Sharing foreign schemas and tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
GAVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026
Sharing and reading foreign schemas and foreign tables with OpenSharing is now generally available. Providers can share foreign schemas and tables federated from external data sources using Lakehouse Federation, without copying data into Databricks.
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|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | Sharing foreign Iceberg tables with OpenSharing is now generally available GA | GA |
| Sep 9 | External secrets in Unity Catalog (Beta) Beta | Beta |
| Sep 8 | ABAC DENY policies are in Beta Beta | Beta |
| Sep 15 | The READ METADATA privilege will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Update | Update |
| Sep 15 | Sharing foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing is now generally available GA | GA |
| Sep 15 | Data Classification now scans Unity Catalog views (Beta) Beta | Beta |
| Sep 16 | VARIANT cast extends to ARRAY and MAP columns in ABAC column masks Update | Update |
| Sep 17 | Metastore-level ABAC policies are in Beta Beta | Beta |
