Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Legacy Timestamp Support in Native Execution Engine for Fabric Runtime 1.3

The recent update to Native Execution Engine on Fabric Runtime 1.3 brings support for legacy timestamp handling, allowing seamless processing of timestamp data created by different Spark versions. This feature helps to address compatibility issues introduced when Spark 3.0 switched to the Java 8 date/time API, which uses the Proleptic Gregorian calendar (SQL ISO standard), … Continue reading “Legacy Timestamp Support in Native Execution Engine for Fabric Runtime 1.3”

Native Execution Engine available at no additional cost!

We’re thrilled to announce that the Native Execution Engine is now available at no additional cost, unlocking next-level performance and efficiency for your workloads. What’s New?  The Native Execution Engine now supports Fabric Runtime 1.3, which includes Apache Spark 3.5 and Delta Lake 3.2. This upgrade enhances Microsoft Fabric’s Data Engineering and Data Science workflows, … Continue reading “Native Execution Engine available at no additional cost!”

Fabric Runtime 1.3 is Generally Available! Upgrade your data engineering and science workloads to harness the latest innovations and performance enhancements

We’re thrilled to announce that Fabric Runtime 1.3 has officially moved from Public Preview to General Availability (GA). This is a major upgrade to our Apache Spark-based big data execution engine, which powers both data engineering and data science workflows. Fabric Runtime 1.3 is now fully integrated into the Fabric platform, ensuring a smooth and … Continue reading “Fabric Runtime 1.3 is Generally Available! Upgrade your data engineering and science workloads to harness the latest innovations and performance enhancements”

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”