Databricks releases, every cloud
| Release | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Allowlist partner platform IPs in context-based ingress control (Beta) Supports Power BI, Tableau Cloud, and dbt platform, with automatic IP list updates. | 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 14, 2026 |
| Change to default pipeline editor for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon Replaces legacy editor, removing it in August. | 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 9, 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 |
| July 6, 2026 Updates from Databricks Runtime 18, adds Spark Declarative Pipelines and IP address 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 6, 2026 |
| Customer-managed VPC will soon be required for classic workspaces Coming soon New classic workspaces will require a customer-managed VPC, replacing Databricks-managed VPC. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs | |||||
| 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 |
| Private Link for account-level resources (Beta) Connects account console through VPC interface endpoint instead of public internet. Requires configuration. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens (Beta) Sends emails to workspace admins when tokens expire in 7 days, requiring no 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 12, 2026 |
| AWS Graviton instances are now supported with the compliance security profile Supports all compliance standards in AWS commercial regions and GovCloud. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 5, 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 |
| Customer-managed keys for Lakebase available in all AWS and Azure regions Encrypts project data at rest using a custom cloud KMS key. Available for new projects. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 20, 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 |
| Customer-managed keys now support MLflow managed evaluation features Supports MLflow 3 scorers and requires non-CMK encrypted 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 19, 2026 |
| Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards Supports all Databricks compliance security profiles. Requires Public Preview. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | May 19, 2026 |
| Version 18.2 Adds CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP TABLE syntax and upgrades Snowflake JDBC driver to 3.28.0. | 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 13, 2026 |
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| 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 |
| HIPAA support for the Databricks Add-in for Excel Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across all supported regions. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | May 11, 2026 |
| Graviton instance types are available for the compliance security profile Graviton instances improve price-performance for many workloads on AWS Commercial workspaces with FedRAMP Moderate, IRAP, or CCCS Medium compliance standards. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 7, 2026 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Connect Databricks to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel Uses proxy VMs in AWS, replacing inbound firewall access. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Workspace object permissions will soon be inherited from all account groups Coming soon Inherited permissions include inactive grants from removed groups, potentially giving unexpected access. Users still need workspace assignment. | 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 23, 2026 |
| Version 18.1 Supports DATETIMEOFFSET for Azure Synapse and adds schema evolution with INSERT statements. | 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 20, 2026 |
| Customer-managed keys now support model serving Encrypts model serving container images and model artifacts in Databricks managed registry. Applies to endpoint artifacts created after April 16, 2026. | 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 16, 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 |
- Create a least-privilege Databricks workspace
Grants Databricks a narrow set of custom IAM roles instead of broad permissions on Google Cloud.
- Allowlist partner platform IPs in context-based ingress control (Beta)
Supports Power BI, Tableau Cloud, and dbt platform, with automatic IP list updates.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Change to default pipeline editor for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon
Replaces legacy editor, removing it in August.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Configure serverless egress control in Azure China
Available in China North 3 region, requires workspace in same region.
- July 6, 2026
Updates from Databricks Runtime 18, adds Spark Declarative Pipelines and IP address functions.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Customer-managed VPC will soon be required for classic workspaces Coming soon
New classic workspaces will require a customer-managed VPC, replacing Databricks-managed VPC.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- 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.
- Private Link for account-level resources (Beta)
Connects account console through VPC interface endpoint instead of public internet. Requires configuration.
- Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens (Beta)
Sends emails to workspace admins when tokens expire in 7 days, requiring no configuration.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - AWS Graviton instances are now supported with the compliance security profile
Supports all compliance standards in AWS commercial regions and GovCloud.
- Compliance security profile required for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP Coming soon
Required starting September 1, 2026, for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP data.
- Customer-managed keys for Lakebase available in all AWS and Azure regions
Encrypts project data at rest using a custom cloud KMS key. Available for new projects.
- Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards
Supports all Azure Databricks compliance security profiles.
- Customer-managed keys now support MLflow managed evaluation features
Supports MLflow 3 scorers and requires non-CMK encrypted catalog.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards
Supports all Databricks compliance security profiles. Requires Public Preview.
- Version 18.2
Adds CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP TABLE syntax and upgrades Snowflake JDBC driver to 3.28.0.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Get this table by email. One Monday mail covering the week, filtered to the clouds and products you run. Weekly digest
- 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.
- HIPAA support for the Databricks Add-in for Excel
Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across all supported regions.
- Graviton instance types are available for the compliance security profile
Graviton instances improve price-performance for many workloads on AWS Commercial workspaces with FedRAMP Moderate, IRAP, or CCCS Medium compliance standards.
- 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.
- 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.
- Connect Databricks to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel
Uses proxy VMs in AWS, replacing inbound firewall access.
- Workspace object permissions will soon be inherited from all account groups Coming soon
Inherited permissions include inactive grants from removed groups, potentially giving unexpected access. Users still need workspace assignment.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Version 18.1
Supports DATETIMEOFFSET for Azure Synapse and adds schema evolution with INSERT statements.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Customer-managed keys now support model serving
Encrypts model serving container images and model artifacts in Databricks managed registry. Applies to endpoint artifacts created after April 16, 2026.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - 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.
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