What's new in Microsoft Fabric?
This page is continuously updated with a recent review of what's new in Microsoft Fabric.
- To follow the latest in Fabric news and features, see the Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog.
- For community, marketing, case studies, and industry news, see the Microsoft Fabric Blog.
- Follow the latest in Power BI at What's new in Power BI?
- For older updates, review the Microsoft Fabric What's New archive.
New to Microsoft Fabric?
This section includes articles and announcements for users new to Microsoft Fabric.
- Learning Paths for Fabric
- Get started with Microsoft Fabric
- End-to-end tutorials in Microsoft Fabric
- Definitions of terms used in Microsoft Fabric
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Power BI: Subscriptions, licenses, and trials | Information on Power BI implementation planning and key considerations for planning subscriptions, licenses, and trials for Power BI and Fabric. |
| May 2024 | Register for the Microsoft Build: Microsoft Fabric Cloud Skills Challenge | Starting May 21, 2024, sign up for the Microsoft Build: Microsoft Fabric Cloud Skills Challenge and prepare for Exam DP-600 and upskill to the Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification. |
| March 2024 | Microsoft Fabric is now HIPAA compliant | We're excited to announce that Microsoft Fabric, our all-in-one analytics solution for enterprises, has achieved new certifications for HIPAA and ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27001, ISO 27701. |
| March 2024 | Exam DP-600 is now available | Exam DP-600 is now available, leading to the Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification. The Fabric Career Hub can help you learn quickly and get certified. |
| March 2024 | Fabric Copilot Pricing: An End-to-End example | Copilot in Fabric begins billing on March 1, 2024 as part of your existing Power BI Premium or Fabric Capacity. Learn how Fabric Copilot usage is calculated. |
| January 2024 | Microsoft Fabric Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering | Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering is now available worldwide. What can Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering do for you? |
Features currently in preview
The following table lists the features of Microsoft Fabric that are currently in preview. Preview features are sorted alphabetically.
Note
Features currently in preview are available under supplemental terms of use, review for legal terms that apply to Azure features that are in beta, preview, or otherwise not yet released into general availability. Microsoft Fabric provides previews to give you a chance to evaluate and share feedback with the product group on features before they become generally available (GA).
| Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|
| CI/CD for Fabric Data Pipelines preview | Git Integration and integration with built-in Deployment Pipelines to Data Factory data pipelines is now in preview. For more information, see Data Factory Adds CI/CD to Fabric Data Pipelines. |
| Code-First AutoML preview | In Synapse Data Science, the new AutoML feature enables automation of your machine learning workflow. AutoML, or Automated Machine Learning, is a set of techniques and tools that can automatically train and optimize machine learning models for any given data and task type. |
| Code-First Hyperparameter Tuning preview | In Synapse Data Science, FLAML is now integrated for hyperparameter tuning, currently a preview feature. Fabric's flaml.tune feature streamlines this process, offering a cost-effective and efficient approach to hyperparameter tuning. |
| Copilot in Fabric is available worldwide | Copilot in Fabric is now available to all customers, including Copilot for Power BI, Data Factory, Data Science & Data Engineering, and Real-Time Intelligence. Read more in our Overview on Copilot in Fabric. |
| Data Activator preview | We're thrilled to announce that Data Activator is now in preview and is enabled for all existing Microsoft Fabric users. |
| Data workflows in Data Factory preview | Data workflows (preview) in Data Factory, powered by Apache Airflow, offer seamless authoring, scheduling, and monitoring experience for Python-based data processes defined as Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs). For more information, see Quickstart: Create a Data workflow. |
| Data Wrangler for Spark DataFrames preview | Data Wrangler now supports Spark DataFrames in preview, users can now edit Spark DataFrames in addition to pandas DataFrames with Data Wrangler. |
| Domains in OneLake (preview) | Domains in OneLake help you organize your data into a logical data mesh, allowing federated governance and optimizing for business needs. You can now create sub domains, default domains for users, and move workspaces between domains. For more information, see Fabric domains. |
| Introducing external data sharing (preview) | External Data Sharing (preview) is a new feature that makes it possible for Fabric users to share data from within their Fabric tenant with users in another Fabric tenant. |
| Fabric gateway enables OneLake shortcuts to on-premises data | Connect to on-premises data sources with a Fabric on-premises data gateway on a machine in your environment, with networking visibility of your S3 compatible, Amazon S3, or Google Cloud Storage data source. Then, you create your shortcut and select that gateway. For more information, see Create shortcuts to on-premises data. |
| Fabric Runtime 1.3 (Apache Spark 3.5, Delta Lake 3.1, R 4.3.3, Python 3.11) (preview) | The enhancements in Fabric Runtime 1.3 include the incorporation of Delta Lake 3.1, compatibility with Python 3.11, support for Starter Pools, integration with Environment, and library management capabilities. Additionally, Fabric Runtime now enriches the data science experience by supporting the R language and integrating Copilot. |
| Fabric workload dev kit (preview) | The Microsoft Fabric workload development kit extends to additional workloads and offers a robust developer toolkit for designing, developing, and interoperating with Microsoft Fabric using frontend SDKs and backend REST APIs. |
| Folder in Workspace preview | As an organizational unit in the workspace, folder addresses this pain point by providing a hierarchical structure for organizing and managing your items. For more information, see Create folders in workspaces (preview). |
| GraphQL API in Microsoft Fabric preview | The new API for GraphQL is a data access layer that allows us to query multiple data sources quickly and efficiently in Fabric. For more information, see What is Microsoft Fabric API for GraphQL? |
| Integrating On-Premises Data into Microsoft Fabric using Data Pipelines in Data Factory preview | You can use the on-premises Data Gateway (preview), to connect to on-premises data sources using dataflows and data pipelines with Data Factory. For more information, see How to access on-premises data sources in Data Factory for Microsoft Fabric. |
| Kusto Cache consumption preview | The preview of Kusto Cache consumption means that you will start seeing billable consumption of the OneLake Cache Data Stored meter from the KQL Database and Eventhouse items. For more information, see KQL Database consumption. |
| Lakehouse support for git integration and deployment pipelines (preview) | The Lakehouse now integrates with the lifecycle management capabilities in Microsoft Fabric, providing a standardized collaboration between all development team members throughout the product's life. Lifecycle management facilitates an effective product versioning and release process by continuously delivering features and bug fixes into multiple environments. |
| Managed virtual networks (preview) | Managed virtual networks are virtual networks that are created and managed by Microsoft Fabric for each Fabric workspace. |
| Microsoft 365 connector now supports ingesting data into Lakehouse (preview) | The Microsoft 365 connector now supports ingesting data into Lakehouse tables. |
| Microsoft Fabric Admin APIs | Fabric Admin APIs are designed to streamline administrative tasks. The initial set of Fabric Admin APIs is tailored to simplify the discovery of workspaces, Fabric items, and user access details. |
| Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric preview | With Mirroring in Fabric, you can easily bring your databases into OneLake in Microsoft Fabric, enabling seamless zero-ETL, near real-time insights on your data – and unlocking warehousing, BI, AI, and more. For more information, see What is Mirroring in Fabric?. |
| Native Execution Engine for Apache Spark | The Native Execution Engine for Apache Spark on Fabric Data Engineering and Data Science for Fabric Runtime 1.2 is now in preview. For more information, see Native execution engine for Fabric Spark. |
| Notebook Git integration preview | Fabric notebooks now offer Git integration for source control using Azure DevOps. It allows users to easily control the notebook code versions and manage the git branches by using the Fabric Git functions and Azure DevOps. |
| Notebook in Deployment Pipeline Preview | Now you can also use notebooks to deploy your code across different environments, such as development, test, and production. You can also use deployment rules to customize the behavior of your notebooks when they're deployed, such as changing the default Lakehouse of a Notebook. Get started with deployment pipelines, and Notebook shows up in the deployment content automatically. |
| OneLake data access roles | OneLake data access roles for lakehouse are in preview. Role permissions and user/group assignments can be easily updated through a new folder security user interface. |
| OneLake Shortcuts API | New REST APIs for OneLake Shortcuts allow programmatic creation and management of shortcuts, currently in preview. You can now programmatically create, read, and delete OneLake shortcuts. For example, see Use OneLake shortcuts REST APIs. |
| OneLake shortcuts to S3-compatible data sources preview | OneLake shortcuts to S3-compatible data sources are now in preview. Create an Amazon S3 compatible shortcut to connect to your existing data through a single unified name space without having to copy or move data. |
| OneLake shortcuts to Google Cloud Storage preview | OneLake shortcuts to Google Cloud Storage are now in preview. Create a Google Cloud Storage shortcut to connect to your existing data through a single unified name space without having to copy or move data. |
| Prebuilt Azure AI services in Fabric preview | The preview of prebuilt AI services in Fabric is an integration with Azure AI services, formerly known as Azure Cognitive Services. Prebuilt Azure AI services allow for easy enhancement of data with prebuilt AI models without any prerequisites. Currently, prebuilt AI services are in preview and include support for the Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Language, and Azure AI Translator. |
| Private Endpoints for Microsoft Fabric (Preview) | Managed Private Endpoints for Microsoft Fabric (preview) allow secure connections to data sources that are behind a firewall or not accessible from the public internet. For more information, see Introducing Managed Private Endpoints for Microsoft Fabric in Preview. |
| Real-Time hub | Real-Time hub is single, tenant-wide, unified, logical place for streaming data-in-motion. It enables you to easily discover, ingest, manage, and consume data-in-motion from a wide variety of sources. It lists all the streams and Kusto Query Language (KQL) tables that you can directly act on. It also gives you an easy way to ingest streaming data from Microsoft products and Fabric events. For more information, see Real-Time hub overview. |
| REST APIs for Fabric Data Factory pipelines preview | The REST APIs for Fabric Data Factory Pipelines are now in preview. REST APIs for Data Factory pipelines enable you to extend the built-in capability in Fabric to create, read, update, delete, and list pipelines. |
| Spark Run Series Analysis preview | The Spark Monitoring Run Series Analysis features allow you to analyze the run duration trend and performance comparison for Pipeline Spark activity recurring run instances and repetitive Spark run activities, from the same Notebook or Spark Job Definition. |
| Splunk add-on preview | Microsoft Fabric add-on for Splunk allows users to ingest logs from Splunk platform into a Fabric KQL DB using the Kusto python SDK. |
| Task flows in Microsoft Fabric (preview) | The preview of task flows in Microsoft Fabric is enabled for all Microsoft Fabric users. With Fabric task flows, when designing a data project, you no longer need to use a whiteboard to sketch out the different parts of the project and their interrelationships. Instead, you can use a task flow to build and bring this key information into the project itself. |
| Update records in a KQL Database preview | The .update command is now available, as a preview feature. Learn more about how to Update records in a Kusto database. |
| Warehouse restore points and restore in place | You can now create restore points and perform an in-place restore of a warehouse to a past point in time. Restore in-place is an essential part of data warehouse recovery, which allows to restore the data warehouse to a prior known reliable state by replacing or over-writing the existing data warehouse from which the restore point was created. |
| Warehouse time travel (preview) | Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric offers the capability to query the historical data as it existed in the past at the statement level, currently in preview. The ability to query data from a specific timestamp is known in the data warehousing industry as time travel. |
Generally available features
The following table lists the features of Microsoft Fabric that have transitioned from preview to general availability (GA) within the last six months.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | OneLake availability of Eventhouse in Delta Lake format | As part of the One logical copy promise, we're excited to announce that OneLake availability of Eventhouse in Delta Lake format is Generally Available. |
| May 2024 | Microsoft Fabric Private Links | Azure Private Link for Microsoft Fabric secures access to your sensitive data in Microsoft Fabric by providing network isolation and applying required controls on your inbound network traffic. For more information, see Announcing General Availability of Fabric Private Links. |
| May 2024 | Trusted workspace access | Trusted workspace access in OneLake shortcuts is now generally available. You can now create data pipelines to access your firewall-enabled Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 (ADLS Gen2) accounts using Trusted workspace access (preview) in your Fabric Data Pipelines. Use the workspace identity to establish a secure and seamless connection between Fabric and your storage accounts. Trusted workspace access also enables secure and seamless access to ADLS Gen2 storage accounts from OneLake shortcuts in Fabric. |
| May 2024 | Managed private endpoints | Managed private endpoints for Microsoft Fabric allow secure connections over managed virtual networks to data sources that are behind a firewall or not accessible from the public internet. For more information, see Announcing General Availability of Fabric Private Links, Trusted Workspace Access, and Managed Private Endpoints. |
| May 2024 | Eventhouse | Eventhouse is a new, dynamic workspace hosting multiple KQL databases, generally available as part of Fabric Real-Time Intelligence. An Eventhouse offers a robust solution for managing and analyzing substantial volumes of real-time data. Get started with a guide to Create and manage an Eventhouse. |
| May 2024 | Data Engineering: Environment | The Environment in Fabric is now generally available. The Environment is a centralized item that allows you to configure all the required settings for running a Spark job in one place. At GA, we added support for Git, deployment pipelines, REST APIs, resource folders, and sharing. |
| May 2024 | Microsoft Fabric Core REST APIs | Microsoft Fabric Core APIs are now generally available. The Fabric user APIs are a major enabler for both enterprises and partners to use Microsoft Fabric as they enable end-to-end fully automated interaction with the service, enable integration of Microsoft Fabric into external web applications, and generally enable customers and partners to scale their solutions more easily. |
| May 2024 | Power Query Dataflow Gen2 SDK for VS Code | The Power Query SDK is now generally available in Visual Studio Code! To get started with the Power Query SDK in Visual Studio Code, install it from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace. |
| April 2024 | Semantic Link | Semantic links are now generally available! The package comes with our default VHD, and you can now use Semantic link in Fabric right away without any pip installation. |
| March 2024 | VNet Gateways in Dataflow Gen2 | VNet Data Gateway support for Dataflows Gen2 in Fabric is now generally available. The VNet data gateway helps to connect from Fabric Dataflows Gen2 to Azure data services within a VNet, without the need of an on-premises data gateway. |
Community
This section summarizes new Microsoft Fabric community opportunities for prospective and current influencers and MVPs.
- Sign up for the Fabric Community Newsletter.
- Join a local Fabric User Group or join a local event.
- To learn about the Microsoft MVP Award and to find MVPs, see mvp.microsoft.com.
- Are you a student? Learn more about the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors program.
- Vote and contribute to Microsoft Fabric Ideas.
- Visit the Microsoft Fabric Career Hub for everything you need on your certification journey, including a 50% discount on exams.
- Watch and subscribe to Microsoft Fabric videos on YouTube.
- Ask and answer questions in the Microsoft Fabric community.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Solved Fabric Community posts are now available in the Fabric Help Pane | You can now find solved posts from Fabric Community discussions in the Fabric Help Pane. |
| May 2024 | Announcing Microsoft Fabric Community Conference Europe | Announcing the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference Europe on September 24, 2024. |
| May 2024 | Register for the Microsoft Build: Microsoft Fabric Cloud Skills Challenge | Starting May 21, 2024, sign up for the Microsoft Build: Microsoft Fabric Cloud Skills Challenge and prepare for Exam DP-600 and upskill to the Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification. |
| March 2024 | Earn a free Microsoft Fabric certification exam | Become eligible for a free certification exam by completing the Fabric AI Skills Challenge. The Fabric Analytics Engineer AI Skills Challenge is open until April 19, 2024. |
| March 2024 | Exam DP-600 is now available | Exam DP-600 is now available, leading to the Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification. The Fabric Career Hub can help you learn quickly and get certified. |
| March 2024 | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | Join us in Las Vegas March 26-28, 2024 for the first annual Microsoft Fabric Community Conference. See firsthand how Microsoft Fabric and the rest of the data and AI products at Microsoft can help your organization prepare for the era of AI. Register today using code MSCUST for an exclusive discount! |
| March 2024 | Announcing the winners of "HackTogether: The Microsoft Fabric Global AI Hack" | We received 50 Hackathon project submissions from over 100 registrants, participating from every corner of the world. Our judges were blown away by the breadth, depth, and overall quality of submissions. Meet the winners of the Fabric Global AI Hack! |
| January 2024 | Announcing Fabric Career Hub | The new Fabric Career Hub is your one-stop-shop for professional growth! We've created a comprehensive learning journey with the best free on-demand and live training, plus exam discounts. |
| January 2024 | Hack Together: The Microsoft Fabric Global AI Hack | Hack Together is a global online hackathon that runs from February 15 to March 4, 2024. Join us for Hack Together: The Microsoft Fabric Global AI Hack, a virtual event where you can learn, experiment, and hack together with the new Copilot and AI features in Microsoft Fabric! For more information, see Microsoft Fabric Global AI Hack. |
Power BI
Updates to Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service are summarized at What's new in Power BI?
Fabric samples and guidance
This section summarizes new guidance and sample project resources for Microsoft Fabric.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Protect PII information in your Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse with Responsible AI | One possible way to use Azure AI to identify and extract personally identifiable information (PII) in Microsoft Fabric is to use Azure AI Language to detect and categorize PII entities in text data, such as names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, social security numbers, etc. |
| February 2024 | Building Common Data Architectures with OneLake in Microsoft Fabric | Read more about common data architecture patterns and how they can be secured with Microsoft Fabric, and the basic building blocks of security for OneLake. |
| January 2024 | New Fabric certification and Fabric Career Hub | Beta availability of Microsoft Certification Exam DP-600: Implementing Analytics Solutions with Microsoft Fabric is available for a limited time. Passing this exam earns the Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification. |
Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft Fabric
With Copilot and other generative AI features in preview, Microsoft Fabric brings a new way to transform and analyze data, generate insights, and create visualizations and reports. For more information, see Copilot in Fabric.
Note
Starting May 20th, 2024, Copilot in Microsoft Fabric will be enabled by default for all tenants. This new default activation means that AI features like Copilot will be automatically enabled for tenants who have not yet enabled the setting.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Copilot privacy and security | For more information on the privacy and security of Copilot in Microsoft Fabric, and for detail information on each workload, see Privacy, security, and responsible use for Copilot in Microsoft Fabric (preview). |
| May 2024 | The AI and Copilot setting will be automatically delegated to capacity admins | A new option is being introduced in the tenant admin portal, to delegate the enablement of AI and Copilot features to Capacity administrators. This AI and Copilot setting will be automatically delegated to capacity administrators and tenant administrators won't be able to turn off the delegation. |
| May 2024 | Copilot for Data Warehouse | Copilot for Data Warehouse (preview) is now available, offering the Copilot chat pane, quick actions, and code completions. For more information and sample scenarios, see Announcing the Public Preview of Copilot for Data Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric. |
| February 2024 | Fabric Change the Game: How easy is it to use Copilot in Microsoft Fabric | This blog post shows how simple is to enable Copilot, a generative AI that brings new ways to transform and analyze data, generate insights, and create visualizations and reports in Microsoft Fabric. |
| February 2024 | Copilot for Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric | Copilot for Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric is now available in preview and included in the Dataflow Gen2 experience. For more information, see Copilot for Data Factory. |
| January 2024 | Microsoft Fabric Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering | Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering is now available worldwide. What can Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering do for you? |
| January 2024 | How to enable Copilot in Fabric for Everyone | Follow this guide to get Copilot in Fabric enabled for everyone in your organization. For more information, see Overview of Copilot for Microsoft Fabric (preview). |
| January 2024 | Copilot in Fabric is available worldwide | Copilot in Fabric is now available to all customers, including Copilot for Power BI, Data Factory, and Data Science & Data Engineering. Read more in our Overview on Copilot in Fabric. |
Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
This section summarizes recent new features and capabilities of Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric. Follow issues and feedback through the Data Factory Community Forum.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Data Factory Announcements at Microsoft Build Recap | Don't miss any of the Data Factory in Fabric announcements, here's a recap of all new features in Data Factory in Fabric from Build 2024. |
| May 2024 | New certified connectors | The Power Query SDK and Power Query Connector Certification process has introduced several new Power Query connectors, including connectors for Oracle database, MySQL, Oracle Cloud Storage, Azure AI, Azure Files, Dynamics AX, Google Bigquery, Snowflake ADBC, and more coming soon. |
| May 2024 | API for GraphQL in Microsoft Fabric (preview) | The new API for GraphQL is a data access layer that allows us to query multiple data sources quickly and efficiently in Fabric. For more information, see What is Microsoft Fabric API for GraphQL? |
| May 2024 | Power Query Dataflow Gen2 SDK for VS Code GA | The Power Query SDK is now generally available in Visual Studio Code! To get started with the Power Query SDK in Visual Studio Code, install it from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace. |
| May 2024 | Refresh the Refresh History Dialog | The Refresh History details popup window now has a Refresh button. |
| May 2024 | New and updated certified connectors | The Power Query SDK and Power Query Connector Certification process has introduced four new and updated Power Query connectors. |
| May 2024 | Data workflows in Data Factory preview | Data workflows (preview) in Data Factory, powered by Apache Airflow, offer seamless authoring, scheduling, and monitoring experience for Python-based data processes defined as Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs). For more information, see Quickstart: Create a Data workflow. |
| May 2024 | Trusted Workspace Access in Fabric Data Pipelines preview | Use the workspace identity to establish a secure and seamless connection between Fabric and your storage accounts. You can now create data pipelines to access your firewall-enabled Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 (ADLS Gen2) accounts using Trusted workspace access (preview) in your Fabric Data Pipelines. |
| May 2024 | Blob storage Event Triggers for Data Pipelines preview | Azure Blob storage event triggers (preview) in Fabric Data Factory Data Pipelines use Fabric Reflex alerts and event streams to create event subscriptions to your Azure storage accounts. |
| May 2024 | Azure HDInsight activity for data pipelines | The Azure HDInsight activity allows you to execute Hive queries, invoke a MapReduce program, execute Pig queries, execute a Spark program, or a Hadoop Stream program. |
| May 2024 | Copy data assistant | Start using the Modern Get Data experience by selecting Copy data assistant in the Pipeline landing page or Use copy assistant in the Copy data drop down. You can easily connect to recently used Fabric items and provides an intuitive way to read sources from sample data and new connections. |
| May 2024 | Edit the Destination Table Column Type when Copying Data | You can edit destination table column types when copying data for a new or autocreated destination table for many data stores. For more information, see Configure Lakehouse in a copy activity. |
| April 2024 | Spark job definition activity | With the new Spark job definition activity, you'll be able to run a Spark job definition in your pipeline. |
| April 2024 | Fabric Warehouse in ADF copy activity | You can now connect to your Fabric Warehouse from an Azure Data Factory/Synapse pipeline. You can find this new connector when creating a new source or sink destination in your copy activity, in the Lookup activity, Stored Procedure activity, Script activity, and Get Metadata activity. |
| April 2024 | Edit column type to destination table support added to Fabric Warehouse and other SQL data stores | When moving data from any supported data sources into Fabric Warehouse or other SQL data stores (SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or Azure Synapse Analytics) via data pipelines, users can now specify the data type for each column. |
| April 2024 | Performance improvements when writing data to SFTP | The SFTP connector has been improved to offer better performance when writing to SFTP as destination. |
| April 2024 | Service Principal Name authentication kind support for On-Premises and VNET data gateways | Azure Service Principals (SPN) is now supported for on-premises data gateways and VNET data gateways. Learn how to use the service principal authentication kind in Azure Data Lake Storage, Dataverse, Azure SQL Database, Web connector, and more. |
| April 2024 | New and updated Certified connectors | The Power Query SDK and Power Query Connector Certification process has introduced 11 new and updated custom Power Query connectors. |
| April 2024 | New Expression Builder Experience | A new experience in the Script activity in Fabric Data Factory pipelines to make it even easier to build expressions using the pipeline expression language. |
| April 2024 | Data Factory Increases Maximum Activities Per Pipeline to 80 | We have doubled the limit on number of activities you can define in a pipeline from 40 to 80. |
| April 2024 | REST APIs for Fabric Data Factory pipelines preview | The REST APIs for Fabric Data Factory Pipelines are now in preview. REST APIs for Data Factory pipelines enable you to extend the built-in capability in Fabric to create, read, update, delete, and list pipelines. |
| March 2024 | Fast copy in Dataflows Gen2 | With Fast copy, you can ingest terabytes of data with the easy experience of dataflows, but with the scalable backend of Pipeline's Copy activity. |
| March 2024 | Integrating On-Premises Data into Microsoft Fabric Using Data Pipelines in Data Factory preview | With the on-premises Data Gateway (preview), customers can connect to on-premises data sources using dataflows and data pipelines with Data Factory. For more information, see How to access on-premises data sources in Data Factory for Microsoft Fabric. |
| March 2024 | CI/CD for Fabric Data Pipelines preview | Git Integration and integration with built-in Deployment Pipelines to Data Factory data pipelines is now in preview. For more information, see Data Factory Adds CI/CD to Fabric Data Pipelines. |
| March 2024 | Browse Azure resources with Get Data | Learn how to browse and connect to all your Azure resources with the 'browse Azure' functionality in Get Data. You can browse Azure resources then connect to Synapse, blob storage, or ADLS Gen2 resources easily. |
| March 2024 | Dataflow Gen2 Support for VNet Gateways now generally available | VNet Data Gateway support for Dataflows Gen2 in Fabric is now generally available. The VNet data gateway helps to connect from Fabric Dataflows Gen2 to Azure data services within a VNet, without the need of an on-premises data gateway. |
| March 2024 | Privacy levels support in Dataflows | You can now set privacy levels for your connections in your Dataflow Gen2. Privacy levels are critical to configure correctly so that sensitive data is only viewed by authorized users. |
| March 2024 | Copy data to S3 Compatible via Fabric Data Factory Data Pipeline | Copying data to S3 Compatible is now available in Data pipeline of Fabric Data Factory! You can use Copy assistant and Copy activity in your Data pipeline to finish this data movement. |
| February 2024 | Dataflows Gen2 data destinations and managed settings | New features for Dataflows Gen2 include destinations, managed settings, and advanced topics. |
| February 2024 | Copilot for Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric | Copilot for Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric is now available in preview and included in the Dataflow Gen2 experience. For more information, see Copilot for Data Factory. |
| February 2024 | Certified Connector updates | The Power Query SDK enables you to create new connectors for both Power BI and Dataflow. New certified Power Query connectors are available to the list of Certified Connectors in Power Query. |
| February 2024 | Data pipeline connector updates | New connectors are available in your Data Factory data pipelines, including S3 compatible and Google Cloud Storage data sources. For more information, see Data pipeline connectors in Microsoft Fabric. |
Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric samples and guidance
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | A Data Factory Pipeline Navigator mind map | The ultimate Data Factory Pipeline Mind Map helps you navigate Data Factory pipelines on your Data Factory journey to build a successful Data Integration project. |
| May 2024 | Semantic model refresh activity | Learn how to use the much-requested Semantic model refresh activity in Data pipelines and how you can now create a complete end-to-end solution that spans the entire pipeline lifecycle. |
| February 2024 | Fabric Data Pipelines – Advanced Scheduling Techniques | This blog series covers Advanced Scheduling techniques in Microsoft Fabric Data Pipelines. |
| January 2024 | Automate Fabric Data Warehouse Queries and Commands with Data Factory | In Fabric Data Factory, there are many ways to query data, retrieve data, and execute commands from your warehouse using pipeline activities that can then be easily automated. |
| January 2024 | Use Fabric Data Factory Data Pipelines to Orchestrate Notebook-based Workflows | Guidance and good practices when building Fabric Spark Notebook workflows using Data Factory in Fabric with data pipelines. |
Synapse Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric
This section summarizes recent new features and capabilities of the Data Engineering workload in Microsoft Fabric.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Native Execution Engine for Apache Spark | The Native Execution Engine for Apache Spark on Fabric Data Engineering and Data Science for Fabric Runtime 1.2 is now in preview. For more information, see Native execution engine for Fabric Spark. |
| June 2024 | OneLake data access roles API | Following the release of OneLake data access roles in preview, new APIs are available for managing data access roles. These APIs can be used to programmatically manage granular data access for your lakehouses. |
| May 2024 | Runtime 1.3 (Apache Spark 3.5, Delta Lake 3.1, R 4.3.3, Python 3.11) (preview) | The enhancements in Fabric Runtime 1.3 include the incorporation of Delta Lake 3.1, compatibility with Python 3.11, support for Starter Pools, integration with Environment, and library management capabilities. Additionally, Fabric Runtime now enriches the data science experience by supporting the R language and integrating Copilot. |
| May 2024 | Spark Run Series Analysis and Autotune feature preview | The Spark Monitoring Run Series Analysis features allow you to analyze the run duration trend and performance comparison for Pipeline Spark activity recurring run instances and repetitive Spark run activities, from the same Notebook or Spark Job Definition. |
| May 2024 | OneLake shortcuts to on-premises and network-restricted data sources (preview) | Connect to on-premises data sources with a Fabric on-premises data gateway on a machine in your environment, with networking visibility of your S3 compatible, Amazon S3, or Google Cloud Storage data source. Then, you create your shortcut and select that gateway. For more information, see Create shortcuts to on-premises data. |
| May 2024 | Comment @tagging in Notebook | Notebook now supports the ability to tag others in comments, just like the familiar functionality of using Office products. |
| May 2024 | Notebook ribbon upgrades | New features in the Fabric notebook ribbon including the Session connect control and Data Wrangler button on the Home tab, High concurrency sessions, new View session information control including the session timeout. |
| May 2024 | Data Engineering: Environment GA | The Environment in Fabric is now generally available. The Environment is a centralized item that allows you to configure all the required settings for running a Spark job in one place. At GA, we added support for Git, deployment pipelines, REST APIs, resource folders, and sharing. |
| May 2024 | Public API for Workspace Data Engineering/Science | REST API support for Fabric Data Engineering/Science workspace settings allows users to create/manage their Spark compute, select the default runtime/default environment, enable or disable high concurrency mode, or ML autologging. |
| April 2024 | Fabric Spark Optimistic Job Admission | Fabric Spark Optimistic Job Admission reduces the frequency of throttling errors (HTTP 430: Spark Capacity Limit Exceeded Response) and improves the job admission experience for our customers, especially during peak usage hours. |
| April 2024 | Single Node support for starter pools | The Single Node support for starter pools feature lets you set your starter pool to max one node and get super-fast session start times for your Spark sessions. |
| April 2024 | Container Image for Synapse VS Code | To simplify the development process, we have released a container image for Synapse VS Code that contains all the necessary dependencies for the extension. |
| April 2024 | Git integration with Spark Job definition | Git integration with Spark Job definitions allows you to check in the changes of your Spark Job Definitions into a Git repository, which will include the source code of the Spark jobs and other item properties. |
| April 2024 | New Revamped Object Explorer experience in the notebook | The new Object Explorer experience improves flexibility and discoverability of data sources in the explorer and improve the discoverability of Resource folders. |
| April 2024 | %Run your scripts in Notebook** |
Now you can use %run magic command to run your Python scripts and SQL scripts in Notebook resources folder, just like Jupyter notebook %run command. |
| April 2024 | OneLake shortcuts to S3-compatible data sources preview | OneLake shortcuts to S3-compatible data sources are now in preview. Create an Amazon S3 compatible shortcut to connect to your existing data through a single unified name space without having to copy or move data. |
| April 2024 | OneLake shortcuts to Google Cloud Storage preview | OneLake shortcuts to Google Cloud Storage are now in preview. Create a Google Cloud Storage shortcut to connect to your existing data through a single unified name space without having to copy or move data. |
| April 2024 | OneLake data access roles | OneLake data access roles for lakehouse are in preview. Role permissions and user/group assignments can be easily updated through a new folder security user interface. |
| March 2024 | New validation enhancement for "Load to table" | The new validation enhancement to the "Load to table" feature help mitigate any validation issues and make your data loading experience smoother and faster. |
| March 2024 | Queuing for Notebook Jobs | Now with Job Queueing for Notebook Jobs, jobs that are triggered by pipelines or job scheduler will be added to a queue and will be retried automatically when the capacity frees up. For more information, see Job queueing in Microsoft Fabric Spark. |
| March 2024 | Autotune Query Tuning feature for Apache Spark | The Autotune Query Tuning feature for Apache Spark is now available. Autotune leverages historical data from your Spark SQL queries and machine learning algorithms to automatically fine-tune your configurations, ensuring faster execution times and enhanced efficiency. |
| March 2024 | OneLake File Explorer: Editing via Excel | With our latest release v1.0.11.0 of file explorer, we're excited to announce that you can now update your files directly using Excel, mirroring the user-friendly experience available in OneDrive. |
| February 2024 | Trusted workspace access (preview) for OneLake Shortcuts | Trusted workspace access (preview) enables secure and seamless access to ADLS Gen2 storage accounts from OneLake shortcuts in Fabric. For more information, see Trusted workspace access (preview). |
| February 2024 | Reduce egress costs with S3 shortcuts in OneLake | Learn how OneLake shortcuts to S3 now support caching, which can greatly reduce egress costs. Use the new Enable Cache for S3 Shortcuts setting with an S3 shortcut. |
| February 2024 | OneLake Shortcuts API | New REST APIs for OneLake Shortcuts allow programmatic creation and management of shortcuts, currently in preview. You can now programmatically create, read, and delete OneLake shortcuts. For example, see Use OneLake shortcuts REST APIs. |
| February 2024 | Browse code snippet | The new Browse code snippet notebook feature allows you to easily access and insert code snippets for commonly used code snippets with multiple supported languages. |
| February 2024 | Configure session timeout | Notebooks now support configuring session timeout for the current live session. It can help you avoid wasting resources or losing context due to timeout. You can specify the maximum duration of your spark sessions, from minutes to hours, and also get alerts before the session expires and extend it. |
| February 2024 | Fabric notebook status bar upgrade | The new Fabric Notebook status bar has three persisted info buttons: session status, save status, and cell selection status. Plus, context features include info on the git connection state, a shortcut to extend session timeout, and a failed cell navigator. |
| January 2024 | Microsoft Fabric Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering | Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering is now available worldwide. What can Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering do for you? |
| January 2024 | Newest version of OneLake File Explorer includes Excel Integration | With the newest version of OneLake file explorer (v1.0.11.0) we bring a few updates to enhance your experience with OneLake, including Excel Integration. |
Synapse Data Engineering samples and guidance
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Demystifying Data Ingestion in Fabric: Fundamental Components for Ingesting Data into a Fabric Lakehouse using Fabric Data Pipelines | Learn about a batch data Ingestion framework based on experience working with different customers while building a lakehouse in Fabric. |
| June 2024 | Boost performance and save costs with Fast Copy in Dataflows Gen2 | Learn how the Fast Copy feature helps to enhance the performance and cost-efficiency of your Dataflows Gen2. |
| May 2024 | Copy Data from Lakehouse in another Workspace using Data pipeline | Learn how to copy data between Lakehouse that cross different workspaces via Data pipeline. |
| March 2024 | Bridging Fabric Lakehouses: Delta Change Data Feed for Seamless ETL | Learn how to use the Delta Change Data Feed to facilitate seamless data synchronization across different lakehouses in your medallion architecture. |
| January 2024 | Use Fabric Data Factory Data Pipelines to Orchestrate Notebook-based Workflows | Guidance and good practices when building Fabric Spark Notebook workflows using Data Factory in Fabric with data pipelines. |
Synapse Data Science in Microsoft Fabric
This section summarizes recent improvements and features for Data Science in Microsoft Fabric.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Native Execution Engine for Apache Spark | The Native Execution Engine for Apache Spark on Fabric Data Engineering and Data Science for Fabric Runtime 1.2 is now in preview. For more information, see Native execution engine for Fabric Spark. |
| May 2024 | Public API for Workspace Data Engineering/Science | REST API support for Fabric Data Engineering/Science workspace settings allows users to create/manage their Spark compute, select the default runtime/default environment, enable or disable high concurrency mode, or ML autologging. |
| April 2024 | Semantic Link GA | Semantic links are now generally available! The package comes with our default VHD. You can now use Semantic link in Fabric right away without any pip installation. |
| April 2024 | Capacity level delegation for AI and Copilot | Tenant admins can now enable AI and Copilot in Fabric for the entire organization, certain security groups, or for a specific Capacity. |
| March 2024 | EU customers can use AI and Copilot without cross-geo setting | Since mid-March EU customers can use AI and Copilot without turning on the cross-geo setting, and their AI and Copilot requests will be processed within EUDB. |
| March 2024 | Code-First Hyperparameter Tuning preview | FLAML is now integrated for hyperparameter tuning, currently a preview feature. Fabric's flaml.tune feature streamlines this process, offering a cost-effective and efficient approach to hyperparameter tuning. |
| March 2024 | Code-First AutoML preview | With the new AutoML feature, you can automate your machine learning workflow and get the best results with less effort. AutoML, or Automated Machine Learning, is a set of techniques and tools that can automatically train and optimize machine learning models for any given data and task type. |
| March 2024 | Compare Nested Runs | Parent and child runs in the Run List View for ML Experiments introduces a hierarchical structure, allowing users to effortlessly view various parent and child runs within a single view and seamlessly interact with them to visually compare results. |
| March 2024 | Support for Mandatory MIP Label Enforcement | ML Model and Experiment items in Fabric now offer enhanced support for Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) labels. |
| January 2024 | Microsoft Fabric Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering | Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering is now available worldwide. What can Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering do for you? |
Synapse Data Science samples and guidance
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | New AI Samples | New AutoML sample, Model Tuning, and Semantic Link samples appear in the Quick Tutorial category of the Data Science samples on Microsoft Fabric. |
Synapse Data Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric
This section summarizes recent improvements and features for Synapse Data Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Monitor Warehouse tools | You can Monitor Synapse Data Warehouse activity with a variety of tools, including: Billing and utilization reporting in Synapse Data Warehouse, monitor connections, sessions, and requests using DMVs, Query insights, and now Query activity. For more information, read Query activity: A one-stop view to monitor your running and completed T-SQL queries. |
| May 2024 | Copilot for Data Warehouse | Copilot for Data Warehouse (preview) is now available, offering the Copilot chat pane, quick actions, and code completions. |
| May 2024 | Warehouse queries with time travel (preview) | Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric offers the capability to query the historical data as it existed in the past at the statement level, currently in preview. The ability to query data from a specific timestamp is known in the data warehousing industry as time travel. |
| May 2024 | COPY INTO enhancements | COPY INTO now supports Microsoft Entra ID authentication and access to firewall protected storage via the trusted workspace functionality. For more information, see COPY INTO enhancements and COPY INTO (Transact-SQL). |
| April 2024 | Fabric Warehouse in ADF copy activity | You can now connect to your Fabric Warehouse from an Azure Data Factory/Synapse pipeline. You can find this new connector when creating a new source or sink destination in your copy activity, in the Lookup activity, Stored Procedure activity, Script activity, and Get Metadata activity. |
| April 2024 | Git integration | Git integration for the Warehouse allows you to check in the changes of your Warehouse to an Azure DevOps Git repository as a SQL database project. |
| April 2024 | Partition elimination | Partition elimination is a performance improvement for tables with a large number of files. The SQL analytics endpoint of a Lakehouse uses partition elimination to read data from only those partitions that are relevant to the query. Recent improvements boosted performance even more when queries are aimed at a few partitions in a table that has many files. |
| March 2024 | Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric preview | With Mirroring in Fabric, you can easily bring your databases into OneLake in Microsoft Fabric, enabling seamless zero-ETL, near real-time insights on your data – and unlocking warehousing, BI, AI, and more. For more information, see What is Mirroring in Fabric?. |
| March 2024 | Cold cache performance improvements | Fabric stores data in Delta tables and when the data is not cached, it needs to transcode data from parquet file format structures to in-memory structures for query processing. Recent cold cache performance improvements further optimize transcoding and we observed up to 9% faster queries in our tests when data is not previously cached. |
| March 2024 | Extract and publish a SQL database project directly through the DW editor | The SQL Database Projects extension creates a SQL project (.sqlproj) file, a local representation of SQL objects that comprise the schema for a single database, such as tables, stored procedures, or functions. You can now extract and publish a SQL database project directly through the DW editor. |
| March 2024 | Change owner of Warehouse item | The new Takeover API allows you to change the warehouse owner from the current owner to a new owner, which can be an SPN or an Organizational Account. |
| March 2024 | Clone table RLS and CLS | A cloned table now inherits the row-level security (RLS) and dynamic data masking from the source of the clone table. |
| February 2024 | Experience performance improvements | Recent connectivity and performance enhancements include an improved experience for creating warehouses, T-SQL execution, automatic metadata discovery, and error messaging. |
Synapse Data Warehouse samples and guidance
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Mastering Enterprise T-SQL ETL/ELT: A Guide with Data Warehouse and Fabric Pipelines | Learn about foundational elements of an enterprise-scale ETL/ELT framework using Fabric Pipelines and a Data Warehouse for performing our transformations in T-SQL. Additionally, we will examine a dynamic SQL script designed to incrementally process tables throughout your enterprise. |
| April 2024 | Fabric Change the Game: Azure SQL Database mirror into Microsoft Fabric | A step-by-step guide to mirror your Azure SQL Database into Microsoft Fabric. |
| February 2024 | Mapping Azure Synapse dedicated SQL pools to Fabric data warehouse compute | Read for guidance on mapping Data Warehouse Units (DWU) from Azure Synapse Analytics dedicated SQL pool to an approximate equivalent number of Fabric Capacity Units (CU). |
| January 2024 | Automate Fabric Data Warehouse Queries and Commands with Data Factory | In Fabric Data Factory, there are many ways to query data, retrieve data, and execute commands from your warehouse using pipeline activities that can then be easily automated. |
Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric
This section summarizes recent improvements and features for Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Set alerts on Real-time Dashboards with Data Activator triggers | Real-Time Dashboard visuals now support alerts, to extend monitoring support with Data Activator. With integration with Data Activator, you'll receive timely alerts as your key metrics change in real-time. |
| June 2024 | OneLake availability of Eventhouse in Delta Lake format GA | As part of the One logical copy promise, we're excited to announce that OneLake availability of Eventhouse in Delta Lake format is Generally Available. |
| June 2024 | Real-Time Dashboards | Real-Time Dashboards interact with data dynamically and in real time. Real-Time Dashboards natively visualize data stored in Eventhouses. For more information, see Visualize and Explore Data with Real-Time Dashboards. |
| May 2024 | Eventhouse GA | Eventhouse is a new, dynamic workspace hosting multiple KQL databases, generally available as part of Fabric Real-Time Intelligence. An Eventhouse offers a robust solution for managing and analyzing substantial volumes of real-time data. Get started with a guide to Create and manage an Eventhouse. |
| May 2024 | Copilot for Real-Time Intelligence | Copilot for Real-Time Intelligence is now in preview! For those who are already fans of KQL or newcomers exploring its potential, Copilot can help you get started, and navigate data with ease. |
| May 2024 | Automating Fabric items with Real-Time Intelligence | Learn how to interact with data pipelines, notebooks, spark jobs in a more event-driven way. |
| May 2024 | Real-Time Intelligence | This month includes the announcement of Real-Time Intelligence, the next evolution of Real-Time Analytics and Data Activator. |
| May 2024 | Real-Time Intelligence new preview features | At Build 2024, a dozen new features and capabilities were announced for Real-Time Intelligence, organized into categories of Ingest & Process, Analyze & Transform, and Visualize & Act. |
| May 2024 | Real-Time hub preview | Real-Time hub is single, tenant-wide, unified, logical place for streaming data-in-motion. It enables you to easily discover, ingest, manage, and consume data-in-motion from a wide variety of sources. It lists all the streams and Kusto Query Language (KQL) tables that you can directly act on. It also gives you an easy way to ingest streaming data from Microsoft products and Fabric events. For more information, see Real-Time hub overview. |
| May 2024 | Get Events preview | The Get Events experience allows users to connect to a wide range of sources directly from Real-Time hub, Eventstreams, Eventhouse, and Data Activator. Using Get Events, bring streaming data from Microsoft sources directly into Fabric with a first-class experience. |
| May 2024 | Enhanced Eventstream capabilities preview | With enhanced Eventstream capabilities, you can now stream data not only from Microsoft sources but also from other platforms like Google Cloud, Amazon Kinesis, Database change data capture streams, and more, using our new messaging connectors. |
| May 2024 | Event streams - enhanced capabilities preview | The preview of enhanced capabilities supports many new sources - Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Confluent Cloud Kafka, Azure SQL Database Change Data Capture (CDC), PostgreSQL Database CDC, MySQL Database CDC, Azure Cosmos DB CDC, Azure Blob Storage events, and Fabric workspace item events, and a new Stream destination. It supports two distinct modes, Edit mode and Live view, in the visual designer. It also supports routing based on content in data streams. For more information, see What is Fabric event streams. |
| April 2024 | Kusto Cache consumption preview | The preview of Kusto Cache consumption means that you will start seeing billable consumption of the OneLake Cache Data Stored meter from the KQL Database and Eventhouse items. For more information, see KQL Database consumption. |
| April 2024 | Pause and Resume in Eventstream preview | The Pause and Resume feature enables you to pause data streaming from various sources and destinations within Eventstream. You can then resume data streaming seamlessly from the paused time or a customized time, ensuring no data loss. |
| March 2024 | New Expressions "Changes by", "Increases by", and "Decreases by" | In Data Activator, when setting conditions on a trigger, we've added syntax to allows you to detect when there's been a change in your data by absolute number or percentage. See New Expressions "Changes by", "Increases by", and "Decreases by". |
| March 2024 | Fabric Real-Time Intelligence Integrates with Newly Announced Database Watcher for Azure SQL | Users of Azure SQL can use the Database Watcher monitoring solution with Microsoft Fabric. Database Watcher for Azure SQL (preview) provides advanced monitoring capabilities, and can integrate with Eventhouse KQL database. |
| March 2024 | Update records in a KQL Database preview | The .update command is now available, as a preview feature. Learn more about how to Update records in a Kusto database. |
| March 2024 | Query Azure Data Explorer data from Queryset | Connecting to and using data in Azure Data explorer cluster from Fabric's KQL Queryset is now available. |
| February 2024 | Eventhouse Overview: Handling Real-Time Data with Microsoft Fabric | Eventhouse (preview) is a dynamic workspace hosting multiple KQL databases, part of Fabric Real-Time Intelligence. An Eventhouse offers a robust solution for managing and analyzing substantial volumes of real-time data. Get started with a guide to Create and manage an Eventhouse. |
| February 2024 | KQL DB shortcut to Delta Lake tables support name-based column mapping | KQL DB now supports reading Delta tables with column name mappings. The column mapping feature allows Delta table columns and the underlying Parquet file columns to use different names. This enables Delta schema evolution operations such on a Delta table without the need to rewrite the underlying Parquet files and allows users to name Delta table columns by using characters that aren't allowed by Parquet. |
| February 2024 | KQL DB shortcut to Delta Lake tables support deletion vectors | KQL DB can now read delta tables with deletion vectors, resolving the current table state by applying the deletions noted by deletion vectors to the most recent table version. |
| February 2024 | Get Data in KQL DB now supports processing events before ingestion via Eventstream | The Process event before ingestion in Eventstream option enables you to process the data before it's ingested into the destination table. By selecting this option, the get data process seamlessly continues in Eventstream, with the destination table and data source details automatically populated. |
| February 2024 | KQL DB now supports data ingestion using Apache Flink | Using the open-source Flink connector, you can send data from Flink to your table. Using Azure Data Explorer and Apache Flink, you can build fast and scalable applications targeting data driven scenarios. |
| February 2024 | Route data from Splunk Universal Forwarder to KQL DB using Kusto Splunk Universal Connector | You can now use the Kusto Splunk Universal Connector to send data from Splunk Universal Forwarder to a table in your KQL DB. |
Real-Time Intelligence samples and guidance
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Alerting and acting on data from the Real-Time hub | Microsoft Fabric's new Real-Time hub and Data Activator provide a no-code experience for automatically taking actions when patterns or conditions are detected in changing data and is embedded around the Real-Time hub to make creating alerts always accessible. |
| May 2024 | Using APIs with Fabric Real-Time Intelligence: Eventhouse and KQL DB | Learn how to create/update/delete items in Fabric with the KQL APIs, accessing the data plane of a resource. |
| May 2024 | Connect and stream events with the Get events experience | The Get events experience streamlines the process of browsing and searching for sources and streams. |
| May 2024 | Acquiring Real-Time Data from New Sources with Enhanced Eventstream | Learn how to connect to new sources in Eventstream. Start by creating an eventstream and choosing "Enhanced Capabilities (preview)". |
| March 2024 | Browse Azure resources with Get Data | Learn how to browse and connect to all your Azure resources with the 'browse Azure' functionality in Get Data. You can browse Azure resources then connect to Synapse, blob storage, or ADLS Gen2 resources easily. |
Microsoft Fabric core features
News and feature announcements core to the Microsoft Fabric experience.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Microsoft Fabric Private Links GA | Azure Private Link for Microsoft Fabric secures access to your sensitive data in Microsoft Fabric by providing network isolation and applying required controls on your inbound network traffic. For more information, see Announcing General Availability of Fabric Private Links. |
| May 2024 | Trusted workspace access GA | Trusted workspace access in OneLake shortcuts is now generally available. You can now create data pipelines to access your firewall-enabled Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 (ADLS Gen2) accounts using Trusted workspace access (preview) in your Fabric Data Pipelines. Use the workspace identity to establish a secure and seamless connection between Fabric and your storage accounts. Trusted workspace access also enables secure and seamless access to ADLS Gen2 storage accounts from OneLake shortcuts in Fabric. |
| May 2024 | Fabric APIs walkthrough | Learn about using REST APIs in Fabric, including creating workspaces, adding permission, dropping, creating, executing data pipelines, and how to pause/resume Fabric activities using the management API. |
| May 2024 | Managed private endpoints GA | Managed private endpoints for Microsoft Fabric allow secure connections over managed virtual networks to data sources that are behind a firewall or not accessible from the public internet. For more information, see Announcing General Availability of Fabric Private Links, Trusted Workspace Access, and Managed Private Endpoints. |
| May 2024 | Fabric UX System | The Fabric UX System represents a leap forward in design consistency and extensibility for Microsoft Fabric. |
| May 2024 | Microsoft Fabric Core REST APIs | Microsoft Fabric Core APIs are now generally available. The Fabric user APIs are a major enabler for both enterprises and partners to use Microsoft Fabric as they enable end-to-end fully automated interaction with the service, enable integration of Microsoft Fabric into external web applications, and generally enable customers and partners to scale their solutions more easily. |
| May 2024 | Microsoft Fabric Admin APIs preview | Fabric Admin APIs are designed to streamline administrative tasks. Now, you can manage both Power BI and the new Fabric items (previously referred to as artifacts) using the same set of APIs. Before this enhancement, you had to navigate using two different APIs—one for Power BI items and another for new Fabric items. |
| May 2024 | Fabric workload dev kit (preview) | The Microsoft Fabric workload development kit extends to additional workloads and offers a robust developer toolkit for designing, developing, and interoperating with Microsoft Fabric using frontend SDKs and backend REST APIs. |
| May 2024 | Introducing external data sharing (preview) | External Data Sharing (preview) is a new feature that makes it possible for Fabric users to share data from within their Fabric tenant with users in another Fabric tenant. |
| May 2024 | Task flows in Microsoft Fabric (preview) | The preview of task flows in Microsoft Fabric is enabled for all Microsoft Fabric users. With Fabric task flows, when designing a data project, you no longer need to use a whiteboard to sketch out the different parts of the project and their interrelationships. Instead, you can use a task flow to build and bring this key information into the project itself. |
| March 2024 | Microsoft Fabric is now HIPAA compliant | We are excited to announce that Microsoft Fabric, our all-in-one analytics solution for enterprises, has achieved new certifications for HIPAA and ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27001, ISO 27701. |
| March 2024 | Folder in Workspace preview | As an organizational unit in the workspace, folder addresses this pain point by providing a hierarchical structure for organizing and managing your items. For more information, see Create folders in workspaces (preview). |
| March 2024 | Fabric Copilot Pricing: An End-to-End example | Copilot in Fabric begins billing on March 1, 2024 as part of your existing Power BI Premium or Fabric Capacity. Learn how Fabric Copilot usage is calculated. |
| March 2024 | Capacity Platform Updates for Pause/Resume, Capacity Metrics, virtualized items and workspaces for Copilot, and VNET Gateways | The Fabric Capacity Platform now supports usage reporting for Pause/Resume, virtualized items and workspaces supporting Copilot, Capacity Metrics, and VNET Gateway. For more information, read Capacity Platform Updates for Pause Resume and Capacity Metrics for Copilot and VNET Gateways. |
| February 2024 | Managed private endpoints for Microsoft Fabric (Preview) | Managed private endpoints for Microsoft Fabric (preview) allow secure connections to data sources that are behind a firewall or not accessible from the public internet. Workspaces with managed private endpoints have network isolation through a managed virtual network created by Microsoft Fabric. For more information, see Introducing Managed private endpoints for Microsoft Fabric preview. |
| February 2024 | Azure Private Link Support for Microsoft Fabric (Preview) | Azure Private Link for Microsoft Fabric secures access to your sensitive data in Microsoft Fabric by providing network isolation and applying required controls on your inbound network traffic. For more information, see Announcing Azure Private Link Support for Microsoft Fabric in Preview. |
| February 2024 | Domains in OneLake (preview) | Domains in OneLake help you organize your data into a logical data mesh, allowing federated governance and optimizing for business needs. You can now create sub domains, default domains for users, and move workspaces between domains. For more information, see Fabric domains. |
| February 2024 | Customizable Fabric navigation bar | You can now customize your preferred entry points in the navigation bar, including pinning common entry points and unpinning rarely used options. |
| February 2024 | Persistent filters in workspace | You can now save selected filters in workspace list view, and they'll be automatically applied the next time you open the workspace. |
Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) in Microsoft Fabric
This section includes guidance and documentation updates on development process, tools, source control, and versioning in the Microsoft Fabric workspace.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Deployment pipelines APIs for CI/CD | Fabric deployment pipelines APIs have been introduced, starting with the 'Deploy' API, which will allow you to deploy the entire workspace, or only selected items. |
| May 2024 | New items in Fabric CI/CD | Data pipelines, Warehouse, Spark, and Spark jobs are now available for CI/CD in git integration and deployment pipelines. |
| April 2024 | Introducing Trusted Workspace Access in Fabric Data Pipelines | Create data pipelines in Fabric to access your firewall-enabled ADLS Gen2 storage accounts with ease and security. This feature leverages the workspace identity to establish a secure and seamless connection between Fabric and your storage accounts. |
| March 2024 | CI/CD for Fabric Data Pipelines preview | Git Integration and integration with built-in Deployment Pipelines to Data Factory data pipelines is now in preview. For more information, see Data Factory Adds CI/CD to Fabric Data Pipelines. |
| March 2024 | System file updates for Git integration | The automatically generated system files item.metadata.json and item.config.json have been consolidated into a single system file .platform. For more information, see Automatically generated system files. |
| February 2024 | REST APIs for Fabric Git integration | REST APIs for Fabric Git integration enable seamless incorporation of Fabric Git integration into your team's end-to-end CI/CD pipeline, eliminating the need for manual triggering of actions from Fabric. |
| February 2024 | Delegation for Git integration settings | To enable more control over Git related settings, a tenant admin can now delegate these settings to both capacity admins and workspace admins via the What is the admin portal? |
Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) samples
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Microsoft Fabric Lifecycle Management – Getting started with Git Integration and Deployment Pipelines | Learn the essentials of Lifecycle Management through a demo scenario, and explore what Lifecycle Management is, and what it means in Fabric. |
Fabric and Microsoft 365
This section includes articles and announcements about Microsoft Fabric integration with Microsoft Graph and Microsoft 365.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Analyze Dataverse tables from Microsoft Fabric | When creating a shortcut within Fabric, you will now see an option for Dataverse. When you choose this shortcut type and specify your Dataverse environment details, you can quickly see and work with the tables from that environment. |
Migration
This section includes guidance and documentation updates on migration to Microsoft Fabric.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Mapping Azure Synapse dedicated SQL pools to Fabric data warehouse compute | Read for guidance on mapping Data Warehouse Units (DWU) from Azure Synapse Analytics dedicated SQL pool to an approximate equivalent number of Fabric Capacity Units (CU). |
Monitor
This section includes guidance and documentation updates on monitoring your Microsoft Fabric capacity and utilization, including the Monitoring hub.
| Month | Feature | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Capacity Metrics support for Pause and Resume | Fabric Capacity Metrics has been updated with new system events and reconciliation logic to simplify analysis of paused capacities. Fabric Pause and Resume is a capacity management feature that lets you pause F SKU capacities to manage costs. When your capacity isn't operational, you can pause it to enable cost savings and then later, when you want to resume work on your capacity you can reactivate it. |
Archive
For older updates, review the Microsoft Fabric What's New archive.
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