Fabric Community Conference Europe Recap
We had an incredible time in our host city of Stockholm for FabCon Europe! 3,300 attendees joined us from our international community, and it was wonderful to meet so many of you in person. Throughout the week of FabCon Europe, our teams published a wealth of valuable content, and we want to ensure you have the opportunity to explore it all. Please take some time to review the informative blog posts from our outstanding teams. We are confident you’ll find something new and expand your knowledge.
![](http://dataplatformblogcdn.azureedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/fabconphotocollage-1024x819.png)
Arun’s Keynote
Arun delivered an impactful keynote, rich with information. You can read all about the highlights and announcements in his blog post.
![](http://dataplatformblogcdn.azureedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/arunkeynote-1024x683.jpg)
Monthly Update Blogs
Our Monthly Update Blogs are filled with information as well as the Monthly Update videos which include many informative demos.
Develop
We’ve compiled the Fabric blog posts, and announcements around creating and collaborating on new data, analytics and BI solutions.
Core
- Announcing the Private Preview of the Microsoft Fabric SKU Calculator at the European Fabric Community Conference
- Announcing Service Principal support for Fabric APIs
- Announcing the new Terraform Provider for Microsoft Fabric (Public Preview)
- Tag your data to enrich item curation and discovery
OneLake
- Databricks Unity Catalog tables available in Microsoft Fabric
- Google Cloud Storage shortcuts and S3 Compatible shortcuts (Generally Available)
- OneLake shared access signatures (SAS) now available in public preview
Data Warehouse
- Announcing the Public Preview of T-SQL Notebook in Fabric
- New editor improvements for Fabric Data Warehouse and SQL Analytics Endpoint
- Copilot for Data Warehouse Public Preview Update
- Working with large data types in Fabric warehouse
- Announcing improved JSON support in Fabric DW
Data Engineering
- Announcing the Fabric Apache Spark Diagnostic Emitter: Collect Logs and Metrics
- Introducing High Concurrency Mode for Notebooks in Pipelines for Fabric Spark
- Transform, Validate and Enrich Data with Python User Data Functions in your Data pipelines
- Announcement: Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention policies have been extended to Fabric lakehouses
Data Science
- Harness Microsoft Fabric AI Skill to Unlock Context-Rich Insights from your Data
- Unlock faster insights with the new Copilot conversational mode (Public Preview)
- Using Microsoft Fabric for Generative AI: A Guide to Building and Improving RAG Systems
- Important billing update coming to Copilot and AI in Fabric
Real-Time Intelligence
- Set alerts on KQL Querysets with Data Activator triggers
- Announcing Updates to Data Activator in Public Preview
Data Factory
- Announcing Public Preview: Incremental Refresh in Dataflows Gen2
- Integrate your SAP data into Microsoft Fabric
- Announcing the General Availability of Copilot for Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
- Announcing Public Preview: Copy Job in Microsoft Fabric
- Announcing the General Availability of Mirroring for Snowflake in Microsoft Fabric
- Mirroring Azure SQLDB in Fabric – New features in Public Preview and what’s coming up
- Announcing General Availability of Fabric Pipeline Integration in On-premises Data Gateway
- Fast Copy in Dataflows Gen2 is now Generally Available
- Several New Enhancements Announced for Fabric Data pipeline
Analyze
Check out the announcements around Power BI tools to explore the insights in your reports, apps, and semantic models.
Power BI
- Connect your data to the real world with the power of NFC and the Power BI Mobile Apps
- Enhanced Report Creation in the Power BI Service with Copilot (Public Preview)
Whether you joined us in person in Stockholm or kept up with announcements online we appreciate your support! Let us know what your favorite announcement was and what you’re finding most useful. We look forward to seeing you in person at Ignite in November!
![](http://dataplatformblogcdn.azureedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/fabconphotocollage2-1024x576.png)