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New integration enhances Teams and Copilot 365 with multi-agent support, improved responses, multi-turn conversations, and easier setup. Users can interact conversationally with agents within Teams or Copilot, bringing data close... docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New feature: External OAuth support for catalog integrations. Configure with OAUTH_TOKEN_URI parameter after setting up External OAuth. Enables more flexible authentication options for integrating external data catalogs. docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New feature allows using SQL to generate AI-powered descriptions for tables, views, and columns via a stored procedure. This enhances data documentation and understanding through automated, intelligent object descriptions. docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

Native apps with container services now support FedRAMP on AWS. Apps can be distributed to customers in FedRAMP regions, utilizing compute pools, services, jobs, and external access integrations. Some limitations apply in governm... docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New features include simplified MERGE operations, PIVOT/UNPIVOT column aliases, lambda expressions in higher-order functions, PHRASE/EXACT search modes, CONTINUE handlers for exception handling, and Scala 2.13 support for UDFs an... docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New function calculates input tokens for AI operations, aiding cost estimation and query sizing. Supports various AI tasks, considers specific models, and analyzes complex configurations. Helps optimize prompts and manage AI spen... docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New features include a fixed welcome modal with improved links and UI display, and the ability to refresh table lists in the Add Data step even when no data is available. These updates enhance user experience and functionality. docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New page filtering capabilities allow parsing specific pages or ranges in large documents. Users can target content, build efficient classification pipelines, and optimize batch processing workflows. This improves efficiency and ... docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New feature allows setting budget refresh interval to 1 hour, enabling more frequent updates on consumption data. This helps monitor spending more closely, though it increases associated compute costs. docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New AI translation function supports 23 languages, improves accuracy between non-English pairs, better detects existing target language, and uses 20% fewer tokens. Adds Hebrew, Greek, Turkish, Finnish, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Ro... docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New FILE data type enables multimodal AI workflows with unstructured data. Store file references in tables, pass to AI functions for processing. Efficiently handle files without duplication. Integrate with existing architectures ... docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New AI filtering optimization delivers 2-10x speedup and reduces token usage by up to 60% for suitable queries. Automatically triggered, it accelerates performance and offers significant cost savings for AI operations in SELECT, ... docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New command combines CREATE and ALTER functionality for dynamic tables. It creates a new table if it doesn't exist or modifies an existing one based on the provided definition. This streamlines table management and offers more fl... docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New high-performance streaming architecture enables data ingestion up to 10 GB/s per table with sub-10s latency. Multi-language SDKs, server-side schema validation, and in-flight transformations simplify pipelines. Ideal for real... docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New parameter allows control over data compaction on Apache Iceberg™ tables. Compaction can be disabled at account, database, schema, or table level if it impacts optimization costs, especially for ingesting numerous small files. docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New AI-powered feature automates functional validation of converted database code using synthetic data generation, AI-driven unit testing, and error resolution. This strengthens the conversion process and improves accuracy. docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New feature allows setting account-level parameter to define consistency guarantees for sessions with near-concurrent changes. Enhances read consistency across sessions and can be configured using ALTER ACCOUNT command. docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New features include declarative sharing for data products with Notebooks, streamlined development using YAML, live notebook editing, controlled data visibility via roles, consumer-managed resources, and secure execution. Scala 2... docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New AI-powered feature automates functional validation of converted database code using synthetic data generation, AI-driven unit testing, and error resolution. Strengthens conversion process by improving accuracy and efficiency. docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB

New feature allows tracking data movement between objects resulting from tasks. Selecting connecting arrows displays task information, enhancing data lineage capabilities and providing deeper insights into data flow and transform... docs.snowflake.com/en/release-not… #Snowflake #SnowflakeDB