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[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-July 2026

PreviewVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

In mid-July 2026, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Shortcut Configuration lets you customize keyboard shortcuts for Quick Queries, the Results Grid, and the Query Editor directly within Visual Studio Code, wit

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DateRelease
Jul 17[Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Defender security assessments for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
GA
Jul 13[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks SQL Serverless in UK West
GA
Jul 9[Launched] Generally Available: Open AI GPT-5.6 on Azure Databricks
GA
Jul 7[Launched] Generally Available: Network Security Perimeter support for Azure Event Hubs
GA
Jul 7[Launched] Generally Available: Confidential Computing support for Azure Event Hubs Dedicated
GA
Jul 27[Launched] Generally Available: Claude Opus 5 on Azure Databricks
GA
Jul 2[Launched] Generally available: Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 on Azure Databricks
GA
Jul 1[Launched] Generally Available: New Powershell module: Az.PostgreSQLFlexibleServer
GA

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Jul 15BigQuery supports data governance tags , which let you enforce column-level security and data masking
Google CloudBigQueryPreview
Jul 15Integrated SaaS listings on Snowflake Marketplace (General availability)
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Jul 15Consumer-controlled maintenance policies , General Availability
SnowflakeSnowflakeGA
Jul 15Thinking Machine Labs Inkling now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Public Preview
DatabricksDatabricks Data Intelligence PlatformPreview
Jul 15Custom URLs for your Databricks account (Public Preview)
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Jul 15AI Search High QPS is now generally available
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