Releasesby GlyphGoogle Gemini 4 Hydrogen is now available on Unity Gateway
Google Gemini 4 Hydrogen is now available on Unity Gateway. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs . Customers are responsible for ensuring their compliance with applicable terms .
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You can track table-level data lineage in Knowledge Catalog for BigQuery pipelines
You can track table-level data lineage in Knowledge Catalog for BigQuery pipelines. For more information, see Track data lineage . This feature is generally available (GA).
BigQuery generative AI functions now support the gemini-4-hydrogen model
BigQuery generative AI functions now support the gemini-4-hydrogen model. This model is generally available .
Amazon Aurora and RDS now support Graviton5-based R9g database instances
AWS Graviton5-based R9g database instances are now generally available for Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility and MySQL compatibility, and for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB.
[In preview] Public Preview: SQL performance monitoring for Azure SQL Managed Instance
The public preview of Microsoft-managed performance monitoring for Azure SQL Managed Instance is now available. Customers monitoring business-critical SQL Managed Instance workloads often rely on custom scripts and disconnected monitoring tools. This requ
Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 4 Hydrogen available in web app, mobile app, Workflow Builder, and AI developer tools
Gemini 4 Hydrogen is generally available (GA) for the Gemini Enterprise web app, mobile app, Workflow Builder, and AI developer tools. Location availability : Supported in global , us , and eu multi-regions, with data residency and ML processing support in us and eu . For more information, see Data residency for Gemini Enterprise .
Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 3.8 Flash regional availability in Canada and Japan
Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available (GA) in Canada and Japan. Location availability : Supported in the Canada and Japan in-country regions with in-region at-rest data residency (DRZ) and machine learning processing (MLP). App availability : Turned on by default in the web app for the Canada and Japan regions.
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Bring your own ChatGPT subscription to Codex with Unity Gateway
Users can now connect their own ChatGPT subscriptions to Codex and ChatGPT desktop via Unity Gateway. This allows requests to be billed to the user's subscription while maintaining centralized access governance.
Write custom service policies in Python (Beta)
Users can now write custom service policies as Python functions in Unity Catalog. This allows for complex rules, such as regex or external guardrail calls, that cannot be expressed in SQL.
Connect GitHub Copilot CLI and GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code with Unity Gateway
ug configure --agents copilot now sets up GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code alongside GitHub Copilot CLI, with Claude, GPT, and open-source models. Admins can add GitHub Copilot to the coding agent configuration to set its models, default model, HTTP headers, and tracing for both Copilot CLI and Copilot in Visual Studio Code, and turn Copilot in Visual...
Allow ChatGPT and Claude as partner platforms in context-based ingress policies
Context-based ingress policies now allow traffic from ChatGPT and Claude as partner platforms, enabling hosted MCP clients to connect to Databricks workspaces.
Google Gemini 4 Carbon is now available on Unity Gateway
Google Gemini 4 Carbon is now available via Foundation Model APIs on Unity Gateway.
Text and binary inputs for protobuf requests to custom model serving endpoints (Public Preview)
Custom model serving endpoints now support text and binary data as KServe v2 BYTES tensors in protobuf requests. This feature is in public preview.
Budget alerts can now trigger webhooks (Beta)
You can now configure budgets to trigger webhooks when spend thresholds are exhausted, so budget events can be routed to incident, ticketing, or automation tools. See Trigger custom webhooks .
Provision Claude desktop with MDM using Unity Gateway
Admins can now use Unity Gateway to provision the Claude desktop app machine-wide via MDM, including pre-configured models, MCP servers, and skills for macOS users.