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New to Microsoft Fabric?

This section includes past articles and announcements that are useful to users new to Microsoft Fabric.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Microsoft Fabric is now generally available Microsoft Fabric is now generally available for purchase. Microsoft Fabric can reshape how your teams work with data by bringing everyone together on a single, AI-powered platform built for the era of AI. This includes: Power BI, Data Factory, Data Engineering, Data Science, Real-Time Analytics, Data Warehouse, and the overall Fabric platform.
November 2023 Fabric workloads are now generally available! Microsoft Fabric is now generally available! Microsoft Fabric Synapse Data Warehouse, Data Engineering & Data Science, Real-Time Analytics, Data Factory, OneLake, and the overall Fabric platform are now generally available.
November 2023 Implement medallion lakehouse architecture in Microsoft Fabric An introduction to medallion lake architecture and how you can implement a lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric.
October 2023 Announcing the Fabric roadmap Announcing the Fabric Roadmap. One place you can see what we are working on and when you can expect it to be available.
October 2023 Get started with semantic link Explore how semantic link seamlessly connects Power BI semantic models with Synapse Data Science within Microsoft Fabric. Learn more at Semantic link in Microsoft Fabric: Bridging BI and Data Science.

You can also check out the semantic link sample notebooks that are now available in the fabric-samples GitHub repository. These notebooks showcase the use of semantic link's Python library, SemPy, in Microsoft Fabric.
September 2023 Fabric Capacities – Everything you need to know about what's new and what's coming Read more about the improvements we're making to the Fabric capacity management platform for Fabric and Power BI users.
August 2023 Accessing Microsoft Fabric for developers, startups and enterprises! Learn how to enable Microsoft Fabric as a developer, as a startup or as an enterprise has different steps. Learn more at Enabling Microsoft Fabric for developers, startups, and enterprises.
August 2023 Strong, useful, beautiful: Designing a new way of getting data From the Data Integration Design Team, learn about the strong, creative, and function design of Microsoft Fabric, as Microsoft designs for the future of data integration.
August 2023 Learn Live: Get started with Microsoft Fabric Calling all professionals, enthusiasts, and learners! On August 29, we'll be kicking off the "Learn Live: Get started with Microsoft Fabric" series in partnership with Microsoft's Data Advocacy teams and Microsoft WorldWide Learning teams to deliver 9x live-streamed lessons covering topics related to Microsoft Fabric!
July 2023 Step-by-Step Tutorial: Building ETLs with Microsoft Fabric In this comprehensive guide, we walk you through the process of creating Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) pipelines using Microsoft Fabric.
June 2023 Get skilled on Microsoft Fabric - the AI-powered analytics platform Who is Fabric for? How can I get skilled? This blog post answers these questions about Microsoft Fabric, a comprehensive data analytics solution by unifying many experiences on a single platform.
June 2023 Introducing the end-to-end scenarios in Microsoft Fabric In this blog, we explore four end-to-end scenarios that are typical paths our customers take to extract value and insights from their data using Microsoft Fabric.
May 2023 Get Started with Microsoft Fabric - All in-one place for all your Analytical needs A technical overview and introduction to everything from data movement to data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence in Microsoft Fabric.
May 2023 Microsoft OneLake in Fabric, the OneDrive for data Microsoft OneLake brings the first multicloud SaaS data lake for the entire organization.

Generally available features

The following table lists the features of Microsoft Fabric that have transitioned from preview to general availability (GA).

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Microsoft Fabric is now generally available Microsoft Fabric is now generally available for purchase. Microsoft Fabric can reshape how your teams work with data by bringing everyone together on a single, AI-powered platform built for the era of AI. This includes: Power BI, Data Factory, Data Engineering, Data Science, Real-Time Analytics, Data Warehouse, and the overall Fabric platform.

Community

This section summarizes previous Microsoft Fabric community opportunities for prospective and current influencers and MVPs. To learn about the Microsoft MVP Award and to find MVPs, see mvp.microsoft.com.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Microsoft Fabric MVP Corner – Special Edition (Ignite) A special edition of the "Microsoft Fabric MVP Corner" blog series highlights selected content related to Fabric and created by MVPs around the Microsoft Ignite 2023 conference, when we announced Microsoft Fabric generally available.
November 2023 Skill up on Fabric with the Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge We're excited to announce the Microsoft Ignite: Microsoft Fabric Challenge as part of the Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge. Skill up for in-demand tech scenarios, and enter to win a VIP pass to the next Microsoft Ignite. The challenge is on until January 15, 2024. The challenge helps you prepare for the Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification and new Microsoft Applied Skills credentials covering the lakehouse and data warehouse scenarios, which are coming in the next months.
October 2023 Microsoft Fabric MVP Corner – October 2023 Highlights of selected content related to Fabric and created by MVPs from October 2023.
September 2023 Microsoft Fabric MVP Corner – September 2023 Highlights of selected content related to Fabric and created by MVPs from September 2023.
August 2023 Microsoft Fabric MVP Corner – August 2023 Highlights of selected content related to Fabric and created by MVPs from August 2023.
July 2023 Microsoft Fabric MVP Corner – July 2023 Highlights of selected content related to Fabric and created by MVPs in July 2023.
June 2023 Microsoft Fabric MVP Corner – June 2023 The Fabric MVP Corner blog series to highlight selected content related to Fabric and created by MVPs in June 2023.
May 2023 Fabric User Groups Power BI User Groups are now Fabric User Groups!
May 2023 Learn about Microsoft Fabric from MVPs Prior to our official announcement of Microsoft Fabric at Build 2023, MVPs had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the product. For several months, they have been actively testing Fabric and gaining valuable insights. Now, their enthusiasm for the product is evident as they eagerly share their knowledge and thoughts about Microsoft Fabric with the community.

Fabric samples and guidance

This section summarizes archived guidance and sample project resources for Microsoft Fabric.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Semantic Link: OneLake integrated Semantic Models Semantic Link adds support for the recently released OneLake integrated semantic models. You can now directly access data using your semantic model's name via OneLake using the read_table function and the new mode parameter set to onelake.
November 2023 Integrate your SAP data into Microsoft Fabric Using the built-in connectivity of Microsoft Fabric is the easiest and least-effort way of adding SAP data to your Fabric data estate.
November 2023 Fabric Changing the game: Validate dependencies with Semantic Link – Data Quality Follow this step-by-step example of how to explore the functional dependencies between columns in a table using the semantic link. The semantic link is a feature that allows you to establish a connection between Power BI datasets and Synapse Data Science in Microsoft Fabric.
November 2023 Implement medallion lakehouse architecture in Microsoft Fabric An introduction to medallion lake architecture and how you can implement a lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric.
October 2023 Fabric Change the Game: Exploring the data Follow this realistic example of reading data from Azure Data Lake Storage using shortcuts, organizing raw data into structured tables, and basic data exploration. Our data exploration uses as a source the diverse and captivating city of London with information extracted from data.london.gov.uk/.
September 2023 Announcing an end-to-end workshop: Analyzing Wildlife Data with Microsoft Fabric A new workshop guides you in building a hands-on, end-to-end data analytics solution for the Snapshot Serengeti dataset using Microsoft Fabric. The dataset consists of approximately 1.68M wildlife images and image annotations provided in .json files.
September 2023 New learning path: Implement a Lakehouse with Microsoft Fabric The new Implement a Lakehouse with Microsoft Fabric learning path introduces the foundational components of implementing a data lakehouse with Microsoft Fabric with seven in-depth modules.
September 2023 Fabric Readiness repository The Fabric Readiness repository is a treasure trove of resources for anyone interested in exploring the exciting world of Microsoft Fabric.
July 2023 Connecting to OneLake How do I connect to OneLake? This blog covers how to connect and interact with OneLake, including how OneLake achieves its compatibility with any tool used over ADLS Gen2!
June 2023 Using Azure Databricks with Microsoft Fabric and OneLake How does Azure Databricks work with Microsoft Fabric? This blog post answers that question and more details on how the two systems can work together.
July 2023 Free preview usage of Microsoft Fabric experiences extended to October 1, 2023 We're extending the free preview usage of Fabric experiences (other than Power BI). These experiences won't count against purchased capacity until October 1, 2023.

Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft Fabric

This section summarizes archived announcements about Copilot in Fabric.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Empower Power BI users with Microsoft Fabric and Copilot We're thrilled to announce the general availability of Microsoft Fabric and the preview of Copilot in Microsoft Fabric, including the experience for Power BI..
November 2023 Copilot for Power BI in Microsoft Fabric preview We're thrilled to announce the preview of Copilot in Microsoft Fabric, including the experience for Power BI, which helps users quickly get started by helping them create reports in the Power BI web experience. For more information, see Copilot for Power BI.
October 2023 Chat your data in Microsoft Fabric with Semantic Kernel Learn how to construct Copilot tools based on business data in Microsoft Fabric.

Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric

This section summarizes archived new features and capabilities of Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric. Follow issues and feedback through the Data Factory Community Forum.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Implement medallion lakehouse architecture in Microsoft Fabric An introduction to medallion lake architecture and how you can implement a lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric.
November 2023 Dataflow Gen2 General availability of Fabric connectors The connectors for Lakehouse, Warehouse, and KQL Database are now generally available. We encourage you to use these connectors when trying to connect to data from any of these Fabric workloads.
November 2023 Dataflow Gen2 Automatic refresh cancellation To prevent unnecessary resources from being consumed, there's a new mechanism that stops the refresh of a Dataflow as soon as the results of the refresh are known to have no impact. This is to reduce consumption more proactively.
November 2023 Dataflow Gen2 Error message propagation through gateway We made diagnostics improvement to provide meaningful error messages when Dataflow refresh fails for those Dataflows running through the Enterprise Data Gateway.
November 2023 Dataflow Gen2 Support for column binding for SAP HANA connector Column binding support is enabled for SAP HANA. This optional parameter results in significantly improved performance. For more information, see Support for column binding for SAP HANA connector.
November 2023 Dataflow Gen2 staging artifacts hidden When using a Dataflow Gen2 in Fabric, the system will automatically create a set of staging artifacts. Now, these staging artifacts will be abstracted from the Dataflow Gen2 experience and will be hidden from the workspace list. No action is required by the user and this change has no impact on existing Dataflows.
November 2023 Dataflow Gen2 Support for VNet Gateways preview VNet Data Gateway support for Dataflows Gen2 in Fabric is now in preview. 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.
November 2023 Cross workspace "Save as" You can now clone your data pipelines across workspaces by using the "Save as" button.
November 2023 Dynamic content flyout integration with Email and Teams activity In the Email and Teams activities, you can now add dynamic content with ease. With this new pipeline expression integration, you'll now see a flyout menu to help you select and build your message content quickly without needing to learn the pipeline expression language.
November 2023 Copy activity now supports fault tolerance for Fabric Data Warehouse connector The Copy activity in data pipelines now supports fault tolerance for Fabric Warehouse. Fault tolerance allows you to handle certain errors without interrupting data movement. By enabling fault tolerance, you can continue to copy data while skipping incompatible data like duplicated rows.
November 2023 MongoDB and MongoDB Atlas connectors MongoDB and MongoDB Atlas connectors are now available to use in your Data Factory data pipelines as sources and destinations.
November 2023 Microsoft 365 connector now supports ingesting data into Lakehouse (preview) The Microsoft 365 connector now supports ingesting data into Lakehouse tables.
November 2023 Multi-task support for editing pipelines in the designer You can now open and edit data pipelines from different workspaces and navigate between them using the multi-tasking capabilities in Fabric.
November 2023 String interpolation added to pipeline return value You can now edit your data connections within your data pipelines. Previously, a new tab would open when connections needed editing. Now, you can remain within your pipeline and seamlessly update your connections.
October 2023 Category redesign of activities We've redesigned the way activities are categorized to make it easier for you to find the activities you're looking for with new categories like Control flow, Notifications, and more.
October 2023 Copy runtime performance improvement We've made improvements to the Copy runtime performance. According to our tests results, with the improvements users can expect to see the duration of copying from parquet/csv files into Lakehouse table to improve by ~25%-35%.
October 2023 Integer data type available for variables We now support variables as integers! When creating a new variable, you can now choose to set the variable type to Integer, making it easier to use arithmetic functions with your variables.
October 2023 Pipeline name now supported in System variables. We've added a new system variable called Pipeline Name so that you can inspect and pass the name of your pipeline inside of the pipeline expression editor, enabling a more powerful workflow in Fabric Data Factory.
October 2023 Support for Type editing in Copy activity Mappings You can now edit column types when you land data into your Lakehouse tables. This makes it easier to customize the schema of your data in your destination. Simply navigate to the Mapping tab, import your schemas, if you don't see any mappings, and use the dropdown list to make changes.
October 2023 New certified connector: Emplifi Metrics Announcing the release of the new Emplifi Metrics connector. The Power BI Connector is a layer between Emplifi Public API and Power BI itself. For more information, see Emplifi Public API documentation.
October 2023 SAP HANA (Connector Update) The update enhances the SAP HANA connector with the capability to consume HANA Calculation Views deployed in SAP Datasphere by taking into account SAP Datasphere's additional security concepts.
October 2023 Set Activity State to "Comment Out" Part of Pipeline Activity State is now available in Fabric Data Factory data pipelines, giving you the ability to comment out part of your pipeline without deleting the definition.
August 2023 Staging labels The concept of staging data was introduced in Dataflows Gen2 for Microsoft Fabric and now you have the ability to define what queries within your Dataflow should use the staging mechanisms or not.
August 2023 Secure input/output for logs We've added advanced settings for the Set Variable activity called Secure input and Secure output. When you enable secure input or output, you can hide sensitive information from being captured in logs.
August 2023 Pipeline run status added to Output panel We've recently added Pipeline status so that developers can easily see the status of the pipeline run. You can now view your Pipeline run status from the Output panel.
August 2023 Data pipelines FTP connector The FTP connector is now available to use in your Data Factory data pipelines in Microsoft Fabric. Look for it in the New connection menu.
August 2023 Maximum number of entities in a Dataflow The new maximum number of entities that can be part of a Dataflow has been raised to 50.
August 2023 Manage connections feature The Manage Connections option now allows you to view the linked connections to your dataflow, unlink a connection, or edit connection credentials and gateway.
August 2023 Power BI Lakehouses connector An update to the Lakehouses connector in the August version of the Power BI Desktop and Gateway includes significant performance improvements.
July 2023 New modern data connectivity and discovery experience in Dataflows An improved experience aims to expedite the process of discovering data in Dataflow, Dataflow Gen2, and Datamart.
May 2023 Introducing Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric Data Factory enables you to develop enterprise-scale data integration solutions with next-generation dataflows and data pipelines.

Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric samples and guidance

Month Feature Learn more
October 2023 Microsoft Fabric Data Factory Webinar Series – October 2023 You're invited to join our October webinar series, where we'll show you how to use Data Factory to transform and orchestrate your data in various scenarios.
September 2023 Notify Outlook and Teams channel/group from a Microsoft Fabric pipeline Learn how to send notifications to both Teams channels/groups and Outlook emails.
September 2023 Microsoft Fabric Data Factory Webinar Series – September 2023 Join our Data Factory webinar series where we'll show you how to use Data Factory to transform and orchestrate your data in various scenarios.
August 2023 Metadata Driven Pipelines for Microsoft Fabric – Part 2, Data Warehouse Style An overview of a metadata-driven pipeline in Microsoft Fabric that follows the medallion architecture with Data Warehouse serving as the Gold layer.
August 2023 Metadata Driven Pipelines for Microsoft Fabric An overview of a Metadata driven pipeline in Microsoft Fabric that follows the medallion architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold).
August 2023 Using Data pipelines for copying data to/from KQL Databases and crafting workflows with the Lookup activity Real-Time Intelligence' KQL DB is supported as both a destination and a source with data pipelines, allowing you to build and manage various extract, transform, and load (ETL) activities, leveraging the power and capabilities of KQL DBs.
August 2023 Incrementally amass data With Dataflows Gen2 that comes with support for data destinations, you can setup your own pattern to load new data incrementally, replace some old data, and keep your reports up to date with your source data.
August 2023 Data Pipeline Performance Improvement Part 3: Gaining more than 50% improvement for Historical Loads Learn how to account for pagination given the current state of Fabric Data Pipelines in preview. This pipeline is performant when the number of paginated pages isn't too large. Read more at Gaining more than 50% improvement for Historical Loads.
August 2023 Data Pipeline Performance Improvements Part 2: Creating an Array of JSONs Examples from this blog series include how to merge two arrays into an array of JSON objects, and how to take a date range and create multiple subranges then store these as an array of JSONs. Read more at Creating an Array of JSONs.
July 2023 Data Pipeline Performance Improvements Part 1: How to convert a time interval (dd.hh:mm:ss) into seconds Part one of a series of blogs on moving data with multiple Copy Activities moving smaller volumes in parallel: How to convert a time interval (dd.hh:mm:ss) into seconds.
July 2023 Construct a data analytics workflow with a Fabric Data Factory data pipeline A blog covering data pipelines in Data Factory and the advantages you find by using pipelines to orchestrate your Fabric data analytics projects and activities.
July 2023 Data Pipelines Tutorial: Ingest files into a Lakehouse from a REST API with pagination ft. AVEVA Data Hub In this blog, we will act in the persona of an AVEVA customer who needs to retrieve operations data from AVEVA Data Hub into a Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse.
July 2023 Data Factory Spotlight: Dataflow Gen2 This blog spotlight covers the two primary high-level features Data Factory implements: dataflows and pipelines.

Synapse Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric

This section summarizes archived new features and capabilities of data engineering, including Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Accessibility support for Lakehouse To provide a more inclusive and user-friendly interaction, we have implemented improvements so far to support accessibility in the Lakehouse, including screen reader compatibility, responsive design text reflow, keyboard navigation, alternative text for images, and form fields and labels.
November 2023 Enhanced multitasking experience in Lakehouse We've introduced new capabilities to enhance the multi-tasking experience in Lakehouse, including multitasking during running operations, nonblocking reloading, and clearer notifications.
November 2023 Upgraded DataGrid capabilities in Lakehouse An upgraded DataGrid for the Lakehouse table preview now features sorting, filtering, and resizing of columns.
November 2023 SQL analytics endpoint re-provisioning You can now retry the SQL analytics endpoint provisioning directly within the Lakehouse. This means that if your initial provisioning attempt fails, you have the option to try again without the need to create an entirely new Lakehouse.
November 2023 Microsoft Fabric Runtime 1.2 The Microsoft Fabric Runtime 1.2 is a significant advancement in our data processing capabilities. Microsoft Fabric Runtime 1.2 includes Apache Spark 3.4.1, Mariner 2.0 as the operating system, Java 11, Scala 2.12.17, Python 3.10, Delta Lake 2.4, and R 4.2.2, ensuring you have the most cutting-edge tools at your disposal. In addition, this release comes bundled with default packages, encompassing a complete Anaconda installation and essential libraries for Java/Scala, Python, and R, simplifying your workflow.
November 2023 Multiple Runtimes Support With the introduction of Runtime 1.2, Fabric supports multiple runtimes, offering users the flexibility to seamlessly switch between them, minimizing the risk of incompatibilities or disruptions. When changing runtimes, all system-created items within the workspace, including Lakehouses, SJDs, and Notebooks, will operate using the newly selected workspace-level runtime version starting from the next Spark Session.
November 2023 Delta as the default table format in the new Runtime 1.2 The default Spark session parameter spark.sql.sources.default is now delta. All tables created using Spark SQL, PySpark, Scala Spark, and Spark R, whenever the table type is omitted, will create the table as Delta by default.
November 2023 Intelligent Cache By default, the newly revamped and optimized Intelligent Cache feature is enabled in Fabric Spark. The intelligent cache works seamlessly behind the scenes and caches data to help speed-up the execution of Spark jobs in Microsoft Fabric as it reads from your OneLake or ADLS Gen2 storage via shortcuts.
November 2023 Monitoring Hub for Spark enhancements The latest enhancements in the monitoring hub are designed to provide a comprehensive and detailed view of Spark and Lakehouse activities, including executor allocations, runtime version for a Spark application, a related items link in the detail page.
November 2023 Monitoring for Lakehouse operations Users can now view the progress and status of Lakehouse maintenance jobs and table load activities.
November 2023 Spark application resource Usage Analysis Responding to customers' requests for monitoring Spark resource usage metrics for performance tuning and optimization, we're excited to introduce the Spark resource usage analysis feature, now available in preview. This newly released feature enables users to monitor allocated executors, running executors, and idle executors, alongside Spark executions.
November 2023 REST API support for Spark Job Definition preview REST Public APIs for Spark Job Definition are now available, making it easy for users to manage and manipulate SJD items.
November 2023 REST API support for Lakehouse, Load to tables and table maintenance As a key requirement for workload integration, REST Public APIs for Lakehouse are now available. The Lakehouse REST Public APIs makes it easy for users to manage and manipulate Lakehouse items programmatically.
November 2023 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.
November 2023 Embed a Power BI report in Notebook We're thrilled to announce that the powerbiclient Python package is now natively supported in Fabric notebooks. This means you can easily embed and interact with Power BI reports in your notebooks with just a few lines of code. To learn more about how to use the powerbiclient package to embed a Power BI component.
November 2023 Mssparkutils new API – reference run multiple notebooks in parallel A new runMultiple API in mssparkutils called mssparkutils.notebook.runMultiple() allows you to run multiple notebooks in parallel, or with a predefined topological structure. For more information, see Notebook utilities.
November 2023 Notebook resources .JAR file support We now support uploading the .jar files in the Notebook Resources explorer. You can add your own compiled libs, use drag & drop to generate a code snippet to install them in the session, and load the libraries in code conveniently.
November 2023 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 leveraging the Fabric Git functions and Azure DevOps.
November 2023 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.
November 2023 Notebook REST APIs Preview With REST Public APIs for the Notebook items, data engineers/data scientists can automate their pipelines and establish CI/CD conveniently and efficiently. The notebook Restful Public API can make it easy for users to manage and manipulate Fabric notebook items and integrate notebook with other tools and systems.
November 2023 Environment preview We're thrilled to announce preview of the Environment in Fabric. The Environment is a centralized item that allows you to configure all the required settings for running a Spark job in one place.
November 2023 Synapse VS Code extension in vscode.dev preview With support for the Synapse VS Code extension on vsocde.dev, users can now seamlessly edit and execute Fabric Notebooks without ever leaving their browser window. Additionally, all the native pro-developer features of VS Code are now accessible to end-users in this environment.
October 2023 Create multiple OneLake shortcuts at once Creating multiple OneLake shortcuts just got easier. Rather than creating shortcuts one at a time, you can now browse to your desired location and select multiple targets at once. All your selected targets then get created as new shortcuts in a single operation.
October 2023 Delta-RS introduces native support for OneLake The OneLake team worked with the Delta-RS community to help introduce support for recognizing OneLake URLs in both Delta-RS and the Rust Object Store.
September 2023 Import notebook to your Workspace The new "Import Notebook" entry on the Workspace -> New menu lets you easily import new Fabric Notebook items in the target workspace. You can upload one or more files, including .ipynb, .py, .sql, .scala, and .r file formats.
September 2023 Notebook file system support in Synapse VS Code extension The Synapse VS Code extension now supports notebook File System for Data Engineering and Data Science in Microsoft Fabric. The Synapse VS Code extension empowers users to develop their notebook items directly within the Visual Studio Code environment.
September 2023 Notebook sharing execute-only mode We now support checking the "Run" operation separately when sharing a notebook, if you just selected the "Run" operation, the recipient would see a "Execution-only" notebook.
September 2023 Notebook save conflict resolution We now support viewing and comparing the differences between two versions of the same notebook when there are saving conflicts.
September 2023 Mssparkutils new API for fast data copy We now support a new method in mssparkutils that can enable large volume of data move/copy much faster, Mssparkutils.fs.fastcp(). You can use mssparkutils.fs.help("fastcp") to check the detailed usage.
September 2023 Notebook resources .whl file support We now support uploading .whl files in the Notebook Resources explorer.
August 2023 Introducing High Concurrency Mode in Notebooks for Data Engineering and Data Science workloads in Microsoft Fabric High concurrency mode allows you to run notebooks simultaneously on the same cluster without compromising performance or security when paying for a single session. High concurrency mode offers several benefits for Fabric Spark users.
August 2023 Service principal support to connect to data in Dataflow, Datamart, Dataset and Dataflow Gen 2 Azure service principal has been added as an authentication type for a set of data sources that can be used in Dataset, Dataflow, Dataflow Gen2 and Datamart.
August 2023 Announcing XMLA Write support for Direct Lake datasets Direct Lake datasets now support XMLA-Write operations. Now you can use your favorite BI Pro tools and scripts to create and manage Direct Lake datasets using XMLA endpoints.
July 2023 Lakehouse Sharing and Access Permission Management Share a lakehouse and manage permissions so that users can access lakehouse data through the Data Hub, the SQL analytics endpoint, and the default semantic model.
June 2023 Virtualize your existing data into OneLake with shortcuts Connect data silos without moving or copying data with OneLake, which allows you to create special folders called shortcuts that point to other storage locations.
May 2023 Introducing Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric With Synapse Data Engineering, one of the core experiences of Microsoft Fabric, data engineers feel right at home, able to leverage the power of Apache Spark to transform their data at scale and build out a robust lakehouse architecture.

Synapse Data Engineering samples and guidance

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Fabric Changing the game: Using your own library with Microsoft Fabric A step-by-step guide to use your own Python library in the Lakehouse. It's quite simple to create your own library with Python and even simpler to reuse it on Fabric.
August 2023 Fabric changing the game: Logging your workload using Notebooks Learn more about logging your workload into OneLake using notebooks, using the OneLake API Path inside the notebook.

Synapse Data Science in Microsoft Fabric

This section summarizes archived improvements and features for the Data Science experience in Microsoft Fabric.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Copilot in notebooks preview The Copilot in Fabric Data Science and Data Engineering notebooks is designed to accelerate productivity, provide helpful answers and guidance, and generate code for common tasks like data exploration, data preparation, and machine learning. You can interact and engage with the AI from either the chat panel or even from within notebooks cells using magic commands to get insights from data faster. For more information, see Copilot in notebooks.
November 2023 Custom Python Operations in Data Wrangler Data Wrangler, a notebook-based tool for exploratory data analysis, has always allowed users to browse and apply common data-cleaning operations, generating the corresponding code in real time. Now, in addition to generating code from the UI, users can also write their own code with custom operations in Data Wrangler.
November 2023 Data Wrangler for Spark DataFrames preview Data Wrangler now supports Spark DataFrames in preview. Until now, users have been able to explore and transform pandas DataFrames using common operations that can be converted to Python code in real time. The new release allows users to edit Spark DataFrames in addition to pandas DataFrames with Data Wrangler.
November 2023 MLFlow Notebook Widget The MLflow inline authoring widget enables users to effortlessly track their experiment runs along with metrics and parameters, all directly from within their notebook.
November 2023 New Model & Experiment Item Usability Improvements New enhancements to our model and experiment tracking features are based on valuable user feedback. The new tree-control in the run details view makes tracking easier by showing which run is selected. We've enhanced the comparison feature, allowing you to easily adjust the comparison pane for a more user-friendly experience. Now you can select the run name to see the Run Details view.
November 2023 Recent Experiment Runs It's now simpler for users to check out recent runs for an experiment directly from the workspace list view. This update makes it easier to keep track of recent activity, quickly jump to the related Spark application, and apply filters based on the run status.
November 2023 Models renamed to ML Models Microsoft has renamed "Models" to "ML Models" to ensure clarity and avoid any confusion with other Fabric elements. For more information, see Machine learning experiments in Microsoft Fabric.
November 2023 SynapseML v1.0 SynapseML v1.0 is now released. SynapseML v1.0 makes it easy to build production ready machine learning systems on Fabric and has been in use at Microsoft for over six years.
November 2023 Train Interpretable Explainable Boosting Machines with SynapseML We've introduced a scalable implementation of Explainable Boosting Machines (EBM) powered by Apache Spark in SynapseML. EBMs are a powerful machine learning technique that combines the accuracy of gradient boosting with a strong focus on model interpretability.
November 2023 Prebuilt AI models in Microsoft Fabric preview We're excited to announce the preview for prebuilt AI models in Fabric. Azure OpenAI Service, Text Analytics, and Azure AI Translator are prebuilt models available in Fabric, with support for both RESTful API and SynapseML. You can also use the OpenAI Python Library to access Azure OpenAI service in Fabric.
November 2023 Reusing existing Spark Session in sparklyr We have added support for a new connection method called "synapse" in sparklyr, which enables users to connect to an existing Spark session. Additionally, we have contributed this connection method to the OSS sparklyr project. Users can now use both sparklyr and SparkR in the same session and easily share data between them.
November 2023 REST API Support for ML Experiments and ML Models REST APIs for ML Experiment and ML Model are now available. These REST APIs for ML Experiments and ML Models begin to empower users to create and manage machine learning items programmatically, a key requirement for pipeline automation and workload integration.
October 2023 Semantic link (preview) Semantic Link is an innovative feature that seamlessly connects Power BI semantic models with Synapse Data Science within Microsoft Fabric. As the gold layer in a medallion architecture, Power BI semantic models contain the most refined and valuable data in your organization.
October 2023 Semantic link in Microsoft Fabric: Bridging BI and Data Science We're pleased to introduce the preview of semantic link, an innovative feature that seamlessly connects Power BI semantic models with Synapse Data Science within Microsoft Fabric.
October 2023 Get started with semantic link (preview) Explore how semantic link seamlessly connects Power BI semantic models with Synapse Data Science within Microsoft Fabric. Learn more at Semantic link in Microsoft Fabric: Bridging BI and Data Science.

You can also check out the semantic link sample notebooks that are now available in the fabric-samples GitHub repository. These notebooks showcase the use of semantic link's Python library, SemPy, in Microsoft Fabric.
August 2023 Harness the Power of LangChain in Microsoft Fabric for Advanced Document Summarization Harness the potential of Microsoft Fabric and SynapseML LLM capabilities to effectively summarize and organize your own documents.
July 2023 Unleashing the Power of SynapseML and Microsoft Fabric: A Guide to Q&A on PDF Documents In this blog post, we delve into the exciting functionalities and features of Microsoft Fabric and SynapseML to demonstrate how to leverage Generative AI models or Large Language Models (LLMs) to perform question and answer (Q&A) tasks on any PDF document.
May 2023 Introducing Synapse Data Science in Microsoft Fabric With data science in Microsoft Fabric, you can utilize the power of machine learning features to seamlessly enrich data as part of your data and analytics workflows.

Synapse Data Science samples and guidance

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 New data science happy path tutorial in Microsoft Fabric We've updated the Data Science Happy Path tutorial for Microsoft Fabric. This new comprehensive tutorial demonstrates the entire data science workflow, using a bank customer churn problem as the context.
November 2023 New data science samples We've expanded our collection of data science samples to include new end-to-end R samples and new quick tutorial samples for "Explaining Model Outputs" and "Visualizing Model Behavior.".
November 2023 New data science forecasting sample The new Data Science sample on sales forecasting was developed in collaboration with Sonata Software. This new sample encompasses the entire data science workflow, spanning from data cleaning to Power BI visualization. The notebook covers the steps to develop, evaluate, and score a forecasting model for superstore sales, harnessing the power of the SARIMAX algorithm.
August 2023 New Machine failure and Customer churn samples More samples have been added to the Microsoft Fabric Synapse Data Science Use a sample menu. To check these Data Science samples, select Synapse Data Science, then Use a sample.
August 2023 Use Semantic Kernel with Lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric Learn how Fabric allows data scientists to use Semantic Kernel with Lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric.

Synapse Data Warehouse

This section summarizes archived improvements and features for Synapse Data Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 TRIM T-SQL support You can now use the TRIM command to remove spaces or specific characters from strings by using the keywords LEADING, TRAILING or BOTH in TRIM (Transact-SQL).
November 2023 GENERATE_SERIES T-SQL support Generates a series of numbers within a given interval with GENERATE_SERIES (Transact-SQL). The interval and the step between series values are defined by the user.
November 2023 SSD metadata caching File and rowgroup metadata are now also cached with in-memory and SSD cache, further improving performance.
November 2023 PARSER 2.0 improvements for CSV ingestion CSV file parser version 2.0 for COPY INTO builds an innovation from Microsoft Research's Data Platform and Analytics group to make CSV file ingestion blazing fast on Fabric Warehouse. For more information, see COPY INTO (Transact-SQL).
November 2023 Fast compute resource assignment enabled All query executions in Fabric Warehouse are now powered by the new technology recently deployed as part of the Global Resource Governance component that assigns compute resources in milliseconds.
November 2023 REST API support for Warehouse With the Warehouse public APIs, SQL developers can now automate their pipelines and establish CI/CD conveniently and efficiently. The Warehouse REST Public APIs makes it easy for users to manage and manipulate Fabric Warehouse items.
November 2023 SQLPackage support for Fabric Warehouse SQLPackage now supports Fabric Warehouse. SqlPackage is a command-line utility that automates the following database development tasks by exposing some of the public Data-Tier Application Framework (DacFx) APIs. The SqlPackage command line tool allows you to specify these actions along with action-specific parameters and properties.
November 2023 Power BI semantic models Microsoft has renamed the Power BI dataset content type to semantic model. This applies to Microsoft Fabric semantic models as well. For more information, see New name for Power BI datasets.
November 2023 SQL analytics endpoint Microsoft has renamed the SQL endpoint of a Lakehouse to the SQL analytics endpoint of a Lakehouse.
November 2023 Dynamic data masking Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) for Fabric Warehouse and the SQL analytics endpoint in the Lakehouse. For more information and samples, see Dynamic data masking in Fabric data warehousing and How to implement dynamic data masking in Synapse Data Warehouse.
November 2023 Clone tables with time travel You can now use table clones to create a clone of a table based on data up to seven calendar days in the past.
November 2023 User experience updates Several user experiences in Warehouse have landed. For more information, see Fabric Warehouse user experience updates.
November 2023 Automatic data compaction Automatic data compaction rewrites many smaller parquet files into a few larger parquet files, which will improve the performance of reading the table. Data Compaction is one of the ways that we help your Warehouse to provide you with great performance and no effort on your part.
October 2023 Support for sp_rename Support for the T-SQL sp_rename syntax is now available for both Warehouse and SQL analytics endpoint. For more information, see Fabric Warehouse support for sp_rename.
October 2023 Query insights The query insights feature is a scalable, sustainable, and extendable solution to enhance the SQL analytics experience. With historic query data, aggregated insights, and access to actual query text, you can analyze and tune your query performance.
October 2023 Full DML to Delta Lake Logs Fabric Warehouse now publishes all Inserts, Updates, and Deletes for each table to their Delta Lake Log in OneLake.
October 2023 V-Order write optimization V-Order optimizes parquet files to enable lightning-fast reads under the Microsoft Fabric compute engines such as Power BI, SQL, Spark, and others. Warehouse queries in general benefit from faster read times with this optimization, still ensuring the parquet files are 100% compliant to its open-source specification. Starting this month, all data ingested into Fabric Warehouses use V-Order optimization.
October 2023 Burstable capacity Burstable capacity allows workloads to use more resources to achieve better performance. Burstable capacity is finite, with a limit applied to the backend compute resources to greatly reduce the risk of throttling. For more information, see Warehouse SKU Guardrails for Burstable Capacity.
October 2023 Throttling and smoothing in Synapse Data Warehouse A new article details the throttling and smoothing behavior in Synapse Data Warehouse, where almost all activity is classified as background to take advantage of the 24-hr smoothing window before throttling takes effect. Learn more about how to observe utilization in Synapse Data Warehouse.
September 2023 Default semantic model improvements The default semantic model no longer automatically adds new objects. This can be enabled in the Warehouse item settings.
September 2023 Deployment pipelines now support warehouses Deployment pipelines enable creators to develop and test content in the service before it reaches the users. Supported content types include reports, paginated reports, dashboards, semantic models, dataflows, and now warehouses. Learn how to deploy content programmatically using REST APIs and DevOps.
September 2023 SQL Projects support for Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse is now supported in the SQL Database Projects extension available inside of Azure Data Studio and Visual Studio Code.
September 2023 Announcing: Column-level & Row-level security for Fabric Warehouse & SQL analytics endpoint Column-level and row-level security in Fabric Warehouse and SQL analytics endpoint are now in preview, behaving similarly to the same features in SQL Server.
September 2023 Usage reporting Utilization and billing reporting is available for Fabric data warehousing in the Microsoft Fabric Capacity Metrics app. For more information, read about Utilization and billing reporting Fabric data warehousing.
August 2023 SSD Caching enabled Local SSD caching stores frequently accessed data on local disks in highly optimized format, significantly reducing I/O latency. This benefits you immediately, with no action required or configuration necessary.
July 2023 Sharing Any Admin or Member within a workspace can share a Warehouse with another recipient within your organization. You can also grant these permissions using the "Manage permissions" experience.
July 2023 Table clone A zero-copy clone creates a replica of the table by copying the metadata, while referencing the same data files in OneLake. This avoids the need to store multiple copies of data, thereby saving on storage costs when you clone a table in Microsoft Fabric. For more information, see tutorials to Clone a table with T-SQL or Clone tables in the Fabric portal.
May 2023 Introducing Synapse Data Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric Synapse Data Warehouse is the next generation of data warehousing in Microsoft Fabric that is the first transactional data warehouse to natively support an open data format, Delta-Parquet.

Synapse Data Warehouse samples and guidance

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Migrate from Azure Synapse dedicated SQL pools A detailed guide with a migration runbook is available for migrations from Azure Synapse Data Warehouse dedicated SQL pools into Microsoft Fabric.
August 2023 Efficient Data Partitioning with Microsoft Fabric: Best Practices and Implementation Guide A proposed method for data partitioning using Fabric notebooks. Data partitioning is a data management technique used to divide a large dataset into smaller, more manageable subsets called partitions or shards.
May 2023 Microsoft Fabric - How can a SQL user or DBA connect This blog reviews how to connect to a SQL analytics endpoint of the Lakehouse or the Warehouse through the Tabular Data Stream, or TDS endpoint, familiar to all modern web applications that interact with a SQL Server endpoint.

Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric

This section summarizes archived improvements and features for Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Announcing Delta Lake support in Real-Time Analytics KQL Database You can now enable availability of KQL Database in Delta Lake format. Delta Lake is the unified data lake table format chosen to achieve seamless data access across all compute engines in Microsoft Fabric.
November 2023 Real-Time Analytics in Microsoft Fabric general availability (GA) Announcing the general availability of Real-Time Analytics in Microsoft Fabric! Real-Time Analytics offers countless features all aimed at making your data analysis more efficient and effective.
November 2023 Delta Parquet support in KQL Database As part of the one logical copy promise, we're excited to announce that data in KQL Database can now be made available in OneLake in delta parquet format. You can now access this Delta table by creating a OneLake shortcut from Lakehouse, Warehouse, or directly via Power BI Direct Lake mode.
November 2023 Open Source Connectors for KQL Database Several open-source connectors for real-time analytics are now supported to enable users to ingest data from various sources and process it using KQL DB.
November 2023 REST API Support for KQL Database We're excited to announce the launch of REST Public APIs for KQL DB. The Public REST APIs of KQL DB enables users to manage and automate their flows programmatically.
November 2023 Eventstream now Generally Available Eventstream is now generally available, adding enhancements aimed at taking your data processing experience to the next level.
November 2023 Eventstream Data Transformation for KQL Database Now, you can transform your data streams into real time within Eventstream before they're sent to your KQL Database. When you create a KQL Database destination in the eventstream, you can set the ingestion mode to "Event processing before ingestion" and add event processing logics such as filtering and aggregation to transform your data streams.
November 2023 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.
November 2023 Get Data from Eventstream anywhere in Fabric If you're working on other Fabric items and are looking to ingest data from Eventstream, our new "Get Data from Eventstream" feature simplifies the process, you can Get data from Eventstream while you're working with a KQL database and Lakehouse.
November 2023 Two ingestion modes for Lakehouse Destination We've introduced two distinct ingestion modes for your Lakehouse Destination: Rows per file and Duration.
November 2023 Optimize Tables Before Ingesting Data to Lakehouse The table optimization shortcut is now available inside Eventstream Lakehouse destination to compact numerous small streaming files generated on a Lakehouse table. Table optimization shortcut works by opening a Notebook with Spark job, which would compact small streaming files in the destination Lakehouse table.
November 2023 Create a Cloud Connection within Eventstream We've simplified the process of establishing a cloud connection to your Azure services within Eventstream. When adding an Azure resource, such as Azure IoT Hub and Azure Event Hubs, to your Eventstream, you can now create the cloud connection and enter your Azure resource credentials right within Eventstream. This enhancement significantly improves the process of adding new data sources to your Eventstream, saving time and effort.
November 2023 Get Data in Real-Time Analytics: A New and Improved Experience A new Get Data experience simplifies the data ingestion process in your KQL database.
October 2023 Expanded Custom App Connections New new custom app connections provide more flexibility when it comes to bringing your data streams into Eventstream.
October 2023 Enhanced UX on Event Processor New UX improvements on the no-code Event Processor provide an intuitive experience, allowing you to effortlessly add or delete operations on the canvas.
October 2023 Eventstream Kafka Endpoints and Sample Code The Custom App feature has new endpoints in sources and destinations, including sample Java code for your convenience. Simply add it to your application, and you're all set to stream your real-time event to Eventstream.
October 2023 Event processing editor UX improvements Recent UX improvements introduce a full-screen mode, providing a more spacious workspace for designing your data processing workflows. The insertion and deletion of data stream operations have been made more intuitive, making it easier to drag and drop and connect your data transformations.
October 2023 KQL Database Auto scale algorithm improvements Users do not need to worry about how many resources are needed to support their workloads in a KQL database. KQL Database has a sophisticated in-built, multi-dimensional, auto scaling algorithm. We recently implemented some optimizations that make some time series analysis more efficient.
October 2023 Understanding Fabric KQL DB Capacity Read more about how a KQL database is billed in the SaaS world of Microsoft Fabric.
September 2023 OneLake shortcut to delta tables from KQL DB Now you can create a shortcut from KQL DB to delta tables in OneLake, allowing in-place data queries. Now you query delta tables in your Lakehouse or Warehouse directly from KQL DB.
September 2023 Model and Query data as graphs using KQL Kusto Query Language (KQL) now allows you to model and query data as graphs. This feature is currently in preview. Learn more at Introduction to graph semantics in KQL and Graph operators and functions.
September 2023 Easily connect to KQL Database from Power BI desktop Power BI desktop released two new ways to easily connect to a KQL database, in the Get Data dialogue and in the OneLake data hub menus.
September 2023 Eventstream now supports AMQP format connection string for data ingestion AMQP stands for Advanced Message Queuing Protocol, a protocol that supports a wide range of messaging patterns. In Eventstream, you can now create a Custom App source or destination and select AMQP format connection string for ingesting data into Fabric or consuming data from Fabric.
September 2023 Eventstream supports data ingestion from Azure IoT Hub Azure IoT Hub is a cloud-hosted solution that provides secure communication channels for sending and receiving data from IoT devices. In Eventstream, you can now stream your Azure IoT Hub data into Fabric and perform real-time processing before storing it in a Kusto Database or Lakehouse.
September 2023 Real-Time Data Sharing in Microsoft Fabric A database shortcut in Real-Time Intelligence is an embedded reference within a KQL database to a source database in Azure Data Explorer (ADX) allowing in-place data sharing. The behavior exhibited by the database shortcut is similar to that of an Azure Data Explorer follower database.
August 2023 Provisioning optimization The KQL Database provisioning process has been optimized. Now you can create a KQL Database within a few seconds.
August 2023 KQL Database support for inline Python Fabric KQL Database supports running Python code embedded in Kusto Query Language (KQL) using the python() plugin. The plugin is disabled by default. Before you start, enable the Python plugin in your KQL database.
July 2023 Microsoft Fabric eventstreams: Generating Real-time Insights with Python, KQL, and Power BI Microsoft Fabric eventstreams are a high-throughput, low-latency data ingestion and transformation service.
July 2023 Stream Real-time Events to Microsoft Fabric with eventstreams from a custom application Eventstreams under Real-Time Intelligence are a centralized platform within Fabric, allowing you to capture, transform, and route real-time events to multiple destinations effortlessly, all through a user-friendly, no-code experience.
June 2023 Unveiling the Epic Opportunity: A Fun Game to Explore the Real-Time Intelligence As part of the Kusto Detective Agency Season 2, we're excited to introduce an epic opportunity for all investigators and data enthusiasts to learn about the new portfolio in a fun and engaging way. Recruiting now at https://detective.kusto.io/!
May 2023 What's New in Kusto – Build 2023! Announcing the Synapse Real Time Analytics in Microsoft Fabric!

Real-Time Intelligence samples and guidance

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Semantic Link: Data validation using Great Expectations Great Expectations Open Source (GX OSS) is a popular Python library that provides a framework for describing and validating the acceptable state of data. With the recent integration of Microsoft Fabric semantic link, GX can now access semantic models, further enabling seamless collaboration between data scientists and business analysts.
November 2023 Explore Data Transformation in Eventstream for KQL Database Integration Dive into a practical scenario using real-world bike-sharing data and learn to compute the number of bikes rented every minute on each street, using Eventstream's powerful event processor, mastering real-time data transformations, and effortlessly directing the processed data to your KQL Database..
October 2023 From RabbitMQ to PowerBI reports with Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Analytics A walkthrough of an end-to-end scenario sending data from RabbitMQ to a KQL Database in Microsoft Fabric.
October 2023 Stream Azure IoT Hub Data into Fabric Eventstream for Email Alerting A demo of using Fabric Eventstream to seamlessly ingest and transform real-time data streams before they reach various Fabric destinations such as Lakehouse, KQL Database, and Reflex. Then, configure email alerts in Reflex with Data Activator triggers.
September 2023 Real-Time Intelligence sample gallery Real-Time Intelligence now offers a comprehensive sample gallery with multiple datasets allowing you to explore, learn, and get started quickly. Access the samples by selecting Use a sample from the Real-Time Intelligence experience home.
September 2023 Quick start: Sending data to Real-Time Intelligence in Fabric from Apache Kafka Ecosystems using Java Learn how to send data from Kafka to Real-Time Intelligence in Fabric.
June 2023 From raw data to insights: How to ingest data from Azure Event Hubs into a KQL database Learn about the integration between Azure Event Hubs and your KQL database.
June 2023 From raw data to insights: How to ingest data from eventstreams into a KQL database Learn about the integration between eventstreams and a KQL database, both of which are a part of the Real-Time Intelligence experience.
June 2023 Discovering the best ways to get data into a KQL database This blog covers different options for bringing data into a KQL database.
June 2023 Get started with exploring your data with KQL – a purpose-built tool for petabyte scale data analytics In this blog, we focus on the different ways of querying data in Real-Time Intelligence.
May 2023 Ingest, transform, and route real-time events with Microsoft Fabric event streams You can now ingest, capture, transform and route real-time events to various destinations in Microsoft Fabric with a no-code experience using Microsoft Fabric eventstreams.

Microsoft Fabric core features

Archived news and feature announcements core to the Microsoft Fabric experience.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Fabric workloads are now generally available! Microsoft Fabric is now generally available! Microsoft Fabric Synapse Data Warehouse, Data Engineering & Data Science, Real-Time Analytics, Data Factory, OneLake, and the overall Fabric platform are now generally available.
November 2023 Microsoft Fabric User APIs preview We're happy to announce the preview of Microsoft Fabric User APIs. 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.
October 2023 Item type icons Our design team has completed a rework of the item type icons across the platform to improve visual parsing.
October 2023 Keyword-Based Filtering of Tenant Settings Microsoft Fabric has recently introduced keyword-based filtering for the tenant settings page in the admin portal.
September 2023 Monitoring hub – column options Column options inside the monitoring hub give users a better customization experience and more room to operate.
September 2023 OneLake File Explorer v1.0.10 The OneLake file explorer automatically syncs all Microsoft OneLake items that you have access to in Windows File Explorer. With the latest version, you can seamlessly transition between using the OneLake file explorer app and the Fabric web portal. You can also right-click on the OneLake icon in the Windows notification area, and select Diagnostic Operations to view client-site logs. Learn more about easy access to open workspaces and items online.
August 2023 Multitasking navigation improvement Now, all Fabric items are opened in a single browser tab on the navigation pane, even in the event of a page refresh. This ensures you can refresh the page without the concern of losing context.
August 2023 Monitoring Hub support for personalized column options We have updated Monitoring Hub to allow users to personalize activity-specific columns. You now have the flexibility to display columns that are relevant to the activities you're focused on.
July 2023 New OneLake file explorer update with support for switching organizational accounts With OneLake file explorer v1.0.9.0, it's simple to choose and switch between different Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) accounts.
July 2023 Help pane The Help pane is feature-aware and displays articles about the actions and features available on the current Fabric screen. For more information, see Help pane in the monthly Fabric update.

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CICD)

This section includes guidance and documentation updates on development process, tools, and versioning in the Microsoft Fabric workspace.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Microsoft Fabric User APIs Microsoft Fabric User APIs are now 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.
November 2023 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.
November 2023 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 leveraging the Fabric Git functions and Azure DevOps.
November 2023 Notebook REST APIs Preview With REST Public APIs for the Notebook items, data engineers/data scientists can automate their pipelines and establish CI/CD conveniently and efficiently. The notebook Restful Public API can make it easy for users to manage and manipulate Fabric notebook items and integrate notebook with other tools and systems.
November 2023 Lakehouse support for git integration and deployment pipelines (preview) The Lakehouse item 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.
November 2023 SQLPackage support for Fabric Warehouse SQLPackage now supports Fabric Warehouse. SqlPackage is a command-line utility that automates the following database development tasks by exposing some of the public Data-Tier Application Framework (DacFx) APIs. The SqlPackage command line tool allows you to specify these actions along with action-specific parameters and properties.
September 2023 SQL Projects support for Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse is now supported in the SQL Database Projects extension available inside of Azure Data Studio and Visual Studio Code.
September 2023 Notebook file system support in Synapse VS Code extension The Synapse VS Code extension now supports notebook File System for Data Engineering and Data Science in Microsoft Fabric. The Synapse VS Code extension empowers users to develop their notebook items directly within the Visual Studio Code environment.
September 2023 Deployment pipelines now support warehouses Deployment pipelines enable creators to develop and test content in the service before it reaches the users. Supported content types include reports, paginated reports, dashboards, semantic models, dataflows, and now warehouses. Learn how to deploy content programmatically using REST APIs and DevOps.
September 2023 Git integration with paginated reports in Power BI You can now publish a Power BI paginated report and keep it in sync with your git workspace. Developers can apply their development processes, tools, and best practices.
August 2023 Introducing the dbt adapter for Synapse Data Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric The dbt adapter allows you to connect and transform data into Synapse Data Warehouse. The Data Build Tool (dbt) is an open-source framework that simplifies data transformation and analytics engineering.
May 2023 Introducing git integration in Microsoft Fabric for seamless source control management While developing in Fabric, developers can back up and version their work, roll back as needed, collaborate, or work in isolation using git branches. Read more about connecting the workspace to an Azure repo.

Fabric Data Activator

This section summarizes archived new features and capabilities of Data Activator in Microsoft Fabric.

Month Feature Learn more
October 2023 Announcing the Data Activator preview We're thrilled to announce that Data Activator is now in preview and is enabled for all existing Microsoft Fabric users.
August 2023 Updated preview experience for trigger design We have been working on a new experience for designing triggers and it's now available in our preview! You now see three cards in every trigger: Select, Detect, and Act.
May 2023 Driving actions from your data with Data Activator Data Activator is a new no-code Microsoft Fabric experience that empowers the business analyst to drive actions automatically from your data. To learn more, sign up for the Data Activator limited preview.

Fabric and Microsoft 365

This section includes articles and announcements about Microsoft Fabric integration with Microsoft Graph and Microsoft 365.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Fabric + Microsoft 365 Data: Better Together Microsoft Graph is the gateway to data and intelligence in Microsoft 365. Microsoft 365 Data Integration for Microsoft Fabric enables you to manage your Microsoft 365 alongside your other data sources in one place with a suite of analytical experiences.
November 2023 Microsoft 365 connector now supports ingesting data into Lakehouse (preview) The Microsoft 365 connector now supports ingesting data into Lakehouse tables.
October 2023 Microsoft OneLake adds shortcut support to Power Platform and Dynamics 365 You can now create shortcuts directly to your Dynamics 365 and Power Platform data in Dataverse and analyze it with Microsoft Fabric alongside the rest of your OneLake data. There's no need to export data, build ETL pipelines, or use partner integration tools.
May 2023 Step-by-Step Guide to Enable Microsoft Fabric for Microsoft 365 Developer Account This blog reviews how to enable Microsoft Fabric with a Microsoft 365 Developer Account and the Fabric Free Trial.
May 2023 Microsoft 365 Data + Microsoft Fabric better together Microsoft 365 Data Integration for Microsoft Fabric enables you to manage your Microsoft 365 alongside your other data sources in one place with a suite of analytical experiences.

Migration

This section includes guidance and documentation updates on migration to Microsoft Fabric.

Month Feature Learn more
November 2023 Migrate from Azure Synapse dedicated SQL pools A detailed guide with a migration runbook is available for migrations from Azure Synapse Data Warehouse dedicated SQL pools into Microsoft Fabric.
November 2023 Migrating from Azure Synapse Spark to Fabric A detailed set of articles on migration of Azure Synapse Spark to Microsoft Fabric, including a migration process that can involve multiple scenarios and phases.
July 2023 Fabric Changing the game – OneLake integration This blog post covers OneLake integrations and multiple scenarios to ingest the data inside of Fabric OneLake, including ADLS, ADF, OneLake Explorer, Databricks.
June 2023 Microsoft Fabric changing the game: Exporting data and building the Lakehouse This blog post covers the scenario to export data from Azure SQL Database into OneLake.
June 2023 Copy data to Azure SQL at scale with Microsoft Fabric Did you know that you can use Microsoft Fabric to copy data at scale from supported data sources to Azure SQL Database or Azure SQL Managed Instance within minutes?
June 2023 Bring your Mainframe DB2 z/OS data to Microsoft Fabric In this blog, we review the convenience and ease of opening DB2 for z/OS data in Microsoft Fabric.

Monitoring

This section includes guidance and documentation updates on monitoring your Microsoft Fabric capacity and utilization, including the Monitoring hub.

Month Feature Learn more
October 2023 Throttling and smoothing in Synapse Data Warehouse A new article helps you understand Fabric capacity throttling. Throttling occurs when a tenant's capacity consumes more capacity resources than it has purchased over a period of time.
September 2023 Monitoring hub - column options Users can select and reorder the columns according to their customized needs in the Monitoring hub.
September 2023 Fabric Capacities – Everything you need to know about what's new and what's coming Read more about the improvements we're making to the Fabric capacity management platform for Fabric and Power BI users.
September 2023 Microsoft Fabric Capacity Metrics The Microsoft Fabric Capacity Metrics app is available in App Source for a variety of billing and utilization reporting.
August 2023 Monitoring Hub support for personalized column options The Monitoring Hub to allow users to personalize activity-specific columns. You now have the flexibility to display columns that are relevant to the activities you're focused on.
May 2023 Capacity metrics in Microsoft Fabric Learn more about the universal compute capacities and Fabric's capacity metrics governance features that admins can use to monitor usage and make data-driven scale-up decisions.

Microsoft Purview

This section summarizes archived announcements about governance and compliance capabilities with Microsoft Purview in Microsoft Fabric. Learn more about Information protection in Microsoft Fabric.

Month Feature Learn more
May 2023 Administration, Security and Governance in Microsoft Fabric Microsoft Fabric provides built-in enterprise grade governance and compliance capabilities, powered by Microsoft Purview.

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