Releasesby GlyphApprove Genie tool actions in Slack and Microsoft Teams (Public Preview)
When Genie needs approval to run a connected external tool, the Databricks Genie apps for Slack and Microsoft Teams now show an approval prompt in the reply, so you can allow or deny the action without leaving the chat. See Approve tool actions and Approve tool actions .
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Gemini Enterprise: Salesforce federated data store
Connecting a Salesforce data source with Gemini Enterprise using data federation is generally available (GA). You can use the Gemini Enterprise app assistant to search across your Salesforce accounts, contacts, opportunities, cases, leads, and custom objects, get answers grounded in that content, and create, update, and delete records without needing to...
[In preview] Public Preview: Extend immutability for PITR backups for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance
With this enhancement, you have the ability to lock your retention to the configured PITR retention, beyond the default 7 days of immutable backups that are already available. This is especially useful for financial customers who typically have 35 days of
UI improvements now generally available for PD Reliability Platform customers
Customers on PD Reliability Platform now have an improved UI experience, including: Consolidated settings: Brings all your configuration and admin settings together in one place. New nav: Provides streamlined access to your most important capabilities. Your Subscription: Shows where the opportunities are to shift work off humans and onto AI and automation.
Claude auto-connect (beta) for PagerDuty MCP Server now in Early Access
With Claude auto-connect, members with a matching PagerDuty account are connected to PagerDuty in Claude automatically, with no sign-in screen and no identity provider (IdP) configuration. Members act as themselves in PagerDuty, with the permissions they already have there.
In BigQuery Studio , the left pane has been updated with new tab names
In BigQuery Studio , the left pane has been updated with new tab names. The Classic Explorer tab has been renamed to the Data tab, and the Repository tab has been renamed to the Source control tab. The Data tab now includes the Add data button and focuses on data hierarchies. These changes are generally available (GA).
Dependabot version updates support Agent Package Manager
You can now keep your AI agent skills, prompts, and instructions up to date with Dependabot version updates for Agent Package Manager (APM) . Dependabot opens pull requests to update supported git dependencies declared in apm.yml and regenerates apm.lock.yaml when it’s present. This support covers version updates, not security updates.
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Edit shared Lakeflow Designer operators with Genie Code
Use Genie Code in Lakeflow Designer to create shared custom operators or edit them by workspace YAML file path. See Build a shared custom operator .
More external knowledge sources
Databricks announced plans to support Tableau and Sigma as external knowledge sources for AI/BI and Genie.
External knowledge sources are in Beta
Databricks introduced beta support for external knowledge sources, allowing users to pull metadata from Power BI semantic models into Databricks. Genie can now use these definitions to answer questions.
Track Unity Gateway skill usage with audit logs and the usage dashboard
Users can now track Unity Gateway Skill usage through audit logs and a dedicated dashboard. The dashboard provides visibility into downloads, loads, and user activity.
Dashboard relationships are now generally available
Dashboard relationships, which enable multi-fact data models in AI/BI dashboards, are now generally available.
Dashboard bug fixes
Databricks released bug fixes for AI/BI dashboards, including improvements to filter behavior, theme scoping, and chart field persistence.
Databricks-provided MCP connectors in Genie One and Genie Code will soon be enabled by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Starting in December 2026, Databricks-provided MCP connectors in Genie One and Genie Code will be enabled by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled. The connectors include Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, Atlassian, Slack, and GitHub.
Upcoming end of life for the Genie One MCP Beta endpoint
The Genie One MCP Beta endpoint will reach end of life on November 30, 2026. Users must migrate to the generally available system.ai.genie_one_mcp MCP in Unity Gateway.