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Data Classification now scans Unity Catalog views (Beta) Scans Unity Catalog views in addition to tables, using the same detection engine, and is currently in Beta. #Data Classification #Unity Catalog	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 15, 2026
External secrets in Unity Catalog (Beta) Connects Unity Catalog schema to AWS Secrets Manager, appearing as read-only objects. #Security #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Unknown on SAP	Sep 9, 2026
Unity Catalog Skills (Beta) Publishes and governs agent skills, controlling access with Unity Catalog permissions. #Databricks AI #Unity Catalog	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, 2026
Context attributes in ABAC column mask and row filter policies (Beta) Targets request context, such as OAuth client ID and on-behalf-of status, in Unity Catalog policies. #Unity Catalog	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 21, 2026
Identity attributes in ABAC column mask policies (Beta) Targets users by attributes like department or country, using has_identity_attribute_value and has_identity_attribute_tag_match functions. #Unity Catalog	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 17, 2026
Tags page in Governance Hub (Beta) Provides a centralized view of tag usage, summarizes governed tags, and offers recommendations for invalid values. Requires account admins to enable from Previews page. #Administration #Unity Catalog	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 13, 2026
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Define business concepts with Pages (Beta) Gives business terms a single governed definition, part of Unity Catalog semantics. #Unity Catalog	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 12, 2026
READ METADATA privilege is GA Provides read-only visibility into security-sensitive metadata, including privilege grants and ABAC policies. #Security #Unity Catalog	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 10, 2026
Tag automations (Beta) Assigns or removes governed tags on Unity Catalog tables or volumes based on defined conditions. #Unity Catalog	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 7, 2026
Refresh materialized views and streaming tables without exempting the pipeline owner from ABAC policies Pipeline owners are now subject to ABAC policies when refreshing views and tables. Policies are evaluated using the pipeline owner's identity. #Unity Catalog	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 3, 2026
Secrets in Unity Catalog is GA Stores secrets as securable objects with Unity Catalog privileges. Uses catalog.schema.secret namespace. #Unity Catalog	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 3, 2026
Upcoming general availability of Unity Gateway Coming soon Extends Unity Catalog governance to runtime interactions, controls AI service usage, and monitors traffic. Available by default for workspaces with compliance security profile in mid-September. #Databricks AI #Unity Catalog	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 29, 2026
Automated setup for S3 external locations Uses AWS IAM temporary delegation to configure external locations and provision required resources. #Storage #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	Not on GCP	On SAP, read it on their docs	Jul 22, 2026
Databricks-hosted sample datasets available in the samples catalog Available in Unity Catalog-enabled workspaces through OpenSharing as samples.databricks.datasets. #Delta Sharing #Unity Catalog	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
Govern LLMs in Unity Catalog with model services (Beta) Represents a governed LLM endpoint, sharable across workspaces via Unity Catalog privileges. #AI #Unity Catalog	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 29, 2026
Comments on foreign tables (Beta) Syncs table and column comments from external data sources to Unity Catalog foreign tables. #Lakehouse Federation #Unity Catalog	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
ABAC GRANT policies for models (Beta) Grants EXECUTE privilege on models based on governed tags, supporting MLflow and foundation models. #Unity Catalog	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 11, 2026
Column popularity is now available in the Catalog Explorer Shows column query count in the Overview tab, determined by read queries. #Unity Catalog	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 1, 2026
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Cross-engine attribute-based access controls (Beta) Enforces row filters and column masks server-side for external engines reading Unity Catalog tables. #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	May 28, 2026
Tag Unity Catalog functions Requires Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above. Uses SET TAG and UNSET TAG commands. #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Apr 28, 2026
Recently Resolved Incidents section in Data Quality Monitoring (Beta) Shows automatically recovered unhealthy tables, including resolution time. #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Apr 27, 2026
Language selector for AI-generated comments in Catalog Explorer Saves selection in browser's local storage, applying to all entity types. #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Not on SAP	Apr 22, 2026
Create and write to Unity Catalog tables from external Delta clients (Beta) Requires catalog-managed commits to be enabled, supports Apache Spark clients. #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Apr 14, 2026
SQL reference documentation for managing governed tags Adds 5 SQL statements: CREATE, ALTER, DROP, DESCRIBE, SHOW. #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Apr 13, 2026
Create alerts for anomaly detection in the Data Quality Monitoring UI (Beta) Creates notifications for unusual data patterns, available in Beta. #Unity Catalog	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 19, 2026
ABAC policy functions now use snake_case naming Replaces camelCase with snake_case, old forms still work but will be deprecated. #Unity Catalog	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	Mar 13, 2026
Data quality monitoring documentation moved to Data governance (Unity Catalog) Moved from Data guides to Data governance chapter. #Unity Catalog	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 12, 2026
Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog Uses own encryption keys for Unity Catalog data. Replaces automatic encryption. #Security #Unity Catalog	Not on AWS	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Not on SAP	Mar 2, 2026
Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog (Beta) Uses own encryption keys for Unity Catalog catalogs. Replaces automatic encryption. #Security #Unity Catalog	Not on AWS	Not on Azure	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Mar 2, 2026
Change to use_case field in VPC endpoint API responses Coming soon Changes from WORKSPACE_ACCESS to GENERAL_ACCESS, see API docs for details. #API	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 24, 2026
Discover page and domains (Beta) Groups data assets by functional area, built on governed tags. #Unity Catalog	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 18, 2026
OneLake catalog federation (Beta) Allows read-only access to OneLake storage without copying data. Runs queries directly against file storage. #Lakehouse Federation #Unity Catalog	Not on AWS	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Unknown on SAP	Feb 16, 2026
Improved group sharing for automatic identity management Shares account-level assets with Microsoft Entra ID groups. Requires automatic identity management. #Security #Unity Catalog	Not on AWS	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Unknown on SAP	Jan 24, 2026
New Azure Databricks accounts will not have access to legacy features Accounts created after December 18, 2025 use Unity Catalog exclusively. #Admin #Unity Catalog	Not on AWS	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Unknown on SAP	Dec 19, 2025
New Databricks accounts will not have access to legacy features New accounts use Unity Catalog, lack DBFS root access. Applies to accounts created after December 18, 2025. #Admin #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Dec 19, 2025
Updated tag search syntax in workspace search Use tag:<tag_key>:<tag_value> to search by key and value. #Unity Catalog	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 5, 2025
Column drop behavior updated Fails if column has governed tags, requires removing tags first. #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Oct 22, 2025

Data Classification now scans Unity Catalog views (Beta)
Scans Unity Catalog views in addition to tables, using the same detection engine, and is currently in Beta.

#Data Classification #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Sep 15, 2026
External secrets in Unity Catalog (Beta)
Connects Unity Catalog schema to AWS Secrets Manager, appearing as read-only objects.

#Security #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown) Sep 9, 2026
Unity Catalog Skills (Beta)
Publishes and governs agent skills, controlling access with Unity Catalog permissions.

#Databricks AI #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 28, 2026
Context attributes in ABAC column mask and row filter policies (Beta)
Targets request context, such as OAuth client ID and on-behalf-of status, in Unity Catalog policies.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 21, 2026
Identity attributes in ABAC column mask policies (Beta)
Targets users by attributes like department or country, using has_identity_attribute_value and has_identity_attribute_tag_match functions.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 17, 2026
Tags page in Governance Hub (Beta)
Provides a centralized view of tag usage, summarizes governed tags, and offers recommendations for invalid values. Requires account admins to enable from Previews page.

#Administration #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 13, 2026
Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
Define business concepts with Pages (Beta)
Gives business terms a single governed definition, part of Unity Catalog semantics.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 12, 2026
READ METADATA privilege is GA
Provides read-only visibility into security-sensitive metadata, including privilege grants and ABAC policies.

#Security #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 10, 2026
Tag automations (Beta)
Assigns or removes governed tags on Unity Catalog tables or volumes based on defined conditions.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 7, 2026
Refresh materialized views and streaming tables without exempting the pipeline owner from ABAC policies
Pipeline owners are now subject to ABAC policies when refreshing views and tables. Policies are evaluated using the pipeline owner's identity.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 3, 2026
Secrets in Unity Catalog is GA
Stores secrets as securable objects with Unity Catalog privileges. Uses catalog.schema.secret namespace.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 3, 2026
Upcoming general availability of Unity Gateway Coming soon
Extends Unity Catalog governance to runtime interactions, controls AI service usage, and monitors traffic. Available by default for workspaces with compliance security profile in mid-September.

#Databricks AI #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jul 29, 2026
Automated setup for S3 external locations
Uses AWS IAM temporary delegation to configure external locations and provision required resources.

#Storage #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs Jul 22, 2026
Databricks-hosted sample datasets available in the samples catalog
Available in Unity Catalog-enabled workspaces through OpenSharing as samples.databricks.datasets.

#Delta Sharing #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jul 22, 2026
Govern LLMs in Unity Catalog with model services (Beta)
Represents a governed LLM endpoint, sharable across workspaces via Unity Catalog privileges.

#AI #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 29, 2026
Comments on foreign tables (Beta)
Syncs table and column comments from external data sources to Unity Catalog foreign tables.

#Lakehouse Federation #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 17, 2026
ABAC GRANT policies for models (Beta)
Grants EXECUTE privilege on models based on governed tags, supporting MLflow and foundation models.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 11, 2026
Column popularity is now available in the Catalog Explorer
Shows column query count in the Overview tab, determined by read queries.

#Unity Catalog

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 1, 2026
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Cross-engine attribute-based access controls (Beta)
Enforces row filters and column masks server-side for external engines reading Unity Catalog tables.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 28, 2026
Tag Unity Catalog functions
Requires Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above. Uses SET TAG and UNSET TAG commands.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 28, 2026
Recently Resolved Incidents section in Data Quality Monitoring (Beta)
Shows automatically recovered unhealthy tables, including resolution time.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 27, 2026
Language selector for AI-generated comments in Catalog Explorer
Saves selection in browser's local storage, applying to all entity types.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) Apr 22, 2026
Create and write to Unity Catalog tables from external Delta clients (Beta)
Requires catalog-managed commits to be enabled, supports Apache Spark clients.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 14, 2026
SQL reference documentation for managing governed tags
Adds 5 SQL statements: CREATE, ALTER, DROP, DESCRIBE, SHOW.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 13, 2026
Create alerts for anomaly detection in the Data Quality Monitoring UI (Beta)
Creates notifications for unusual data patterns, available in Beta.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 19, 2026
ABAC policy functions now use snake_case naming
Replaces camelCase with snake_case, old forms still work but will be deprecated.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Mar 13, 2026
Data quality monitoring documentation moved to Data governance (Unity Catalog)
Moved from Data guides to Data governance chapter.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 12, 2026
Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog
Uses own encryption keys for Unity Catalog data. Replaces automatic encryption.

#Security #Unity Catalog

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) Mar 2, 2026
Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog (Beta)
Uses own encryption keys for Unity Catalog catalogs. Replaces automatic encryption.

#Security #Unity Catalog

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 2, 2026
Change to use_case field in VPC endpoint API responses Coming soon
Changes from WORKSPACE_ACCESS to GENERAL_ACCESS, see API docs for details.

#API

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 24, 2026
Discover page and domains (Beta)
Groups data assets by functional area, built on governed tags.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 18, 2026
OneLake catalog federation (Beta)
Allows read-only access to OneLake storage without copying data. Runs queries directly against file storage.

#Lakehouse Federation #Unity Catalog

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown) Feb 16, 2026
Improved group sharing for automatic identity management
Shares account-level assets with Microsoft Entra ID groups. Requires automatic identity management.

#Security #Unity Catalog

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown) Jan 24, 2026
New Azure Databricks accounts will not have access to legacy features
Accounts created after December 18, 2025 use Unity Catalog exclusively.

#Admin #Unity Catalog

AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown) Dec 19, 2025
New Databricks accounts will not have access to legacy features
New accounts use Unity Catalog, lack DBFS root access. Applies to accounts created after December 18, 2025.

#Admin #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Dec 19, 2025
Updated tag search syntax in workspace search
Use tag:<tag_key>:<tag_value> to search by key and value.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Nov 5, 2025
Column drop behavior updated
Fails if column has governed tags, requires removing tags first.

#Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Oct 22, 2025

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