topic Re: End of Year Documentation Update - Part 2 in Announcements https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/end-of-year-documentation-update-part-2/m-p/144465#M541 <P>Thank you&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/202433">@Om_Jha</a>!</P> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:16:28 GMT Addy0_ 2026-01-19T17:16:28Z End of Year Documentation Update - Part 2 https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/end-of-year-documentation-update-part-2/m-p/144438#M539 <P><STRONG>(2/2) continued..</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>GOVERNANCE</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/account-settings/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage your Databricks account</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/account-settings/legacy-features" target="_blank"><SPAN>Disable access to legacy features in new workspaces</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 19th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/disaster-recovery" target="_blank"><SPAN>Disaster recovery</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 19th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/account-settings/standard-tier" target="_blank"><SPAN>End of life for Standard tier workspaces on Databricks on Google Cloud</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 9th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/workspace/serverless-workspaces" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a serverless workspace</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 5th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/workspace/create-workspace" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a classic workspace</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 11th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/storage/default-storage" target="_blank"><SPAN>Default storage in Databricks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 5th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/workspace-settings/restrict-workspace-admins" target="_blank"><SPAN>Restrict workspace admins</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 19th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/users-groups/best-practices" target="_blank"><SPAN>Identity best practices</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/users-groups/users" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage users</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/users-groups/manage-service-principals" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage service principals</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 17th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/auth/access-control/service-principal-acl" target="_blank"><SPAN>Roles for managing service principals</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 17th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/users-groups/groups" target="_blank"><SPAN>Groups</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/users-groups/workspace-local-groups" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage workspace-local groups (legacy)</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 17th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/users-groups/scim/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Sync users and groups from your identity provider using SCIM</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 17th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/clusters/policy-families" target="_blank"><SPAN>Default policies and policy families</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 4th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/account-settings/audit-logs" target="_blank"><SPAN>Audit log reference</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/system-tables/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor account activity with system tables</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 18th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/system-tables/mlflow" target="_blank"><SPAN>MLflow system tables reference</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 3rd 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/system-tables/zerobus-ingest" target="_blank"><SPAN>Zerobus Ingest system table reference</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 19th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/usage/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Cost management tools on Databricks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 5th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/system-tables/serverless-billing" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor the cost of serverless compute</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 4th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/usage/default-storage" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor default storage costs</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 9th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Security and compliance</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 11th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/access-control/tokens" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor and revoke personal access tokens</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/auth/entitlements" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage entitlements</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/auth/change-default-workspace-access" target="_blank"><SPAN>Change default workspace access to Consumer access</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 17th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/auth/access-control/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Access control lists</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/network/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Networking</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 11th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/network/front-end/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Users to Databricks networking</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 18th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/network/front-end/front-end-private-connect" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure Front-end Private Service Connect</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 18th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/network/serverless-network-security/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Serverless compute plane networking</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/network/classic/update-workspaces" target="_blank"><SPAN>Update workspace network configuration</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 11th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/network/front-end/context-based-ingress" target="_blank"><SPAN>Context-based ingress control</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 17th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/network/front-end/manage-ingress-policies" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage context-based ingress policies</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 17th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/network/serverless-network-security/network-policies" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is serverless egress control?</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 18th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/network/serverless-network-security/manage-network-policies" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage network policies for serverless egress control</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 18th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/privacy/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Compliance</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 17th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/privacy/security-profile" target="_blank"><SPAN>Compliance security profile</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/privacy/enhanced-security-compliance" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure enhanced security and compliance settings</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/privacy/export-workspace-data" target="_blank"><SPAN>Export workspace data</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 18th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data governance with Databricks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 15th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Unity Catalog?</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 30th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/get-started" target="_blank"><SPAN>Get started with Unity Catalog</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 3rd 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/disable-hms" target="_blank"><SPAN>Disable access to the Hive metastore used by your Databricks workspace</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 23rd 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/access-control" target="_blank"><SPAN>Access control in Unity Catalog</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 17th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/manage-privileges/ownership" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage Unity Catalog object ownership</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 12th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/abac/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Unity Catalog attribute-based access control (ABAC)</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 4th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/abac/tutorial" target="_blank"><SPAN>Tutorial: Configure ABAC</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 18th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/abac/policies" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create and manage attribute-based access control (ABAC) policies</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 2nd 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/governed-tags/manage-governed-tags" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create and manage governed tags</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 18th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/governed-tags/manage-permissions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage permissions on governed tags</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 18th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/external-lineage" target="_blank"><SPAN>Bring your own data lineage</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 18th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/data-classification" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data Classification</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 26th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/hive-metastore" target="_blank"><SPAN>Work with the legacy Hive metastore alongside Unity Catalog</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/best-practices" target="_blank"><SPAN>Unity Catalog best practices</SPAN></A><SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN><SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 12th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>REFERENCE &amp; RESOURCES</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/machine-learning/automl/automl-api-reference" target="_blank"><SPAN>AutoML Python API reference</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 30th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/pyspark/reference/functions/" target="_blank"><SPAN>PySpark functions</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 1st 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/" target="_blank"><SPAN>SQL language reference</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 23rd 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-names-identifier-clause" target="_blank"><SPAN>IDENTIFIER clause</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 30th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-expression" target="_blank"><SPAN>SQL expression</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 7th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-parameter-marker" target="_blank"><SPAN>Parameter markers</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 7th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/data-types/geography-type" target="_blank"><SPAN>GEOGRAPHY type</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/data-types/geometry-type" target="_blank"><SPAN>GEOMETRY type</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/data-types/string-type" target="_blank"><SPAN>STRING type</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 7th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/data-types/timestamp-ntz-type" target="_blank"><SPAN>TIMESTAMP_NTZ type</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 30th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/data-types/variant-type" target="_blank"><SPAN>VARIANT type</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 9th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-functions-builtin" target="_blank"><SPAN>Built-in functions</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 9th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-st-geospatial-functions" target="_blank"><SPAN>ST geospatial functions</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-st-geospatial-functions-alpha" target="_blank"><SPAN>Alphabetical list of ST geospatial functions</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/delta-vacuum" target="_blank"><SPAN>VACUUM</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 10th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-syntax-aux-analyze-table" target="_blank"><SPAN>ANALYZE TABLE</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 17th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/machine-learning/automl/automl-api-reference" target="_blank"><SPAN>AutoML Python API reference</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 30th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/" target="_blank"><SPAN>SQL language reference</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 23rd 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/error-messages/error-classes" target="_blank"><SPAN>Error conditions in Databricks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 30th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/release-notes/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks release notes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/resources/limits" target="_blank"><SPAN>Resource limits</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 17th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/resources/feature-region-support" target="_blank"><SPAN>Features with limited regional availability</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 18th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/resources/ip-domain-region" target="_blank"><SPAN>IP addresses and domains for Databricks services and assets</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/resources/databricks-geos" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Geos: Data residency</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 23rd 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/resources/designated-services" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Designated Services</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 11th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/resources/supported-browsers" target="_blank"><SPAN>Supported browsers</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 11th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/ai-bi/release-notes/" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI/BI release notes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/release-notes/serverless/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Serverless compute release notes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 30th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/release-notes/dev-tools/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks developer tools and SDKs release notes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/release-notes/dev-tools/bundles" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Asset Bundles feature release notes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 8th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/release-notes/dbconnect/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Connect release notes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 12th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/getting-started/best-practices" target="_blank"><SPAN>Best practice articles</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Dec 16th 2025)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/archive/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks documentation archive</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>AWS Documentation - </STRONG><SPAN>Here’s a roundup of the most important AWS updates from the past month to help you quickly catch up on what’s new and relevant for your workloads.</SPAN></P> <P><STRONG>GET STARTED</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/notebooks/assistant-tips" target="_blank"><SPAN>Customize and improve Databricks Assistant responses</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/notebooks/assistant-tips" target="_blank"><SPAN>Customize and improve Databricks Assistant responses</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/assistant/skills" target="_blank"><SPAN>Extend the Assistant with agent skills</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/guides/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data guides</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/database-objects/tags" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply tags to Unity Catalog securable objects</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 12th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/connect/managed-ingestion" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect to managed ingestion sources</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>DATA MANAGEMENT&nbsp;</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/ldp/developer/sql-ref" target="_blank"><SPAN>Pipeline SQL language reference</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/oltp/instances/instance" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is a database instance?</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/oltp/instances/register-uc" target="_blank"><SPAN>Register your database in Unity Catalog</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/oltp/projects/get-started" target="_blank"><SPAN>Get started with Lakebase Postgres</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/oltp/projects/branches" target="_blank"><SPAN>Branches</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/oltp/projects/manage-projects" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage projects</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/oltp/projects/manage-branches" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage branches</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/oltp/projects/dev-workflow-tutorial" target="_blank"><SPAN>Tutorial: Branch-based development workflow</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/data-sharing/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Share data and AI assets securely</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/delta-sharing/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Delta Sharing?</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/delta-sharing/create-recipient" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create and manage data recipients for Delta Sharing (Databricks-to-Databricks sharing)</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/delta-sharing/create-share" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create and manage shares for Delta Sharing</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>AI &amp; ANALYTICS</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/ai-gateway/inference-tables" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor served models using AI Gateway-enabled inference tables</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 14th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/model-serving/foundation-model-overview" target="_blank"><SPAN>Supported foundation models on Mosaic AI Model Serving</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/foundation-model-apis/deploy-prov-throughput-foundation-model-apis" target="_blank"><SPAN>Provisioned throughput Foundation Model APIs</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/foundation-model-apis/legacy-prov-throughput" target="_blank"><SPAN>Deploy legacy provisioned throughput models</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/foundation-model-apis/api-reference" target="_blank"><SPAN>Foundation model REST API reference</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/foundation-model-apis/limits" target="_blank"><SPAN>Foundation Model APIs limits and quotas</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/model-serving/score-custom-model-endpoints" target="_blank"><SPAN>Query serving endpoints for custom models</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/model-serving/inference-tables" target="_blank"><SPAN>Inference tables for monitoring and debugging models</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 14th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/sgc-examples/gpu-batch-inference" target="_blank"><SPAN>Distributed LLM batch inference</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/feature-store/online-feature-store" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Online Feature Stores</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 12th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/feature-store/automatic-feature-lookup" target="_blank"><SPAN>Model Serving with automatic feature lookup</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 12th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/vector-search/custom-embedding-model" target="_blank"><SPAN>Use a custom embedding model</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/generative-ai/guide/concepts/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Concepts: Generative AI on Databricks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/generative-ai/guide/mosaic-ai-gen-ai-capabilities" target="_blank"><SPAN>Mosaic AI capabilities for GenAI</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/generative-ai/agent-bricks/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Agent Bricks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 14th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/generative-ai/agent-bricks/knowledge-assistant" target="_blank"><SPAN>Use Agent Bricks: Knowledge Assistant to create a high-quality chatbot over your documents</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/generative-ai/mcp/managed-mcp-meta-param" target="_blank"><SPAN>Meta parameters for Databricks Vector Search MCP servers</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/generative-ai/mcp/connect-external-services" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect non-Databricks clients to Databricks MCP servers</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/mlflow/experiments" target="_blank"><SPAN>Organize training runs with MLflow experiments</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dashboards/share" target="_blank"><SPAN>Share a dashboard</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dashboards/visualizations/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboard visualizations</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dashboards/visualizations/tables" target="_blank"><SPAN>Table and pivot table visualizations</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/genie/set-up" target="_blank"><SPAN>Set up and manage an AI/BI Genie space</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/genie/knowledge-store" target="_blank"><SPAN>Build a knowledge store for more reliable Genie spaces</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/genie/research-agent" target="_blank"><SPAN>Research Agent in Genie spaces</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/ai-bi/admin/" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI/BI administration guide</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>PLATFORM</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/compute/cluster-metrics" target="_blank"><SPAN>View compute metrics</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/compute/sql-warehouse/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect to a SQL warehouse</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/notebooks/notebooks-code" target="_blank"><SPAN>Develop code in Databricks notebooks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/notebooks/ds-agent" target="_blank"><SPAN>Use the Data Science Agent</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/notebooks/notebook-workflows" target="_blank"><SPAN>Orchestrate notebooks and modularize code in notebooks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/tables/delta-table" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Unity Catalog table types</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 14th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/tables/convert-external-managed" target="_blank"><SPAN>Convert an external table to a managed Unity Catalog table</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/delta/clustering" target="_blank"><SPAN>Use liquid clustering for tables</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 14th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/delta/feature-compatibility" target="_blank"><SPAN>Delta Lake feature compatibility and protocols</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/filters-and-masks/manually-apply" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manually apply row filters and column masks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 12th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>INTEGRATION</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/developers/" target="_blank"><SPAN>SQL language reference</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 11th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/repos/serverless-private-git" target="_blank"><SPAN>Get started with Databricks Serverless Private Git</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 2nd 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/repos/get-access-tokens-from-git-provider" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect your Git provider to Databricks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/repos/git-operations-with-repos" target="_blank"><SPAN>Run Git operations on Databricks Git folders</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 14th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/bundles/resources" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Asset Bundles resources</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/bundles/deployment-modes" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Asset Bundle deployment modes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/bundles/job-task-types" target="_blank"><SPAN>Add tasks to jobs in Databricks Asset Bundles</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/github" target="_blank"><SPAN>GitHub Actions</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/auth/oauth-federation-exchange" target="_blank"><SPAN>Authenticate with an identity provider token</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 2nd 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/databricks-connect/cluster-config" target="_blank"><SPAN>Compute configuration for Databricks Connect</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/sdk-python" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks SDK for Python</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/sql-drivers-tools" target="_blank"><SPAN>SQL connectors, libraries, drivers, APIs, and tools</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/integrations/jdbc-oss/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks JDBC Driver</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/integrations/jdbc/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks JDBC Driver (Simba)</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/integrations/jdbc/download" target="_blank"><SPAN>Download and reference the Databricks JDBC Driver (Simba)</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/databricks-apps/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Apps</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/partners/bi/power-bi" target="_blank"><SPAN>Power BI with Databricks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/partners/bi/power-bi-m2m" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure service principals on Databricks for Power BI</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/partners/bi/power-bi-desktop" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect Power BI Desktop to Databricks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/partners/bi/power-bi-service" target="_blank"><SPAN>Publish to the Power BI service from Databricks</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/partners/bi/power-bi-adbc" target="_blank"><SPAN>Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC) driver for Power BI</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/integrations/msft-power-platform" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect to Databricks from Microsoft Power Platform</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>GOVERNANCE</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/account-settings/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage your Databricks account</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/users-groups/best-practices" target="_blank"><SPAN>Identity best practices</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/users-groups/users" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage users</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/users-groups/groups" target="_blank"><SPAN>Groups</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/account-settings/audit-logs" target="_blank"><SPAN>Audit log reference</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/security/auth/entitlements" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage entitlements</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/access-control/tokens" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor and revoke personal access tokens</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/security/auth/access-control/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Access control lists</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/security/network/serverless-network-security/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Serverless compute plane networking</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/security/privacy/security-profile" target="_blank"><SPAN>Compliance security profile</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/security/privacy/enhanced-security-compliance" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure enhanced security and compliance settings</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/security/privacy/gov-cloud" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks on AWS GovCloud (FedRAMP High)</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 12th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/manage-privileges/upgrade-privilege-model" target="_blank"><SPAN>Upgrade to privilege inheritance</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/hive-metastore" target="_blank"><SPAN>Work with the legacy Hive metastore alongside Unity Catalog</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>REFERENCE &amp; RESOURCES</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/release-notes/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks release notes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/release-notes/runtime/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Runtime release notes versions and compatibility</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 17th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/ai-bi/release-notes/" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI/BI release notes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/release-notes/dev-tools/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks developer tools and SDKs release notes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/release-notes/dbconnect/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Connect release notes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 12th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/release-notes/gov-cloud/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks on AWS GovCloud release notes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 12th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/archive/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks documentation archive</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>AZURE Documentation - </STRONG><SPAN>Here’s a roundup of the most important Azure updates from the past month to help you quickly catch up on what’s new and relevant for your workloads.</SPAN></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/getting-started/free-edition-limitations" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Free Edition limitations</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/workspace/databricks-one" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Databricks One?</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/notebooks/databricks-assistant-faq" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Databricks Assistant?</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 14th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/notebooks/assistant-tips" target="_blank"><SPAN>Customize and improve Databricks Assistant responses</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/assistant/skills" target="_blank"><SPAN>Extend the Assistant with agent skills</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 14th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/guides/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data guides</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/volumes/volume-files" target="_blank"><SPAN>Work with files in Unity Catalog volumes</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/database-objects/tags" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply tags to Unity Catalog securable objects</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 14th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/unity-catalog/cloud-storage/azure-managed-identities" target="_blank"><SPAN>Use Azure managed identities in Unity Catalog to access storage</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/unity-catalog/cloud-storage/manage-external-locations" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage external locations</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/managed-ingestion" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect to managed ingestion sources</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)&nbsp;</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/storage/aad-storage-service-principal" target="_blank"><SPAN>Access storage using a service principal &amp; Microsoft Entra ID(Azure Active Directory)</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 6th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data-quality-monitoring/anomaly-detection/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Anomaly detection</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 17th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data-quality-monitoring/data-profiling/create-monitor-api" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a data profile using the API</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data-quality-monitoring/data-profiling/create-monitor-api-legacy" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a data profile using the quality_monitors API (deprecated)</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/external-access/admin" target="_blank"><SPAN>Enable external data access to Unity Catalog</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/external-access/iceberg" target="_blank"><SPAN>Access Azure Databricks tables from Apache Iceberg clients</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/external-access/create-external-tables" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create external Delta tables from external clients</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Managed connectors in Lakeflow Connect</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 17th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/common-patterns" target="_blank"><SPAN>Common patterns for managed ingestion pipelines</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/row-filtering" target="_blank"><SPAN>Select rows to ingest</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 15th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/google-analytics-source-setup" target="_blank"><SPAN>Set up Google Analytics 4 and Google BigQuery for Azure Databricks ingestion</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 17th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/google-analytics-pipeline" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a Google Analytics Raw Data ingestion pipeline</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/google-analytics-limits" target="_blank"><SPAN>Google Analytics Raw Data connector limitations</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/confluence-source-setup" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure OAuth U2M for Confluence ingestion</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/confluence-pipeline" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a Confluence ingestion pipeline</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/confluence-faq" target="_blank"><SPAN>Confluence connector FAQs</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/confluence-troubleshoot" target="_blank"><SPAN>Troubleshoot Confluence ingestion</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/jira-source-setup" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure Jira for ingestion</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/jira-pipeline" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a Jira ingestion pipeline</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/jira-faq" target="_blank"><SPAN>Jira connector FAQs</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/jira-limits" target="_blank"><SPAN>Jira connector limitations</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/jira-reference" target="_blank"><SPAN>Jira connector reference</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 8th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/jira-troubleshoot" target="_blank"><SPAN>Troubleshoot Jira ingestion</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/salesforce-concepts" target="_blank"><SPAN>Salesforce ingestion connector</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 14th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/salesforce-pipeline" target="_blank"><SPAN>Ingest data from Salesforce</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 15th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/salesforce-formula-fields" target="_blank"><FONT size="3">Ingest Salesforce formula fields incrementally</FONT></A><FONT size="3"> (<I>Updated on Jan 15th 2026)</I></FONT></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><FONT size="3"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/salesforce-faq" target="_blank">Salesforce ingestion connector FAQs</A> (<I>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</I></FONT></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><FONT size="3"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/salesforce-limits" target="_blank">Salesforce ingestion connector limitations</A> (<I>Updated on Jan 15th 2026)</I></FONT></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><FONT size="3"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/salesforce-reference" target="_blank">Salesforce ingestion connector reference</A> (<I>Updated on Jan 15th 2026)</I></FONT></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><FONT size="3"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/salesforce-troubleshoot" target="_blank">Troubleshoot Salesforce ingestion</A> (<I>Updated on Jan 15th 2026)</I></FONT></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><FONT size="3"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/servicenow-source-setup" target="_blank">Configure ServiceNow for Azure Databricks ingestion</A> (<I>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</I></FONT></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><FONT size="3"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/servicenow-pipeline" target="_blank">Create a ServiceNow ingestion pipeline</A> (<I>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</I></FONT></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><FONT size="3"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/servicenow-limits" target="_blank">ServiceNow connector limitations</A> (<I>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</I></FONT></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><FONT size="3"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/meta-ads-pipeline" target="_blank">Create a Meta Ads ingestion pipeline</A> (<I>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</I></FONT></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/meta-ads-faq" target="_blank"><SPAN>Meta Ads ingestion connector FAQs</SPAN></A> <SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/meta-ads-limits" target="_blank"><SPAN>Meta Ads ingestion connector limitations</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/meta-ads-reference" target="_blank"><SPAN>Meta Ads ingestion connector reference</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/meta-ads-troubleshoot" target="_blank"><SPAN>Troubleshoot Meta Ads ingestion</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/mysql-pipeline" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a MySQL ingestion pipeline</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/mysql-troubleshoot" target="_blank"><SPAN>Troubleshoot MySQL ingestion issues</SPAN></A> <SPAN>(</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/netsuite-source-setup" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure NetSuite for ingestion into Azure Databricks</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/netsuite-pipeline" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a NetSuite ingestion pipeline</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/netsuite-limits" target="_blank"><SPAN>NetSuite connector limitations</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/netsuite-reference" target="_blank"><SPAN>NetSuite connector reference</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/sharepoint-pipeline" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a Microsoft SharePoint ingestion pipeline</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/sharepoint-rag" target="_blank"><SPAN>Downstream RAG use case</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/sharepoint-faq" target="_blank"><SPAN>Microsoft SharePoint connector FAQs</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/sharepoint-limits" target="_blank"><SPAN>Microsoft SharePoint connector limitations</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/sharepoint-reference" target="_blank"><SPAN>Microsoft SharePoint connector reference</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/sharepoint-troubleshoot" target="_blank"><SPAN>Troubleshoot Microsoft SharePoint ingestion</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/d365-source-setup" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure data source for Microsoft Dynamics 365 ingestion</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/d365-pipeline" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a Microsoft Dynamics 365 ingestion pipeline</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/d365-faq" target="_blank"><SPAN>Microsoft Dynamics 365 connector FAQs</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/d365-limits" target="_blank"><SPAN>Microsoft Dynamics 365 ingestion connector limitations</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/d365-reference" target="_blank"><SPAN>Microsoft Dynamics 365 connector reference</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/d365-troubleshoot" target="_blank"><SPAN>Troubleshoot Microsoft Dynamics 365 ingestion</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/postgresql-pipeline" target="_blank"><SPAN>Ingest data from PostgreSQL</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/sql-server-pipeline" target="_blank"><SPAN>Ingest data from SQL Server</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/workday-reports-limits" target="_blank"><SPAN>Workday Reports connector limitations</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/cloud-object-storage/add-data-external-locations" target="_blank"><SPAN>Load data using a Unity Catalog external location</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 13th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/streaming/kafka" target="_blank"><SPAN>Stream processing with Apache Kafka and Azure Databricks</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 7th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Lakebase Provisioned</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/instance" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is a database instance?</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/create/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create and manage a database instance</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/create/capacity" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage instance capacity</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/create/high-availability" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure for high availability</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/create/child-instance" target="_blank"><SPAN>Restore data and time travel</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 14th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/create/monitor" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor a database instance</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 16th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data-sharing/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Share data and AI assets securely</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 9th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Apps</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 5th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/release-notes/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Azure Databricks release notes</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 15th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/resources/designated-services" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Designated Services</SPAN></A><SPAN> (</SPAN><I><SPAN>Updated on Jan 15th 2026)</SPAN></I></LI> </UL> <P>Thanks.</P> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:10:42 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/end-of-year-documentation-update-part-2/m-p/144438#M539 Om_Jha 2026-01-19T13:10:42Z Re: End of Year Documentation Update - Part 2 https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/end-of-year-documentation-update-part-2/m-p/144465#M541 <P>Thank you&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/202433">@Om_Jha</a>!</P> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:16:28 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/end-of-year-documentation-update-part-2/m-p/144465#M541 Addy0_ 2026-01-19T17:16:28Z Re: End of Year Documentation Update - Part 2 https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/end-of-year-documentation-update-part-2/m-p/144471#M543 <P><a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/202433">@Om_Jha</a>&nbsp;Thanks for the consolidated list. Very helpful.</P> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:34:42 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/end-of-year-documentation-update-part-2/m-p/144471#M543 Raman_Unifeye 2026-01-19T17:34:42Z