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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
Improved workspace files read performance Applies to serverless and classic compute with Databricks Runtime 18 and above, speeding up workloads like find and grep. #Developers	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 16, 2026
Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens (Beta) Sends emails to workspace admins when tokens expire in 7 days, requiring no configuration. #Administration #Security	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 12, 2026
Reorganized Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow documentation Conceptual topics are now under Concepts. #Documentation #Lakeflow	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 9, 2026
Improved workspace file write performance on classic compute Uses asynchronous flushing by default for Databricks Runtime 17.1 and above, batching file writes and deletes. #Developers	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 4, 2026
Declarative Automation Bundles will soon default to use the direct deployment engine Coming soon Replaces Terraform deployment engine, migrating bundles automatically on July 24, 2026. #Bundles #Developers	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 3, 2026
Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
Configure an additional recipient for workspace operational emails Receives operational updates like breaking changes and incident communications, use a distribution-list alias for multiple people. #Administration	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	On GCP, read it on their docs	On SAP, read it on their docs	May 14, 2026
Updated AWS tag character restrictions Tag keys and values now cannot contain spaces or /. Tag keys also cannot be just . , .. , or _index. #Administration	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	Not on GCP	Not on SAP	Apr 15, 2026
Databricks Documentation site table of contents tabs Replaces static sidebar with tabbed navigation, includes 6 context tabs. #Documentation	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Mar 31, 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

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
Improved workspace files read performance
Applies to serverless and classic compute with Databricks Runtime 18 and above, speeding up workloads like find and grep.

#Developers

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 16, 2026
Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens (Beta)
Sends emails to workspace admins when tokens expire in 7 days, requiring no configuration.

#Administration #Security

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 12, 2026
Reorganized Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow documentation
Conceptual topics are now under Concepts.

#Documentation #Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 9, 2026
Improved workspace file write performance on classic compute
Uses asynchronous flushing by default for Databricks Runtime 17.1 and above, batching file writes and deletes.

#Developers

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 4, 2026
Declarative Automation Bundles will soon default to use the direct deployment engine Coming soon
Replaces Terraform deployment engine, migrating bundles automatically on July 24, 2026.

#Bundles #Developers

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 3, 2026
Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
Configure an additional recipient for workspace operational emails
Receives operational updates like breaking changes and incident communications, use a distribution-list alias for multiple people.

#Administration

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs May 14, 2026
Updated AWS tag character restrictions
Tag keys and values now cannot contain spaces or /. Tag keys also cannot be just . , .. , or _index.

#Administration

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) Apr 15, 2026
Databricks Documentation site table of contents tabs
Replaces static sidebar with tabbed navigation, includes 6 context tabs.

#Documentation

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 31, 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

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