AZ557595 - Generally Available: Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 is now available on Azure Databricks

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Published

Feb 18, 2026

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • February 2026
    General Availability

Product

Azure Databricks

Tag

Features

Category

AI + machine learning
Analytics

Description

Azure Databricks now supports Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving. Claude Sonnet 4.6 delivers frontier-level performance on complex coding, agentic workflows, and professional knowledge work including reasoning at a lower price point. The model combines fast responses with controllable, extended “thinking” for hard problems, improving deep reasoning, long-context understanding, and reliability over earlier Sonnet versions. 

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is ideal for teams building AI agents, developers needing advanced code assistance across large, multi-language codebases, and enterprises running complex analytical and research workloads over proprietary data in Azure Databricks. The model runs securely within the Azure Databricks environment with access available through pay‑per‑token Foundation Model APIs and (where enabled) provisioned or workspace-level throughput options in supported regions. 

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