October 29, 2025 by Adam Saxton 68,498 Views
This month’s update delivers key advancements across Microsoft Fabric, including enhanced security with Outbound Access Protection and Workspace-Level Private Link, smarter data engineering features like Adaptive Target File Size, and new integrations such as Data Agent in Lakehouse. Together, these improvements streamline workflows and strengthen data governance for users. Contents Events & Announcements Fabric Data …
End Write Amplification and Automate Your Table Maintenance Compaction is one the most necessary but also challenging aspects of managing a Lakehouse architecture. Similar to file systems and even relational databases, unless closely managed, data will get fragmented over time, and can lead to excessive compute costs. The OPTIMIZE command exists to solve for this …
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Fabric Spark connector for SQL databases (Azure SQL databases, Azure SQL Managed Instances, Fabric SQL databases and SQL Server in Azure VM) in the Fabric Spark runtime is now available. This connector enables Spark developers and data scientists to access and work with data from SQL database engines using a simplified Spark API. The connector …
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Microsoft Fabric continues to evolve as a unified platform for data professionals, and the latest update to Semantic Link introduces Service Principal support—a key enhancement for teams looking to automate and scale their data workflows securely. Semantic Link enables seamless integration between notebooks and semantic models, allowing users to query and analyze data directly from …
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Migration Assistant for Fabric Data Warehouse is a powerful tool designed to streamline your journey to a modern, high-performance data platform. With this release, we’re making it easier than ever for organizations to migrate to Fabric Data Warehouse from any T-SQL database used for analytical work, such as Azure Synapse Analytics dedicated SQL pool, ensuring …
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Why Mission-Critical Features Matter In the era of AI and cloud-scale analytics, organizations need a data integration platform that is secure, resilient, and ready for the most demanding workloads. Fabric Data Factory is engineered to deliver just that—enabling enterprises to unify, protect, and orchestrate their data across clouds, firewalls, and hybrid environments. Security, Isolation, and …
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