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Nidhig631
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Not a new feature just one I noticed a bit late In Databricks, the ability to attach images and Url

Not a new feature just one I noticed a bit late In Databricks, the ability to attach images and URLs while sharing content is incredibly useful when you’re:Running live demosSharing a cheat sheetPointing teams to documentation or reference linksInste...

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Abiola-David
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New Google Drive Connector for Azure Databricks: Seamless Ingestion Just Got Real

One of the biggest challenges in modern data engineering is bridging the gap between business‑user data sources and enterprise‑grade analytics platforms. Google Drive has long been a favourite for teams collaborating on documents, spreadsheets, and a...

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Nidhig631
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My Blog: https://nidhig631.medium.com/ingest-google-drive-files-into-azure-databricks-f06d263d84ec?sk=6928d5c80827b1bd2e977c01708a321c#MVP Articles

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bianca_unifeye
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Databricks Knowledge Assistant is now Generally Available

Hi community I have the honour of being selected as a Databricks MVP 2026.Before sharing my first article as an MVP, I wanted to briefly introduce myself and the lens I bring to the Databricks ecosystem.My focus has always been on translating deep te...

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protmaks
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Time Zones in Databricks

You might not have encountered time zones in Databricks yet. I recommend reading this article (Link to the full text) it will save you from unnecessary problems. There's also an infographic below that you might find useful.

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Hubert-Dudek
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my favourite is timestamp without timezone

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Nidhig631
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One Decision That Shapes Your Databricks Platform: Workspace Type

Complete Article Link:https://nidhig631.medium.com/one-decision-that-shapes-your-databricks-platform-workspace-type-bc7f606446fc#databricks 

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Hubert-Dudek
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more to come there

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Nidhig631
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Why “Govern, Connect, Share, Create” Is Actually a UX Upgrade

Read Complete Articles:https://medium.com/@nidhig631/did-you-notice-this-in-databricks-a-new-way-to-govern-connect-create-and-share-9bdbc22aebb1#databricks #MVP Articles

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Hubert-Dudek
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Significant change, but in the beginning I didn't notice as my brain automatically adjusted

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Hubert-Dudek
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Temp Tables

Temp Tables Are Here, and They’re Going to Change How You Use SQL #databricks https://databrickster.medium.com/temp-tables-are-here-and-theyre-going-to-change-how-you-use-sql-eb2ed7aeb0de https://www.sunnydata.ai/blog/temp-tables-databricks-sql-wareh...

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Sudhir_G
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𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐝-𝐭𝐨-𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫

AI-Assisted GenAI Development on Databricks: Building an End-to-End Sentiment ClassifierI just published a new blog as part of my ongoing series on AI-assisted GenAI development using the Databricks Free Edition.In this post, I walk through an end-to...

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Hubert-Dudek
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Great article!

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Hubert-Dudek
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New models

New ChatGpt models optimized for coding are available in databricks. Look in the playground or in ai schema in the system catalog #databricks https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-news-2026-week-3-12-january-2026-to-18-january-2026-5d87e517fb...

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Hubert-Dudek
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Why AI projects fail

Pattern I see in most AI projects: teams excitedly prototype a new AI assistant, impress stakeholders in a demo, then hit a wall trying to get it production-ready. #databricks https://databrickster.medium.com/95-of-genai-projects-fail-how-to-become...

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Hubert-Dudek
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Row Filter

For some Lakeflow connectors, we can pass a filter to limit which rows are loaded. It solves one big problem: initial, full load from tools like Google Analitycs can be almost impossible. Thanks to row_filter, we can limit ingestion and load, for exa...

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Hubert-Dudek
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Lakebase experience

In regions in which new Lakebase autoscaling is available, from Lakebase, you can access both autoscaling and older provisioned Lakebase instances. #databricks https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-news-2026-week-2-12-january-2026-to-18-january...

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Hubert-Dudek
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Runtime 18 GA

Runtime 18, including Spark 4.1, is no longer in Beta. You can start migrating now. Runtime 18 is available now only for classic compute. Serverless, or SQL warehouse, still using older runtimes. Once 18 is everywhere, we will be able to use identifi...

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Hubert-Dudek
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for Pivot Lovers

All pivot table lovers can now export a pivot table from Dashboards to Excel #databricks More Databricks news: https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-news-2026-week-2-5-january-2026-to-11-january-2026-0bfc6c592051

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