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Google Drive managed ingestion connector (Beta) Ingests files from Google Drive into Databricks, supporting unstructured and structured data. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 27, 2026
Real-time mode in Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow, and the update_flow API are now available (Public Preview) Achieves end-to-end latency as low as 5ms, uses update output mode. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 27, 2026
Refresh policies and EXPLAIN CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW for materialized views are now generally available Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3 and above. Available in Databricks SQL. #Databricks SQL #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 27, 2026
Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow parameters are now in Beta Define key-value pairs at pipeline level, referenced in SQL using named parameter syntax. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 26, 2026
Serve custom LLMs with Custom Model Serving (Beta) Supports multimodal models and PEFT recipes, unlike Foundation Model APIs. #Machine Learning #Model Serving	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Not on SAP	May 20, 2026
Unified runs list is generally available Replaces separate job and pipeline run lists, adds filtering and error code visualization. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 18, 2026
Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow sinks are now generally available Supports writing to Delta tables, Kafka topics, and Azure Event Hubs. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 15, 2026
Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow environment versions (Beta) Pins Python version and libraries, decoupling from Databricks Runtime upgrades. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 14, 2026
SQL alert task in Lakeflow Jobs is now in Public Preview Evaluates a Databricks SQL alert as part of a Lakeflow Job, returning its state as output. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 14, 2026
HubSpot connector (GA) Ingests data from HubSpot Marketing Hub into Databricks. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 11, 2026
Standalone pipelines on serverless general compute (Beta) Requires serverless general compute, created via SQL or Python. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 7, 2026
GitHub managed ingestion connector (Beta) ingests GitHub data into Databricks, available in Lakeflow Connect. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 5, 2026
Outlook managed ingestion connector (Beta) Ingests email data from Microsoft Outlook into Databricks. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 5, 2026
Smartsheet managed ingestion connector (Beta) Ingests Smartsheet data into Databricks, available in Lakeflow Connect. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 5, 2026
Lakeflow Pipelines Editor is now generally available Offers agent-first experience with Genie Code for creating production pipelines. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 4, 2026
Community connectors (Beta) Extends Lakeflow Connect to unsupported sources, built by the community. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 1, 2026
Disabling tasks in Lakeflow Jobs is now GA Disabled tasks retain config and run history, can be re-enabled later. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Apr 30, 2026
Zendesk Support connector (GA) Allows syncing Zendesk tickets to Databricks. #Data Ingestion #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Apr 28, 2026
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Confluence connector (GA) Allows reading Confluence spaces and pages into Databricks. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Apr 25, 2026
Lakeflow Designer is now in Public Preview Offers drag-and-drop canvas and natural language for building data workflows. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Apr 22, 2026
AI Runtime 1xH100 accelerator (Beta) Supports 1xH100 accelerator, see Hardware options for details. #Machine Learning	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Not on SAP	Apr 21, 2026
Query-based connectors for Lakeflow Connect (Public Preview) Ingests data from databases using a cursor column, supporting Oracle, Teradata, and others. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Apr 15, 2026
New cascade field for deleting Unity Catalog pipelines (Beta) Deletes associated materialized views and tables by default, set cascade=false to retain them. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Apr 9, 2026
Upcoming breaking change: default behavior when deleting a Unity Catalog pipeline Coming soon Deletes now retain associated tables by default, set cascade=true to remove them. #API #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Apr 9, 2026
Databricks Documentation site table of contents tabs Replaces static sidebar with tabbed navigation, includes 6 context tabs. #Documentation	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Mar 31, 2026
AI Runtime is now in Public Preview Adds GPU support to serverless compute for deep learning workloads. #Machine Learning	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Not on SAP	Mar 19, 2026
Databricks SQL pipelines support notifications and performance mode (Beta) Supports failure notifications and serverless performance mode for materialized views and streaming tables. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Mar 11, 2026
Declarative Feature Engineering APIs (Beta) Define time-windowed aggregation features from data sources, materialize to Delta tables or Lakebase. Available in us-east-1 and us-west-2 regions. #Machine Learning	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	Not on GCP	Not on SAP	Mar 9, 2026
Workday HCM connector (Beta) Ingests Workday Human Capital Management data into Databricks. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Mar 9, 2026
Endpoint telemetry for custom model serving endpoints (Beta) Stores logs, traces, and metrics in Unity Catalog Delta tables using OpenTelemetry. #Machine Learning #Model Serving	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Not on SAP	Mar 6, 2026
COMMENT ON streaming tables is now GA Adds comments to streaming tables, previously only available for non-streaming tables. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 23, 2026
JAR tasks on serverless compute is now in Public Preview Allows running JAR jobs without a cluster. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 20, 2026
TikTok Ads connector (Beta) Ingests data from TikTok Ads into Databricks. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 18, 2026
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	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 12, 2026
HubSpot connector (Beta) Ingests HubSpot Marketing Hub data into Databricks via Lakeflow Connect. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 12, 2026
Configure default Python package repositories for Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow (Public Preview) Allows installation from internal Python repositories without index-url or extra-index-url. Requires workspace admin configuration. #Admin Guide #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 11, 2026
Applying filters, masks, tags, and comments to pipeline-created datasets is now GA Modifies ETL and ingestion pipelines using CREATE, ALTER, or Lakeflow UI. Applies to Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow and Lakeflow Connect. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 5, 2026
Google Ads connector (Beta) Ingests data from Google Ads into Databricks via Lakeflow Connect. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 5, 2026
Zendesk Support connector (Beta) Ingests ticket, help center, and community forum data from Zendesk Support. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 2, 2026
Trigger on update for pipelines (GA) Refreshes pipeline when source table changes, usable in Databricks SQL pipeline schedules. #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Jan 30, 2026

Google Drive managed ingestion connector (Beta)
Ingests files from Google Drive into Databricks, supporting unstructured and structured data.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 27, 2026
Real-time mode in Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow, and the update_flow API are now available (Public Preview)
Achieves end-to-end latency as low as 5ms, uses update output mode.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 27, 2026
Refresh policies and EXPLAIN CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW for materialized views are now generally available
Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3 and above. Available in Databricks SQL.

#Databricks SQL #Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 27, 2026
Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow parameters are now in Beta
Define key-value pairs at pipeline level, referenced in SQL using named parameter syntax.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 26, 2026
Serve custom LLMs with Custom Model Serving (Beta)
Supports multimodal models and PEFT recipes, unlike Foundation Model APIs.

#Machine Learning #Model Serving

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) May 20, 2026
Unified runs list is generally available
Replaces separate job and pipeline run lists, adds filtering and error code visualization.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 18, 2026
Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow sinks are now generally available
Supports writing to Delta tables, Kafka topics, and Azure Event Hubs.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 15, 2026
Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow environment versions (Beta)
Pins Python version and libraries, decoupling from Databricks Runtime upgrades.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 14, 2026
SQL alert task in Lakeflow Jobs is now in Public Preview
Evaluates a Databricks SQL alert as part of a Lakeflow Job, returning its state as output.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 14, 2026
HubSpot connector (GA)
Ingests data from HubSpot Marketing Hub into Databricks.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 11, 2026
Standalone pipelines on serverless general compute (Beta)
Requires serverless general compute, created via SQL or Python.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 7, 2026
GitHub managed ingestion connector (Beta)
ingests GitHub data into Databricks, available in Lakeflow Connect.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 5, 2026
Outlook managed ingestion connector (Beta)
Ingests email data from Microsoft Outlook into Databricks.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 5, 2026
Smartsheet managed ingestion connector (Beta)
Ingests Smartsheet data into Databricks, available in Lakeflow Connect.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 5, 2026
Lakeflow Pipelines Editor is now generally available
Offers agent-first experience with Genie Code for creating production pipelines.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 4, 2026
Community connectors (Beta)
Extends Lakeflow Connect to unsupported sources, built by the community.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 1, 2026
Disabling tasks in Lakeflow Jobs is now GA
Disabled tasks retain config and run history, can be re-enabled later.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 30, 2026
Zendesk Support connector (GA)
Allows syncing Zendesk tickets to Databricks.

#Data Ingestion #Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 28, 2026
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Confluence connector (GA)
Allows reading Confluence spaces and pages into Databricks.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 25, 2026
Lakeflow Designer is now in Public Preview
Offers drag-and-drop canvas and natural language for building data workflows.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 22, 2026
AI Runtime 1xH100 accelerator (Beta)
Supports 1xH100 accelerator, see Hardware options for details.

#Machine Learning

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) Apr 21, 2026
Query-based connectors for Lakeflow Connect (Public Preview)
Ingests data from databases using a cursor column, supporting Oracle, Teradata, and others.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 15, 2026
New cascade field for deleting Unity Catalog pipelines (Beta)
Deletes associated materialized views and tables by default, set cascade=false to retain them.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 9, 2026
Upcoming breaking change: default behavior when deleting a Unity Catalog pipeline Coming soon
Deletes now retain associated tables by default, set cascade=true to remove them.

#API #Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 9, 2026
Databricks Documentation site table of contents tabs
Replaces static sidebar with tabbed navigation, includes 6 context tabs.

#Documentation

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 31, 2026
AI Runtime is now in Public Preview
Adds GPU support to serverless compute for deep learning workloads.

#Machine Learning

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) Mar 19, 2026
Databricks SQL pipelines support notifications and performance mode (Beta)
Supports failure notifications and serverless performance mode for materialized views and streaming tables.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 11, 2026
Declarative Feature Engineering APIs (Beta)
Define time-windowed aggregation features from data sources, materialize to Delta tables or Lakebase. Available in us-east-1 and us-west-2 regions.

#Machine Learning

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) Mar 9, 2026
Workday HCM connector (Beta)
Ingests Workday Human Capital Management data into Databricks.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 9, 2026
Endpoint telemetry for custom model serving endpoints (Beta)
Stores logs, traces, and metrics in Unity Catalog Delta tables using OpenTelemetry.

#Machine Learning #Model Serving

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) Mar 6, 2026
COMMENT ON streaming tables is now GA
Adds comments to streaming tables, previously only available for non-streaming tables.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 23, 2026
JAR tasks on serverless compute is now in Public Preview
Allows running JAR jobs without a cluster.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 20, 2026
TikTok Ads connector (Beta)
Ingests data from TikTok Ads into Databricks.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 18, 2026
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 docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 12, 2026
HubSpot connector (Beta)
Ingests HubSpot Marketing Hub data into Databricks via Lakeflow Connect.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 12, 2026
Configure default Python package repositories for Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow (Public Preview)
Allows installation from internal Python repositories without index-url or extra-index-url. Requires workspace admin configuration.

#Admin Guide #Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 11, 2026
Applying filters, masks, tags, and comments to pipeline-created datasets is now GA
Modifies ETL and ingestion pipelines using CREATE, ALTER, or Lakeflow UI. Applies to Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow and Lakeflow Connect.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 5, 2026
Google Ads connector (Beta)
Ingests data from Google Ads into Databricks via Lakeflow Connect.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 5, 2026
Zendesk Support connector (Beta)
Ingests ticket, help center, and community forum data from Zendesk Support.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 2, 2026
Trigger on update for pipelines (GA)
Refreshes pipeline when source table changes, usable in Databricks SQL pipeline schedules.

#Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Jan 30, 2026

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