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November 2023

Nov 15

Generally available: AMD confidential VM option for Azure Databricks

NOW AVAILABLE

Users can now select AMD-based confidential VMs for their Azure Databricks cluster driver node and cluster worker nodes.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Virtual Machines
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

May 2023

May 23

AMD Confidential VM option for Azure Databricks

IN PREVIEW

Users can now select AMD-based confidential VMs for their Azure Databricks cluster driver node and cluster worker nodes.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Microsoft Build
May 3

Generally available: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks

NOW AVAILABLE

Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks is now generally available. This capability provides instant compute to users for their BI and SQL workloads, with minimal management required.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings

March 2023

Mar 7

Generally Available: Model Serving on Azure Databricks

NOW AVAILABLE

Model Serving on Azure Databricks is now generally available

  • Azure Databricks
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings

February 2023

Feb 15

General availability: Azure Private Link support for Azure Databricks

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Private Link for Azure Databricks

  • Azure Databricks
  • Features
Feb 1

Now Available: Azure Databricks is generally available in China North 3

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Databricks is now generally available in China North 3. 

  • Azure Databricks
  • Regions & Datacenters

November 2022

Nov 1

Generally available: Azure Databricks SQL Pro

NOW AVAILABLE

Beginning in November, Azure Databricks customers have an additional option for SQL compute, with Azure Databricks SQL Pro, which provides enhanced performance and integration features.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Features

August 2022

Aug 31

Generally available: Unity Catalog for Azure Databricks

NOW AVAILABLE

Unity Catalog is a unified and fine-grained governance solution for all data assets in your Lakehouse.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Features
  • Open Source
Aug 10

Generally available: Azure Databricks in West US 3

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Databricks, a data analytics platform optimized for the Microsoft Azure cloud services platform, is now generally available in West US 3.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Services
  • Regions & Datacenters
Aug 8

Public preview: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks

IN PREVIEW

Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks provides instant compute to users for their BI and SQL workloads without waiting for clusters to start up or scale out.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features

June 2022

Jun 8

General availability: Azure Databricks available in new regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Sweden Central and West Central US regions added to Azure Databricks.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Regions & Datacenters

April 2022

Apr 11

Generally available: Azure Databricks Delta Live Tables

NOW AVAILABLE

Build reliable, maintainable, and testable data processing pipelines with Delta Live Tables.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings

May 2021

May 25

Spot Virtual Machines are now generally available on Azure Databricks

NOW AVAILABLE

Access unused Azure compute capacity at discounted rates using Spot VMs on Azure Databricks

  • Azure Databricks
  • Features

February 2021

Feb 26

Power BI Connector for Azure Databricks is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Announcing the general availability of the Power BI connector for Azure Databricks, for Power BI Service and Power BI Desktop 2.85.681.0.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Features
Feb 11

Azure Databricks Achieves DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) on Microsoft Azure Government

NOW AVAILABLE

DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) on Azure Government further validates security and compliance for Azure Databricks.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Compliance

December 2020

Dec 10

Azure Databricks now generally available in the Azure China region

NOW AVAILABLE

The availability of Azure Databricks in China enables global enterprises to provide a consistent experience for customers in this region.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Regions & Datacenters
Dec 7

Azure Databricks now available in Azure Government

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Databricks is now available in US Gov Arizona and US Gov Virginia regions.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Regions & Datacenters

November 2020

Nov 25

Azure Databricks Achieves FedRAMP High Authorization on Microsoft Azure Government

NOW AVAILABLE

With this certification, customers can now use Azure Databricks to process the U.S. government’s most sensitive, unclassified data in cloud computing environments, including data that involves the protection of life and financial assets.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Compliance

October 2020

Oct 28

Azure Databricks now available in Switzerland North

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Databricks is now available in the Swiss Azure datacenters which marks another milestone on the way to digitize Switzerland

  • Azure Databricks
  • Regions & Datacenters

September 2020

Sep 22

Accelerate analytics and AI workloads with Photon powered Delta Engine on Azure Databricks

IN PREVIEW

Photon powered Delta Engine is a 100% Apache Spark-compatible vectorized query engine designed to take advantage of modern CPU architecture for extremely fast parallel processing of data.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Services
  • Features

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