https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/documentation-update-26th-31st-january-2026/m-p/147167#M585 <P class="p1"><FONT size="4"><STRONG>Databricks documentation update: </STRONG></FONT>Dive into the latest Databricks docs, packed with hands-on how-to guides and reference content designed for data analysts, data scientists, and data engineers working across Databricks Data Science &amp; Engineering, Machine Learning, and SQL.&nbsp;</P> <P class="p1">Here’s your weekly roundup of key updates to help you quickly catch up on what’s new and most relevant for your workloads.</P> <P class="p1"><U><FONT size="4"><STRONG>GCP documentation update -&nbsp;</STRONG></FONT></U></P> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Getting Started &amp; Workspace Basics</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/getting-started/data-pipeline-get-started" target="_blank">Tutorial: Build an ETL pipeline with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/workspace/navigate-workspace" target="_blank">Navigate the Lakehouse workspace UI</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/workspace/databricks-one" target="_blank">What is Databricks One?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/search/" target="_blank">Search for workspace objects</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Data &amp; AI/ML</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/query/" target="_blank">Query data</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/dashboards/" target="_blank">Dashboards</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/machine-learning/retired-models-policy" target="_blank">Generative AI models maintenance policy</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Development &amp; Integration</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/repos/" target="_blank">Databricks Git folders</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/" target="_blank">CI/CD on Databricks</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Administration &amp; Governance</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/workspace/" target="_blank">Create a workspace</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/users-groups/" target="_blank">Manage users, service principals, and groups</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/resources/designated-services" target="_blank">Databricks Designated Services</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Reference &amp; Resources</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/reference/api" target="_blank">Databricks reference documentation</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/release-notes/" target="_blank">Databricks release notes</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><U><FONT size="4"><STRONG>AWS Documentation -&nbsp;</STRONG></FONT></U></P> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Getting Started &amp; Core Concepts</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/data-pipeline-get-started" target="_blank">Tutorial: Build an ETL pipeline with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/workspace/navigate-workspace" target="_blank">Navigate the Lakehouse workspace UI</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/workspace/databricks-one" target="_blank">What is Databricks One?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/search/" target="_blank">Search for workspace objects</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/query/" target="_blank">Query data</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Databases &amp; Data Management</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/oltp/" target="_blank">Lakebase Postgres</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/data-pipeline-get-started" target="_blank">Tutorial: Build an ETL pipeline with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Machine Learning &amp; AI</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/retired-models-policy" target="_blank">Generative AI models maintenance policy</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Visualization &amp; Dashboards</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dashboards/" target="_blank">Dashboards</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Development, CI/CD &amp; Automation</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/repos/" target="_blank">Databricks Git folders</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/" target="_blank">CI/CD on Databricks</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/azure-devops" target="_blank">Continuous integration and delivery on Databricks using Azure DevOps</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/github" target="_blank">GitHub Actions</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/jenkins" target="_blank">CI/CD with Jenkins on Databricks</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/auth/" target="_blank">Authorize access to Databricks resources</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/sdks" target="_blank">Databricks SDKs</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/sql-drivers-tools" target="_blank">SQL connectors, libraries, drivers, APIs, and tools</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Integrations &amp; Ecosystem</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/partner-connect/best-practice" target="_blank">Partner Connect set up best practices</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Administration &amp; Governance</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/workspace/" target="_blank">Create a workspace</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/users-groups/" target="_blank">Manage users, service principals, and groups</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Reference &amp; Resources</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/reference/api" target="_blank">Databricks reference documentation</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/release-notes/" target="_blank">Databricks release notes</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/resources/designated-services" target="_blank">Databricks Designated Services</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p3"><U><FONT size="4"><STRONG>Azure documentation update -&nbsp;</STRONG></FONT></U></P> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Getting Started &amp; Workspace Basics</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/getting-started/data-pipeline-get-started" target="_blank">Tutorial: Build an ETL pipeline with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/workspace/navigate-workspace" target="_blank">Navigate the Lakehouse workspace UI</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/workspace/databricks-one" target="_blank">What is Databricks One?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/search/" target="_blank">Search for workspace objects</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data-engineering/" target="_blank">Data engineering with Databricks</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data-engineering/concepts" target="_blank">Data engineering concepts</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Databricks Assistant &amp; Automation</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/assistant/mcp" target="_blank">Connect Databricks Assistant to MCP servers</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Unity Catalog &amp; Data Governance</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/catalogs/create-catalog" target="_blank">Create catalogs</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/volumes/volume-files" target="_blank">Work with files in Unity Catalog volumes</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/tables/table-overview" target="_blank">What are tables in Azure Databricks?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/database-objects/tags" target="_blank">Apply tags to Unity Catalog securable objects</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/unity-catalog/cloud-storage/azure-managed-identities" target="_blank">Use Azure managed identities in Unity Catalog to access storage</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/unity-catalog/cloud-storage/manage-external-locations" target="_blank">Manage external locations</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Data Connectivity &amp; Federation</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/managed-ingestion" target="_blank">Connect to managed ingestion sources</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/jdbc-connection" target="_blank">JDBC connection</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/query-federation/bigquery" target="_blank">Run federated queries on Google BigQuery</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/query-federation/salesforce-data-cloud-file-sharing" target="_blank">Lakehouse Federation for Salesforce Data 360 File Sharing</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/query-federation/remote-queries" target="_blank">Query external databases using the remote_query function</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/query-federation/networking" target="_blank">Networking recommendations for Lakehouse Federation</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Lakeflow &amp; Data Pipelines</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ldp/tutorials" target="_blank">Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines tutorials</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ldp/expectations" target="_blank">Manage data quality with pipeline expectations</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ldp/dbsql/streaming" target="_blank">Use streaming tables in Databricks SQL</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ldp/dbsql/materialized" target="_blank">Use materialized views in Databricks SQL</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Lakebase (Operational Database)</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/" target="_blank">Lakebase Postgres</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/" target="_blank">Lakebase Autoscaling</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/about" target="_blank">What is Lakebase Autoscaling?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/get-started" target="_blank">Get started with Lakebase Postgres</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/about" target="_blank">What is Lakebase Provisioned?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/instance" target="_blank">What is a database instance?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/auth-and-permissions" target="_blank">Authentication and permissions</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/query/" target="_blank">Connect and query</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Databricks Apps &amp; Development</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/" target="_blank">Databricks Apps</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/configuration" target="_blank">Configure a Databricks app</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/app-development" target="_blank">Develop Databricks apps</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/deploy" target="_blank">Deploy a Databricks app</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Administration &amp; Management</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/admin/admin-concepts" target="_blank">Databricks administration overview</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Reference &amp; Release Information</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/reference/api" target="_blank">Azure Databricks reference documentation</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/release-notes/" target="_blank">Azure Databricks release notes</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1">Thanks for tuning in to this week’s update! Got a topic you’d like us to dive into next? Share your suggestions in the comments, we’re excited to hear your ideas!</P> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:30:35 GMT Om_Jha 2026-02-06T17:30:35Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/documentation-update-26th-31st-january-2026/m-p/147167#M585 <P class="p1"><FONT size="4"><STRONG>Databricks documentation update: </STRONG></FONT>Dive into the latest Databricks docs, packed with hands-on how-to guides and reference content designed for data analysts, data scientists, and data engineers working across Databricks Data Science &amp; Engineering, Machine Learning, and SQL.&nbsp;</P> <P class="p1">Here’s your weekly roundup of key updates to help you quickly catch up on what’s new and most relevant for your workloads.</P> <P class="p1"><U><FONT size="4"><STRONG>GCP documentation update -&nbsp;</STRONG></FONT></U></P> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Getting Started &amp; Workspace Basics</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/getting-started/data-pipeline-get-started" target="_blank">Tutorial: Build an ETL pipeline with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/workspace/navigate-workspace" target="_blank">Navigate the Lakehouse workspace UI</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/workspace/databricks-one" target="_blank">What is Databricks One?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/search/" target="_blank">Search for workspace objects</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Data &amp; AI/ML</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/query/" target="_blank">Query data</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/dashboards/" target="_blank">Dashboards</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/machine-learning/retired-models-policy" target="_blank">Generative AI models maintenance policy</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Development &amp; Integration</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/repos/" target="_blank">Databricks Git folders</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/" target="_blank">CI/CD on Databricks</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Administration &amp; Governance</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/workspace/" target="_blank">Create a workspace</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/users-groups/" target="_blank">Manage users, service principals, and groups</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/resources/designated-services" target="_blank">Databricks Designated Services</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Reference &amp; Resources</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/reference/api" target="_blank">Databricks reference documentation</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/release-notes/" target="_blank">Databricks release notes</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><U><FONT size="4"><STRONG>AWS Documentation -&nbsp;</STRONG></FONT></U></P> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Getting Started &amp; Core Concepts</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/data-pipeline-get-started" target="_blank">Tutorial: Build an ETL pipeline with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/workspace/navigate-workspace" target="_blank">Navigate the Lakehouse workspace UI</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/workspace/databricks-one" target="_blank">What is Databricks One?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/search/" target="_blank">Search for workspace objects</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/query/" target="_blank">Query data</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Databases &amp; Data Management</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/oltp/" target="_blank">Lakebase Postgres</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/data-pipeline-get-started" target="_blank">Tutorial: Build an ETL pipeline with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Machine Learning &amp; AI</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/retired-models-policy" target="_blank">Generative AI models maintenance policy</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Visualization &amp; Dashboards</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dashboards/" target="_blank">Dashboards</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Development, CI/CD &amp; Automation</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/repos/" target="_blank">Databricks Git folders</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/" target="_blank">CI/CD on Databricks</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/azure-devops" target="_blank">Continuous integration and delivery on Databricks using Azure DevOps</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/github" target="_blank">GitHub Actions</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/jenkins" target="_blank">CI/CD with Jenkins on Databricks</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/auth/" target="_blank">Authorize access to Databricks resources</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/sdks" target="_blank">Databricks SDKs</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/sql-drivers-tools" target="_blank">SQL connectors, libraries, drivers, APIs, and tools</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Integrations &amp; Ecosystem</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/partner-connect/best-practice" target="_blank">Partner Connect set up best practices</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Administration &amp; Governance</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/workspace/" target="_blank">Create a workspace</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/users-groups/" target="_blank">Manage users, service principals, and groups</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Reference &amp; Resources</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/reference/api" target="_blank">Databricks reference documentation</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/release-notes/" target="_blank">Databricks release notes</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/resources/designated-services" target="_blank">Databricks Designated Services</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p3"><U><FONT size="4"><STRONG>Azure documentation update -&nbsp;</STRONG></FONT></U></P> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Getting Started &amp; Workspace Basics</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/getting-started/data-pipeline-get-started" target="_blank">Tutorial: Build an ETL pipeline with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/workspace/navigate-workspace" target="_blank">Navigate the Lakehouse workspace UI</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/workspace/databricks-one" target="_blank">What is Databricks One?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/search/" target="_blank">Search for workspace objects</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data-engineering/" target="_blank">Data engineering with Databricks</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data-engineering/concepts" target="_blank">Data engineering concepts</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Databricks Assistant &amp; Automation</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/assistant/mcp" target="_blank">Connect Databricks Assistant to MCP servers</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Unity Catalog &amp; Data Governance</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/catalogs/create-catalog" target="_blank">Create catalogs</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/volumes/volume-files" target="_blank">Work with files in Unity Catalog volumes</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/tables/table-overview" target="_blank">What are tables in Azure Databricks?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/database-objects/tags" target="_blank">Apply tags to Unity Catalog securable objects</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/unity-catalog/cloud-storage/azure-managed-identities" target="_blank">Use Azure managed identities in Unity Catalog to access storage</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/unity-catalog/cloud-storage/manage-external-locations" target="_blank">Manage external locations</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Data Connectivity &amp; Federation</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/managed-ingestion" target="_blank">Connect to managed ingestion sources</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/connect/jdbc-connection" target="_blank">JDBC connection</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/query-federation/bigquery" target="_blank">Run federated queries on Google BigQuery</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/query-federation/salesforce-data-cloud-file-sharing" target="_blank">Lakehouse Federation for Salesforce Data 360 File Sharing</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/query-federation/remote-queries" target="_blank">Query external databases using the remote_query function</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/query-federation/networking" target="_blank">Networking recommendations for Lakehouse Federation</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Lakeflow &amp; Data Pipelines</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ldp/tutorials" target="_blank">Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines tutorials</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ldp/expectations" target="_blank">Manage data quality with pipeline expectations</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ldp/dbsql/streaming" target="_blank">Use streaming tables in Databricks SQL</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ldp/dbsql/materialized" target="_blank">Use materialized views in Databricks SQL</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Lakebase (Operational Database)</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/" target="_blank">Lakebase Postgres</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/" target="_blank">Lakebase Autoscaling</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/about" target="_blank">What is Lakebase Autoscaling?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/get-started" target="_blank">Get started with Lakebase Postgres</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/about" target="_blank">What is Lakebase Provisioned?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/instance" target="_blank">What is a database instance?</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/auth-and-permissions" target="_blank">Authentication and permissions</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/instances/query/" target="_blank">Connect and query</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Databricks Apps &amp; Development</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/" target="_blank">Databricks Apps</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/configuration" target="_blank">Configure a Databricks app</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/app-development" target="_blank">Develop Databricks apps</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/deploy" target="_blank">Deploy a Databricks app</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Administration &amp; Management</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/admin/admin-concepts" target="_blank">Databricks administration overview</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1"><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Reference &amp; Release Information</STRONG></FONT></P> <UL class="ul1"> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/reference/api" target="_blank">Azure Databricks reference documentation</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="li1"><FONT size="3"><SPAN class="s1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/release-notes/" target="_blank">Azure Databricks release notes</A></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL> <P class="p1">Thanks for tuning in to this week’s update! 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