Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Fabric OPENROWSET function

We are excited to announce the availability of the OPENROWSET function in the Fabric Data Warehouse and SQL endpoint for Lakehouse. This powerful function allows you to read the content of external files stored in Azure Data Lake Storage and Azure Blob Storage without the need to ingest them into the Data Warehouse. With the … Continue reading “Fabric OPENROWSET function”

Assigning default schemas to users in Fabric Warehouse

You can now assign default schema to your users on Fabric Data Warehouse and to Analytics SQL Endpoints. This means you can now combine the ability to create schemas on Fabric Lakehouse and benefit from this enhancement for SQL Endpoints,. A default schema defines how database objects—like tables, views, and procedures—are organized and associated with … Continue reading “Assigning default schemas to users in Fabric Warehouse”

Open Mirroring for SAP sources – dab and Simplement

Fabric Mirroring Database mirroring has been a hot topic in Microsoft Fabric since its introduction in 2024. It offers a user-friendly replication capability that allows you to connect to a source, select the tables you want to replicate, and mirror them into Fabric OneLake. The mirroring engine fetches an initial snapshot from the source and … Continue reading “Open Mirroring for SAP sources – dab and Simplement”

Microsoft Fabric January 2025 update

We’ve got a lot of exciting updates this month. To name a few, NotebookUtils session management utilities, Enhancing COPY INTO operations with Granular Permissions in Data Warehouse, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Fabric REST APIs. Keep reading to hear about everything we have in store for you this month. Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 After … Continue reading “Microsoft Fabric January 2025 update”

Private Preview of Migration assistant for Fabric Data Warehouse

Last year we announced a sneak peak of a migration assistant designed to accelerate the migration of SQL Server, Synapse dedicated SQL pools, and other warehouses to the Fabric Data Warehouse. This tool enables users to migrate the code and data from the source database, automatically converting the source schema and code to Fabric Data … Continue reading “Private Preview of Migration assistant for Fabric Data Warehouse”