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  1. Anthropic Claude Opus 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

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

  2. Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens are now generally available

    Sends emails to workspace admins 7 days before token expiration for used tokens with lifetime over 7 days. No configuration is required.

  3. Priority pay-per-token for Foundation Model APIs

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

  4. Context-based ingress control for workspaces public access is now generally available

    Uses allow and deny rules to control access based on identities, network sources, and request types.

  5. ai_extract and ai_classify are now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled

    Replaces manual text extraction and classification workflows, requires compliance security profile.

  6. Databricks SQL alerts are now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled

    Supports all compliance security profile standards, monitors data and KPIs via scheduled queries.

  7. Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
  8. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 is scheduled for retirement

    Replaced by Claude Sonnet 4.6, retiring October 9, 2026.

  9. 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.

  10. Budgets are now generally available

    Define spending thresholds with optional per-user overrides and actions like email alerts.

  11. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

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

  12. Legacy compute_preview system schema deprecated

    Replaced by system.compute schema.

  13. ai_query is now generally available

    Lets you query AI models from SQL or Python.

  14. Faster inference tables for custom model serving endpoints

    Ingests through endpoint telemetry, with configurable sampling, and requires AI Gateway setup.

  15. ai_classify is now generally available

    Classifies text content according to custom labels with support for multi-label classification.

  16. ai_extract is now generally available

    Extracts structured data from text and documents according to a provided schema. Supports nested objects and arrays.

  17. Endpoint telemetry for custom model serving endpoints is generally available

    Persists OpenTelemetry logs, traces, and metrics to Unity Catalog tables.

  18. Anthropic Claude Fable 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Requires pay-per-token Foundation Model APIs.

  19. Identity federation enabled by default for all new workspaces

    Does not affect existing workspaces.

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  21. Inbound Private Link for performance-intensive services is now generally available

    Supports Lakebase Autoscaling and Zerobus Ingest.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs
  22. Foundation model Unity Catalog permissions is generally available

    Requires account team enablement, controls access to system.ai schema.

  23. Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

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

  24. Automatic identity management with Microsoft Entra ID is now GA

    Replaces SCIM provisioning, syncs users and groups from Microsoft Entra ID.

  25. 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.

  26. 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.

  27. Automatic identity management

    Syncs users and groups from identity providers like Microsoft Entra ID and Okta.

  28. 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.

    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs

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