Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Semantic Link Updates June 2024 

We are excited to announce new and exciting updates to Semantic Link over the last a few months:  Semantic Link is preinstalled in the default runtime  At the Fabric Conference in March 2024, we announced that Semantic Link was generally available. We have now included Semantic Link in the default runtime by default. If you … Continue reading “Semantic Link Updates June 2024 “

Building Custom AI Applications with Microsoft Fabric: Implementing Retrieval Augmented Generation for Enhanced Language Models

We are excited to share guidance for how you can use Microsoft Fabric to turn your data into knowledge for Generative AI applications. This guide will walk you through implementing a RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) system in Microsoft Fabric using Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search. By the end, you’ll be more familiar with how to … Continue reading “Building Custom AI Applications with Microsoft Fabric: Implementing Retrieval Augmented Generation for Enhanced Language Models”

Introducing Capacity Pools for Data Engineering and Data Science in Microsoft Fabric

We are excited to announce the Capacity Pools for Data Engineering and Data Science in Microsoft Fabric. As part of the Data Engineering and Science settings in the Admin portal, capacity administrators can create custom pools based on their workload requirements. Optimizing Cloud Spend and Managing Compute Resources In enterprise environments, managing cloud spending and … Continue reading “Introducing Capacity Pools for Data Engineering and Data Science in Microsoft Fabric”

Microsoft Fabric Lifecycle Management: Getting started with development in isolation using a Private Workspace

When we talk about Microsoft Fabric workspace collaboration, a common scenario is developers and their teams using a shared workspace environment, which means they have access to “live items”. A change made directly within a workspace would override and affect all other developers or users utilizing that workspace. This is where git becomes increasingly important … Continue reading “Microsoft Fabric Lifecycle Management: Getting started with development in isolation using a Private Workspace”

Public Preview of Native Execution Engine for Apache Spark on Fabric Data Engineering and Data Science

The Native Execution Engine showcases our dedication to innovation and performance, transforming data processing in Microsoft Fabric. We are excited to announce that the Native Execution Engine for Fabric Runtime 1.2 is now available in public preview. The Native Execution Engine leverages technologies such as a columnar format and vectorized processing to boost query execution … Continue reading “Public Preview of Native Execution Engine for Apache Spark on Fabric Data Engineering and Data Science”