Databricks releases, every cloud

1. Custom trace views in the MLflow trace explorer are in Beta

   Genie generates views based on plain language descriptions, surfacing relevant trace fields and metrics.

   #Gen AI#MLflow
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 12, 2026
2. Governance Hub is in Beta

   Enables monitoring of data health and AI usage, requires account admin enablement from Previews page.

   #Administration
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jul 22, 2026
3. Managed disaster recovery is now in Public Preview

   Replicates metadata, table data, and workspace assets to a secondary region. Requires account team enablement.

   #Administration
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) Jun 12, 2026
4. Mission Critical add-on is now in Public Preview

   Unlocks managed disaster recovery and ESC for a single compute rate, enabled per workspace.

   #Administration
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) Jun 12, 2026
5. MLflow trace storage in Unity Catalog is now in Public Preview

   Stores OpenTelemetry traces, governed by Unity Catalog permissions, queryable from Databricks SQL or MLflow Python SDK.

   #MLflow#Unity Catalog
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 30, 2026
6. List MCP servers in Azure Databricks Marketplace (Public Preview)

   Allows distribution of AI tools and connection to external data sources, requires provider listing.

   #Marketplace
   AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown) Nov 6, 2025
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8. List MCP servers in Databricks Marketplace (Public Preview)

   Lets users install MCP servers to connect AI agents to external data sources.

   #Marketplace
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Nov 6, 2025
9. 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.

   #Notebooks#Serverless
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 28, 2025

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