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- 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.
- Inbound Private Service Connect for performance-intensive services (Beta)
Enables private connectivity to services like Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase Autoscaling on Google Cloud.
- Cross-workspace access for serverless (Beta)
Controls serverless network traffic between workspaces with ingress and egress rules.
- 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.
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- Networking charges for performance-intensive products
Charges apply to cross-region and public-internet egress for Lakebase, OpenSharing SecureConnect, Zerobus, and Files API.
- Context-based ingress control for workspaces public access is now generally available
Uses allow and deny rules to control access based on identities, network sources, and request types.
- AI Search High QPS is now generally available
Sets target QPS on standard endpoints for high-throughput workloads. Existing endpoints are not affected.
- AI Search high QPS will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon
Replaces manual configuration for high-throughput workloads, existing endpoints unchanged.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this 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) - Serverless compute is now available in the Azure UK West region
Supports notebooks, jobs, pipelines, and SQL warehouses, with private connectivity.
- Protobuf tensor input for custom model serving endpoints (Public Preview)
Replaces JSON with serialized KServe v2 ModelInferRequest. Requires endpoints deployed after July 9, 2026.
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) - Private Link for account-level resources (Beta)
Connects account console through VPC interface endpoint instead of public internet. Requires configuration.
- Inbound Private Link for performance-intensive services is now generally available
Supports Lakebase Autoscaling and Zerobus Ingest.
- 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.
- Serve custom LLMs with Custom Model Serving (Beta)
Supports multimodal models and PEFT recipes, unlike Foundation Model APIs.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inbound Private Link for performance-intensive services (Public Preview)
Enables private connectivity for Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase Autoscaling.
- Endpoint telemetry for custom model serving endpoints (Beta)
Stores logs, traces, and metrics in Unity Catalog Delta tables using OpenTelemetry.
- Update workspace network configuration to VNet injection is now GA
Migrates from Databricks-managed VNet to customer-owned VNet.
- Serverless outbound IPs available through public JSON endpoint (Public Preview)
Replaces existing stable IPs, requires Public Preview enrollment.
- Azure virtual network service endpoint policies are now generally available
Apply to classic compute for outbound storage access filtering. Requires configuration.
- Inbound Private Link for performance-intensive services (Beta)
Enables private connectivity to Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase Autoscaling.
- Serverless egress control is now generally available
Manages outbound connections with restricted access and FQDN filtering.
- Front-end PrivateLink for performance-intensive services (Beta)
Supports private connectivity to Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase Autoscaling.
- Function calling and structured output now available using the Alibaba Cloud Qwen3-Next Instruct model (Beta)
Supports Qwen3-Next 80B A3B Instruct model.
- GCP Private Service Connect generally available
No account team request needed to enable.
- OpenAI GPT 5 models are now generally available in Mosaic AI Model Serving
Includes GPT-5 mini and nano models.
- 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.
- Improved autoscaling behavior for Mosaic AI Model Serving
Ignores brief traffic surges, scaling on sustained load increases. Reduces unnecessary concurrency scaling.
- Mosaic AI Model Serving now supports OpenAI GPT 5 models (preview)
Supports GPT-5, GPT-5 mini, and GPT-5 nano models for batch inference with AI Functions.
- Configure Azure virtual network service policies for storage access (Public Preview)
Filters outbound traffic from classic compute to specific Azure Storage accounts. Requires Azure virtual network service endpoint policies.
- Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 now available as a Databricks-hosted foundation model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis.
- Route-optimized endpoints now require route-optimized URL path for querying
Requires route-optimized URL path for querying, standard workspace URL path not supported for new endpoints.
- Updates for customer-managed VPC workspaces (Public Preview)
Adds Private Service Connect conversion and network config changes.
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