Databricks releases, every cloud
| Release | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compliance security profile will enforce Azure Virtual Network encryption Coming soon Enforces Azure Virtual Network encryption on workspaces starting February 1, 2027. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Sep 3, 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 |
| HITRUST and IRAP compliance controls are now generally available Available through compliance security profile, required for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Inbound Private Service Connect for performance-intensive services (Beta) Enables private connectivity to services like Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase Autoscaling on Google Cloud. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Aug 22, 2026 |
| Custom URL access to workspaces over inbound Private Link (Beta) Uses general_access private endpoint, serves workspaces and account-level resources across regions. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Aug 13, 2026 |
| 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 |
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| Create a least-privilege Databricks workspace Grants Databricks a narrow set of custom IAM roles instead of broad permissions on Google Cloud. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jul 27, 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 |
| Configure serverless egress control in Azure China Available in China North 3 region, requires workspace in same region. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Classic workspace creation with a Azure Databricks-managed VNet will soon be deprecated Coming soon Replaced by serverless workspace or VNet injection. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Classic workspace creation with a Databricks-managed VPC will soon be deprecated Coming soon Replaced by customer-managed VPC for new workspaces. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Secure cluster connectivity will soon become mandatory for classic workspaces Coming soon Replaces enableNoPublicIp set to false, requires secure setup for all classic workspaces. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Arm-based instances are now supported with the compliance security profile Supports all compliance standards, previously unsupported. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Azure Databricks UI assets will be served from a new CDN domain Coming soon Replaces existing domain, requires firewall update to ui-assets.azuredatabricks.net. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | 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 |
| Compliance security profile required for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP Coming soon Required starting September 1, 2026, for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP data. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 30, 2026 |
| Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards Supports all Azure Databricks compliance security profiles. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 19, 2026 |
| HIPAA support for the Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across all supported regions. Requires a workspace with HIPAA compliance enabled. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 11, 2026 |
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| Block identities from your Azure Databricks account with the account access denylist Prevents access when automatic identity management is enabled, blocking specific users, groups, or service principals. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 6, 2026 |
| Azure UK South now has a dedicated regional control plane New workspaces require firewall allowlist entries for SCC relay tunnel and other IPs. Existing workspaces use UK West control plane unless migrated. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | May 1, 2026 |
| Configure private endpoints for serverless compute in Azure China Requires China North 3 region and network connectivity configuration. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Connect Azure Databricks to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel Replaces inbound firewall access, works with classic and serverless compute. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 28, 2026 |
| C5, TISAX, and K-FSI compliance controls are now generally available Available on Azure, providing enhancements for workspace compliance requirements. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Serverless compute now available for IRAP and Canada Protected B workloads on Azure Databricks Requires environment version 5 to be enabled. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Mar 6, 2026 |
| Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog Uses own encryption keys for Unity Catalog data. Replaces automatic encryption. | 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. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Update workspace network configuration to VNet injection is now GA Migrates from Databricks-managed VNet to customer-owned VNet. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Azure virtual network service endpoint policies are now generally available Apply to classic compute for outbound storage access filtering. Requires configuration. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Feb 23, 2026 |
| Enhanced Security and Compliance add-on is now generally available includes compliance security profile and enhanced security monitoring. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Inbound Private Link for performance-intensive services (Beta) Enables private connectivity to Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase Autoscaling. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Feb 18, 2026 |
| Automatic identity management deactivates deleted Entra ID users Replaces "Active: Removed From EntraID" status with Deactivated. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Feb 16, 2026 |
| Serverless egress control is now generally available Manages outbound connections with restricted access and FQDN filtering. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Automatically provision users (JIT) GA Creates accounts during SSO login if none exist. Requires single sign-on setup. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Improved group sharing for automatic identity management Shares account-level assets with Microsoft Entra ID groups. Requires automatic identity management. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Jan 24, 2026 |
| Simplified serverless network security with Azure Network Security Perimeter Uses AzureDatabricksServerless service tag, replacing subnet-based rules. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Jan 7, 2026 |
| 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 |
| GCP Private Service Connect generally available No account team request needed to enable. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Serverless compute resources now support PCI-DSS compliance in australia-east Supports PCI-DSS v4.0 in australia-east region. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Oct 3, 2025 |
- Compliance security profile will enforce Azure Virtual Network encryption Coming soon
Enforces Azure Virtual Network encryption on workspaces starting February 1, 2027.
- 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.
- HITRUST and IRAP compliance controls are now generally available
Available through compliance security profile, required for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP.
- Inbound Private Service Connect for performance-intensive services (Beta)
Enables private connectivity to services like Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase Autoscaling on Google Cloud.
- Custom URL access to workspaces over inbound Private Link (Beta)
Uses general_access private endpoint, serves workspaces and account-level resources across regions.
- 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.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- Create a least-privilege Databricks workspace
Grants Databricks a narrow set of custom IAM roles instead of broad permissions on Google Cloud.
- Custom URLs for your Azure Databricks account (Public Preview)
Replaces default Azure Databricks URL with a custom domain.
- Configure serverless egress control in Azure China
Available in China North 3 region, requires workspace in same region.
- Classic workspace creation with a Azure Databricks-managed VNet will soon be deprecated Coming soon
Replaced by serverless workspace or VNet injection.
- Classic workspace creation with a Databricks-managed VPC will soon be deprecated Coming soon
Replaced by customer-managed VPC for new workspaces.
- Secure cluster connectivity will soon become mandatory for classic workspaces Coming soon
Replaces enableNoPublicIp set to false, requires secure setup for all classic workspaces.
- Arm-based instances are now supported with the compliance security profile
Supports all compliance standards, previously unsupported.
- Azure Databricks UI assets will be served from a new CDN domain Coming soon
Replaces existing domain, requires firewall update to ui-assets.azuredatabricks.net.
- 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.
- Compliance security profile required for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP Coming soon
Required starting September 1, 2026, for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP data.
- Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards
Supports all Azure Databricks compliance security profiles.
- HIPAA support for the Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel
Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across all supported regions. Requires a workspace with HIPAA compliance enabled.
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- Block identities from your Azure Databricks account with the account access denylist
Prevents access when automatic identity management is enabled, blocking specific users, groups, or service principals.
- Azure UK South now has a dedicated regional control plane
New workspaces require firewall allowlist entries for SCC relay tunnel and other IPs. Existing workspaces use UK West control plane unless migrated.
- Configure private endpoints for serverless compute in Azure China
Requires China North 3 region and network connectivity configuration.
- Connect Azure Databricks to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel
Replaces inbound firewall access, works with classic and serverless compute.
- C5, TISAX, and K-FSI compliance controls are now generally available
Available on Azure, providing enhancements for workspace compliance requirements.
- Serverless compute now available for IRAP and Canada Protected B workloads on Azure Databricks
Requires environment version 5 to be enabled.
- Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog
Uses own encryption keys for Unity Catalog data. Replaces automatic encryption.
- Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog (Beta)
Uses own encryption keys for Unity Catalog catalogs. Replaces automatic encryption.
- Update workspace network configuration to VNet injection is now GA
Migrates from Databricks-managed VNet to customer-owned VNet.
- Azure virtual network service endpoint policies are now generally available
Apply to classic compute for outbound storage access filtering. Requires configuration.
- Enhanced Security and Compliance add-on is now generally available
includes compliance security profile and enhanced security monitoring.
- Inbound Private Link for performance-intensive services (Beta)
Enables private connectivity to Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase Autoscaling.
- Automatic identity management deactivates deleted Entra ID users
Replaces "Active: Removed From EntraID" status with Deactivated.
- Serverless egress control is now generally available
Manages outbound connections with restricted access and FQDN filtering.
- Automatically provision users (JIT) GA
Creates accounts during SSO login if none exist. Requires single sign-on setup.
- Improved group sharing for automatic identity management
Shares account-level assets with Microsoft Entra ID groups. Requires automatic identity management.
- Simplified serverless network security with Azure Network Security Perimeter
Uses AzureDatabricksServerless service tag, replacing subnet-based rules.
- 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.
- GCP Private Service Connect generally available
No account team request needed to enable.
- Serverless compute resources now support PCI-DSS compliance in australia-east
Supports PCI-DSS v4.0 in australia-east region.
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