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  1. Serverless compute is now available in Azure China North 3

    Available for notebooks, jobs, pipelines, and SQL warehouses.

    #Serverless
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  2. Confluence connector (Beta)

    Ingests Confluence spaces and pages into Databricks, requires OAuth U2M configuration.

    #Data Ingestion#Lakeflow
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  3. PostgreSQL connector in Lakeflow Connect (Public Preview)

    Enables incremental data ingestion from various PostgreSQL databases. Requires configuration.

    #Lakeflow
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  4. Serverless workspaces are now available in new GCP regions

    Available in most GCP regions, see documentation for list.

    #Serverless
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  5. OpenAI GPT-5.2 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis.

    #Databricks AI
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  6. Change owner for materialized views or streaming tables defined in Databricks SQL

    Done through Catalog Explorer, replacing previous methods.

    #Lakeflow
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  8. Customizable SharePoint connector (Beta)

    Ingests structured, semi-structured, and unstructured files into Delta tables with customizable schema inference and parsing options.

    #Data ingestion#Lakeflow
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  9. Discover files in Auto Loader efficiently using file events

    Requires file events enabled on external locations. Replaces directory listing for efficiency.

    #Auto Loader#Lakeflow
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  10. Jira connector (Beta)

    Ingests Jira issues, comments, and attachments metadata into Databricks.

    #Data Ingestion#Lakeflow
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  11. Microsoft Dynamics 365 connector (Public Preview)

    Ingests data from Dynamics 365 apps into Databricks. Requires Lakeflow Connect.

    #Data ingestion#Lakeflow
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  12. NetSuite connector (Public Preview)

    Ingests data from NetSuite2.com via API, CLI, or notebook.

    #Lakeflow
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  13. ForEachBatch for Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow is available (Public Preview)

    Allows processing streams as micro-batches in Python. Requires Lakeflow setup.

    #Lakeflow
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  14. Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow stream progress metrics are generally available

    Supports querying event log for stream progress metrics.

    #Lakeflow
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  15. Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs and AI Functions, supports pay-per-token and batch inference workloads.

    #Databricks AI
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  16. Configure full refresh behavior for managed database connectors

    Applies to Lakeflow Connect managed database connectors, allowing scheduled full refresh snapshots and automatic recovery from unsupported schema changes.

    #Lakeflow
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  17. Serverless compute is now available in new regions

    Added to Australia Southeast, Canada Central, Mexico Central, Norway East, and South Africa North regions.

    #Serverless
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  18. Databricks SQL version 2025.35 is rolling out in Current

    Includes new features, see documentation for details.

    #Databricks SQL
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  19. Google Gemini 3 Pro Preview now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs and AI Functions, supporting pay-per-token and batch inference workloads.

    #Databricks AI
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  21. Google Gemini 3 Pro Preview now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs and AI Functions for pay-per-token and batch inference workloads.

    #Databricks AI
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  22. Jobs can now be triggered on source view update

    Supports views referencing supported table types, see documentation for specifics.

    #Lakeflow
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  23. Databricks SQL alerts are now in Public Preview

    Offers a new editing experience, replacing the previous version.

    #Data Warehousing#Databricks SQL
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  24. Improved full refresh flow for managed database connectors

    Reduces downtime by delaying table refresh until snapshot completion, minimizing PENDING_RESET errors.

    #Lakeflow
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  25. OpenAI GPT-5.1 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs and AI Functions for pay-per-token and batch inference workloads.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  26. Convert foreign tables to Unity Catalog managed or external tables (Public Preview)

    Requires Databricks Runtime 17.0 LTS or above. Uses ALTER TABLE SET MANAGED or SET EXTERNAL.

    #Databricks SQL#Unity Catalog
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  27. SFTP connector (Public Preview)

    Extends Auto Loader to ingest files from SFTP servers.

    #Auto Loader#Lakeflow
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  28. Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines has been renamed to Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines

    Replaces Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines, see Spark Declarative Pipelines for details.

    #Lakeflow
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  29. New MCP server tab

    Shows managed and external servers, and lists available servers from Databricks Marketplace.

    #Databricks AI
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  30. SQL Editor visualization fix

    Tooltips now display in front of the legend.

    #Databricks SQL
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  31. Serverless notebook tasks can now use jobs environment

    Replaces inherited serverless environment with configurable job environment.

    #Serverless
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  32. Function calling and structured output now available using the Alibaba Cloud Qwen3-Next Instruct model (Beta)

    Supports Qwen3-Next 80B A3B Instruct model.

    #Databricks AI#Model Serving
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  33. JAR tasks are now supported on serverless compute

    Run JAR jobs without a cluster.

    #Lakeflow
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  34. Salesforce ingestion connector supports history tracking (SCD type 2)

    Enables history tracking, overwriting default SCD type 1 behavior.

    #Lakeflow
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  35. Databricks SQL version 2025.35 is now available in Preview

    Adds EXECUTE IMMEDIATE constant expressions and LIMIT ALL for recursive CTEs.

    #Databricks SQL
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  36. Feedback model deprecated for AI agents

    Replaced by log_feedback API in MLflow 3.

    #Databricks AI
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  37. Request logs and assessment logs tables deprecated

    Replaced by MLflow 3 for real-time tracing, stops populating November 15, 2025.

    #Databricks AI
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  38. Supervisor Agent now supports Unity Catalog functions and external MCP servers

    Delegates tasks to Unity Catalog functions and external MCP servers.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  39. OpenAI GPT 5 models are now generally available in Mosaic AI Model Serving

    Includes GPT-5 mini and nano models.

    #Databricks AI#Model Serving
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  40. Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models now supported on pay-per-token endpoints

    Supports pay-per-token endpoints and Function calling.

    #Databricks AI
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  41. Serverless compute has been updated to version 17.3

    Updated from version 17.2, requires no configuration changes.

    #Serverless
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  42. Zerobus Ingest connector in Lakeflow Connect (Public Preview)

    Enables record-by-record ingestion into Delta tables via gRPC API.

    #Lakeflow
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