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End of life for Standard tier workspaces on Azure Databricks

Databricks has announced the end of life for Standard tier workspaces on Azure Databricks.

Customers have until October 1, 2026, to upgrade existing workspaces to the Premium tier. Any remaining Standard tier workspaces on October 1, 2026, will be automatically upgraded to the Premium tier. There is no impact to existing workspaces until Oct 1, 2026. Refer to the pricing page to assess how this upgrade might impact your bill.

Starting April 1, 2026, all new workspaces must be created on the Premium tier.

What features do I get when upgrading from the Standard tier?

Standard Premium
Workspace with managed Spark
Unity Catalog
SQL
Mosaic/AI
Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines
Serverless compute offerings
Lakebase
Databricks Assistant
Managed services (for example: Lakehouse Monitoring, predictive optimization)
Advanced Enterprise Security

Will I lose access to any features?

No, you will not lose access to any capabilities. Higher tiers include all the features that are currently available in the Standard tier.

How do I upgrade my workspace to a higher tier?

Refer to our documentation for details on how to upgrade your account to a higher tier. See Manage your subscription.

How do I know the tier for my workspace?

You can view a workspace's current tier in the Workspaces page your account console.