Databricks releases, every cloud
| Release | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publishing a Unity Catalog catalog to Microsoft Fabric is in Public Preview Creates a read-only mirrored catalog, allowing Fabric users to query Unity Catalog tables directly. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 18, 2026 |
| OneLake catalog federation is generally available Allows reading OneLake data without copying, with read-only access and direct queries against file storage. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Access SecureConnect-enabled shares (Public Preview) Allows access to shares from behind a firewall using OpenSharing SecureConnect. Requires recipient firewall configuration. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Azure Databricks UI assets will be served from a new CDN domain Coming soon Replaces existing domain, requires firewall update to ui-assets.azuredatabricks.net. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | 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 |
| Lakebase Postgres is now in Beta Available in us-east4, us-central1, and europe-west3 regions. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs | |||||
| 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 |
| Write data from Microsoft Excel back to Azure Databricks Writes to Unity Catalog tables, overwriting existing ones if needed. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 4, 2026 |
| Intra-VNet NSG rule hardening for Azure Databricks is now in Public Preview Restricts workspace traffic to host and worker subnet CIDRs. Applies to classic compute plane workspaces. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 1, 2026 |
| Compliance security profile required for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP Coming soon Required starting September 1, 2026, for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP data. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 30, 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 |
| 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 |
| Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards Supports all Azure Databricks compliance security profiles. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | 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 |
| Publish a Unity Catalog catalog to Microsoft Fabric (Beta) Creates a read-only mirrored catalog, allowing Fabric users to query Unity Catalog tables without data movement. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 14, 2026 |
| HIPAA support for the Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across all supported regions. Requires a workspace with HIPAA compliance enabled. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 11, 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 |
| Block identities from your Azure Databricks account with the account access denylist Prevents access when automatic identity management is enabled, blocking specific users, groups, or service principals. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 6, 2026 |
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| 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 |
| Azure UK South now has a dedicated regional control plane New workspaces require firewall allowlist entries for SCC relay tunnel and other IPs. Existing workspaces use UK West control plane unless migrated. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | May 1, 2026 |
| Configure private endpoints for serverless compute in Azure China Requires China North 3 region and network connectivity configuration. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Connect Azure Databricks to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel Replaces inbound firewall access, works with classic and serverless compute. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Azure Databricks Excel Add-in requires workspace preview enablement Enabled from the Previews page by a workspace admin. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Connect Lovable apps to Azure Databricks Uses REST API and OAuth authentication. Requires machine-to-machine authentication setup. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 13, 2026 |
| C5, TISAX, and K-FSI compliance controls are now generally available Available on Azure, providing enhancements for workspace compliance requirements. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Agent Bricks Knowledge Assistant and Supervisor Agent are now available on GCP Available in 6 GCP regions, requiring cross-geo processing in europe-west3 and asia-southeast1. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Mar 31, 2026 |
| SAP Databricks Connector for Google Sheets updates Longer query execution timeout and UI improvements added, with new scheduled refresh limits. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | Mar 30, 2026 |
| ai_classify and ai_extract now support v2 signatures (Preview) Supports improved quality and performance with native composability with ai_parse_document. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | Mar 27, 2026 |
| AI Runtime is now in Preview Adds GPU support to serverless compute for deep learning workloads. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Azure Databricks usage dashboard is now generally available Account admins can import pre-built dashboards to monitor usage at account and workspace levels. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Mar 18, 2026 |
| SAP Databricks JDBC driver 2.8.0 is available Upgrades SLF4J to 2.0.13 and removes Log4j dependency. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | Mar 18, 2026 |
| SAP Databricks usage dashboard is now generally available Account admins can import pre-built dashboards to monitor usage at account and workspace levels. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | Mar 18, 2026 |
| Databricks Asset Bundles is now DABS Replaces Databricks Asset Bundles, applies to AWS, GCP, Azure. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Automatic deletion of empty vector search endpoints Charges stop 24 hours after last index deletion. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Health indicators for tables in Catalog Explorer (Preview) Shows table freshness and completeness status based on anomaly detection. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Data quality monitoring documentation moved to Data governance Moved from Data guides to Unity Catalog chapter. Applies to AWS, GCP, Azure. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Lakebase Autoscaling updates Adds OAuth roles and budget policies via UI, REST API, or SQL. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Lakebase updates: OAuth role management and budget policies and tags Creates OAuth roles via UI or REST API, and adds budget policies and custom tags to projects. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Mar 12, 2026 |
| New Lakebase instances are created as Autoscaling projects by default Applies to UI, API, Terraform, and SDK creations. Existing Provisioned instances remain unchanged. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | Mar 12, 2026 |
- Publishing a Unity Catalog catalog to Microsoft Fabric is in Public Preview
Creates a read-only mirrored catalog, allowing Fabric users to query Unity Catalog tables directly.
- OneLake catalog federation is generally available
Allows reading OneLake data without copying, with read-only access and direct queries against file storage.
- Access SecureConnect-enabled shares (Public Preview)
Allows access to shares from behind a firewall using OpenSharing SecureConnect. Requires recipient firewall configuration.
- Azure Databricks UI assets will be served from a new CDN domain Coming soon
Replaces existing domain, requires firewall update to ui-assets.azuredatabricks.net.
- Configure the recovery period for dropped managed tables (Preview)
Defaults to 7 days, configurable to 0-30 days at catalog or schema level.
- Lakebase Postgres is now in Beta
Available in us-east4, us-central1, and europe-west3 regions.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- Automatic identity management for Okta (Preview)
Syncs Okta users and groups without SCIM provisioning. Supports AWS and GCP.
- Write data from Microsoft Excel back to Azure Databricks
Writes to Unity Catalog tables, overwriting existing ones if needed.
- Intra-VNet NSG rule hardening for Azure Databricks is now in Public Preview
Restricts workspace traffic to host and worker subnet CIDRs. Applies to classic compute plane workspaces.
- Compliance security profile required for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP Coming soon
Required starting September 1, 2026, for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP data.
- 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.
- Configure Microsoft Entra ID SSO for Power BI (Preview)
Replaces Azure AD, requires account-level federation policy, for AWS setups.
- Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards
Supports all Azure Databricks compliance security profiles.
- SAP Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards
Supports all compliance security profile standards on AWS, GCP, Azure.
- Publish a Unity Catalog catalog to Microsoft Fabric (Beta)
Creates a read-only mirrored catalog, allowing Fabric users to query Unity Catalog tables without data movement.
- HIPAA support for the Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel
Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across all supported regions. Requires a workspace with HIPAA compliance enabled.
- HIPAA support for the SAP Databricks Add-in for Excel
Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across AWS, GCP, Azure.
- Block identities from your Azure Databricks account with the account access denylist
Prevents access when automatic identity management is enabled, blocking specific users, groups, or service principals.
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- Block identities from your SAP Databricks account with the account access denylist
Prevents access when automatic identity management is enabled, applying to Azure setups.
- Alibaba Cloud Qwen3.5 122B A10B now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Preview
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, available in Preview.
- Azure UK South now has a dedicated regional control plane
New workspaces require firewall allowlist entries for SCC relay tunnel and other IPs. Existing workspaces use UK West control plane unless migrated.
- Configure private endpoints for serverless compute in Azure China
Requires China North 3 region and network connectivity configuration.
- Connect Azure Databricks to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel
Replaces inbound firewall access, works with classic and serverless compute.
- Azure Databricks Excel Add-in requires workspace preview enablement
Enabled from the Previews page by a workspace admin.
- Connect Lovable apps to Azure Databricks
Uses REST API and OAuth authentication. Requires machine-to-machine authentication setup.
- C5, TISAX, and K-FSI compliance controls are now generally available
Available on Azure, providing enhancements for workspace compliance requirements.
- Agent Bricks Knowledge Assistant and Supervisor Agent are now available on GCP
Available in 6 GCP regions, requiring cross-geo processing in europe-west3 and asia-southeast1.
- SAP Databricks Connector for Google Sheets updates
Longer query execution timeout and UI improvements added, with new scheduled refresh limits.
- ai_classify and ai_extract now support v2 signatures (Preview)
Supports improved quality and performance with native composability with ai_parse_document.
- AI Runtime is now in Preview
Adds GPU support to serverless compute for deep learning workloads.
- Azure Databricks usage dashboard is now generally available
Account admins can import pre-built dashboards to monitor usage at account and workspace levels.
- SAP Databricks JDBC driver 2.8.0 is available
Upgrades SLF4J to 2.0.13 and removes Log4j dependency.
- SAP Databricks usage dashboard is now generally available
Account admins can import pre-built dashboards to monitor usage at account and workspace levels.
- Databricks Asset Bundles is now DABS
Replaces Databricks Asset Bundles, applies to AWS, GCP, Azure.
- Automatic deletion of empty vector search endpoints
Charges stop 24 hours after last index deletion.
- Health indicators for tables in Catalog Explorer (Preview)
Shows table freshness and completeness status based on anomaly detection.
- Data quality monitoring documentation moved to Data governance
Moved from Data guides to Unity Catalog chapter. Applies to AWS, GCP, Azure.
- Lakebase Autoscaling updates
Adds OAuth roles and budget policies via UI, REST API, or SQL.
- Lakebase updates: OAuth role management and budget policies and tags
Creates OAuth roles via UI or REST API, and adds budget policies and custom tags to projects.
- New Lakebase instances are created as Autoscaling projects by default
Applies to UI, API, Terraform, and SDK creations. Existing Provisioned instances remain unchanged.
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