Databricks releases, every cloud
- Connect to the Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams with your workspace URL (Public Preview)
Replaces server hostname with workspace URL for connection.
- Publishing a Unity Catalog catalog to Microsoft Fabric is in Public Preview
Creates a read-only mirrored catalog, allowing Fabric users to query Unity Catalog tables directly.
- Databricks Runtime 19 and Databricks Runtime 19 for Machine Learning are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.2.0.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakebase Postgres is now in Beta
Available in us-east4, us-central1, and europe-west3 regions.
- Databricks Runtime 18 and Databricks Runtime 18 for Machine Learning are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0, replacing separate release notes for feature versions.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Configure Microsoft Entra ID SSO for Power BI (Public Preview)
Uses account-level federation policy, replacing manual config.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- Lakebase Change Data Feed (CDF) is now in Public Preview
Captures row-level changes from Postgres tables as Delta tables, requiring no external CDC stack.
- Databricks Runtime 18.2 and Databricks Runtime 18.2 ML are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Connect to Azure Databricks from Microsoft Excel (Public Preview)
Imports data from tables or Metric Views, executes SQL queries in Excel.
- Connect to Databricks from Microsoft Excel (Public Preview)
Imports data from tables or Metric Views, executes SQL queries in Excel.
- Schedule data refreshes in Google Sheets (Public Preview)
Refreshes occur hourly, daily, or weekly.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Databricks Runtime 18.1 and Databricks Runtime 18.1 ML are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0.
- Lakebase now in Public Preview
Introduces autoscaling compute and database branching on AWS. Free until January 2026.
- Databricks Runtime 18.0 and Databricks Runtime 18.0 ML are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0, includes JDK 21 as default.
- Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS and Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS ML are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.0.0, includes new configuration options.
- Budget policy support for Lakebase database instances and synced tables (Public Preview)
Tags database instances and synced tables for billing attribution, also supports custom tags for compute usage.
- Lakebase Public Preview enabled by default
No admin enablement required, can be disabled by admins.
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