Databricks releases, every cloud

1. 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.

   #Administration#Security
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jul 22, 2026
2. 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.

   #Databricks SQL#Security
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jul 9, 2026
3. Legacy compute_preview system schema deprecated

   Replaced by system.compute schema.

   #Administration
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 22, 2026
4. Workspace admin setting for serverless notebook execution timeout

   Replaces manual override process, defaults to 2.5 hours.

   #Admin#Serverless
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 27, 2026
5. Fixed LOD expression syntax update for metric views

   Uses SQL window functions, replacing two-step pre-computation approach.

   #Databricks SQL
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 20, 2026
6. 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.

   #Administration
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 14, 2026
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8. Databricks SQL alerts are now generally available

   Monitors data and KPIs by running scheduled queries, notifying recipients when conditions are met.

   #Databricks SQL
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 14, 2026
9. Faster package installs with %uv pip in serverless notebooks

   Requires environment version 5 or above. Replaces %pip for faster installs.

   #Notebooks#Serverless
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 7, 2026
10. Search in metric views fix

    Now returns correct results across paginated results and supports filtering by display name.

    #Databricks SQL
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Mar 17, 2026
11. Lakebase is now generally available with compliance security profile

    Requires HIPAA, C5, TISAX, or None compliance standard.

    #Lakebase
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs Mar 4, 2026
12. Lakebase is now generally available on Azure

    Adds autoscaling compute and scale-to-zero to 11 new Azure regions.

    #Lakebase
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs Mar 2, 2026

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