Effective March 9, 2026, new users are required to have a Cloud Billing

## Change Change Effective _March 9, 2026_, new users are required to have a Cloud Billing account to use the [BigQuery Migration Service](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/migration-intro). This change applies to users starting new projects using BigQuery Migration Service features, such as SQL translation and migration assessment. After _May 18, 2026_, all users are required to have a Cloud Billing account to use the BigQuery Migration Service. [Pricing for the BigQuery Migration Service](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/migration-intro#pricing)remains without charge. ## Feature Feature You can now grant data preparations and pipelines access to additional services when running or scheduling them with user credentials for a Google Account. You can grant [data preparations access to Google Drive](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/orchestrate-data-preparations), and [grant pipelines access to Google Drive, Bigtable, and Knowledge Catalog](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/schedule-pipelines). Extended access options are available in[Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).