Databricks releases, every cloud
| Release | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metastore-level ABAC policies are in Beta Applies across every catalog in the metastore. Replaces per-catalog policy setup. | 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 17, 2026 |
| Managed agent memory and sessions are in Beta They provide durable memory and conversation history that persist across conversations. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Sep 16, 2026 |
| ABAC DENY policies are in Beta Explicitly deny MANAGE ACCESS CONTROL privilege, taking precedence over grants. | 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 8, 2026 |
| 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. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Sep 3, 2026 |
| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Aug 24, 2026 |
| The INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE privileges are in Beta Require Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above, alternative to MODIFY privilege. | 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 24, 2026 |
| Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs | |||||
| 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. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Role-based access control (RBAC) is in Public Preview Lets users assume a role with limited permissions. Requires account and workspace admin setup. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Custom URLs for your Azure Databricks account (Public Preview) Replaces default Azure Databricks URL with a custom domain. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Custom URLs for your Databricks account (Public Preview) Replaces default URL, requires claim and enable process. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jul 15, 2026 |
| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Restrict access to AI Functions with Unity Catalog permissions (Public Preview) Requires account team enablement, restricts access to task-specific AI Functions. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jul 8, 2026 |
| Block specific internet destinations in network policies (Public Preview) Blocks destinations regardless of network access mode, enforced through REST API. | 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 23, 2026 |
| Managed agent memory is in Beta Stores memory in Unity Catalog memory stores, accessed through REST API. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 23, 2026 |
| 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. | 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 17, 2026 |
| Lakebase Postgres is now in Beta Available in us-east4, us-central1, and europe-west3 regions. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jun 15, 2026 |
| 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. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 1, 2026 |
| Configure Microsoft Entra ID SSO for Power BI (Public Preview) Uses account-level federation policy, replacing manual config. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 20, 2026 |
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| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 12, 2026 |
| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 5, 2026 |
| ai_classify and ai_extract now support v2 signatures (Public Preview) Supports improved quality and performance with native composability with ai_parse_document. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Mar 27, 2026 |
| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Inbound Private Link for performance-intensive services (Public Preview) Enables private connectivity for Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase Autoscaling. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Mar 9, 2026 |
| Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog (Public Preview) Protects data with user-owned encryption keys, replacing automatic encryption. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Mar 2, 2026 |
| HITRUST compliance controls (Public Preview) Manages risk and demonstrates security and privacy compliance. Requires enabling in settings. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Feb 26, 2026 |
| Serverless outbound IPs available through public JSON endpoint (Public Preview) Replaces existing stable IPs, requires Public Preview enrollment. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Feb 25, 2026 |
| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Managed MCP servers is now Public Preview Allows AI agents to connect to Databricks resources and external APIs. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Context based ingress control is now in Public Preview Enables account admins to set allow and deny rules based on identity, request type, and network source. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Lakebase now in Public Preview Introduces autoscaling compute and database branching on AWS. Free until January 2026. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Automatic email notifications for expiring personal access tokens (Public Preview) Sends emails 7 days before token expiration. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Nov 20, 2025 |
| TISAX compliance controls (Public Preview) Enhances workspace compliance based on ISO/IEC 27001 and VDA ISA requirements. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Nov 13, 2025 |
| C5 and K-FSI compliance standards (Public Preview) Adds German and Korean financial regulations compliance. Requires public preview setup. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Nov 6, 2025 |
| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Oct 22, 2025 |
| AI agents: Authorize on-behalf-of-user Public Preview Lets agents act as the Databricks user who runs the query for added security. | 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 2, 2025 |
| External MCP servers are in Beta Enables agent access to external tools, requires connecting to Model Context Protocol servers. | 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 28, 2025 |
| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Aug 25, 2025 |
| Lakebase Public Preview enabled by default No admin enablement required, can be disabled by admins. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Aug 11, 2025 |
- Metastore-level ABAC policies are in Beta
Applies across every catalog in the metastore. Replaces per-catalog policy setup.
- Managed agent memory and sessions are in Beta
They provide durable memory and conversation history that persist across conversations.
- ABAC DENY policies are in Beta
Explicitly deny MANAGE ACCESS CONTROL privilege, taking precedence over grants.
- 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.
- The INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE privileges are in Beta
Require Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above, alternative to MODIFY privilege.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- 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.
- Role-based access control (RBAC) is in Public Preview
Lets users assume a role with limited permissions. Requires account and workspace admin setup.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Custom URLs for your Azure Databricks account (Public Preview)
Replaces default Azure Databricks URL with a custom domain.
- Custom URLs for your Databricks account (Public Preview)
Replaces default URL, requires claim and enable process.
- 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.
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) - Lakebase Postgres is now in Beta
Available in us-east4, us-central1, and europe-west3 regions.
- 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.
- Configure Microsoft Entra ID SSO for Power BI (Public Preview)
Uses account-level federation policy, replacing manual config.
- Get this table by email. One Monday mail covering the week, filtered to the clouds and products you run. Weekly digest
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog (Public Preview)
Protects data with user-owned encryption keys, replacing automatic encryption.
- HITRUST compliance controls (Public Preview)
Manages risk and demonstrates security and privacy compliance. Requires enabling in settings.
- 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.
- Context based ingress control is now in Public Preview
Enables account admins to set allow and deny rules based on identity, request type, and network source.
- Lakebase now in Public Preview
Introduces autoscaling compute and database branching on AWS. Free until January 2026.
- Automatic email notifications for expiring personal access tokens (Public Preview)
Sends emails 7 days before token expiration.
- TISAX compliance controls (Public Preview)
Enhances workspace compliance based on ISO/IEC 27001 and VDA ISA requirements.
- C5 and K-FSI compliance standards (Public Preview)
Adds German and Korean financial regulations compliance. Requires public preview setup.
- 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.
- AI agents: Authorize on-behalf-of-user Public Preview
Lets agents act as the Databricks user who runs the query for added security.
- External MCP servers are in Beta
Enables agent access to external tools, requires connecting to Model Context Protocol servers.
- 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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