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1149 releases that have landed on Azure, newest first.

  1. Foundation model Unity Catalog permissions is generally available

    Requires account team enablement, controls access to system.ai schema.

    #Databricks AI
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  2. Managed SharePoint connector adds structured file ingestion and file metadata support (Beta)

    Supports CSV, JSON, XML, Excel, Parquet, Avro, ORC ingestion, replacing unstructured-only approach.

    #Lakeflow
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  3. UNIQUE constraint support is now in Public Preview

    Enables join elimination and DISTINCT simplification on Photon-enabled compute. Applies to Unity Catalog Delta Lake tables.

    #Databricks SQL
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  4. Dashboard enhancements

    Saves filter combos as shared bookmarks, adds pivot table column expansion.

    #AI/BI#Dashboards
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  5. Databricks Runtime 18: June 4, 2026

    NATURAL JOIN now matches columns case-insensitively by default. Set spark.sql.legacy.naturalJoinCaseSensitiveColumnMatching to true to restore previous behavior.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  6. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements

    Adds chat prompt monitoring, knowledge store edit confirmation, and conversation deletion.

    #AI/BI#Genie Agents
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  8. Genie Code now supports auto-approve for tool actions

    Approves tool actions without prompts, using an AI classifier to block risky ones.

    #Assistant
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  9. Genie One enhancements

    Adds workspace-level customization, certified object prioritization, and user skills.

    #AI/BI#Genie
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  10. Improved workspace file write performance on classic compute

    Uses asynchronous flushing by default for Databricks Runtime 17.1 and above, batching file writes and deletes.

    #Developers
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  11. Set budgets for Genie usage

    Budgets track spend across accounts, workspaces, or users, with email alerts and spending limits.

    #Genie
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  12. Write data from Microsoft Excel back to Azure Databricks

    Writes to Unity Catalog tables, overwriting existing ones if needed.

    #Integrations
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  13. Agent Bricks Supervisor Agent now supports web search as a built-in tool

    Returns synthesized answers with source citations, also available as databricks_web_search tool in Supervisor API.

    #Databricks AI
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  14. Declarative Automation Bundles will soon default to use the direct deployment engine Coming soon

    Replaces Terraform deployment engine, migrating bundles automatically on July 24, 2026.

    #Bundles#Developers
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  15. Full page Genie Code (Beta)

    Runs multiple threads in parallel, personalizes with skills and servers.

    #Databricks AI
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  16. Table update triggers on Delta Sharing and system tables (Beta)

    Monitors data shared through Delta Sharing and system tables, triggering jobs on updates, supporting Databricks-to-Databricks sharing only.

    #Lakeflow
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  17. Managed RabbitMQ connector (Beta)

    Streams messages from RabbitMQ classic queues into Unity Catalog streaming tables.

    #Lakeflow
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  18. Pendo connector (Beta)

    Ingests data from Pendo into Lakeflow. Requires Lakeflow Connect.

    #Lakeflow
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  19. Column popularity is now available in the Catalog Explorer

    Shows column query count in the Overview tab, determined by read queries.

    #Unity Catalog
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  21. Intra-VNet NSG rule hardening for Azure Databricks is now in Public Preview

    Restricts workspace traffic to host and worker subnet CIDRs. Applies to classic compute plane workspaces.

    #Networking#Security
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  22. Lakebase snapshot storage is now billed

    Billed starting June 1, 2026, with size shown on Backup & Restore page.

    #Lakebase
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  23. Vector Search is now AI Search

    Replaces vector-based indexing, allows full text search without embeddings.

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  24. Compliance security profile required for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP Coming soon

    Required starting September 1, 2026, for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP data.

    #Security
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  25. Databricks Apps horizontal scaling (Beta)

    Runs across multiple instances behind a single URL, supports zero-downtime deployments.

    #Databricks Apps
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  26. Databricks Runtime 18: May 29, 2026

    Treats NaN values as duplicates, preserves Unity Catalog foreign table permissions during metadata refresh.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  27. Lakeflow Designer updates for May 29, 2026

    Operators now display AI-generated descriptions and accept custom join conditions.

    #Lakeflow Designer
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  28. Query-based connectors for Lakeflow Connect are now generally available

    Ingests data from databases like Oracle and PostgreSQL without CDC configuration.

    #Lakeflow
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  29. Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.

    #Databricks AI
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  30. Cross-engine attribute-based access controls (Beta)

    Enforces row filters and column masks server-side for external engines reading Unity Catalog tables.

    #Unity Catalog
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  31. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Tables support banded rows and default sorting. Median and percentile expressions are added to metric views.

    #AI/BI#Dashboards
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  32. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes

    Agent mode thinking traces now cite definitions, respects default sharing settings.

    #AI/BI#Genie Agents
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  33. Genie One enhancements

    Adds natural-language query support across Genie Agents and Unity Catalog data.

    #AI/BI#Genie
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  34. Google Drive managed ingestion connector (Beta)

    Ingests files from Google Drive into Databricks, supporting unstructured and structured data.

    #Lakeflow
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  35. Real-time mode in Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow, and the update_flow API are now available (Public Preview)

    Achieves end-to-end latency as low as 5ms, uses update output mode.

    #Lakeflow
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  36. Refresh policies and EXPLAIN CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW for materialized views are now generally available

    Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3 and above. Available in Databricks SQL.

    #Databricks SQL#Lakeflow
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  37. Workspace admin setting for serverless notebook execution timeout

    Replaces manual override process, defaults to 2.5 hours.

    #Admin#Serverless
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  38. Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (05/26)

    Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.2.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  39. Databricks SQL version 2026.15 is now available in Preview

    XPath no longer fetches external DTDs, fixing failures from malformed URLs.

    #Databricks SQL
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  40. Removed legacy Assistant slash commands

    /settings and /rename are replaced by notebook UI settings and rename options.

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  41. Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow parameters are now in Beta

    Define key-value pairs at pipeline level, referenced in SQL using named parameter syntax.

    #Lakeflow
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  42. Genie Code Agent mode is now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled

    Requires HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and FedRAMP Moderate controls. Automates code generation and error fixing.

    #Databricks AI
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