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Transactions are now generally available Require catalog commits enabled on participating tables. Use BEGIN ATOMIC or BEGIN TRANSACTION syntax. #Delta Lake	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jul 22, 2026
Variant and Variant shredding are now generally available Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3, recommended 18.1 for optimal performance. #Delta Lake	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jul 22, 2026
Catalog commits are now generally available Enables multi-statement transactions on Unity Catalog managed Delta tables, supported by products like MLflow and Delta Sharing. #Delta Lake #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 8, 2026
Sample Data Explorer is generally available Lets you ask questions about Unity Catalog tables using natural language, returning SQL queries. #Assistant	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

Transactions are now generally available
Require catalog commits enabled on participating tables. Use BEGIN ATOMIC or BEGIN TRANSACTION syntax.

#Delta Lake

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jul 22, 2026
Variant and Variant shredding are now generally available
Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3, recommended 18.1 for optimal performance.

#Delta Lake

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jul 22, 2026
Catalog commits are now generally available
Enables multi-statement transactions on Unity Catalog managed Delta tables, supported by products like MLflow and Delta Sharing.

#Delta Lake #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 8, 2026
Sample Data Explorer is generally available
Lets you ask questions about Unity Catalog tables using natural language, returning SQL queries.

#Assistant

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

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