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Key launches include: Lakeflow Connect Free Tier... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-azure-databricks-at-fabcon-2026-lakebase-lakeflow-and-genie-vyhyzwmgo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vYhYZwmGO.png og:image:alt: What’s New in Azure Databricks at FabCon 2026: Lakebase, Lakeflow, and Genie og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What’s New in Azure Databricks at FabCon 2026: Lakebase, Lakeflow, and Genie **[databricks](https://daily.dev/sources/databricks)** · 8 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Azure Databricks announced several new capabilities at Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) 2026. Key launches include: Lakeflow Connect Free Tier offering 100 free DBUs/day for ingesting up to 100 million records per workspace daily; Lakebase GA, a managed serverless Postgres service now available in 14 Azure regions for operational workloads within the lakehouse; an Azure Databricks Excel Add-in in public preview for direct governed data access; and expanded Genie AI analytics features including Agent Mode for multi-step analytical reasoning, Genie Code for agentic data engineering workflows, and a unified multi-agent chat experience in Databricks One with mobile support on iOS and Android. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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