Azure Databricks changelog
41 announcements since February 2025 · 22 GA · 12 previews · 2 price changes · 2 deprecations · 2 Region expansions
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October 20261
August 20265
Available in North Central US, France Central, Germany West Central and East AsiaRegion
End of life on November 1, 2026; workloads on this version will stop runningDeprecation
Free usage extended from July 31, 2026 through January 31, 2027Price
Central governance for AI models, agents, tools and MCP services on Azure DatabricksGA
July 20264
Available through AI Model Serving for building AI applications and agentsGA
Available in UK West from July 13, 2026; serverless is default for new SQL warehousesRegion
Available via Model Serving Endpoint, purchased on Microsoft Foundry, governed by Unity AI GatewayGA
Available through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving with pay-per-token Foundation Model APIsGA
June 20264
Natively writes managed Delta tables to Microsoft OneLakePreview
Native read access to Microsoft OneLake data through Unity CatalogGA
Create copy-on-write production database branch and debug agents with GitHub Copilot agent modePreview
Single endpoint lets Copilot Studio agents query across a whole workspacePreview
April 20261
March 20264
February 20264
Available through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving with pay-per-token Foundation Model APIsGA
Orchestrates multiple agents using a dynamic supervisor pattern, governed through Unity CatalogGA
Generally Available: Claude Opus 4.6 now available on Azure Databricks
Generally Available: Serverless workspaces in Azure DatabricksGA