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Week of September 8, 2025

11 releases between September 8, 2025 and September 14, 2025, 3 of them change something you already run.

Behavior change
1
GA
2
Preview
1
Update
7
On
AWS 10, Azure 10, GCP 10
  1. Mount Delta shares to an existing shared catalog

    Replaces need to create a new catalog for each share, now mounts to existing catalog.

  2. AI/BI dashboard text widget and performance improvements

    Enhanced UI for text formatting and image insertion. Resolves performance slowdowns and page loading issues.

  3. Genie chart fixes and feature enhancements

    Fixed thin bars, single-point maps, and increased entity matching limit to 120 columns.

  4. Serverless jobs and pipelines configured in the UI are now performance optimized by default

    aligns UI with existing API, Terraform, and SDK defaults.

  5. Automatic identity management is generally available

    Syncs Microsoft Entra ID users and groups into Azure Databricks. Supports nested groups.

    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  6. Google Analytics Raw Data connector GA

    Enables ingestion of raw Google Analytics data into Databricks, requires Google Analytics 4 and Google BigQuery setup.

  7. Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
  8. Python custom data sources can be used with Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow

    Supports Python custom data sources and sinks in pipeline definitions.

  9. Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow now supports stream progress metrics in Public Preview

    Supports querying event log for stream progress metrics.

  10. The SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) Connector for Databricks is generally available

    Enables secure data sharing between SAP BDC and Unity Catalog-enabled Databricks workspaces.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  11. Databricks Apps support for Genie resources

    Enables natural language querying over curated datasets, requires adding a Genie Space as an app resource.

  12. Databricks Runtime maintenance update

    Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements.

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