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View all on Fabric Blog →Introducing capacity overage: Flexibility when you need it most (Preview)
If you haven’t already, check out Arun Ulag’s hero blog “FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single, complete platform” for a complete look at all of our FabCon and SQLCon announcements across both Fabric and our database offerings. Capacity overage, is a new opt‑in…
Microsoft JDBC Driver for Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering (Generally Available)
The enterprise-grade JDBC driver enables secure, flexible, and performant connectivity to Spark SQL workloads running in Microsoft Fabric, using Fabric’s Livy APIs as the execution layer.
On-premises data gateway March 2026 release
Here is the March 2026 release of the on-premises data gateway (version 3000.310).
Mastering monitoring in Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse
Modern analytics workloads demand more than fast queries — they demand observability.
On-premises data gateway February 2026 release
Here is the February 2026 release of the on-premises data gateway (version 3000.306).
Upgrade your Synapse pipelines to Microsoft Fabric with confidence (Preview)
To modernize workloads on Microsoft Fabric, bringing Synapse pipelines forward is a critical next step.
Fabric notebooks support Lakehouse auto-binding in Git (Preview)
Fabric notebooks now support lakehouse auto-binding when used with Git. It is designed to simplify multi-environment workflows and reduce the operational overhead of managing lakehouse references across development, test, and production workspaces.
Fabric Notebooks: Resources Folder Support in Git
Notebooks are rarely just a single file. Real-world notebook projects depend on supporting assets—such as reusable scripts, configuration files—that live alongside notebook code. While these files could be stored in a notebook’s built-in Resources folder, they were not included when committing…
Customer-managed keys (CMK) in Fabric SQL Database (Generally Available)
Customer-managed keys (CMK) in Fabric SQL Database is a major step forward in empowering organizations to take control of their data security and compliance.
Unlocking financial insights with Capital Markets DataHub workload—A partner-led innovation in Microsoft Fabric (Preview)
We are releasing the preview of a domain‑native data solution built as a workload in Fabric to power analytics and AI-enabled use-cases for capital markets and hedge fund customers in the finance industry. Financial institutions are moving fast to modernize their analytics stack and accelerate AI…
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FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single data platform
We're bring attendees together to share real experiences and solve challenges side-by-side. Only together can we move into meaningful results. The post FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single data platform appeared first on Microsoft Fabric Blog.
Advancing agentic AI with Microsoft databases across a unified data estate
Built on a consistent Microsoft SQL foundation from on premises to the cloud, Azure SQL brings AI capabilities directly into your database experience. The post Advancing agentic AI with Microsoft databases across a unified data estate appeared first on Microsoft Fabric Blog.
Unpacking your top questions on agentic AI: The Shift podcast
We're launching a new podcast called "The Shift," which does exactly that. Grounded in questions we heard from you after Ignite news, we're releasing eight episodes that bring engineering, product, and strategy perspectives together. The post Unpacking your top questions on agentic AI: The Shift…
Fabric February 2026 Feature Summary
Welcome to the February 2026 Microsoft Fabric update! This month brings a wide range of enhancements across the Fabric platform from improvements to the OneLake Catalog and developer experiences, to meaningful updates in Data Engineering, Data Factory, Real Time Intelligence, and more. Whether you…
Business events
Shipped Public preview Date: 2026-03-16 A business event is an event that is immediately actionable and typically triggers a specific handler or response. These events are discreet, meaning they report a point-in-time occurrence such as a package being shipped or an order being received. Business…
VNET/On-Prem support for Eventstream Connectors
Shipped Public preview Date: 2026-02-16 The Eventstream streaming connector in Fabric Real-Time Intelligence enables the ingestion of real-time data from various sources into Fabric. This VNET/On-Prem support feature extends the streaming source's environment from public networks to private…
Copy Job - Audit Column
Shipped Public preview Date: 2026-03-16 You can use Copy job to add audit-style system columns when moving data to your destination, improving data lineage and compliance. This feature provides row-level visibility into your destination data, showing when rows were moved and where they came from,…
Pipelines - Pipeline Dependencies
Planned Public preview Date: 2026-09-30 When building workflows with pipelines in Fabric Data Factory, it is very important to express rules that allow you to tell the workflow engine which conditions must be met before invoking or continuing your logic. In pipelines in Data Factory, we are super…
Dataflows - Output Destinations: Recents Support
Planned General availability Date: 2026-09-29 We plan to bring support for Recents to the Output Data experience, allowing users to easily reconnect to a recently used Output Destination, much like we have made available in the Get Data experience.
Dataflows - Support for Mapping Data Flow transformations in Dataflow Gen2
Planned Public preview Date: 2026-06-02 Mapping Data Flows transformations are coming to Dataflow Gen2, bringing the proven, low-code Spark-based transformation capabilities of Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse directly into Microsoft Fabric. With this enhancement, customers can author and run…
ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN (Public Preview)
Planned Public preview Date: 2026-05-05 This feature enables users to modify the definition of an existing column in a Fabric DW table, specifically allowing changes to the column's data type and size
Airflow - Network Security
Planned Public preview Date: 2026-05-01 Network security is critical to running an effective and secured Apache Airflow environment. We are excited to bring Vnet and Private Link support to Apache Airflow jobs in Fabric Data Factory.
Pipelines - Support pipeline parameters in schedules
Planned General availability Date: 2026-05-01 Pipelines in Fabric Data Factory emphasize general re-use patterns and metadata driven methodologies. Now with support for pipeline parameters in schedules you can create multiple schedules per pipeline with different parameter values enabling…
BCP
Planned Public preview Date: 2026-04-20 Fabric Data Warehouse will support the bcp utility and the TDS Bulk Load API, enabling high-performance data ingestion from a variety of client tools such as bcp, SSIS, and Azure Data Factory. This integration simplifies bulk data loading into Fabric DW and…