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10 articles- Introducing capacity overage: Flexibility when you need it most (Preview)Mar 27, 2026by Pankaj Arora
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 lo
- Microsoft JDBC Driver for Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering (Generally Available)Mar 27, 2026by Avinanda Chattapadday
The enterprise-grade JDBC driver enables secure, flexible, and performant connectivity to Spark SQL workloads running in Microsoft Fabric, using Fabric’s Livy A
- On-premises data gateway March 2026 releaseMar 27, 2026by Leo Li
Here is the March 2026 release of the on-premises data gateway (version 3000.310).
- Mastering monitoring in Microsoft Fabric Data WarehouseMar 27, 2026by Mariya Ali
Modern analytics workloads demand more than fast queries — they demand observability.
- On-premises data gateway February 2026 releaseMar 27, 2026by Leo Li
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)Mar 26, 2026by Sindhu Bharadwaj
To modernize workloads on Microsoft Fabric, bringing Synapse pipelines forward is a critical next step.
- Fabric notebooks support Lakehouse auto-binding in Git (Preview)Mar 26, 2026by Jene Zhang
Fabric notebooks now support lakehouse auto-binding when used with Git. It is designed to simplify multi-environment workflows and reduce the operational overhe
- Fabric Notebooks: Resources Folder Support in GitMar 26, 2026by Jene Zhang
Notebooks are rarely just a single file. Real-world notebook projects depend on supporting assets—such as reusable scripts, configuration files—that live alongs
- Customer-managed keys (CMK) in Fabric SQL Database (Generally Available)Mar 26, 2026by Pieter Vanhove
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)Mar 26, 2026by Madhu Bhowal (SHE/HER)
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
Microsoft Fabric Blog
10 articles- Highlights from FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Where databases and Fabric come togetherMar 30, 2026by Wangui McKelvey
From technical sessions to hallway conversations, FabCon and SQLCon 2026 showcased the momentum behind the Fabric and SQL ecosystems. The post Highlights from F
- FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single data platformMar 18, 2026by Arun Ulag
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 a
- Advancing agentic AI with Microsoft databases across a unified data estateMar 18, 2026by Shireesh Thota
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
- Unpacking your top questions on agentic AI: The Shift podcastMar 9, 2026by Natalie Wossene
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 epis
- Top sessions you won’t want to miss at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2026Feb 3, 2026by Kim Manis
The Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) is returning stateside in just a few weeks, taking place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Mar
- FabCon and SQLCon: From workshops and keynotes to demos and deep divesDec 17, 2025by Kim Manis
FabCon and SQLCon will be one of the year’s largest gatherings of data professionals from around the world, bringing together tech enthusiasts, innovators, and
- Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence: A Leader in the 2025 Forrester Streaming Data WaveDec 10, 2025by Yitzhak Kesselman
Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Data Platforms, Q4 2025, which we view as a strong validation of our strategy and ex
- Microsoft Databases and Microsoft Fabric: Your unified and AI-powered data estateNov 18, 2025by Arun Ulag
Today, I’m thrilled to announce the next generation of Microsoft’s databases: SQL Server 2025, Azure Document DB, Azure Horizon DB, and Fabric Databases, each r
- What’s new in OneLake and the Fabric platform: more sources, security, and capacity toolingNov 18, 2025by Kim Manis
We are highlighting the new zero-ETL, zero-copy sources in OneLake, deeper interoperability between OneLake and Microsoft Foundry, and new tools to help admins.
- Microsoft and Databricks: Advancing Openness and Interoperability with OneLakeNov 18, 2025by Arun Ulag
For nearly a decade, Microsoft and Databricks have closely partnered with the goal of empowering organizations to unlock the value of their data. The post Micro
Fabric Monthly Summary
5 articles- Fabric April 2026 Feature Summary - Microsoft Fabric CommunityApr 15, 2026
Take part in our community contests and show off your skills. Whether you're a pro or a beginner, there's a contest for everyone.
- Fabric March 2026 Feature Summary - Microsoft Fabric CommunityMar 15, 2026
Take part in our community contests and show off your skills. Whether you're a pro or a beginner, there's a contest for everyone.
- Fabric February 2026 Feature Summary - Microsoft Fabric CommunityFeb 15, 2026
Take part in our community contests and show off your skills. Whether you're a pro or a beginner, there's a contest for everyone.
- Fabric January 2026 Feature Summary - Microsoft Fabric CommunityJan 15, 2026
Take part in our community contests and show off your skills. Whether you're a pro or a beginner, there's a contest for everyone.
- Fabric November 2025 Feature Summary - Microsoft Fabric CommunityNov 15, 2025
Take part in our community contests and show off your skills. Whether you're a pro or a beginner, there's a contest for everyone.
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25 articles- Fabric Materialized Lake Views - Multi Workspace/Lakehouse execution supportMay 19, 2026
Planned General availability Date: Q2 2026 Multi Lakehouse support in Lineage enables users to visualize and manage dependencies of Materialized Lake Views (MLV
- Dataflows - Merge/Upsert Support for Output DestinationsMay 16, 2026
Planned Public preview Date: Q3 2026 A commonly requested new capability for Output Destinations is the ability to merge, or upsert, data into previously loaded
- SQL Audit Logs ImprovmentsMay 14, 2026
Planned General availability Date: Q3 2026 This feature will introduce enhancements to SQL Audit Logs, including support for audit event filtering and query siz
- Scaled Configuration CanvasMay 14, 2026
Shipped Public preview Date: Q2 2026 The scaled canvas UX focuses on delivering a more consistent and scalable UX that supports advanced ontology configurations
- Connectors - Oracle Connector support without requiring a gatewayMay 14, 2026
Shipped General availability Date: Q2 2026 Oracle connector supports cloud-based scenario by bundling the Oracle Data Provider NET driver and avoiding users hav
- Pipelines - Support pipeline parameters in schedulesMay 13, 2026
Planned General availability Date: Q3 2026 Pipelines in Fabric Data Factory emphasize general re-use patterns and metadata driven methodologies. Now with suppor
- Pipelines - Set the "Run As" identity of the pipeline from the pipeline scheduleMay 13, 2026
Planned Public preview Date: Q3 2026 When automating your Fabric Data Factory pipelines, you will greatly benefit from having the flexibility to set the identit
- BCPMay 13, 2026
Planned Public preview Date: Q2 2026 Fabric Data Warehouse will support the bcp utility and the TDS Bulk Load API, enabling high-performance data ingestion from
- External data sourcesMay 13, 2026
Shipped General availability Date: Q2 2026 The EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE feature allows you to define a root URI that can be referenced by name in OPENROWSET and BUL
- Scalar UDFs - Expanded T-SQL constructs and query shapes for computation-based UDFsMay 13, 2026
Planned Public preview Date: Q2 2026 Computation-based scalar UDFs now support WHILE loops, multiple RETURN statements and deeply nested IF-THEN-ELSE blocks in
- Multiple task flows in a workspaceMay 13, 2026
Shipped General availability Date: Q2 2026 The multiple task flows in a workspace feature enables users to create, manage, and navigate multiple independent tas
- Git Integration provider - GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency supportMay 13, 2026
Planned General availability Date: Q2 2026 Ability to connect Fabric workspace to repositories which reside on GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency
- OneLake Storage Lifecycle Management PoliciesMay 13, 2026
Shipped Public preview Date: Q2 2026 OneLake provides rule-based lifecycle management to help organizations optimize storage costs. These policies allow adminis
- show Throttling events of eventhouse at Eventhouse WS monitoringMay 13, 2026
Planned Public preview Date: Q2 2026 Quickly identify when and where throttling is occurring across your Eventhouse system. This feature highlights recent throt
- Dataflows - Relative references to Fabric items within the "current workspace"May 13, 2026
Shipped General availability Date: Q1 2026 A common scenario for Dataflow Gen2 customers in Fabric is wanting to reference items in the "current workspace" rath
- Cosmos DB in FabricMay 13, 2026
Shipped General availability Date: Q4 2025 Cosmos DB in Fabric allows customers to build operational and analytical workloads in Microsoft Fabric. Leverage the
- Azure Cosmos DB Mirroring in Microsoft FabricMay 13, 2026
Shipped General availability Date: Q4 2025 Now generally available, Azure Cosmos DB Mirroring in Fabric allows you to seamlessly integrate your existing operati
- Data Pipelines - "Triggered By" information for Data Pipeline activitiesMay 13, 2026
Shipped Public preview Date: Q3 2025 A current limitation is that we do not present users with the name of the artifact that produced an artifact execution, for
- [KQL DB] Entities diagram ("lineage") - include Evenstreams in the diagramMay 13, 2026
Shipped Public preview Date: Q3 2025 Enable users to view the Eventstream that streams data into their KQL DB table (direct or indirect mode), directly from the
- "Get Events" from ActivatorMay 13, 2026
Shipped General availability Date: Q4 2024 From within an activator item, you choose 'Get data' to pull events from Real-Time Hub. You get search and catalog ca
- "Get data from Eventstream" in multiple Fabric itemsMay 13, 2026
Shipped Public preview Date: Q1 2024 Customers are able to get event data from eventstreams in multiple Fabric items, including Lakehouse, KQL Database, and Ref
- Eventstream supports large message sizeMay 7, 2026
Planned Public preview Date: Q3 2026 Currently the largest message size Eventstream can support is 1MB. This new feature will push this limit to bigger size to
- Eventstream reference data join with one lake delta tablesMay 7, 2026
Planned Public preview Date: Q3 2026 The Reference Data Join feature in Eventstream enables you to enrich streaming events by joining them with static or slowly
- Eventstream supports customers to upload own connectorMay 7, 2026
Planned Public preview Date: Q3 2026 This feature enables customers to develop or re-use their own Kafka connectors or open-source Kafka connectors on Fabric wh
- Unify batch & streaming data platforms with CopyJob & Real-Time IntelligenceMay 7, 2026
Planned Public preview Date: Q3 2026 The integration of Real-Time Intelligence with CopyJob in Microsoft Fabric empowers organizations to stream incremental upd
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12 articles- Before You Put a Fabric AI Agent in Production, Steal This ChecklistMay 19, 2026by Shai Karmani
Originally published at https://shai-kr.github.io/data-ninja-ai-lab/blog/2026-05-17-fabric-ai-agent-production-checklist.html. A Fabric AI Agent demo can become
- Your Microsoft Fabric Bill Has a OneLake ProblemMay 19, 2026by Shai Karmani
Originally published at https://shai-kr.github.io/data-ninja-ai-lab/blog/2026-05-13-microsoft-fabric-bill-onelake-problem.html. Most Fabric cost conversations s
- Repository Intelligence: The Real Shift Behind Microsoft Fabric + GitMay 19, 2026by Shai Karmani
Originally published at https://shai-kr.github.io/data-ninja-ai-lab/blog/2026-05-10-repository-intelligence-fabric-git.html. Repository Intelligence turns the F
- Most Enterprises Build Fragile RAG Pipelines - Here is How to Architect Compound AI SystemsMay 18, 2026by Datta Sable
Most enterprises building AI applications on their data start with a naive Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline: chunking documents, embedding them int
- Multi-Agent A2A with the Agent Development Kit(ADK), Azure Fabric, and Gemini CLIMay 4, 2026by xbill
Leveraging the Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) and the underlying Gemini LLM to build Multi-Agent Applications with A2A protocol support using the Python pro
- From Fragmented Data to Near Real-Time Analytics with Microsoft FabricApr 30, 2026by Aparna Gupta
Table Of Contents What was happening The impact Approach Implementation Technical stack Business impact What did not change Key takeaway Final note In one of ou
- Architecture of Truth: How Microsoft Fabric is Transforming AnalyticsApr 16, 2026by Fundacja Dobre Państwo
This article examines Microsoft Fabric not only as a technology platform but also as a comprehensive architecture introducing semantic discipline and a new orde
- A look at Microsoft FabricMar 30, 2026by Audacia
Running data functions at large organisations might look like one set of tools for ingestion, another for storage, something else for transformation, a separate
- Connect Snowflake to Microsoft Fabric: Dodge Single-Cloud RisksDec 22, 2025by anuj rawat
In the fast paced world of data management, organizations often find themselves locked into a single cloud provider, chasing the illusion of simplicity. This ch
- Enterprise Migration to Microsoft Fabric RoadmapDec 19, 2025by anuj rawat
Enterprises today grapple with fragmented data landscapes that slow decision making and inflate costs. Siloed tools for integration, warehousing, and analytics
- Core Microsoft Fabric ConceptsNov 29, 2025by Sajjad Rahman
Core Microsoft Fabric Concepts 1. Tenant A Fabric tenant is a dedicated, organization-wide container provided by Microsoft Fabric. Microsoft Entra ID (formerly
- Two Years of Microsoft Fabric: Game Changer or Still Leveling Up? 🚀Sep 3, 2025by Narayan
Microsoft Fabric has been making waves for two years now, and after diving deep with more than 6 months of hands-on experience, I’ve got some thoughts. Is it th
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