQUERY_SERVICE_KEY_PATH: "/home/circleci/bigquery-service-key.json"
@@ -102,16 +100,23 @@ jobs:
       - store_artifacts:
           path: ./logs
 
-
 workflows:
   version: 2
   test-all:
     jobs:
-      - integration-redshift
-      - integration-snowflake
-      - integration-bigquery
-      - integration-databricks
-      #- integration-synapse
+      - integration-redshift:
+          context: profile-redshift
+      - integration-snowflake:
+          context: profile-snowflake
+      - integration-bigquery:
+          context: profile-bigquery
+      - integration-databricks:
+          context:
+            - aws-credentials
+            - profile-databricks
+      #- integration-synapse:
+      #    context: profile-synapse
       #- integration-azuresql:
+      #    context: profile-azure
       #    requires:
       #      - integration-synapse
diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 0082d7cf..ff8cbb24 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-*       @jtcohen6
\ No newline at end of file
+*       @jeremyyeo
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fbe4357b..51e34d31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ execute the appropriate `create`, `refresh`, and/or `drop` commands:
 
 If you encounter issues using this package or have questions, please check the [open issues](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-external-tables/issues), as there's a chance it's a known limitation or work in progress. If not, you can:
 - open a new issue to report a bug or suggest an enhancement
-- post a technical question to [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/dbt)
+- post a technical question to [the Community Forum](https://discourse.getdbt.com/c/help/19)
 - post a conceptual question to the relevant database channel (#db-redshift, #dbt-snowflake, etc) in the [dbt Slack community](https://community.getdbt.com/)
 
-Additional contributions to this package are very welcome! Please create issues or open PRs against `master`. Check out [this post](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/contributing-to-an-external-dbt-package/657) on the best workflow for contributing to a package.
\ No newline at end of file
+Additional contributions to this package are very welcome! Please create issues or open PRs against `master`. Check out [this post](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/contributing-to-an-external-dbt-package/657) on the best workflow for contributing to a package.
diff --git a/integration_tests/models/plugins/bigquery/bigquery_external.yml b/integration_tests/models/plugins/bigquery/bigquery_external.yml
index 92e1e39a..3b81230b 100644
--- a/integration_tests/models/plugins/bigquery/bigquery_external.yml
+++ b/integration_tests/models/plugins/bigquery/bigquery_external.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ sources:
           options:
             format: csv
             skip_leading_rows: 1
-            hive_partition_uri_prefix: "'gs://dbt-external-tables-testing/csv'"
+            hive_partition_uri_prefix: 'gs://dbt-external-tables-testing/csv'
           partitions: &parts-of-the-people
             - name: section
               data_type: string
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ sources:
           options:
             format: csv
             skip_leading_rows: 1
-            hive_partition_uri_prefix: "'gs://dbt-external-tables-testing/csv'"
+            hive_partition_uri_prefix: 'gs://dbt-external-tables-testing/csv'
         tests: *equal-to-the-people
 
       - name: people_csv_override_uris
diff --git a/macros/common/create_external_schema.sql b/macros/common/create_external_schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c96cbcda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros/common/create_external_schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{% macro create_external_schema(source_node) %}
+    {{ adapter.dispatch('create_external_schema', 'dbt_external_tables')(source_node) }}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro default__create_external_schema(source_node) %}
+    {% set ddl %}
+        create schema if not exists {{ source_node.schema }}
+    {% endset %}
+
+    {{return(ddl)}}
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/macros/plugins/bigquery/create_external_table.sql b/macros/plugins/bigquery/create_external_table.sql
index cefa7024..af0970cf 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/bigquery/create_external_table.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/bigquery/create_external_table.sql
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     create or replace external table {{source(source_node.source_name, source_node.name)}}
         {%- if columns -%}(
             {% for column in columns %}
-                {{column.name}} {{column.data_type}} {{- ',' if not loop.last -}}
+                {%- set column_quoted = adapter.quote(column.name) if column.quote else column.name %}
+                {{column_quoted}} {{column.data_type}} {{- ',' if not loop.last -}}
             {%- endfor -%}
         )
         {% endif %}
diff --git a/macros/plugins/bigquery/get_external_build_plan.sql b/macros/plugins/bigquery/get_external_build_plan.sql
index fe7d7838..f90c1bfa 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/bigquery/get_external_build_plan.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/bigquery/get_external_build_plan.sql
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
     {% set create_or_replace = (old_relation is none or var('ext_full_refresh', false)) %}
 
     {% if create_or_replace %}
-        {% set build_plan = build_plan + [dbt_external_tables.create_external_table(source_node)] %}
+        {% set build_plan = build_plan + [
+            dbt_external_tables.create_external_schema(source_node),
+            dbt_external_tables.create_external_table(source_node)
+        ] %}
     {% else %}
         {% set build_plan = build_plan + dbt_external_tables.refresh_external_table(source_node) %}
     {% endif %}
diff --git a/macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql b/macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql
index 721611c2..7bb46291 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@
     {% if external.pattern -%} pattern = '{{external.pattern}}' {%- endif %}
     {% if external.integration -%} integration = '{{external.integration}}' {%- endif %}
     file_format = {{external.file_format}}
+    {% if external.table_format -%} table_format = '{{external.table_format}}' {%- endif %}
 {% endmacro %}
diff --git a/macros/plugins/snowflake/get_external_build_plan.sql b/macros/plugins/snowflake/get_external_build_plan.sql
index 0f73a0b2..807cbb5d 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/snowflake/get_external_build_plan.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/snowflake/get_external_build_plan.sql
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     
         {% if create_or_replace %}
             {% set build_plan = build_plan + [
+                dbt_external_tables.create_external_schema(source_node),
                 dbt_external_tables.snowflake_create_empty_table(source_node),
                 dbt_external_tables.snowflake_get_copy_sql(source_node, explicit_transaction=true),
                 dbt_external_tables.snowflake_create_snowpipe(source_node)
@@ -25,7 +26,10 @@
     {% else %}
     
         {% if create_or_replace %}
-            {% set build_plan = build_plan + [dbt_external_tables.create_external_table(source_node)] %}
+            {% set build_plan = build_plan + [
+                dbt_external_tables.create_external_schema(source_node),
+                dbt_external_tables.create_external_table(source_node)
+            ] %}
         {% else %}
             {% set build_plan = build_plan + dbt_external_tables.refresh_external_table(source_node) %}
         {% endif %}
diff --git a/macros/plugins/snowflake/snowpipe/create_snowpipe.sql b/macros/plugins/snowflake/snowpipe/create_snowpipe.sql
index 88385345..a9ba44eb 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/snowflake/snowpipe/create_snowpipe.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/snowflake/snowpipe/create_snowpipe.sql
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
         {% if snowpipe.auto_ingest -%} auto_ingest = {{snowpipe.auto_ingest}} {%- endif %}
         {% if snowpipe.aws_sns_topic -%} aws_sns_topic = '{{snowpipe.aws_sns_topic}}' {%- endif %}
         {% if snowpipe.integration -%} integration = '{{snowpipe.integration}}' {%- endif %}
+        {% if snowpipe.error_integration -%} error_integration = '{{snowpipe.error_integration}}' {%- endif %}
         as {{ dbt_external_tables.snowflake_get_copy_sql(source_node) }}
 
 {% endmacro %}
diff --git a/macros/plugins/spark/create_external_table.sql b/macros/plugins/spark/create_external_table.sql
index 4232f474..0fc8c47e 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/spark/create_external_table.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/spark/create_external_table.sql
@@ -5,10 +5,19 @@
     {%- set partitions = external.partitions -%}
     {%- set options = external.options -%}
 
+    {%- set columns_and_partitions = columns | list -%}
+    {%- if partitions -%}
+        {%- for i in partitions -%}
+            {%- if i.name not in columns_and_partitions | list | map(attribute='name') -%}
+                {%- do columns_and_partitions.append(i) -%}
+            {%- endif -%}
+        {%- endfor -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+
 {# https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-data-sources-hive-tables.html #}
     create table {{source(source_node.source_name, source_node.name)}} 
-    {%- if columns|length > 0 %} (
-        {% for column in columns %}
+    {%- if columns | length > 0 %} (
+        {% for column in columns_and_partitions %}
             {{column.name}} {{column.data_type}}
             {{- ',' if not loop.last -}}
         {% endfor %}
@@ -21,7 +30,7 @@
     ) {%- endif %}
     {% if partitions -%} partitioned by (
         {%- for partition in partitions -%}
-            {{partition.name}} {{partition.data_type}}{{', ' if not loop.last}}
+            {{partition.name}}{{', ' if not loop.last}}
         {%- endfor -%}
     ) {%- endif %}
     {% if external.row_format -%} row format {{external.row_format}} {%- endif %}
diff --git a/macros/plugins/spark/get_external_build_plan.sql b/macros/plugins/spark/get_external_build_plan.sql
index 47ab3247..cab1ca29 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/spark/get_external_build_plan.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/spark/get_external_build_plan.sql
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
     {% if create_or_replace %}
         {% set build_plan = build_plan + [
+            dbt_external_tables.create_external_schema(source_node),
             dbt_external_tables.dropif(source_node), 
             dbt_external_tables.create_external_table(source_node)
         ] %}
@@ -19,8 +20,8 @@
         {% set build_plan = build_plan + dbt_external_tables.refresh_external_table(source_node) %}
     {% endif %}
 
-    {% set recover_partitions = spark__recover_partitions(source_node) %}
-    {% if recover_partitions|length > 0 %}
+    {% set recover_partitions = dbt_external_tables.recover_partitions(source_node) %}
+    {% if recover_partitions %}
     {% set build_plan = build_plan + [
         recover_partitions
     ] %}
diff --git a/macros/plugins/spark/helpers/recover_partitions.sql b/macros/plugins/spark/helpers/recover_partitions.sql
index a79de3e2..fee174f0 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/spark/helpers/recover_partitions.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/spark/helpers/recover_partitions.sql
@@ -1,12 +1,28 @@
 {% macro spark__recover_partitions(source_node) %}
     {# https://docs.databricks.com/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-syntax-ddl-alter-table.html #}
 
-    {% set ddl %}
-    {%- if (source_node.external.partitions or source_node.external.recover_partitions) and source_node.external.using and source_node.external.using|lower != 'delta' -%}
-        ALTER TABLE {{ source(source_node.source_name, source_node.name) }} RECOVER PARTITIONS
+    {%- if (source_node.external.partitions or source_node.external.recover_partitions)
+            and source_node.external.using and source_node.external.using|lower != 'delta' -%}
+        {% set ddl %}
+            ALTER TABLE {{ source(source_node.source_name, source_node.name) }} RECOVER PARTITIONS
+        {% endset %}
+    {%- else -%}
+        {% set ddl = none %}
     {%- endif -%}
-    {% endset %}
 
     {{return(ddl)}}
 
 {% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro recover_partitions(source_node) %}
+    {{ return(adapter.dispatch('recover_partitions', 'dbt_external_tables')(source_node)) }}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro default__recover_partitions(source_node) %}
+    /*{# 
+        We're dispatching this macro so that users can override it if required on other adapters
+        but this will work for spark/databricks. 
+    #}*/
+
+    {{ exceptions.raise_not_implemented('recover_partitions macro not implemented for adapter ' + adapter.type()) }}
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/macros/plugins/sqlserver/create_external_schema.sql b/macros/plugins/sqlserver/create_external_schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1ef48be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros/plugins/sqlserver/create_external_schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{% macro sqlserver__create_external_schema(source_node) %}
+    {# https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/create-schema-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver16 #}
+
+    {% set ddl %}
+        IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.schemas WHERE name = '{{ source_node.schema }}')
+        BEGIN
+        EXEC('CREATE SCHEMA [{{ source_node.schema }}]')
+        END 
+    {% endset %}
+
+    {{return(ddl)}}
+
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/macros/plugins/sqlserver/get_external_build_plan.sql b/macros/plugins/sqlserver/get_external_build_plan.sql
index 4e974100..7a161a0d 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/sqlserver/get_external_build_plan.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/sqlserver/get_external_build_plan.sql
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
     {% if create_or_replace %}
         {% set build_plan = build_plan + [ 
+            dbt_external_tables.create_external_schema(source_node),
             dbt_external_tables.dropif(source_node), 
             dbt_external_tables.create_external_table(source_node)
         ] %}
diff --git a/sample_sources/snowflake.yml b/sample_sources/snowflake.yml
index 598d5073..83d710ea 100644
--- a/sample_sources/snowflake.yml
+++ b/sample_sources/snowflake.yml
@@ -60,4 +60,11 @@ sources:
         #
         # if you do not specify *any* columns for a snowpiped table, dbt will also
         # include `value`, the JSON blob of all file contents.
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+        
+      - name: delta_tbl
+          description: "External table using Delta files"
+          external:
+            location: "@stage"                  # reference an existing external stage
+            file_format: "( type = parquet )"   # fully specified here, or reference an existing file format
+            table_format: delta                 # specify the table format
+            auto_refresh: false                  # requires configuring an event notification from Amazon S3 or Azure
diff --git a/sample_sources/spark.yml b/sample_sources/spark.yml
index 5e49b6fa..a7c9b95b 100644
--- a/sample_sources/spark.yml
+++ b/sample_sources/spark.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ sources:
             sep: '|'
             header: 'true'
             timestampFormat: 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm'
+          partitions:
+            - name: year
+              data_type: int
+            - name: month
+              data_type: int
+            - name: day
+              data_type: int
 
         columns:
           - name: app_id