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  1. AI agents: Authorize on-behalf-of-user Public Preview

    Lets agents act as the Databricks user who runs the query for added security.

    #Databricks AI
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  2. Migrate Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow from legacy publishing mode is rolled back to Public Preview

    Reverts migration feature to Public Preview due to issues. Requires re-enabling default publishing mode in pipelines.

    #Lakeflow
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  3. Interact with Azure Databricks jobs in a Power Automate flow (Public Preview)

    Adds Azure Databricks job action to Power Automate flows. Requires adding the action to a flow.

    #Partner Connect
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  4. Admins can now manage a workspace's serverless base environments (Public Preview)

    Defines custom environment specs for serverless notebooks, allows setting a default for new notebooks.

    #Notebooks#Serverless
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  5. Dashboard external embedding Public Preview and new custom calculations functions

    Adds ln, log, log10, and round functions, increases custom calculations limit to 200 per dataset.

    #AI/BI#Dashboards
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  6. Default warehouse setting is now available in Beta

    Applied across SQL editor, AI/BI dashboards, and other tools, with optional user override.

    #Databricks SQL
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  8. External MCP servers are in Beta

    Enables agent access to external tools, requires connecting to Model Context Protocol servers.

    #Databricks AI
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  9. Databricks Runtime 17.2 and Databricks Runtime 17.2 ML are in Beta

    Includes SQL and API enhancements, reliability and performance improvements.

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  10. Governed tags are Public Preview

    Enforce consistent tagging with admin-defined keys and values.

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  11. Budget policy support for Lakebase database instances and synced tables (Public Preview)

    Tags database instances and synced tables for billing attribution, also supports custom tags for compute usage.

    #Lakebase
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  12. Updates for customer-managed VPC workspaces (Public Preview)

    Adds Private Service Connect conversion and network config changes.

    #Networking
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  13. Updating workspace virtual network configurations is now in Public Preview

    Allows migration to custom VNet or changes to existing VNet injection setups.

    #Networking
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  14. Mosaic AI Vector Search reranker Public Preview

    Improves retrieval quality with reranking, see usage details in query documentation.

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  15. Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow template in bundles in the workspace (Public Preview)

    Creates ETL pipelines in workspace bundles using Lakeflow template. Requires New ETL pipeline setup.

    #Bundles#Lakeflow
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  16. Access requests in Unity Catalog (Public Preview)

    Sends requests to emails, Slack, or Teams, or internal systems, with optional default email to owners.

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  17. Disable legacy features for new workspaces (Public Preview)

    Disables DBFS root, Hive metastore, and runtime versions prior to 13.3 LTS. Applies to new workspaces only.

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  18. Lakebase Public Preview enabled by default

    No admin enablement required, can be disabled by admins.

    #Lakebase
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  19. Serverless workspaces are now Public Preview

    Come pre-configured with serverless compute and default storage. Account admins enable in account console.

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  21. Create external Delta tables from third-party clients (Public Preview)

    Backed by Delta Lake, works with Apache Spark, see Access Databricks tables from Delta clients.

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  22. Path credential vending (Public Preview)

    Grants short-lived credentials to external locations in Unity Catalog metastore.

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  23. New compute policy form (Public Preview)

    Simplifies writing compute policies with UI elements, replacing syntax references with dropdown menus.

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  24. Disable DBFS root and mounts is in Public Preview

    Disables access to DBFS root and mounts in existing workspaces. Requires opting in per workspace.

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  25. Configure single-sign on with your identity provider (Public Preview)

    Supports Okta and Microsoft Entra ID. Replaces default Google Cloud Identity setup.

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  26. Add Azure Databricks connector in Power Platform to a data policy (Public Preview)

    Adds Azure Databricks to Business data group. Requires data policy setup.

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  27. Create Dataverse virtual tables from Azure Databricks tables in Power Apps (Public Preview)

    Uses Azure Databricks connector in Power Apps.

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  28. Dynamic partition overwrite with INSERT REPLACE USING (Public Preview)

    Replaces part of a table with query results, matching rows by = operator on all partition columns. Requires Databricks Runtime 16.3.

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  29. Selectively replace data with INSERT REPLACE ON (Public Preview)

    Replaces part of a table with query results based on a user-defined condition, available in Databricks Runtime 17.1.

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  30. Real-time mode in Structured Streaming (Public Preview)

    Enables sub-second latency data processing for operational workloads.

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  31. Supervisor Agent is in Beta

    Supports designing multi-agent AI systems combining Genie Agents and Knowledge Assistant endpoints. Integrates with Review App.

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  32. Databricks Runtime 17.1 and Databricks Runtime 17.1 ML are in Beta

    Includes improvements to streaming, SQL, and connectors, with reliability and performance enhancements.

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  33. Azure Databricks connector for Power BI now supports the ADBC driver (Public Preview)

    Replaces ODBC driver, requires configuration change.

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  34. Databricks connector for Power BI now supports the ADBC driver (Public Preview)

    Replaces ODBC driver, requires configuration change.

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  35. Git folders now supports multiple Git credentials per user (Public Preview)

    Managed through the UI, supports multiple Git providers.

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  36. Bring your own data lineage (Public Preview)

    Includes external assets and workflows run outside of Databricks. Requires Unity Catalog.

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  37. Manage network policies for serverless egress control (Public Preview)

    Enforces outbound network policies for SQL warehouses and model serving endpoints, allowing domain and storage account allowlisting.

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  38. Sharing managed Iceberg tables in Delta Sharing is in Public Preview

    Supports Databricks-to-Databricks and open sharing. Requires adding tables to a share.

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  39. Moving streaming tables and materialized views between pipelines is in Public Preview

    Supports moving tables created by Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow.

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  40. Attribute-based access control (ABAC) in Unity Catalog is in Beta

    Uses tags and user-defined functions to enforce fine-grained access controls.

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  41. Convert to Unity Catalog managed table from external table is in Public Preview

    Uses ALTER TABLE SET MANAGED command. Requires participating customer status.

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  42. Foreign Apache Iceberg tables are in Public Preview

    Supports reading Iceberg tables from HMS, Glue, and Snowflake Horizon Catalog. Requires Lakehouse Federation.

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