Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Fabric January 2026 Feature Summary

If you’ve been trying to keep up with everything shipping in Microsoft Fabric, this January 2026 round-up is for you—covering the biggest updates across the platform, from new AI-powered catalog experiences and OneLake governance improvements to enhancements in Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Real-Time Intelligence, and Data Factory. If you haven’t already, make sure FabCon Atlanta … Continue reading “Fabric January 2026 Feature Summary”

Introducing Copilot for Real-Time Dashboards: Write KQL with natural language

Turning questions into KQL queries just became part of Real-Time Dashboard tile editing experience, using Copilot. This new feature brings the power of AI directly into the tile editing workflow. When editing a tile, you’ll now see the Copilot assistant pane ready to help you turn natural language into actionable queries. Whether you’re new to … Continue reading “Introducing Copilot for Real-Time Dashboards: Write KQL with natural language”

Create Embeddings in Fabric Eventhouse with built-in Small Language Models (SLMs)

What if generating embeddings in Eventhouse didn’t require an external endpoint, callout policies, throttling management, or per‑request costs? That’s exactly what slm_embeddings_fl() delivers: a new user-defined function (UDF) that generates text embeddings using local Small Language Models (SLMs) from within the Kusto Python sandbox, returning vectors that you can immediately use for semantic search, similarity … Continue reading “Create Embeddings in Fabric Eventhouse with built-in Small Language Models (SLMs)”

Microsoft Fabric 2025 holiday recap: Unified Data and AI Innovation

As 2025 ends, we’re taking a moment to reflect on Microsoft Fabric’s second year in the market and the collective progress made alongside our community, customers, and partners. What began as a unified vision for data and AI has grown into a platform adopted by more than 28,000 organizations worldwide, anchored by OneLake and shaped … Continue reading “Microsoft Fabric 2025 holiday recap: Unified Data and AI Innovation”

Understanding Operations Agent Capacity Consumption, Usage Reporting and Billing (Preview)

At Ignite, we announced operations agents that helps create autonomous agents that monitor data, infer goals, and recommend actions. Soon, we will enable billing for these agents as the Preview period continues. Operations agents will use Fabric Capacity Units (CU) like any other Fabric features. In the Capacity Metrics App, you’ll find the following operations show … Continue reading “Understanding Operations Agent Capacity Consumption, Usage Reporting and Billing (Preview)”