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  1. Glean connector in Lakeflow Connect (Beta)

    Ingests company-wide usage insights using a Glean Client API token.

    #Lakeflow
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  2. Databricks SQL version 2026.32 is now available in Preview

    It includes the is_valid_variant function and supports REPLACE USING and REPLACE ON clauses with INSERT INTO.

    #Databricks SQL
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  3. REPLACE USING flows for standalone streaming tables (Beta)

    Replaces rows matching specified key columns, requires SEQUENCE BY column.

    #Databricks SQL#Lakeflow
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  4. DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731) is now available on Unity Gateway

    Access through the same governed API as other models, with centralized permissions and controls.

    #Databricks AI#Unity Gateway
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  5. Notion connector (Beta)

    Ingests Notion pages, databases, and users into Databricks.

    #Lakeflow
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  6. Orchestrate continuous pipelines with continuous jobs

    Determines execution mode, allows serverless Standard performance mode. Replaces pipeline's built-in continuous setting.

    #Lakeflow
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  8. ai_search function (Beta)

    Retrieves info from AI Search indexes, generating optimized queries and returning relevant documents.

    #Databricks AI
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  9. Change data feed on materialized views (Beta)

    Requires Databricks Runtime 18 LTS or above. Enables replication to external destinations.

    #Databricks SQL#Lakeflow
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  10. Moonshot AI Kimi K3 is now available on Unity Gateway

    Access through the same governed API as other models, with centralized permissions and controls. Supports native vision.

    #Databricks AI#Unity Gateway
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  11. REPLACE USING flows for pipelines (Beta)

    Replaces rows matching specified key columns, doesn't require change data capture feed or primary key.

    #Lakeflow
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  12. Google Drive connector (GA)

    Supports fully managed and custom ingestion pipelines with Spark and SQL APIs.

    #Lakeflow
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  13. NetSuite connector (GA)

    Ingests ERP and financial data from Oracle NetSuite into Databricks.

    #Lakeflow
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  14. PagerDuty connector (Beta)

    Ingests incident, on-call, service, and audit data from PagerDuty into Databricks.

    #Lakeflow
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  15. SharePoint connector (GA)

    Includes managed and standard connectors for ingestion pipelines.

    #Lakeflow
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  16. Automatic cost attribution for materialized views and streaming tables in Databricks SQL

    Inherits custom tags from enclosing SQL warehouse environment for billing.

    #Databricks SQL#Lakeflow
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  17. OpenAI connector (Beta)

    Uses OpenAI Organization Admin API to ingest admin data, authenticates with OpenAI Admin API key.

    #Lakeflow
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  18. Genie Code is now available on HIPAA compliance security profile workspaces with partner-powered AI features disabled

    Genie Code uses Databricks-hosted models, with partner-powered AI features disabled.

    #Databricks AI
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  19. Upcoming general availability of Unity Gateway Coming soon

    Extends Unity Catalog governance to runtime interactions, controls AI service usage, and monitors traffic. Available by default for workspaces with compliance security profile in mid-September.

    #Databricks AI#Unity Catalog
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  21. Unit testing for pipelines (Beta)

    Validates Python and SQL transformations against mock data. Requires Lakeflow Pipelines Editor.

    #Lakeflow
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  22. Anthropic Claude Opus 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.

    #Databricks AI
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  23. Override the REPLACE WHERE predicate for a single refresh

    Adds a WHERE clause to the REFRESH STREAMING TABLE command. Applies to standalone streaming tables with FLOW REPLACE WHERE clause.

    #Lakeflow
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  24. Priority pay-per-token for Foundation Model APIs

    Priority mode is for latency-sensitive applications, requiring partner or open source models.

    #Databricks AI
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  25. Google Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requires compliance with applicable terms.

    #Databricks AI
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  26. Google Gemini 3.6 Flash now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requires compliance with applicable terms.

    #Databricks AI
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  27. Warehouse-level statement timeouts (Beta)

    Set via statement_timeout field in Create or Update warehouse APIs.

    #Databricks SQL
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  28. Anthropic managed ingestion connector (Beta)

    Ingests Compliance API data, including audit activity and Claude chats, into Databricks.

    #Lakeflow
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  29. Azure Databricks-provided MCP Services will GA soon Coming soon

    Enables read and write operations by default for tools like Slack and GitHub, and can be disabled in Unity Gateway.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud)
  30. Databricks-provided MCP Services will GA soon Coming soon

    Enables read and write operations for Slack, GitHub, and others by default, can be disabled in Unity Gateway.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  31. Change to default pipeline editor for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon

    Replaces legacy editor, removing it in August.

    #Lakeflow#Security
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  32. OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, and GPT-5.6 Luna now available as Databricks-hosted models

    Access via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis, requiring compliance with applicable terms.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  33. Strac connector (Beta)

    Ingests Strac data-security audit events using a Strac API key.

    #Lakeflow
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  34. Zhipu AI GLM 5.2 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Supports 1 million token context window and long-horizon reasoning. Accessed via Foundation Model APIs.

    #Databricks AI
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  35. Standard performance mode is now supported for materialized view or streaming table refreshes in jobs

    Consumes fewer DBUs when Performance optimized setting is off.

    #Lakeflow
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  36. Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Image and Gemini 3 Pro Image now available as Databricks-hosted models

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requiring customer compliance with applicable terms.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  37. Veeva Vault connector (Beta)

    Ingests standard and custom objects from Veeva using OAuth 2.0 M2M auth.

    #Lakeflow
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  38. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requiring compliance with applicable terms.

    #Databricks AI
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  39. Lakehouse Real-Time (Beta)

    Delivers sub-second SQL read queries against Unity Catalog tables. Built for low-latency workloads.

    #Databricks SQL
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  40. Run a subset of job tasks with their dependencies

    Add + modifier to task key to include dependencies, usable via UI, API, or CLI.

    #Lakeflow
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  41. Databricks SQL version 2026.20 is now available in Preview

    Adds IP address functions, NEAREST BY join type, and QUALIFY clause, with fixes for MERGE WITH SCHEMA EVOLUTION.

    #Databricks SQL
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  42. Genie Code Chat/Agent mode selector removed

    Genie Code now runs exclusively in Agent mode, use prompts to disable autonomous task execution.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)

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