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  1. Restrict access to AI Functions with Unity Catalog permissions (Public Preview)

    Requires account team enablement, restricts access to task-specific AI Functions.

  2. Managed agent memory is in Beta

    Stores memory in Unity Catalog memory stores, accessed through REST API.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud)
  3. Omnigent coding agent meta-harness is now in Beta

    Wraps coding agents like Claude Code and Codex with a common platform. Swap runtimes with one line of configuration.

  4. Alibaba Cloud Qwen3.5 122B A10B now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Public Preview

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, available in Public Preview.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud)
  5. ai_classify and ai_extract now support v2 signatures (Public Preview)

    Supports improved quality and performance with native composability with ai_parse_document.

  6. Classification and Information Extraction are in Public Preview

    Built on v2 signatures of ai_classify and ai_extract, they provide visual UIs for document analysis.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud)
  7. Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
  8. Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B now available in Public Preview as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis.

  9. Managed MCP servers is now Public Preview

    Allows AI agents to connect to Databricks resources and external APIs.

  10. Alibaba Cloud Qwen3-Next Instruct now available in Beta

    Supports 80B A3B Instruct in us-west-2 and ap-northeast-1 regions via pay-per-token APIs.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  11. AI agents: Authorize on-behalf-of-user Public Preview

    Lets agents act as the Databricks user who runs the query for added security.

  12. External MCP servers are in Beta

    Enables agent access to external tools, requires connecting to Model Context Protocol servers.

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