Releasesby GlyphDatabricks SQL version 2026.45 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.45 is now available in the Preview channel. Review the following section to learn about new features. Share views with or without history ALTER SHARE ... ADD VIEW and ALTER SHARE ... ALTER VIEW now accept the WITH HISTORY and WITHOUT HISTORY clauses. Existing history defaults are unchanged.
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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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Databricks SQL version 2026.44 is rolling out in Current
Databricks SQL version 2026.44 is rolling out to the Current channel. See features in 2026.44 .
Metric view listings are generally available in Databricks Marketplace
Databricks Marketplace now generally supports publishing governed metric views, allowing Databricks recipients to consume shared business metrics.
Relationships between metric views (Beta)
Unity Catalog now supports defining relationships between metric views using SQL constraints. This helps AI assistants and BI tools identify correct join paths.
Native XML file format support is now generally available
Native XML file format support is generally available in Databricks SQL, enabling XML parsing and querying across batch and streaming workloads.
Apply ABAC policies to shared views, materialized views, and streaming tables
You can now apply attribute-based access control (ABAC) row filters and column masks to views, materialized views, and streaming tables shared through OpenSharing. Shared views are in Beta and require the ABAC on views preview. See OpenSharing and ABAC .
Databricks SQL version 2026.44 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.44 is now available in the Preview channel. This version includes the following changes: Operating system security updates. Miscellaneous bug fixes. This version doesn't include new features or behavioral changes.
Databricks SQL version 2026.43 is rolling out in Current
Databricks launched Databricks SQL version 2026.43 on the Current release channel.
Databricks SQL version 2026.43 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.43 is now available in the Preview channel. This version includes the following changes: Operating system security updates. Miscellaneous bug fixes. This version doesn't include new features or behavioral changes.