Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Shortcut cache and on-prem gateway support (Generally Available)

Shortcut cache and on-prem gateway support are now generally available (GA) Shortcut cache Shortcuts in OneLake allow you to quickly and easily source data from external cloud providers and use it across all Fabric workloads such as Power BI reports, SQL, Spark and Kusto.  However, each time these workloads read data from cross-cloud sources, the … Continue reading “Shortcut cache and on-prem gateway support (Generally Available)”

Manage connections for shortcuts

Shortcuts in OneLake provide a quick and easy way to make your data available in Fabric without having to copy it.  Simply create a new shortcut and your data is instantly available to all Fabric workloads. When you first create a new shortcut, you also set up a shared cloud connection. These are the same connections … Continue reading “Manage connections for shortcuts”

Enabling broader adoption of XMLA-based tools and scenarios

Starting on June 9, 2025, all Power BI and Fabric capacity SKUs will support XMLA read/write operations by default. This change is intended to assist customers using XMLA-based tools to create, edit, and maintain semantic models, such as DAX Query View in the web, Live Editing in Power BI Desktop, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), … Continue reading “Enabling broader adoption of XMLA-based tools and scenarios”

Task flows in Microsoft Fabric (Generally Available)

Task flows feature is now generally available! Task flows streamline the design of your data solutions and ensure consistency between design and development efforts. It also allows you to navigate items and manage your workspace more easily, even as it becomes more complex over time. Since its preview last May, we have received a great … Continue reading “Task flows in Microsoft Fabric (Generally Available)”

Authenticate to Fabric data connections using Azure Key Vault stored secrets (Preview)

Azure Key Vault support in Fabric Data connections is now in preview! With this capability, we are introducing a new concept called ‘Azure Key Vault references’ in Microsoft Fabric, using which, users can reuse their existing Azure key vault secrets for authentication to data source connections instead of copy-pasting passwords, slashing credential-management effort and audit risk. … Continue reading “Authenticate to Fabric data connections using Azure Key Vault stored secrets (Preview)”