topic Documentation Update | 16th - 22nd February 2026 in Announcements https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/documentation-update-16th-22nd-february-2026/m-p/149509#M630 <P><SPAN><STRONG>Databricks documentation update:</STRONG> Explore the latest Databricks docs, featuring practical how-to guides and in-depth reference material for data analysts, data scientists, and data engineers working in Databricks Data Science &amp; Engineering, Machine Learning, and SQL.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Here’s your weekly roundup of key updates to help you quickly see what’s new and most relevant for your workloads.</SPAN></P> <P><U><STRONG>GCP documentation update:</STRONG></U></P> <P><STRONG>Getting Started</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/getting-started/free-edition" target="_blank"><SPAN>Sign up for Databricks Free Edition</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/getting-started/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Get started tutorials on Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/workspace/workspace-objects" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage workspace objects</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/databricks-ai/partner-powered" target="_blank"><SPAN>Partner-powered AI features</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/databricks-ai/databricks-ai-trust" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks AI assistive features trust and safety</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/notebooks/databricks-assistant-faq" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Databricks Assistant?</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/notebooks/assistant-tips" target="_blank"><SPAN>Tips to improve Databricks Assistant responses</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/assistant/instructions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Add custom instructions</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/assistant/github-mcp" target="_blank"><SPAN>Enterprise code search on Databricks Assistant via the Github MCP server</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/database-objects/tags" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply tags to Unity Catalog securable objects</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Data Management</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Managed connectors in Lakeflow Connect</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>AI &amp; Analytics</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/large-language-models/ai-functions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply AI on data using Databricks AI Functions</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/generative-ai/guide/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Introduction to generative AI apps on Databricks</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/dashboards/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboards</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/genie/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is an AI/BI Genie space</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/ai-bi/admin/" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI/BI administration guide</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <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-gcp/create-subscription" target="_blank"><SPAN>Start a Databricks free trial on Google Cloud</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/clusters/automatic-cluster-update" target="_blank"><SPAN>Automatic cluster update</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/workspace/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a workspace</SPAN></A></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></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></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/privacy/enhanced-security-monitoring" target="_blank"><SPAN>Enhanced security monitoring</SPAN></A></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></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/upgrade/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Upgrade a Databricks workspaces to Unity Catalog</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Reference &amp; Release Notes</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/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/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/release-notes/runtime/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Runtime release notes versions and compatibility</SPAN></A></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></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></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></LI> </UL> <P><U><STRONG>AWS documentation update:</STRONG></U></P> <P><STRONG>Getting Started</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/free-edition" target="_blank"><SPAN>Sign up for Databricks Free Edition</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Get started tutorials on Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/workspace/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Workspace UI</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/workspace/workspace-objects" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage workspace objects</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/notebooks/databricks-assistant-faq" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Databricks Assistant?</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Data Management</STRONG></P> <UL> <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/oltp/projects/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Lakebase Autoscaling</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/metric-views/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Unity Catalog metric views</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/metric-views/materialization" target="_blank"><SPAN>Materialization for metric views</SPAN></A></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/large-language-models/ai-functions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply AI on data using Databricks AI Functions</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/ai-gateway/" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI Gateway</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/generative-ai/guide/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Introduction to generative AI apps on Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/generative-ai/agent-framework/chat-app" target="_blank"><SPAN>Build and share a chat UI with Databricks Apps (Model Serving)</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/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/aws/en/dashboards/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboards</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/genie/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is an AI/BI Genie space</SPAN></A></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></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Integration</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/" target="_blank"><SPAN>CI/CD on Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Local development tools</SPAN></A></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/workspace/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a workspace</SPAN></A></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/system-tables/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor account activity with system tables</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Unity Catalog?</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/upgrade/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Upgrade a Databricks workspaces to Unity Catalog</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Reference &amp; Release Notes</STRONG></P> <UL> <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/release-notes/runtime/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Runtime release notes versions and compatibility</SPAN></A></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/best-practices" target="_blank"><SPAN>Best practice articles</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><U><STRONG>AZURE documentation update:</STRONG></U></P> <P><STRONG>Getting started</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/getting-started/free-edition" target="_blank"><SPAN>Sign up for Databricks Free Edition</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/getting-started/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Get started tutorials on Azure Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/getting-started/analyst-get-started" target="_blank"><SPAN>Tutorial: Explore dashboards and query data with Genie in Databricks One</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Workspace UI</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/workspace/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Workspace UI</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/workspace/workspace-objects" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage workspace objects</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/databricks-ai/partner-powered" target="_blank"><SPAN>Partner-powered AI features</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/databricks-ai/databricks-ai-trust" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks AI assistive features trust and safety</SPAN></A></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></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>Tips to improve Databricks Assistant responses</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/assistant/instructions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Add custom instructions</SPAN></A></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/assistant/mcp" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect Databricks Assistant to MCP servers</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/assistant/github-mcp" target="_blank"><SPAN>Enterprise code search on Databricks Assistant via the Github MCP server</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Data Guides</STRONG></P> <UL> <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></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/query-federation/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Lakehouse Federation?</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/visualizations/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Visualizations in Databricks notebooks and SQL editor</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Data Engineering</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/file-upload/upload-to-volume" target="_blank"><SPAN>Upload files to a Unity Catalog volume</SPAN></A></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/gateway-event-logs" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor ingestion gateway progress with event logs</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ldp/developer/sql-dev" target="_blank"><SPAN>Develop Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines code with SQL</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>OLTP Databases (Lakebase)</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Lakebase Postgres</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/core-concepts" target="_blank"><SPAN>Core concepts</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/connect" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect to your database</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/connect-overview" target="_blank"><SPAN>Quickstart</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/connection-strings" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connection strings</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/connect-application" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect an application</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/external-apps-connect" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect external app to Lakebase using SDK</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/external-apps-manual-api" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect external app to Lakebase using API</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/postgres-clients" target="_blank"><SPAN>Postgres clients</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/tutorials" target="_blank"><SPAN>Lakebase Postgres tutorials</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/backup-methods" target="_blank"><SPAN>Backup and restore methods</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/data-protection" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data protection</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Data Warehousing</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/sql/dbsql-api-latest" target="_blank"><SPAN>Update to the latest Databricks SQL API version</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>AI &amp; ML</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/large-language-models/ai-functions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply AI on data using Azure Databricks AI Functions</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI Gateway</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/overview-beta" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI Gateway (Beta)</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/configure-endpoints-beta" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure AI Gateway endpoints</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/query-endpoints-beta" target="_blank"><SPAN>Query AI Gateway endpoints</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/usage-tracking-beta" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor usage for AI Gateway endpoints</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/inference-tables-beta" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor models using inference tables</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/coding-agent-integration-beta" target="_blank"><SPAN>Integrate with coding agents</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/overview-serving-endpoints" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI Gateway for serving endpoints</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/generative-ai/guide/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Introduction to generative AI apps on Azure Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/generative-ai/agent-framework/build-genai-apps" target="_blank"><SPAN>Build gen AI apps on Azure Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Business Intelligence</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboards</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/concepts" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboard concepts</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/manage/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Author dashboards</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/manage/data-modeling/datasets" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create and manage dashboard datasets</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/manage/visualizations/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboard visualizations</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/manage/filters/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Use dashboard filters</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/manage/settings" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboard settings</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/share/share" target="_blank"><SPAN>Share a dashboard</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/share/schedule-subscribe" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage scheduled dashboard updates and subscriptions</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/share/embedding/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Embed a dashboard</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/share/embedding/basic" target="_blank"><SPAN>Basic dashboard embedding</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/share/embedding/external-embed" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is embedding for external users?</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/genie-spaces" target="_blank"><SPAN>Genie spaces with dashboards</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/automate/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboard developer workflows</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/monitor-usage" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor dashboard usage</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/genie/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is an AI/BI Genie space</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/genie/set-up" target="_blank"><SPAN>Set up and manage an AI/BI Genie space</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/genie/knowledge-store" target="_blank"><SPAN>Build a knowledge store for more reliable Genie spaces</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/genie/talk-to-genie" target="_blank"><SPAN>Use a Genie space to explore business data</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/genie/agent-mode" target="_blank"><SPAN>Agent mode in Genie spaces</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-bi/admin/" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI/BI administration guide</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Architecture &amp; Apps</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/compute/serverless/dependencies" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure the serverless environment</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/resources" target="_blank"><SPAN>Add resources to a Databricks app</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/structured-streaming/watermarks" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply watermarks to control data processing thresholds</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Apache Spark</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/structured-streaming/real-time" target="_blank"><SPAN>Real-time mode in Structured Streaming</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/structured-streaming/real-time-get-started" target="_blank"><SPAN>Get started with real-time mode</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/structured-streaming/real-time-examples" target="_blank"><SPAN>Real-time mode examples</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/pandas/pandas-on-spark" target="_blank"><SPAN>Pandas API on Spark</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>CI/CD</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/ci-cd/" target="_blank"><SPAN>CI/CD on Azure Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/bundles/settings" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Asset Bundle configuration</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/terraform/cdktf" target="_blank"><SPAN>Terraform CDK Databricks Provider</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Local development tools</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/cli/commands" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks CLI commands</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Administration &amp; Security</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/admin/workspace/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a workspace</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/admin/workspace/create-workspace" target="_blank"><SPAN>Deploy a workspace using the Azure Portal</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/admin/users-groups/automatic-identity-management" target="_blank"><SPAN>Sync users and groups automatically from Microsoft Entra ID</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/admin/system-tables/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor account activity with system tables</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/admin/account-settings/audit-logs" target="_blank"><SPAN>Diagnostic log reference</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/security/auth/api-access-permissions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage personal access token permissions</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Data Governance (Unity Catalog)</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data-governance/unity-catalog/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Unity Catalog?</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data-governance/unity-catalog/upgrade/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Upgrade a Azure Databricks workspaces to Unity Catalog</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Reference &amp; Release Notes</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/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-gb/azure/databricks/release-notes/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Azure Databricks release notes</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><SPAN>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'd love to hear your ideas!</SPAN></P> Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:12:03 GMT Om_Jha 2026-02-27T14:12:03Z Documentation Update | 16th - 22nd February 2026 https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/documentation-update-16th-22nd-february-2026/m-p/149509#M630 <P><SPAN><STRONG>Databricks documentation update:</STRONG> Explore the latest Databricks docs, featuring practical how-to guides and in-depth reference material for data analysts, data scientists, and data engineers working in Databricks Data Science &amp; Engineering, Machine Learning, and SQL.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Here’s your weekly roundup of key updates to help you quickly see what’s new and most relevant for your workloads.</SPAN></P> <P><U><STRONG>GCP documentation update:</STRONG></U></P> <P><STRONG>Getting Started</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/getting-started/free-edition" target="_blank"><SPAN>Sign up for Databricks Free Edition</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/getting-started/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Get started tutorials on Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/workspace/workspace-objects" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage workspace objects</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/databricks-ai/partner-powered" target="_blank"><SPAN>Partner-powered AI features</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/databricks-ai/databricks-ai-trust" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks AI assistive features trust and safety</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/notebooks/databricks-assistant-faq" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Databricks Assistant?</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/notebooks/assistant-tips" target="_blank"><SPAN>Tips to improve Databricks Assistant responses</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/assistant/instructions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Add custom instructions</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/assistant/github-mcp" target="_blank"><SPAN>Enterprise code search on Databricks Assistant via the Github MCP server</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/database-objects/tags" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply tags to Unity Catalog securable objects</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Data Management</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Managed connectors in Lakeflow Connect</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>AI &amp; Analytics</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/large-language-models/ai-functions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply AI on data using Databricks AI Functions</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/generative-ai/guide/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Introduction to generative AI apps on Databricks</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/dashboards/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboards</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/genie/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is an AI/BI Genie space</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/ai-bi/admin/" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI/BI administration guide</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <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-gcp/create-subscription" target="_blank"><SPAN>Start a Databricks free trial on Google Cloud</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/clusters/automatic-cluster-update" target="_blank"><SPAN>Automatic cluster update</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/workspace/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a workspace</SPAN></A></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></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></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/security/privacy/enhanced-security-monitoring" target="_blank"><SPAN>Enhanced security monitoring</SPAN></A></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></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/upgrade/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Upgrade a Databricks workspaces to Unity Catalog</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Reference &amp; Release Notes</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/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/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/release-notes/runtime/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Runtime release notes versions and compatibility</SPAN></A></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></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></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></LI> </UL> <P><U><STRONG>AWS documentation update:</STRONG></U></P> <P><STRONG>Getting Started</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/free-edition" target="_blank"><SPAN>Sign up for Databricks Free Edition</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Get started tutorials on Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/workspace/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Workspace UI</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/workspace/workspace-objects" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage workspace objects</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/notebooks/databricks-assistant-faq" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Databricks Assistant?</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Data Management</STRONG></P> <UL> <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/oltp/projects/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Lakebase Autoscaling</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/metric-views/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Unity Catalog metric views</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/metric-views/materialization" target="_blank"><SPAN>Materialization for metric views</SPAN></A></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/large-language-models/ai-functions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply AI on data using Databricks AI Functions</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/ai-gateway/" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI Gateway</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/generative-ai/guide/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Introduction to generative AI apps on Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/generative-ai/agent-framework/chat-app" target="_blank"><SPAN>Build and share a chat UI with Databricks Apps (Model Serving)</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/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/aws/en/dashboards/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboards</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/genie/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is an AI/BI Genie space</SPAN></A></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></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Integration</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/ci-cd/" target="_blank"><SPAN>CI/CD on Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Local development tools</SPAN></A></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/workspace/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a workspace</SPAN></A></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/system-tables/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor account activity with system tables</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Unity Catalog?</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/upgrade/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Upgrade a Databricks workspaces to Unity Catalog</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Reference &amp; Release Notes</STRONG></P> <UL> <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/release-notes/runtime/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Runtime release notes versions and compatibility</SPAN></A></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/best-practices" target="_blank"><SPAN>Best practice articles</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><U><STRONG>AZURE documentation update:</STRONG></U></P> <P><STRONG>Getting started</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/getting-started/free-edition" target="_blank"><SPAN>Sign up for Databricks Free Edition</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/getting-started/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Get started tutorials on Azure Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/getting-started/analyst-get-started" target="_blank"><SPAN>Tutorial: Explore dashboards and query data with Genie in Databricks One</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Workspace UI</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/workspace/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Workspace UI</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/workspace/workspace-objects" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage workspace objects</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/databricks-ai/partner-powered" target="_blank"><SPAN>Partner-powered AI features</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/databricks-ai/databricks-ai-trust" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks AI assistive features trust and safety</SPAN></A></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></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>Tips to improve Databricks Assistant responses</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/assistant/instructions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Add custom instructions</SPAN></A></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/assistant/mcp" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect Databricks Assistant to MCP servers</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/assistant/github-mcp" target="_blank"><SPAN>Enterprise code search on Databricks Assistant via the Github MCP server</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Data Guides</STRONG></P> <UL> <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></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/query-federation/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Lakehouse Federation?</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/visualizations/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Visualizations in Databricks notebooks and SQL editor</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Data Engineering</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/file-upload/upload-to-volume" target="_blank"><SPAN>Upload files to a Unity Catalog volume</SPAN></A></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></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/gateway-event-logs" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor ingestion gateway progress with event logs</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ldp/developer/sql-dev" target="_blank"><SPAN>Develop Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines code with SQL</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>OLTP Databases (Lakebase)</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Lakebase Postgres</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/core-concepts" target="_blank"><SPAN>Core concepts</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/connect" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect to your database</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/connect-overview" target="_blank"><SPAN>Quickstart</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/connection-strings" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connection strings</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/connect-application" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect an application</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/external-apps-connect" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect external app to Lakebase using SDK</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/external-apps-manual-api" target="_blank"><SPAN>Connect external app to Lakebase using API</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/postgres-clients" target="_blank"><SPAN>Postgres clients</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/tutorials" target="_blank"><SPAN>Lakebase Postgres tutorials</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/backup-methods" target="_blank"><SPAN>Backup and restore methods</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/oltp/projects/data-protection" target="_blank"><SPAN>Data protection</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Data Warehousing</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/sql/dbsql-api-latest" target="_blank"><SPAN>Update to the latest Databricks SQL API version</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>AI &amp; ML</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/large-language-models/ai-functions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply AI on data using Azure Databricks AI Functions</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI Gateway</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/overview-beta" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI Gateway (Beta)</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/configure-endpoints-beta" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure AI Gateway endpoints</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/query-endpoints-beta" target="_blank"><SPAN>Query AI Gateway endpoints</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/usage-tracking-beta" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor usage for AI Gateway endpoints</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/inference-tables-beta" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor models using inference tables</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/coding-agent-integration-beta" target="_blank"><SPAN>Integrate with coding agents</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/overview-serving-endpoints" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI Gateway for serving endpoints</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/generative-ai/guide/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Introduction to generative AI apps on Azure Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/generative-ai/agent-framework/build-genai-apps" target="_blank"><SPAN>Build gen AI apps on Azure Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Business Intelligence</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboards</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/concepts" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboard concepts</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/manage/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Author dashboards</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/manage/data-modeling/datasets" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create and manage dashboard datasets</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/manage/visualizations/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboard visualizations</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/manage/filters/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Use dashboard filters</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/manage/settings" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboard settings</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/share/share" target="_blank"><SPAN>Share a dashboard</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/share/schedule-subscribe" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage scheduled dashboard updates and subscriptions</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/share/embedding/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Embed a dashboard</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/share/embedding/basic" target="_blank"><SPAN>Basic dashboard embedding</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/share/embedding/external-embed" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is embedding for external users?</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/genie-spaces" target="_blank"><SPAN>Genie spaces with dashboards</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/automate/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Dashboard developer workflows</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dashboards/monitor-usage" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor dashboard usage</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/genie/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is an AI/BI Genie space</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/genie/set-up" target="_blank"><SPAN>Set up and manage an AI/BI Genie space</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/genie/knowledge-store" target="_blank"><SPAN>Build a knowledge store for more reliable Genie spaces</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/genie/talk-to-genie" target="_blank"><SPAN>Use a Genie space to explore business data</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/genie/agent-mode" target="_blank"><SPAN>Agent mode in Genie spaces</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/ai-bi/admin/" target="_blank"><SPAN>AI/BI administration guide</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Architecture &amp; Apps</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/compute/serverless/dependencies" target="_blank"><SPAN>Configure the serverless environment</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/databricks-apps/resources" target="_blank"><SPAN>Add resources to a Databricks app</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/structured-streaming/watermarks" target="_blank"><SPAN>Apply watermarks to control data processing thresholds</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Apache Spark</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/structured-streaming/real-time" target="_blank"><SPAN>Real-time mode in Structured Streaming</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/structured-streaming/real-time-get-started" target="_blank"><SPAN>Get started with real-time mode</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/structured-streaming/real-time-examples" target="_blank"><SPAN>Real-time mode examples</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/pandas/pandas-on-spark" target="_blank"><SPAN>Pandas API on Spark</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>CI/CD</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/ci-cd/" target="_blank"><SPAN>CI/CD on Azure Databricks</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/bundles/settings" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks Asset Bundle configuration</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/terraform/cdktf" target="_blank"><SPAN>Terraform CDK Databricks Provider</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Local development tools</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/dev-tools/cli/commands" target="_blank"><SPAN>Databricks CLI commands</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Administration &amp; Security</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/admin/workspace/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Create a workspace</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/admin/workspace/create-workspace" target="_blank"><SPAN>Deploy a workspace using the Azure Portal</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/admin/users-groups/automatic-identity-management" target="_blank"><SPAN>Sync users and groups automatically from Microsoft Entra ID</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/admin/system-tables/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Monitor account activity with system tables</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/admin/account-settings/audit-logs" target="_blank"><SPAN>Diagnostic log reference</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/security/auth/api-access-permissions" target="_blank"><SPAN>Manage personal access token permissions</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Data Governance (Unity Catalog)</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data-governance/unity-catalog/" target="_blank"><SPAN>What is Unity Catalog?</SPAN></A></LI> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data-governance/unity-catalog/upgrade/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Upgrade a Azure Databricks workspaces to Unity Catalog</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><STRONG>Reference &amp; Release Notes</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><A href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/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-gb/azure/databricks/release-notes/" target="_blank"><SPAN>Azure Databricks release notes</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <P><SPAN>Thanks for tuning in to this week’s update! 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