Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Understanding Fabric Eventstream Pricing

In this blog post, we’ll walk through Eventstream’s pricing model to give you a clear understanding of how it works and help you navigate it with confidence. By the end of this post, you will be able to: Eventstream Components & Cost Drivers First, let’s summarize the components of a Fabric Eventstream: Each component maps … Continue reading “Understanding Fabric Eventstream Pricing”

Explore Fabric Security insights in the OneLake catalog – Govern tab

We want to update on a strategic evolution in how you can access and utilize security insights within Microsoft Fabric! The powerful reports you’ve relied on in the Microsoft Purview Hub are officially transitioning and being significantly enhanced within the new Admin Report in the Govern tab of the OneLake Catalog, as was announced at … Continue reading “Explore Fabric Security insights in the OneLake catalog – Govern tab”

Run Spark Job Definitions in Pipelines with Service Principal or Workspace Identity

The Spark job definition activity in Microsoft Fabric Data Factory pipelines now supports connection property, unlocking a more secure and production-ready way to run your SJDs. What’s New? With this update, you can configure Notebook activities to run as Service Principal (SPN) or Workspace Identity (WI). These authentication methods are our recommended approach for production … Continue reading “Run Spark Job Definitions in Pipelines with Service Principal or Workspace Identity”

Fabric Eventstream SQL Operator: Your tool kit to Real-Time data processing in Fabric Real-Time Intelligence

As data becomes more immediate, the gap between when an event occurs and when you must use its insights is getting smaller. Fabric Eventstreams enables users to ingest, transform, extract insights and route streaming data where it’s needed. In response to the growing demand for SQL-based transformations, we have introduced a new SQL operator feature … Continue reading “Fabric Eventstream SQL Operator: Your tool kit to Real-Time data processing in Fabric Real-Time Intelligence”

2025 Year in Review: What’s new across SQL Server, Azure SQL and SQL database in Fabric

What a year 2025 has been for SQL! ICYMI and are looking for some hype, might I recommend you start with this blog from Priya Sathy, the product leader for all of SQL at Microsoft: One consistent SQL: The launchpad from legacy to innovation. In this blog post, Priya explains how we have developed and … Continue reading “2025 Year in Review: What’s new across SQL Server, Azure SQL and SQL database in Fabric”