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Genie Code scheduled tasks are now generally available Runs prompts on a recurring schedule, producing a continuable Genie chat with results. #Genie Code	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Sep 1, 2026
Full page Genie Code is now generally available Runs multiple chats in parallel, with notebooks and files as tabs. #Genie Code	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Aug 4, 2026
Scala and Java UDFs in Unity Catalog are now generally available Reuses existing JVM logic, offers better performance than Python UDFs. #Data Engineering	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 16, 2026
Parquet v2 for Delta Lake tables is generally available Requires Databricks Runtime 18.1 and above, set delta.parquet.format.version to 2.12.0. #Data Engineering	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	Jun 29, 2026
AUTO CDC flows for streaming tables in Databricks SQL are generally available Automatically handles out-of-order records as SCD type 1 or 2, replacing complex MERGE INTO logic. #Data Engineering #Databricks SQL	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Jun 15, 2026
Auto time-to-live for automatic row deletion is generally available Deletes rows from Delta Lake, Iceberg, and streaming tables based on a DATE or TIMESTAMP column. #Data Engineering	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	Jun 12, 2026
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Converting a partitioned table to liquid clustering is generally available Uses ALTER TABLE command, requires Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above. #Data Engineering	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	Jun 12, 2026

Genie Code scheduled tasks are now generally available
Runs prompts on a recurring schedule, producing a continuable Genie chat with results.

#Genie Code

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Sep 1, 2026
Full page Genie Code is now generally available
Runs multiple chats in parallel, with notebooks and files as tabs.

#Genie Code

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 4, 2026
Scala and Java UDFs in Unity Catalog are now generally available
Reuses existing JVM logic, offers better performance than Python UDFs.

#Data Engineering

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 16, 2026
Parquet v2 for Delta Lake tables is generally available
Requires Databricks Runtime 18.1 and above, set delta.parquet.format.version to 2.12.0.

#Data Engineering

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 29, 2026
AUTO CDC flows for streaming tables in Databricks SQL are generally available
Automatically handles out-of-order records as SCD type 1 or 2, replacing complex MERGE INTO logic.

#Data Engineering #Databricks SQL

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 15, 2026
Auto time-to-live for automatic row deletion is generally available
Deletes rows from Delta Lake, Iceberg, and streaming tables based on a DATE or TIMESTAMP column.

#Data Engineering

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 12, 2026
Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
Converting a partitioned table to liquid clustering is generally available
Uses ALTER TABLE command, requires Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above.

#Data Engineering

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jun 12, 2026

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