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- Private network gateway is in Beta
Connects serverless compute to VNet and on-premises systems through a managed gateway. Enabled from account console Previews page.
- Private network gateway is in Private Preview
Connects serverless compute to VPC and on-premises systems through a managed gateway, reusing existing network connectivity configuration.
- Alert system tables are in Public Preview
Contains alerts and alert_evaluation_history tables for auditing and monitoring.
- Serverless outbound Private Service Connect to customer-managed resources (Public Preview)
Keeps traffic off the public internet, adding network-layer defense against data exfiltration through customer-managed Google Cloud service attachment.
- Thinking Machine Labs Inkling now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Public Preview
Supports text and image inputs with a 1 million token context window. Access via Foundation Model APIs.
- Restrict access to AI Functions with Unity Catalog permissions (Public Preview)
Requires account team enablement, restricts access to task-specific AI Functions.
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- MATCH_RECOGNIZE is now in Beta
Requires enabling Match Recognize preview in workspace settings.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Metric view parameters are now in Public Preview
binds values at query time, replacing separate views per variant.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Block specific internet destinations in network policies (Public Preview)
Blocks destinations regardless of network access mode, enforced through REST API.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Managed agent memory is in Beta
Stores memory in Unity Catalog memory stores, accessed through REST API.
- Omnigent coding agent meta-harness is now in Beta
Wraps coding agents like Claude Code and Codex with a common platform. Swap runtimes with one line of configuration.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - UNIQUE constraint support is now in Public Preview
Enables join elimination and DISTINCT simplification on Photon-enabled compute. Applies to Unity Catalog Delta Lake tables.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Intra-VNet NSG rule hardening for Azure Databricks is now in Public Preview
Restricts workspace traffic to host and worker subnet CIDRs. Applies to classic compute plane workspaces.
- Alibaba Cloud Qwen3.5 122B A10B now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Public Preview
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, available in Public Preview.
- 5X-Large SQL warehouse size (Public Preview)
Provides 512 workers, available in all regions, controlled from Previews page.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - ai_classify and ai_extract now support v2 signatures (Public Preview)
Supports improved quality and performance with native composability with ai_parse_document.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Classification and Information Extraction are in Public Preview
Built on v2 signatures of ai_classify and ai_extract, they provide visual UIs for document analysis.
- Inbound Private Link for performance-intensive services (Public Preview)
Enables private connectivity for Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase Autoscaling.
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- Serverless outbound IPs available through public JSON endpoint (Public Preview)
Replaces existing stable IPs, requires Public Preview enrollment.
- Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B now available in Public Preview as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis.
- Managed MCP servers is now Public Preview
Allows AI agents to connect to Databricks resources and external APIs.
- Databricks SQL alerts are now in Public Preview
Offers a new editing experience, replacing the previous version.
- Convert foreign tables to Unity Catalog managed or external tables (Public Preview)
Requires Databricks Runtime 17.0 LTS or above. Uses ALTER TABLE SET MANAGED or SET EXTERNAL.
- Alibaba Cloud Qwen3-Next Instruct now available in Beta
Supports 80B A3B Instruct in us-west-2 and ap-northeast-1 regions via pay-per-token APIs.
- Configure Azure virtual network service policies for storage access (Public Preview)
Filters outbound traffic from classic compute to specific Azure Storage accounts. Requires Azure virtual network service endpoint policies.
- AI agents: Authorize on-behalf-of-user Public Preview
Lets agents act as the Databricks user who runs the query for added security.
- Admins can now manage a workspace's serverless base environments (Public Preview)
Defines custom environment specs for serverless notebooks, allows setting a default for new notebooks.
- Default warehouse setting is now available in Beta
Applied across SQL editor, AI/BI dashboards, and other tools, with optional user override.
- External MCP servers are in Beta
Enables agent access to external tools, requires connecting to Model Context Protocol servers.
- Updates for customer-managed VPC workspaces (Public Preview)
Adds Private Service Connect conversion and network config changes.
- Updating workspace virtual network configurations is now in Public Preview
Allows migration to custom VNet or changes to existing VNet injection setups.
- Metric views are in Public Preview
Requires a SQL warehouse on the 2025.16 Preview channel. Abstracts complex business logic into a centralized definition.
- New alert version in Beta
Simplifies creating and managing alerts with a single interface, can be used alongside legacy alerts.
- CAN VIEW permission for SQL warehouses is in Public Preview
Allows monitoring of SQL warehouses, including query history and profiles, without allowing query execution.
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