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Marketing Cloud Release – 29 Jan 2026
Released: January 2026
Summary: Relational Tables now support contact creation and auto-updates, plus enhanced domain security verification and simplified timezone handling in Journeys.
Features
New capabilities for relational tables, contact management
Relational Table Contact Creation - Create and auto-update contacts directly from relational tables by mapping First Name and Last Name fields to the contact database
Improvements
Enhanced domain security, simplified timezone handling
Domain Security Verification - Brand Management now only displays domains with fully verified DKIM, SPF, and DMARC statuses
Timezone Handling Simplified - Deprecated user-level timezone in Journeys and Data Journeys; date and time is now set directly in the flow configuration