diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4f8d83a..cde17ea9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ In addition following options are supported
 | isolationLevel | "READ_COMMITTED" | Specify the isolation level |
 | tableLock | "false" | Implements an insert with TABLOCK option to improve write performance |
 | schemaCheckEnabled | "true" | Disables strict dataframe and sql table schema check when set to false |
+| columnsToWrite | "" | Enable user defined column mapping. Users provide list of column names and only write to these columns.|
 
 Other [Bulk api options](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/jdbc/using-bulk-copy-with-the-jdbc-driver?view=sql-server-2017#sqlserverbulkcopyoptions) can be set as options on the dataframe and will be passed to bulkcopy apis on write
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/spark/SQLServerBulkJdbcOptions.scala b/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/spark/SQLServerBulkJdbcOptions.scala
index 710f570f..4a2d095c 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/spark/SQLServerBulkJdbcOptions.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/spark/SQLServerBulkJdbcOptions.scala
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ class SQLServerBulkJdbcOptions(val params: CaseInsensitiveMap[String])
   val schemaCheckEnabled =
     params.getOrElse("schemaCheckEnabled", "true").toBoolean
 
+  // user input column names array to match dataframe
+  val columnsToWrite =
+    params.getOrElse("columnsToWrite", "").toString
+
   // Not a feature
   // Only used for internally testing data idempotency
   val testDataIdempotency =
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/spark/utils/BulkCopyUtils.scala b/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/spark/utils/BulkCopyUtils.scala
index 8b06e8e6..342b2ae1 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/spark/utils/BulkCopyUtils.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/spark/utils/BulkCopyUtils.scala
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.jdbc.JdbcDialects
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc.JdbcUtils.{createConnectionFactory, getSchema, schemaString}
 import com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.{SQLServerBulkCopy, SQLServerBulkCopyOptions}
 
-import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer
-
 /**
 * BulkCopyUtils Object implements common utility function used by both datapool and 
 */
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ object BulkCopyUtils extends Logging {
     * a connection, sets connection properties and does a BulkWrite. Called when writing data to 
     * master instance and data pools both. URL in options is used to create the relevant connection.
     *
-    * @param itertor - iterator for row of the partition.
+    * @param iterator - iterator for row of the partition.
     * @param dfColMetadata - array of ColumnMetadata type
     * @param options - SQLServerBulkJdbcOptions with url for the connection
     */
@@ -179,47 +177,6 @@ object BulkCopyUtils extends Logging {
         conn.createStatement.executeQuery(queryStr)
     }
 
-    /**
-    * getComputedCols
-    * utility function to get computed columns.
-     * Use computed column names to exclude computed column when matching schema.
-    */
-    private[spark] def getComputedCols(
-        conn: Connection, 
-        table: String): List[String] = {
-        val queryStr = s"SELECT name FROM sys.computed_columns WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID('${table}');"
-        val computedColRs = conn.createStatement.executeQuery(queryStr)
-        val computedCols = ListBuffer[String]()
-        while (computedColRs.next()) {
-            val colName = computedColRs.getString("name")
-            computedCols.append(colName)
-        }
-        computedCols.toList
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * dfComputedColCount
-     * utility function to get number of computed columns in dataframe.
-     * Use number of computed columns in dataframe to get number of non computed column in df,
-     * and compare with the number of non computed column in sql table
-     */
-    private[spark] def dfComputedColCount(
-        dfColNames: List[String],
-        computedCols: List[String],
-        dfColCaseMap: Map[String, String],
-        isCaseSensitive: Boolean): Int ={
-        var dfComputedColCt = 0
-        for (j <- 0 to computedCols.length-1){
-            if (isCaseSensitive && dfColNames.contains(computedCols(j)) ||
-              !isCaseSensitive && dfColCaseMap.contains(computedCols(j).toLowerCase())
-                && dfColCaseMap(computedCols(j).toLowerCase()) == computedCols(j)) {
-                dfComputedColCt += 1
-            }
-        }
-        dfComputedColCt
-    }
-
-
     /**
      * getColMetadataMap
      * Utility function convert result set meta data to array.
@@ -263,7 +220,7 @@ object BulkCopyUtils extends Logging {
         val colMetaData = {
             if(checkSchema) {
                 checkExTableType(conn, options)
-                matchSchemas(conn, options.dbtable, df, rs, options.url, isCaseSensitive, options.schemaCheckEnabled)
+                matchSchemas(conn, options.dbtable, df, rs, options.url, isCaseSensitive, options.schemaCheckEnabled, options.columnsToWrite)
             } else {
                 defaultColMetadataMap(rs.getMetaData())
             }
@@ -289,6 +246,7 @@ object BulkCopyUtils extends Logging {
     * @param url: String,
     * @param isCaseSensitive: Boolean
     * @param strictSchemaCheck: Boolean
+    * @param columnsToWrite: String
     */
     private[spark] def matchSchemas(
             conn: Connection,
@@ -297,39 +255,37 @@ object BulkCopyUtils extends Logging {
             rs: ResultSet,
             url: String,
             isCaseSensitive: Boolean,
-            strictSchemaCheck: Boolean): Array[ColumnMetadata]= {
+            strictSchemaCheck: Boolean,
+            columnsToWrite: String): Array[ColumnMetadata]= {
         val dfColCaseMap = (df.schema.fieldNames.map(item => item.toLowerCase)
           zip df.schema.fieldNames.toList).toMap
         val dfCols = df.schema
 
         val tableCols = getSchema(rs, JdbcDialects.get(url))
-        val computedCols = getComputedCols(conn, dbtable)
 
         val prefix = "Spark Dataframe and SQL Server table have differing"
 
-        if (computedCols.length == 0) {
+        // if columnsToWrite provided by user, use it for metadata mapping. If not, use sql table.
+        var metadataLen = tableCols.length
+        var columnsToWriteSet: Set[String] = Set()
+        if (columnsToWrite.isEmpty) {
             assertIfCheckEnabled(dfCols.length == tableCols.length, strictSchemaCheck,
                 s"${prefix} numbers of columns")
-        } else if (strictSchemaCheck) {
-            val dfColNames =  df.schema.fieldNames.toList
-            val dfComputedColCt = dfComputedColCount(dfColNames, computedCols, dfColCaseMap, isCaseSensitive)
-            // if df has computed column(s), check column length using non computed column in df and table.
-            // non computed column number in df: dfCols.length - dfComputedColCt
-            // non computed column number in table: tableCols.length - computedCols.length
-            assertIfCheckEnabled(dfCols.length-dfComputedColCt == tableCols.length-computedCols.length, strictSchemaCheck,
-                s"${prefix} numbers of columns")
+        } else {
+            columnsToWriteSet = columnsToWrite.split(",").map(_.trim).toSet
+            logDebug(s"columnsToWrite: $columnsToWriteSet")
+            metadataLen = columnsToWriteSet.size
         }
 
-
-        val result = new Array[ColumnMetadata](tableCols.length - computedCols.length)
-        var nonAutoColIndex = 0
+        var colMappingIndex = 0
+        val result = new Array[ColumnMetadata](metadataLen)
 
         for (i <- 0 to tableCols.length-1) {
             val tableColName = tableCols(i).name
             var dfFieldIndex = -1
-            // set dfFieldIndex = -1 for all computed columns to skip ColumnMetadata
-            if (computedCols.contains(tableColName)) {
-                logDebug(s"skipping computed col index $i col name $tableColName dfFieldIndex $dfFieldIndex")
+            // if columnsToWrite option provided, and sql column names not in it, skip this column mapping and ColumnMetadata
+            if (!columnsToWrite.isEmpty && !columnsToWriteSet.contains(tableColName)) {
+                logDebug(s"skipping col index $i col name $tableColName, user not provided in columnsToWrite list")
             }else{
                 var dfColName:String = ""
                 if (isCaseSensitive) {
@@ -372,15 +328,15 @@ object BulkCopyUtils extends Logging {
                         s" DF col ${dfColName} nullable config is ${dfCols(dfFieldIndex).nullable} " +
                         s" Table col ${tableColName} nullable config is ${tableCols(i).nullable}")
 
-                // Schema check passed for element, Create ColMetaData only for non auto generated column
-                result(nonAutoColIndex) = new ColumnMetadata(
+                // Schema check passed for element, Create ColMetaData for columns
+                result(colMappingIndex) = new ColumnMetadata(
                     rs.getMetaData().getColumnName(i+1),
                     rs.getMetaData().getColumnType(i+1),
                     rs.getMetaData().getPrecision(i+1),
                     rs.getMetaData().getScale(i+1),
                     dfFieldIndex
                 )
-                nonAutoColIndex += 1
+                colMappingIndex += 1
             }
         }
         result