Empowering agentic AI by integrating Fabric with Azure AI Foundry

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• March 31, 2025 by Amir Jafari 76,694 Views

Additional author: Joanne Wong

Data plays a critical role in agentic AI, enabling AI agents to operate independently, make informed decisions, and take meaningful actions. And that’s why we are expanding capabilities and deepening integrations between our data and AI platforms.  

Starting today, organizations can use Azure AI Foundry to connect customized, conversational agents, created in Fabric. A critical component of Azure AI Agent Service is the ability to securely ground AI agent outputs in enterprise knowledge, so that responses are accurate, relevant, and contextually aware. Data agents in Fabric, formerly known as AI skills, can retrieve knowledge across different data sources – from lakehouse and warehouse data to Power BI semantic models and KQL databases – using a number of specialized query language tools that help AI to generate SQL, KQL and DAX to extract, process, and present data effectively and delivers precise, actionable insights. Fabric data agents can determine when to use specific data, how to combine it, and what insights matter most.

By combining Fabric’s sophisticated data analysis over enterprise data with Azure AI Foundry’s cutting-edge GenAI technology, businesses can create custom conversational AI agents leveraging domain expertise. This seamless integration enables organizations to develop agents that are not only based on unstructured data in Azure AI Search or SharePoint but also integrate with structured and semantic data in Microsoft OneLake, thereby enhancing data-driven decision-making.

Customers like NTT DATA are leveraging data agents in Microsoft Fabric to extract real time insights. NTT DATA built a suite of HR-focused data agents, helping users interact directly with real-time data to uncover patterns in staffing, chargeability, and productivity.

“We see data agents as a conversational capability layer we can use to ‘talk’ to our data, understand it, and derive different insights in support of our daily decision making. By significantly improving real-time actionable insights, Azure AI and Fabric help elevate business outcomes as well as human potential.”  

Genis Campa, Head of Data Products Strategy, NTT DATA

We invite you to explore the preview and experience firsthand how this unified approach can transform your data into a powerful asset for more insightful decision-making.

Learn more about this integration in the Azure AI blog.

Next steps

• Join the conversation on the Fabric Community
• Learn more in the Fabric documentation
• Give us your feedback on Fabric Ideas