https://community.databricks.com/t5/community-articles/databricks-asset-bundles-direct-mode/m-p/142708#M910 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="news_direct_mode.png" style="width: 759px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/22582i988823E49198E89E/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="news_direct_mode.png" alt="news_direct_mode.png" /></span></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>There is a new direct mode in Databricks Asset Bundles: the main difference is that there is no Terraform anymore, and a simple state in JSON. It offers a few significant benefits:</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>- No requirement to download Terraform and terraform-provider-databricks before deployment</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>- Avoids issues with firewalls, proxies, and custom provider registries</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>- Detailed diffs of changes available using bundle plan -o json</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>- Faster deployment</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>- Reduced time to release new bundle resources, because there is no need to align with the Terraform provider release.</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>read: </SPAN><A href="https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-news-week-52-22-december-2025-to-28-december-2025-bbb94a22bd18?postPublishedType=repub" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-news-week-52-22-december-2025-to-28-december-2025-bbb94a22bd18?postPublishedType=repub</SPAN></A></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>watch: </SPAN><A href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ngQUkdmD3o" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ngQUkdmD3o</SPAN></A></P> Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:15:50 GMT Hubert-Dudek 2025-12-30T17:15:50Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/community-articles/databricks-asset-bundles-direct-mode/m-p/142708#M910 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="news_direct_mode.png" style="width: 759px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/22582i988823E49198E89E/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="news_direct_mode.png" alt="news_direct_mode.png" /></span></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>There is a new direct mode in Databricks Asset Bundles: the main difference is that there is no Terraform anymore, and a simple state in JSON. It offers a few significant benefits:</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>- No requirement to download Terraform and terraform-provider-databricks before deployment</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>- Avoids issues with firewalls, proxies, and custom provider registries</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>- Detailed diffs of changes available using bundle plan -o json</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>- Faster deployment</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>- Reduced time to release new bundle resources, because there is no need to align with the Terraform provider release.</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>read: </SPAN><A href="https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-news-week-52-22-december-2025-to-28-december-2025-bbb94a22bd18?postPublishedType=repub" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-news-week-52-22-december-2025-to-28-december-2025-bbb94a22bd18?postPublishedType=repub</SPAN></A></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>watch: </SPAN><A href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ngQUkdmD3o" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ngQUkdmD3o</SPAN></A></P> Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:15:50 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/community-articles/databricks-asset-bundles-direct-mode/m-p/142708#M910 Hubert-Dudek 2025-12-30T17:15:50Z