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  1. Databricks-to-Databricks Delta Sharing across regulatory domains is now available (Public Preview)

    Supports sharing with AWS GovCloud, AWS GovCloud DoD, and Azure China.

    #Unity Catalog
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  2. ABAC GRANT policies for models (Beta)

    Grants EXECUTE privilege on models based on governed tags, supporting MLflow and foundation models.

    #Unity Catalog
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  3. External lineage is now generally available

    Registers external assets like Salesforce or MySQL sources and Tableau dashboards. Automatically records source lineage for Lakeflow Connect pipelines.

    #Unity Catalog
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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Unity Catalog managed Apache Iceberg tables, foreign Apache Iceberg tables, and Apache Iceberg v3 features are generally available

    Supports liquid clustering, predictive optimization, and materialized views. Requires Databricks Runtime or external Iceberg-compatible engines.

    #Unity Catalog
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  8. Customer-managed keys now support MLflow managed evaluation features

    Supports MLflow 3 scorers and requires non-CMK encrypted catalog.

    #MLflow#Security
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  9. Catalog commits are now generally available

    Enables multi-statement transactions on Unity Catalog managed Delta tables, supported by products like MLflow and Delta Sharing.

    #Delta Lake#Unity Catalog
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  10. MLflow trace storage in Unity Catalog is now in Public Preview

    Stores OpenTelemetry traces, governed by Unity Catalog permissions, queryable from Databricks SQL or MLflow Python SDK.

    #MLflow#Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  11. Attribute-based access control (ABAC) is now generally available

    Uses governed tags to enforce row filter and column mask policies. Replaces per-table configuration with automatic application at catalog, schema, or table level.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  12. Tag Unity Catalog functions

    Requires Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above. Uses SET TAG and UNSET TAG commands.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  13. Recently Resolved Incidents section in Data Quality Monitoring (Beta)

    Shows automatically recovered unhealthy tables, including resolution time.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  14. Databricks Data Classification is now GA

    Automatically classifies and tags sensitive data in Unity Catalog using AI.

    #Data Classification#Unity Catalog
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  15. Altering a catalog or schema's managed storage location is now GA

    Modifies default cloud storage location for new managed tables and volumes.

    #Unity Catalog
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  16. Create and write to Unity Catalog tables from external Delta clients (Beta)

    Requires catalog-managed commits to be enabled, supports Apache Spark clients.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  17. SQL reference documentation for managing governed tags

    Adds 5 SQL statements: CREATE, ALTER, DROP, DESCRIBE, SHOW.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  18. Governed tags are generally available

    Allow administrators to define controlled tags for Unity Catalog and workspace objects, enforcing consistent metadata tagging.

    #Unity Catalog
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  19. Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog are generally available

    Encrypts data in Unity Catalog catalogs using cloud KMS keys. Requires default storage.

    #Security#Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
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  21. Create alerts for anomaly detection in the Data Quality Monitoring UI (Beta)

    Creates notifications for unusual data patterns, available in Beta.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  22. ABAC policy functions now use snake_case naming

    Replaces camelCase with snake_case, old forms still work but will be deprecated.

    #Unity Catalog
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  23. Health indicators for tables in Catalog Explorer (Public Preview)

    Shows freshness and completeness status based on anomaly detection.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  24. Data quality monitoring documentation moved to Data governance (Unity Catalog)

    Moved from Data guides to Data governance chapter.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  25. Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog (Beta)

    Uses own encryption keys for Unity Catalog catalogs. Replaces automatic encryption.

    #Security#Unity Catalog
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  26. Discover page and domains (Beta)

    Groups data assets by functional area, built on governed tags.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  27. File events enabled by default on new external locations

    Enabled on new locations, detects file changes for storage jobs and pipelines, can be disabled after creation.

    #Auto Loader#Lakeflow#Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  28. Tag Databricks Apps (Public Preview)

    Organize and categorize apps, but search is not supported.

    #Databricks Apps#Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  29. New Databricks accounts will not have access to legacy features

    New accounts use Unity Catalog, lack DBFS root access. Applies to accounts created after December 18, 2025.

    #Admin#Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  30. ABAC-secured assets shared using Delta Sharing is in Public Preview

    Applies to tables and schemas, but not streaming tables or materialized views.

    #Delta Sharing#Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  31. 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
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  32. JDBC Unity Catalog connection in Beta

    Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3 or above. Available on standard, dedicated, or serverless compute.

    #Data Connectivity#Unity Catalog
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  33. Updated tag search syntax in workspace search

    Use tag:<tag_key>:<tag_value> to search by key and value.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  34. Attribute-based access control (ABAC) now in Public Preview

    Enforces access control across all workspaces in an account. Requires Unity Catalog.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  35. Column drop behavior updated

    Fails if column has governed tags, requires removing tags first.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  36. Dashboard and Genie Agents tagging (Public Preview)

    Adds organization and automation via API, replaces manual tracking.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)

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