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Get to insights faster with SaaS databases and “chat with your data”

May 19, 2025 by Kim Manis 8,220 Views

A recent study from the Social Science Research Network looked at 5,000 developers using generative AI tools in their day-to-day work and found a 26% average increase in completed tasks. The massive opportunity generative AI presents for developers and data professionals was one of the key driving forces behind the initial development of Microsoft Fabric. …

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Continuous Ingestion from Azure Storage to Eventhouse (Preview)

The integration of Azure Storage with Fabric Eventhouse for continuous ingestion represents a significant simplification of data ingestion process from Azure Storage to Eventhouse in Fabric Real-Time Intelligence. It automates extraction and loading from Azure storage and facilitates near real-time updates to Eventhouse KQL DB tables. With this feature, it is now easier for organizations …

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Extracting deeper insights with Fabric Data Agents in Copilot in Power BI

Co-author: Joanne Wong We’re excited to announce the upcoming integration of Fabric data agent with Copilot in Power BI, enhancing your ability to extract insights seamlessly. What’s new? A new chat with your data experience is launching soon in Power BI– a full-screen Copilot for users to ask natural language questions and receive accurate, relevant …

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Microsoft Fabric Spark: Native Execution Engine now generally available

The Fabric Spark Native Execution Engine (NEE) is now generally available (GA) as part of Fabric Runtime 1.3. This C++-based vectorized engine (built on Apache Gluten and Velox) runs Spark workloads directly on the lakehouse, requiring no code changes or new libraries. It supports Spark 3.5 APIs and both Parquet and Delta Lake formats, so …

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New features in Mirroring for Azure SQL Managed Instance – private endpoint support and more

Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric allows you to seamlessly reflect your existing data estate from Azure SQL Managed Instance into OneLake. The mirrored data is automatically kept up to date in near real-time, enabling advanced analytics and reporting to generate essential business insights. Since our preview announcement of Mirroring for Azure SQL Managed Instance, we have listened …

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What’s new with Mirroring in Fabric at Microsoft Build 2025

At Microsoft Build 2025, we are thrilled to show you the latest innovations that we have delivered with Mirroring in Fabric. Mirroring is a powerful feature that allows you to seamlessly reflect your existing data estate continuously from any database or data warehouse into OneLake in Fabric. Once Mirroring starts the replication process, the mirrored …

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