Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Connect to your most sensitive data with end-to-end network security in Fabric

The path to building a data-rich culture requires making all of your data, even sensitive data, available for analysis. But with all of this data flowing into your data platform, you need to be certain that your data is secure at every step of the data journey. Since the launch of Microsoft Fabric, we’ve released … Continue reading “Connect to your most sensitive data with end-to-end network security in Fabric”

New Shortcut Type for Azure Blob Storage in OneLake shortcuts

We’re excited to announce a new shortcut type for Azure Blob Storage in Microsoft Fabric! As a key platform for storing unstructured data — from images and documents to logs and media — Azure Blob Storage plays a vital role in powering AI and advanced analytics solutions. With this new shortcut type, you can easily … Continue reading “New Shortcut Type for Azure Blob Storage in OneLake shortcuts”

Fabric May 2025 Feature Summary

Today kicks off Microsoft Build and we have a lot of new features in store for you. Some highlights are the Fabric Roadmap tool, a way to get glimpse of that is coming soon to Fabric. Chat with your data, powerful AI capabilities that make Power BI even easier. Cosmos DB in Fabric, give you the … Continue reading “Fabric May 2025 Feature Summary”

Accelerate AI on Oracle Databases with Open Mirroring, Fabric Data Agent, and Azure AI Foundry

Additional contributors: Venkat Ramakrishnan, Amir Jafari, Wilson Lee, Maraki Ketema As organizations accelerate their hybrid cloud adoption strategies, Oracle Database@Azure has emerged as a critical platform for running Oracle database workloads using Exadata, Autonomous, Exadata Exascale and Base databases for the enterprise. However, deriving real-time, AI-powered insights in hybrid settings has long been challenging due … Continue reading “Accelerate AI on Oracle Databases with Open Mirroring, Fabric Data Agent, and Azure AI Foundry”

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)”