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  • Power BI connections will transition to ADBC — Apr 30 · Azure · Upcoming Power BI plans to transition all Power BI connections to Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC). To avoid disruptions, Databricks recommends switching your development and staging semantic models to ADBC now and validating your workloads. For Microsoft's transition timeline, see Tran
  • agg SQL function as a synonym for measure — Apr 30 · Azure · SQL The new agg aggregate function is a synonym for measure. Use agg(measure_column) as a shorter alternative when querying measures in a metric view.
  • Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes — Apr 30 · Azure · AI/BI Publish with service principal credentials: Authors can now publish dashboards using the data credentials of a service principal. See Publish a dashboard. Service principal draft view fix: Fixed a bug where a dashboard published via a service principal loses the ability to view d
  • Genie One scheduled tasks (Public Preview) — Apr 30 · Azure · AI/BI Scheduled tasks are now supported in Genie One. Users can set up recurring prompts to automate weekly digests or daily insights. When a task runs, chat sends you an email with the results. See Scheduled tasks.
  • Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements — Apr 30 · Azure · AI/BI Weekly digest and monitoring: The Monitoring tab now includes a Weekly digest section showing weekly messages, users, and thumbs up/down feedback. Authors can also use Genie Code to summarize top usage trends and common issues from the monitoring page. PDF file uploads: Upload PD
  • Disabling tasks in Lakeflow Jobs is now GA — Apr 30 · Azure · Product You can now disable a task in a Azure Databricks Lakeflow job to skip it at run time without removing it from the job. Disabled tasks keep their configuration and run history, so you can re-enable them later without rebuilding the task. See Disabled tasks in Lakeflow Jobs.
  • Agent Bricks Supervisor Agent now supports custom MCP servers and custom agents on Databricks Apps — Apr 30 · Azure · Product You can now add custom MCP servers and custom agents hosted in Databricks Apps as subagents in your Supervisor Agent. See Use Supervisor Agent to create a coordinated multi-agent system.
  • MLflow trace storage in Unity Catalog is now in Public Preview — Apr 30 · Azure · Product MLflow trace storage in Unity Catalog tables, previously in Beta, is now in Public Preview. Traces are stored in OpenTelemetry (OTel) format, access is governed through Unity Catalog schema and table permissions, and you can query traces from Databricks SQL or the MLflow Python S
  • Chat in Genie One is now in Public Preview — Apr 29 · Azure · AI/BI Chat in Genie One has moved from Beta to Public Preview. Chat provides a unified, full-screen interface for asking data questions in natural language. It uses existing Genie Agents (formerly Genie Spaces), dashboards, and queries to answer questions with your organization's data.
  • Configure private endpoints for serverless compute in Azure China — Apr 29 · Azure · Product You can now configure private connectivity from serverless compute to Azure resources in Azure China (Mooncake). Create a network connectivity configuration (NCC) in the China North 3 region, attach it to your workspace, and add private endpoint rules for supported Azure resource
  • Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/29) — Apr 29 · Azure · Product New maintenance updates are available for supported Databricks Runtime versions. These updates include bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements. For details, see: Databricks Runtime 16.4 LTS Databricks Runtime 15.4 LTS Databricks Runtime 14.3 LTS Databricks Runti
  • Attribute-based access control (ABAC) is now generally available — Apr 28 · Azure · Product Attribute-based access control (ABAC) is now generally available (GA). ABAC is an access control model in Unity Catalog that uses governed tags applied to data assets to dynamically enforce row filter and column mask policies on tables, materialized views, and streaming tables. P
  • 5X-Large SQL warehouse size (Public Preview) — Apr 28 · Azure · Product The 5X-Large cluster size for serverless and pro SQL warehouses is in Public Preview in all regions. The 5X-Large size provides 512 workers. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. See Manage Azure Databricks previews. For more information on S
  • Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow updates are retained for 60 days — Apr 28 · Azure · Product Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow update history is now retained for 60 days, up from 30 days. The extended retention applies to updates shown in the pipeline UI and returned by the Pipelines REST API.
  • Connect Azure Databricks to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel — Apr 28 · Azure · Product You can now connect Azure Databricks classic and serverless compute to on-premises resources without opening inbound firewall access by configuring an SSH reverse tunnel with proxy VMs in Azure. See Connect to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel.
  • Tag Unity Catalog functions — Apr 28 · Azure · Product Functions are now a supported securable object type for tagging in Unity Catalog. Use SET TAG and UNSET TAG to add and remove tags from functions. You can use tags to search for functions and certify or deprecate functions. Tagging functions and procedures requires Databricks Run
  • Zendesk Support connector (GA) — Apr 28 · Azure · Product The Zendesk Support connector in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. See Zendesk Support connector overview.
  • Cloud token access for open Delta Sharing sharing (GA) — Apr 28 · Azure · Product Eligible managed and external Delta tables shared using the open Delta Sharing protocol now support directory-based access mode. Azure Databricks includes the table's cloud storage location and temporary cloud credentials in sharing responses, allowing recipients whose clients su
  • Databricks One renamed to Genie — Apr 27 · Azure · AI/BI Databricks One, the simplified Databricks interface, has been renamed to Genie. The feature and its capabilities are unchanged. Genie enables users to: View and interact with AI/BI dashboards to track key performance indicators (KPIs) and analyze metrics. Ask data questions in na
  • Recently Resolved Incidents section in Data Quality Monitoring (Beta) — Apr 27 · Azure · Product The Data Quality Monitoring dashboard now includes a Recently Resolved Incidents section, currently in Beta. This section shows tables that were previously unhealthy but have since automatically recovered to a healthy status, including the time of resolution. Use this view to ide
  • Confluence connector (GA) — Apr 25 · Azure · Product The Confluence connector in Lakeflow Connect is now Generally Available. See Confluence connector.
  • Manage Supervisor Agent programmatically with the Databricks SDK (Beta) — Apr 24 · Azure · Product You can now use the Databricks SDK for Python to create and manage Supervisor Agent and their tools. See Use Supervisor Agent to create a coordinated multi-agent system.
  • Azure Databricks Excel Add-in requires workspace preview enablement — Apr 24 · Azure · Product To use the Azure Databricks Excel Add-in, a workspace admin must now enable the Excel Connector preview from the Previews page. See Set up the Azure Databricks Excel Add-in and Manage Azure Databricks previews.
  • Workspace base environments are now generally available — Apr 24 · Azure · Product Workspace base environments are now generally available. Workspace base environments let workspace admins create and manage pre-built, cached environments for serverless notebooks. See Manage workspace base environments. This feature will roll out in workspaces enabled for the co
  • Workspace object permissions will soon be inherited from all account groups — Apr 23 · Azure · Upcoming In an upcoming release, workspace object permissions will be inherited from all account groups, not just groups directly assigned to the workspace. Principals will inherit permissions on workspace objects, such as jobs, notebooks, folders, queries, and dashboards, from all accoun
  • Databricks SQL version 2026.10 is rolling out in Current — Apr 23 · Azure · SQL Databricks SQL version 2026.10 is rolling out to the Current channel. See features in 2026.10.
  • Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes — Apr 23 · Azure · AI/BI Table cross-filtering and drill-through: Tables now support cross-filtering and drill-through. Counter prefix and suffix: Numbers in counters now support custom prefixes and suffixes. See Format template. Schema browser default dataset type (Public Preview): Adding a table to a d
  • Genie One app search — Apr 23 · Azure · AI/BI Databricks Apps search: You can now search for Databricks Apps from the Genie One search bar.
  • Genie Code space configuration — Apr 23 · Azure · AI/BI Genie Code space configuration: Genie Code now includes tools to configure your Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space). You can ask it to update instructions, example questions, descriptions, and more.
  • Lakeflow Designer is now in Public Preview — Apr 22 · Azure · Product You can now visually build data transformation workflows with a drag-and-drop canvas and natural language in Lakeflow Designer. See Lakeflow Designer. Available in Public Preview.
  • Language selector for AI-generated comments in Catalog Explorer — Apr 22 · Azure · Product You can now change the default language for AI-generated comments in Catalog Explorer. Your selection is saved in your browser's local storage and applies to all subsequent AI-generated comment requests across all supported entity types. See Change the default language for AI-gen
  • CPU_MEDIUM and CPU_LARGE workload types for Model Serving (Beta) — Apr 21 · Azure · Product The CPU_MEDIUM and CPU_LARGE workload types for Model Serving are now in Beta. These workload types let you trade concurrency for more memory per worker on the same CPU hardware. Use them when your model needs more memory than the standard CPU workload type provides. See Compute
  • Version 18.1 — Apr 20 · Azure · Serverless This serverless compute release roughly corresponds to Databricks Runtime 18.1. New features DATETIMEOFFSET data type support for Microsoft Azure Synapse: The DATETIMEOFFSET data type is supported for Microsoft Azure Synapse connections. Google BigQuery table comments: Google Big
  • Databricks Data Classification is now GA — Apr 20 · Azure · Product Databricks Data Classification is now generally available. Use Data Classification to automatically classify and tag sensitive data in Unity Catalog using an agentic AI system. See Data Classification.
  • Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/20) — Apr 20 · Azure · Product New maintenance updates are available for supported Databricks Runtime versions. These updates include bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements. For details, see: Databricks Runtime 18.1 Databricks Runtime 18.0 Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS Databricks Runtime 16.4
  • Supervisor API for building agents (Beta) — Apr 20 · Azure · Product The Supervisor API (Beta) (deprecated) lets you build agents in a single API call. Define your model, tools, and instructions, and Azure Databricks handles tool selection, execution, and response synthesis.
  • Databricks Runtime 18: April 20, 2026 — Apr 20 · Azure · Runtime Fixed the CRS spatial reference authority for the GEOMETRY(102100) type. The authority is now reported as ESRI:102100 instead of EPSG:102100. [Security fix] Operating system security updates.
  • BI compatibility mode removed from Power BI connector — Apr 17 · Azure · Product Microsoft has removed the BI compatibility mode option, which allows you to query Unity Catalog metric views in Power BI, from the Power BI Azure Databricks connector. Reports that use this connector option no longer function. To request restored support for Azure Databricks metr
  • Altering a catalog or schema's managed storage location is now GA — Apr 17 · Azure · Product The ability to modify a catalog or schema's managed storage location is now generally available. The managed storage location is the default location in cloud storage used when new managed tables and volumes are created in Unity Catalog catalogs or schemas. See Specify a managed
  • Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes — Apr 16 · Azure · AI/BI Warehouse overload message: Dashboards now show a message explaining when rendering is delayed due to the warehouse being overloaded. Tabular attachments in email subscriptions: Dashboard email subscriptions now include tabular attachments. Fullscreen scroll position: Exiting ful
  • Visualization enhancements — Apr 16 · Azure · AI/BI Dashed and dotted line styles: You can now style lines as dashed or dotted in the Pattern section of the configuration pane.
  • Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements — Apr 16 · Azure · AI/BI Reasoning traces using the API (Public Preview): Users can now access Genie's reasoning traces using the API through the GenieQueryAttachments field in the GenieMessage object. See Get message. Message comments using the API (Public Preview): Users can now add text comments to me
  • Metric view enhancements — Apr 16 · Azure · AI/BI Measures and dimensions creation use Builder mode by default (Public Preview): Builder mode, the UI-based transformation tool, is now the default experience for editing measures and dimensions in metric views.
  • Databricks Connector for Google Sheets is now generally available — Apr 16 · Azure · Product The Databricks Connector for Google Sheets is now generally available. Use the connector to import and query Unity Catalog data, like Unity Catalog metric views. See Databricks Connector for Google Sheets.
  • Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 now available as a Databricks-hosted model — Apr 16 · Azure · Product Mosaic AI Model Serving now supports Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 as a Databricks-hosted model. To access this model, use: Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token Query reasoning models Query vision models
  • ai_parse_document is now generally available — Apr 16 · Azure · Product The ai_parse_document function is now generally available. This function parses structured content from unstructured documents including PDFs, images, Word documents, and PowerPoint files. Documents are limited to a maximum of 500 pages and 100 MB. See ai_parse_document function.
  • Compute log delivery to volumes is now GA — Apr 16 · Azure · Product Delivering Spark driver, worker, and event logs from classic all-purpose and jobs compute to Unity Catalog volumes is now generally available. This is the recommended approach for log storage. See Compute log delivery.
  • Customer-managed keys now support model serving — Apr 16 · Azure · Product You can now use customer-managed keys to encrypt model serving container images and model artifacts stored in Databricks managed registry. Endpoint artifacts created after April 16, 2026 are protected with customer-managed keys. See Customer-managed keys for encryption.
  • Query-based connectors for Lakeflow Connect (Public Preview) — Apr 15 · Azure · Product Query-based connectors in Lakeflow Connect are now available in Public Preview. Query-based connectors ingest data from databases by querying the source directly using a cursor column, without requiring change data capture (CDC) configuration or an ingestion gateway. Supported so
  • Sample Data Explorer is generally available — Apr 15 · Azure · Product Sample Data Explorer with Genie Code is now generally available. Sample Data Explorer lets you ask questions about tables in Unity Catalog using natural language. Genie Code returns a response that includes an SQL query answering your question. See Explore sample data with Genie
  • Updated UI navigation for Databricks Apps — Apr 15 · Azure · Product The Databricks Apps console has a redesigned interface that provides a more intuitive app management experience. The updated console streamlines workflows for editing, deploying, and monitoring apps. You can also access Databricks Apps directly from the app switcher in the top ri
  • AI Gateway now governs MCP servers (Beta) — Apr 15 · Azure · Product You can now use AI Gateway to enforce access control, monitor usage, and audit activity across all MCP interactions in your workspace. AI Gateway is the Azure Databricks central governance layer for LLM endpoints, coding agents, and MCP servers. See AI governance with Unity AI Ga
  • Lakebase: Customer-managed keys — Apr 14 · Azure · Other You can now manage encrypted Lakebase project data using a customer-managed key (CMK) from your own cloud KMS. This gives your organization full control over encryption and helps meet regulatory and compliance requirements. See Customer-managed keys for Lakebase.
  • Create and write to Unity Catalog tables from external Delta clients (Beta) — Apr 14 · Azure · Product The Unity REST API now supports write and create access to Unity Catalog external and managed Delta tables from external Delta clients such as Apache Spark. External Delta tables support full read, write, and create operations. Creating and writing to Unity Catalog managed Delta
  • Column-level SAP governance tags sync into Unity Catalog — Apr 13 · Azure · Product Column-level personal data governance tags from SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) now sync into Unity Catalog, including fieldSemantics, isPotentiallyPersonal, and isPotentiallySensitive. Use these tags in attribute-based access control (ABAC) policies to govern access to sensitive c
  • Connect Lovable apps to Azure Databricks — Apr 13 · Azure · Product You can now connect Lovable-hosted apps to your Azure Databricks workspace to query lakehouse data using the REST API and OAuth machine-to-machine authentication. See Connect Lovable to Databricks.
  • Vector Search retrieval quality (Beta) — Apr 13 · Azure · Product Mosaic AI Vector Search provides built-in retrieval quality evaluation that measures and compares the relevance of different search strategies on your data. For more information, see Evaluate AI Search retrieval quality.
  • SQL reference documentation for managing governed tags — Apr 13 · Azure · Product The Azure Databricks SQL reference now includes documentation for five new SQL statements for managing governed tags: CREATE GOVERNED TAG, ALTER GOVERNED TAG, DROP GOVERNED TAG, DESCRIBE GOVERNED TAG, and SHOW GOVERNED TAGS. For more information, see Create and manage governed ta
  • C5, TISAX, and K-FSI compliance controls are now generally available — Apr 10 · Azure · Product C5, TISAX, and K-FSI compliance controls are now generally available on Azure. These controls provide enhancements that help you meet compliance requirements for your workspace. See Cloud Computing Compliance Criteria Catalog (C5), Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange
  • Upcoming breaking change: default behavior when deleting a Unity Catalog pipeline — Apr 09 · Azure · Upcoming In an upcoming release, the default behavior when deleting a Unity Catalog pipeline will change. Currently, deleting a pipeline also removes all associated materialized views, streaming tables, and views. After this change, associated tables will be retained, but inactive after t
  • Dashboard enhancements — Apr 09 · Azure · AI/BI Local metric views (Public Preview): A new dataset type lets you create metric views directly in a dashboard using a low-code visual interface, without publishing to Unity Catalog first. See Local metric views. Edit hex color values inline: Authors can now click directly on a hex
  • Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements — Apr 09 · Azure · AI/BI Embed a Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) (Beta): You can now embed a Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) as an iframe in a website or application. See Embed a Genie Agent in an external app. Space thumbnails: Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) authors can now attach thumbnails t
  • Genie One enhancements — Apr 09 · Azure · AI/BI Account-level Genie One is now generally available: Account-level Genie One now includes Databricks Apps, Domains, and Genie. See Use Genie One. Updated workspace Genie One navigation: The workspace Genie One left-hand navigation has been updated and now includes Genie Code chat
  • New cascade field for deleting Unity Catalog pipelines (Beta) — Apr 09 · Azure · Product A new cascade field is available in the Pipelines DELETE API for Unity Catalog pipelines. By default, cascade=true, which preserves the existing behavior of deleting all associated materialized views, streaming tables, and views when a pipeline is deleted. Set cascade=false to re
  • Share foreign Iceberg tables with Delta Sharing (Public Preview) — Apr 09 · Azure · Product You can now share foreign Iceberg tables federated from foreign Iceberg catalogs using Delta Sharing. Providers can add foreign Iceberg tables to a share, and recipients access the shared data in read-only format. See Add foreign Iceberg tables to a share.
  • Databricks Runtime 18.2 and Databricks Runtime 18.2 ML are in Beta — Apr 08 · Azure · Product Databricks Runtime 18.2 and Databricks Runtime 18.2 ML are now in Beta, powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0. See Databricks Runtime 18.2 and Databricks Runtime 18.2 for Machine Learning.
  • Scoped personal access tokens are now generally available — Apr 08 · Azure · Product You can now scope personal access tokens (PATs) to specific API operations, restricting tokens to only the permissions you specify. For a complete list of available scopes, see API scopes. To learn more, see Authenticate with Azure Databricks personal access tokens (legacy). Scop
  • ai_prep_search (Beta) — Apr 08 · Azure · Product ai_prep_search is now available in Beta. This SQL function transforms the structured output of ai_parse_document into search-ready chunks optimized for vector search and RAG pipelines. See ai_prep_search function.
  • Git-backed app deployments are now generally available — Apr 07 · Azure · Product You can now deploy Databricks apps directly from Git repositories. Configure a Git reference, specify a source code path within a repository, and optionally enforce Git-only deployments across a workspace. See Deploy from a Git repository.
  • Databricks Marketplace listing creation wizard — Apr 06 · Azure · Product The Marketplace provider console now features a step-by-step listing creation wizard that guides you through setting up general information, data assets, attributes, and details on separate pages. See Create a Marketplace listing.
  • Workspace skills for Genie Code are now available — Apr 06 · Azure · Product Workspace skills for Genie Code Agent mode are now available. Workspace admins can create shared skills that are available to everyone in the workspace. Use workspace skills for broadly useful workflows across your team, such as machine learning pipelines or domain-specific proce
  • SAP semantic metadata syncs automatically into Unity Catalog — Apr 06 · Azure · Product When you mount an SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) share to a catalog, semantic metadata (such as table and column comments, primary keys, foreign keys, and governance tags) syncs automatically into Unity Catalog. You can use SAP governance tags in ABAC policies to control access to
  • Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes — Apr 02 · Azure · AI/BI Clear applied filters individually: Dashboard viewers can now individually clear applied filters from the active selection bar. Text box vertical alignment: Text box widgets now support vertical alignment (top, center, and bottom). Choropleth map boundaries: Choropleth maps now s
  • Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements — Apr 02 · Azure · AI/BI Column display names: Space authors can now set user-friendly display names on table and view columns. Display names appear in query results and in downloaded CSVs. Genie Conversation API now generally available: The Genie Conversation API is now generally available. Use the API
  • Genie One enhancements — Apr 02 · Azure · AI/BI Account Genie One is now in Public Preview: Account-level Genie One is now in Public Preview. Genie One provides a single location to view dashboards, apps, and Genie across all workspaces. See Use Genie One. Navigation between Genie One surfaces: Users can now navigate between A
  • Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/02) — Apr 02 · Azure · Product New maintenance updates are available for supported Databricks Runtime versions. These updates include bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements. For details, see: Databricks Runtime 18.1 Databricks Runtime 18.0 Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS Databricks Runtime 16.4
  • Governed tags are generally available — Apr 02 · Azure · Product Governed tags are generally available. Governed tags allow administrators to define a controlled set of tags that can be applied to Unity Catalog objects and workspace objects, helping organizations enforce consistent metadata tagging for access control, data classification, and
  • Databricks Runtime 18: April 2, 2026 — Apr 02 · Azure · Runtime Improved error handling for queries writing data to Delta tables that contain a VOID ( NullType) column inside a user-defined type (UDT). JDBC streaming sink connections now apply a 30-second socket timeout, retry logic with exponential backoff for transient errors (connection fa