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Improved workspace files read performance Applies to serverless and classic compute with Databricks Runtime 18 and above, speeding up workloads like find and grep. #Developers	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 16, 2026
ai_query is now generally available Lets you query AI models from SQL or Python. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 15, 2026
Configure the recovery period for dropped managed tables (Preview) Defaults to 7 days, configurable to 0-30 days at catalog or schema level.	Not on AWS	Not on Azure	Not on GCP	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 15, 2026
Auto time-to-live for automatic row deletion is generally available Deletes rows from Delta Lake, Iceberg, and streaming tables based on a DATE or TIMESTAMP column. #Data Engineering	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 12, 2026
Converting a partitioned table to liquid clustering is generally available Uses ALTER TABLE command, requires Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above. #Data Engineering	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 12, 2026
Faster inference tables for custom model serving endpoints Ingests through endpoint telemetry, with configurable sampling, and requires AI Gateway setup. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 12, 2026
Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
ai_classify is now generally available Classifies text content according to custom labels with support for multi-label classification. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 11, 2026
ai_extract is now generally available Extracts structured data from text and documents according to a provided schema. Supports nested objects and arrays. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 11, 2026
Endpoint telemetry for custom model serving endpoints is generally available Persists OpenTelemetry logs, traces, and metrics to Unity Catalog tables. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 11, 2026
Delta Sharing is now OpenSharing Replaces Delta Sharing, available on GitHub and natively on Databricks.	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 10, 2026
Anthropic Claude Fable 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model Requires pay-per-token Foundation Model APIs. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 9, 2026
Automatic identity management for Okta (Preview) Syncs Okta users and groups without SCIM provisioning. Supports AWS and GCP.	Not on AWS	Not on Azure	Not on GCP	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 9, 2026
Identity federation enabled by default for all new workspaces Does not affect existing workspaces. #Security	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 9, 2026
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	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 8, 2026
Inbound Private Link for performance-intensive services is now generally available Supports Lakebase Autoscaling and Zerobus Ingest. #Networking #Security	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	Not on GCP	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 8, 2026
Foundation model Unity Catalog permissions is generally available Requires account team enablement, controls access to system.ai schema. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 5, 2026
Column popularity is now available in the Catalog Explorer Shows column query count in the Overview tab, determined by read queries. #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 1, 2026
Vector Search is now AI Search Replaces vector-based indexing, allows full text search without embeddings.	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jun 1, 2026
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Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 now available as a Databricks-hosted model Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 28, 2026
Workspace admin setting for serverless notebook execution timeout Replaces manual override process, defaults to 2.5 hours. #Admin #Serverless	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 27, 2026
Automatic identity management with Microsoft Entra ID is now GA Replaces SCIM provisioning, syncs users and groups from Microsoft Entra ID. #Security	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 26, 2026
Account access denylist for automatic identity management (Preview) Blocks access for users, groups, or service principals. Applies to SAP Databricks accounts with automatic identity management.	Not on AWS	Not on Azure	Not on GCP	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 22, 2026
Databricks CLI is now GA Stores U2M tokens in OS-native secure storage. #Developers	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 21, 2026
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	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 21, 2026
Workspace sidebar navigation updates Groups Dashboards, Genie Agents, and Alerts under Analytics, renames SQL to Lakehouse.	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 21, 2026
Configure Microsoft Entra ID SSO for Power BI (Preview) Replaces Azure AD, requires account-level federation policy, for AWS setups.	Not on AWS	Not on Azure	Not on GCP	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 20, 2026
Fixed LOD expression syntax update for metric views Uses SQL window functions, replacing two-step pre-computation approach. #Databricks SQL	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 20, 2026
Vector Search storage-optimized endpoints are GA Supports over 1 billion vectors at dimension 768, 10-20x faster indexing.	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 20, 2026
Edits to resources in the UI now automatically update YAML Applies to jobs and pipeline settings, see Edit bundle resources. #Bundles	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 19, 2026
SAP Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards Supports all compliance security profile standards on AWS, GCP, Azure.	Not on AWS	Not on Azure	Not on GCP	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 19, 2026
Configure an additional recipient for workspace operational emails Receives operational updates like breaking changes and incident communications, use a distribution-list alias for multiple people. #Administration	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 14, 2026
Databricks SQL alerts are now generally available Monitors data and KPIs by running scheduled queries, notifying recipients when conditions are met. #Databricks SQL	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 14, 2026
View run history for scheduled refreshes in Google Sheets Shows Run ID, start time, and success status for each run. #Integrations	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 14, 2026
ai_parse_document is now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Requires compliance security profile and specific controls like HIPAA and PCI-DSS. Parses structured content from unstructured documents. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 13, 2026
HIPAA support for the SAP Databricks Add-in for Excel Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across AWS, GCP, Azure.	Not on AWS	Not on Azure	Not on GCP	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 11, 2026
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	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 8, 2026
Faster package installs with %uv pip in serverless notebooks Requires environment version 5 or above. Replaces %pip for faster installs. #Notebooks #Serverless	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 7, 2026
Block identities from your SAP Databricks account with the account access denylist Prevents access when automatic identity management is enabled, applying to Azure setups.	Not on AWS	Not on Azure	Not on GCP	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 6, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Qwen3.5 122B A10B now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Preview Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, available in Preview.	Not on AWS	Not on Azure	Not on GCP	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 5, 2026
Automatic identity management Syncs users and groups from identity providers like Microsoft Entra ID and Okta. #Security	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 5, 2026

Improved workspace files read performance
Applies to serverless and classic compute with Databricks Runtime 18 and above, speeding up workloads like find and grep.

#Developers

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 16, 2026
ai_query is now generally available
Lets you query AI models from SQL or Python.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 15, 2026
Configure the recovery period for dropped managed tables (Preview)
Defaults to 7 days, configurable to 0-30 days at catalog or schema level.

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs Jun 15, 2026
Auto time-to-live for automatic row deletion is generally available
Deletes rows from Delta Lake, Iceberg, and streaming tables based on a DATE or TIMESTAMP column.

#Data Engineering

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 12, 2026
Converting a partitioned table to liquid clustering is generally available
Uses ALTER TABLE command, requires Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above.

#Data Engineering

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 12, 2026
Faster inference tables for custom model serving endpoints
Ingests through endpoint telemetry, with configurable sampling, and requires AI Gateway setup.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 12, 2026
Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
ai_classify is now generally available
Classifies text content according to custom labels with support for multi-label classification.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 11, 2026
ai_extract is now generally available
Extracts structured data from text and documents according to a provided schema. Supports nested objects and arrays.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 11, 2026
Endpoint telemetry for custom model serving endpoints is generally available
Persists OpenTelemetry logs, traces, and metrics to Unity Catalog tables.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 11, 2026
Delta Sharing is now OpenSharing
Replaces Delta Sharing, available on GitHub and natively on Databricks.

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 10, 2026
Anthropic Claude Fable 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Requires pay-per-token Foundation Model APIs.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 9, 2026
Automatic identity management for Okta (Preview)
Syncs Okta users and groups without SCIM provisioning. Supports AWS and GCP.

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs Jun 9, 2026
Identity federation enabled by default for all new workspaces
Does not affect existing workspaces.

#Security

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 9, 2026
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

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 8, 2026
Inbound Private Link for performance-intensive services is now generally available
Supports Lakebase Autoscaling and Zerobus Ingest.

#Networking #Security

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs Jun 8, 2026
Foundation model Unity Catalog permissions is generally available
Requires account team enablement, controls access to system.ai schema.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 5, 2026
Column popularity is now available in the Catalog Explorer
Shows column query count in the Overview tab, determined by read queries.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 1, 2026
Vector Search is now AI Search
Replaces vector-based indexing, allows full text search without embeddings.

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 1, 2026
Get this table by email. One Monday mail covering the week, filtered to the clouds and products you run. Weekly digest
Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 28, 2026
Workspace admin setting for serverless notebook execution timeout
Replaces manual override process, defaults to 2.5 hours.

#Admin #Serverless

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 27, 2026
Automatic identity management with Microsoft Entra ID is now GA
Replaces SCIM provisioning, syncs users and groups from Microsoft Entra ID.

#Security

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 26, 2026
Account access denylist for automatic identity management (Preview)
Blocks access for users, groups, or service principals. Applies to SAP Databricks accounts with automatic identity management.

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs May 22, 2026
Databricks CLI is now GA
Stores U2M tokens in OS-native secure storage.

#Developers

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 21, 2026
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

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 21, 2026
Workspace sidebar navigation updates
Groups Dashboards, Genie Agents, and Alerts under Analytics, renames SQL to Lakehouse.

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 21, 2026
Configure Microsoft Entra ID SSO for Power BI (Preview)
Replaces Azure AD, requires account-level federation policy, for AWS setups.

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs May 20, 2026
Fixed LOD expression syntax update for metric views
Uses SQL window functions, replacing two-step pre-computation approach.

#Databricks SQL

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 20, 2026
Vector Search storage-optimized endpoints are GA
Supports over 1 billion vectors at dimension 768, 10-20x faster indexing.

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 20, 2026
Edits to resources in the UI now automatically update YAML
Applies to jobs and pipeline settings, see Edit bundle resources.

#Bundles

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 19, 2026
SAP Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards
Supports all compliance security profile standards on AWS, GCP, Azure.

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs May 19, 2026
Configure an additional recipient for workspace operational emails
Receives operational updates like breaking changes and incident communications, use a distribution-list alias for multiple people.

#Administration

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 14, 2026
Databricks SQL alerts are now generally available
Monitors data and KPIs by running scheduled queries, notifying recipients when conditions are met.

#Databricks SQL

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 14, 2026
View run history for scheduled refreshes in Google Sheets
Shows Run ID, start time, and success status for each run.

#Integrations

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 14, 2026
ai_parse_document is now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Requires compliance security profile and specific controls like HIPAA and PCI-DSS. Parses structured content from unstructured documents.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 13, 2026
HIPAA support for the SAP Databricks Add-in for Excel
Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across AWS, GCP, Azure.

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs May 11, 2026
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

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 8, 2026
Faster package installs with %uv pip in serverless notebooks
Requires environment version 5 or above. Replaces %pip for faster installs.

#Notebooks #Serverless

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 7, 2026
Block identities from your SAP Databricks account with the account access denylist
Prevents access when automatic identity management is enabled, applying to Azure setups.

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs May 6, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Qwen3.5 122B A10B now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Preview
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, available in Preview.

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs May 5, 2026
Automatic identity management
Syncs users and groups from identity providers like Microsoft Entra ID and Okta.

#Security

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 5, 2026

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