Govern LLMs in Unity Catalog with model services (Beta)

BetaJun 29, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

You can now govern Databricks-hosted LLMs in Unity Catalog using model services , currently in Beta. A model service is a Unity Catalog securable that represents a governed LLM endpoint, so you can define an endpoint once and share it across workspaces using Unity Catalog privileges, instead of duplicating endpoints per workspace.

LLMs Governance Observability Developer tools

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