Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Introducing Autoscale Billing for Spark in Microsoft Fabric

We are introducing Autoscale Billing for Spark in Microsoft Fabric, a new billing model designed to offer greater flexibility and cost efficiency for Spark workloads. With this model, when enabled, your Spark workloads will no longer directly consume the Fabric capacity this billing option is enabled on; instead, they will run alongside your existing capacity (F2 … Continue reading “Introducing Autoscale Billing for Spark in Microsoft Fabric”

Simplify data transformation and management with Copilot for Data Factory

The process of extracting, transforming, and loading (ETL) data is important for turning raw data into actionable insights. ETL allows data to be collected from various sources, cleansed and formatted into a standard structure, and then loaded into a data warehouse for analysis. This process ensures that data is accurate, consistent, and ready for business … Continue reading “Simplify data transformation and management with Copilot for Data Factory”

Spark Connector for Fabric Data Warehouse (DW) – Preview

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Fabric Spark connector for Fabric Data Warehouse (DW) in the Fabric Spark runtime. This connector enables Spark developers and data scientists to access and work with data from Fabric DW and the SQL analytics endpoint of the lakehouse, either within the same workspace or across different … Continue reading “Spark Connector for Fabric Data Warehouse (DW) – Preview”

Fabric February 2025 Feature Summary

Welcome to the Fabric 2025 update There are a lot of exciting features for you this month! Here are some highlights: In Power BI, Explore from Copilot visual answers which lets you do easy ad-hoc exploration. In Data Warehouse, Browse files with OPENROWSET (Preview) and Copilot for Data Warehouse Chat (Preview). For Data Science, AI Skill is now conversational.