topic Documentation Update | 19th - 25th January 2026 in Announcements https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/documentation-update-19th-25th-january-2026/m-p/146100#M570 <P><STRONG>Documentation Update - </STRONG><SPAN>Databricks documentation delivers practical how-to guides and reference content for data analysts, data scientists, and data engineers using Databricks Data Science &amp; Engineering, Machine Learning, and SQL.</SPAN></P> <P><STRONG>GCP Documentation - </STRONG><SPAN>Here’s a roundup of the most important GCP updates from the past week 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://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/workspace/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Workspace UI&nbsp;</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/guides/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data guides</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-engineering/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data engineering</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-sharing/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data Sharing</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/machine-learning/retired-models-policy" target="_blank"><SPAN>Generative AI models maintenance policy</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/getting-started/high-level-architecture" target="_blank"><SPAN>High-level architecture</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/dev-tools/databricks-apps/system-env" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Apps system environment</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/tables/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks tables</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/spark/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apache Spark</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/developers/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Develop on Databricks</SPAN></A></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/jobs/sql" target="_blank"><SPAN>SQL task for jobs</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>AWS Documentation - </STRONG><SPAN>A quick overview of key AWS announcements and updates from the past week to keep you informed on what’s new for you<STRONG>.</STRONG></SPAN></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/data-engineering/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data engineering with Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/oltp/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Lakebase Postgres</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/high-level-architecture" target="_blank"><SPAN>High-level architecture</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/tables/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks tables</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/spark/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apache Spark&nbsp;</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/reference/api" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks reference documentation</SPAN></A></LI> <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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/resources/designated-services" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Designated Services</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>AZURE Documentation - </STRONG><SPAN>Last week’s Azure highlights bring you the most relevant updates and improvements to help you stay up-to-date.</SPAN></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/workspace/databricks-one" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks One</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/search/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Search for workspace objects</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/assistant/skills" target="_blank"><SPAN>Extend the Assistant with agent skills</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/tables/table-overview" target="_blank"><SPAN>What are tables in Azure Databricks?</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/database-objects/tags" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply tags to Unity Catalog securable objects</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/connect/managed-ingestion" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect to managed ingestion sources</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/connect/jdbc-connection" target="_blank"><SPAN>JDBC connection</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-quality-monitoring/anomaly-detection/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Anomaly detection</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-quality-monitoring/data-profiling/create-monitor-api" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a data profile using the API</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/files/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Work with files on Azure Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-engineering/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data engineering with Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Lakebase</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-sharing/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Share data and AI assets securely</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Apps</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/tables/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Azure Databricks tables</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/spark/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apache Spark</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/developers/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Develop on Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-governance/unity-catalog/manage-privileges/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage privileges in Unity Catalog</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-governance/unity-catalog/abac/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Unity Catalog attribute-based access control (ABAC)</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/reference/api" target="_blank"><SPAN>Azure Databricks reference documentation</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/release-notes/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Azure Databricks release notes</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><SPAN>We hope you enjoyed this week's update. Have a topic you'd like us to cover next? Drop your fantastic suggestions in the comments - we can't wait to hear them!</SPAN></P> Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:17:56 GMT Om_Jha 2026-01-30T14:17:56Z Documentation Update | 19th - 25th January 2026 https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/documentation-update-19th-25th-january-2026/m-p/146100#M570 <P><STRONG>Documentation Update - </STRONG><SPAN>Databricks documentation delivers practical how-to guides and reference content for data analysts, data scientists, and data engineers using Databricks Data Science &amp; Engineering, Machine Learning, and SQL.</SPAN></P> <P><STRONG>GCP Documentation - </STRONG><SPAN>Here’s a roundup of the most important GCP updates from the past week 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://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/workspace/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Workspace UI&nbsp;</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/guides/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data guides</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-engineering/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data engineering</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-sharing/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data Sharing</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/machine-learning/retired-models-policy" target="_blank"><SPAN>Generative AI models maintenance policy</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/getting-started/high-level-architecture" target="_blank"><SPAN>High-level architecture</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/dev-tools/databricks-apps/system-env" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Apps system environment</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/tables/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks tables</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/spark/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apache Spark</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/developers/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Develop on Databricks</SPAN></A></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/jobs/sql" target="_blank"><SPAN>SQL task for jobs</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>AWS Documentation - </STRONG><SPAN>A quick overview of key AWS announcements and updates from the past week to keep you informed on what’s new for you<STRONG>.</STRONG></SPAN></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/data-engineering/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data engineering with Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/oltp/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Lakebase Postgres</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/high-level-architecture" target="_blank"><SPAN>High-level architecture</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/tables/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks tables</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/spark/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apache Spark&nbsp;</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/reference/api" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks reference documentation</SPAN></A></LI> <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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/resources/designated-services" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Designated Services</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>AZURE Documentation - </STRONG><SPAN>Last week’s Azure highlights bring you the most relevant updates and improvements to help you stay up-to-date.</SPAN></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/workspace/databricks-one" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks One</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/search/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Search for workspace objects</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/assistant/skills" target="_blank"><SPAN>Extend the Assistant with agent skills</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/tables/table-overview" target="_blank"><SPAN>What are tables in Azure Databricks?</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/database-objects/tags" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply tags to Unity Catalog securable objects</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/connect/managed-ingestion" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect to managed ingestion sources</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/connect/jdbc-connection" target="_blank"><SPAN>JDBC connection</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-quality-monitoring/anomaly-detection/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Anomaly detection</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-quality-monitoring/data-profiling/create-monitor-api" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a data profile using the API</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/files/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Work with files on Azure Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-engineering/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data engineering with Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Lakebase</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-sharing/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Share data and AI assets securely</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Apps</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/tables/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Azure Databricks tables</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/spark/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apache Spark</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/developers/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Develop on Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-governance/unity-catalog/manage-privileges/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage privileges in Unity Catalog</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-governance/unity-catalog/abac/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Unity Catalog attribute-based access control (ABAC)</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/reference/api" target="_blank"><SPAN>Azure Databricks reference documentation</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/release-notes/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Azure Databricks release notes</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><SPAN>We hope you enjoyed this week's update. Have a topic you'd like us to cover next? Drop your fantastic suggestions in the comments - we can't wait to hear them!</SPAN></P> Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:17:56 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/documentation-update-19th-25th-january-2026/m-p/146100#M570 Om_Jha 2026-01-30T14:17:56Z