Conversational analytics now supports the AI.AGG function
Conversational analytics now supports the AI.AGG function . This function is in Preview .
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CREATE OR ALTER is generally available for 24 object types
CREATE OR ALTER is now generally available for 24 object types. CREATE OR ALTER creates an object if it doesn’t exist, or modifies an existing object to match the statement definition. It’s especially useful in declarative deployment workflows and CI/CD pipelines where the same script must be safe to re-run.
Catalog integration for Snowflake Postgres (General availability)
Catalog integrations for Snowflake Postgres are now generally available. A Snowflake Postgres catalog integration lets Snowflake automatically discover tables managed by a Snowflake Postgres instance and access them as read-only Apache Iceberg™ tables, using vended credentials so you don’t need to configure an external volume or manage storage credentials...
Allowlist partner platform IPs in context-based ingress control (Beta)
Context-based ingress control now supports Partner Platforms as a network source. Select a partner platform to allowlist the IPs that third-party apps use to connect to Databricks, including Power BI, Tableau Cloud, and dbt platform. Databricks manages and updates these IP lists automatically. See Network sources .
Trigger.AvailableNow support for OpenSharing streaming (GA)
Streaming reads from OpenSharing tables now support the Trigger.AvailableNow trigger. This trigger captures the shared table's current version when it starts, processes all available data across one or more micro-batches (honoring maxFilesPerTrigger and maxVersionsPerRpc ), and then stops, which is well suited to scheduled, batch-like incremental...
Admin API adds Claude Enterprise user management in beta
Claude Enterprise organizations can list and look up members, change roles, remove members, manage invites and groups, and read custom roles through the Admin API. Group and custom-role requests need the ce-user-management-2026-07-13 beta header.
GitHub Copilot for JetBrains expands BYOK capabilities
This update brings major advances in customization and model provider flexibility to all tiers of GitHub Copilot for JetBrains IDEs. With richer plugin and provider experiences, improved conversational interactions, and stronger reliability, teams can more confidently tailor Copilot to how they build software.
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BigQuery supports data governance tags , which let you enforce column-level security and data masking
BigQuery supports data governance tags , which let you enforce column-level security and data masking. Data governance tags are a type of Resource Manager tag that you can attach to sensitive columns and use in BigQuery data policies to grant conditional access to your users. This feature is in Preview .
BigQuery Apache Iceberg managed tables get partitioning and transactions GA
Table partitioning, multi-statement transactions and advanced runtime are now generally available for Apache Iceberg managed tables in BigQuery.
Cross-cloud Lakehouse now supports Snowflake as a remote catalog provider (Preview)
Cross-cloud Lakehouse now supports Snowflake as a remote catalog provider (Preview). You can configure federated catalogs to query data stored in Snowflake directly from Google Cloud using BigQuery or Apache Spark without migrating data or building complex ETL pipelines. For more information, see Set up cross-cloud Lakehouse for Snowflake .
BigQuery project caps limit slots and concurrency per project in preview
Project caps, also called scheduling policies, limit maximum slots and concurrency for each project within a BigQuery reservation, helping control shared capacity.
BigQuery Overview page is generally available
The BigQuery Overview page is a hub for tutorials, features and resources, with guided paths for users of all skill levels.
BigQuery Migration Service MCP server for SQL translation is GA
The MCP server translates SQL queries into GoogleSQL, generates DDL from input queries and explains SQL translations, letting AI tools drive warehouse migrations.
BigQuery Data Transfer Service incremental Salesforce transfers are GA
Incremental data transfers from Salesforce in the BigQuery Data Transfer Service are now generally available.