Databricks releases, every cloud

1. Dedicated group clusters will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon

   Enables shared compute for groups with compliance security profile, supporting Databricks Runtime for ML and RDD APIs.

   #Compute#Security
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jul 24, 2026
2. Data Classification is now available by default for additional compliance standards

   Requires compliance security profile with C5, TISAX, or IRAP controls.

   #Data Classification#Unity Catalog
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jul 15, 2026
3. 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
4. Data Classification is now available by default for some workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled

   Requires compliance security profile and specific controls like HIPAA or HITRUST.

   #Data Classification#Unity Catalog
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 23, 2026
5. Serverless compute is enabled by default

   Eligible Google Cloud workspaces are affected, account admins no longer need to manually enable it.

   #Compute
   AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 12, 2026

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