Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

A turning point for enterprise data warehousing 

As executives plan the next phase of their data and AI transformation, the bar for analytics infrastructure continues to rise. Enterprises are expected to support traditional business intelligence, increasingly complex analytics, and a new generation of AI-driven workloads—often on the same data, at the same time, and with far greater expectations for speed and cost … Continue reading “A turning point for enterprise data warehousing “

Bringing together Fabric Real-time Intelligence, Notebook and Spark Structured Streaming (Preview)

Coauthored by QiXiao Wang Building event-driven, real-time applications using Fabric Eventstreams and Spark Notebooks just got a whole lot easier. With the Preview of Spark Notebooks and Real-Time Intelligence integration — a new capability that brings together the open-source community supported richness of Spark Structured Streaming with the real-time stream processing power of Fabric Eventstreams … Continue reading “Bringing together Fabric Real-time Intelligence, Notebook and Spark Structured Streaming (Preview)”

Fabric Connection inside Notebook (Preview)

The Get Data with Cloud Connection is a cross-Fabric capability that supports a broad range of data sources—including Azure Blob Storage, PostgreSQL, Azure Key Vault, S3, and many more. Now available directly within notebooks, this feature empowers users to efficiently and securely access and manage data from diverse sources. Importantly, it provides a secure way … Continue reading “Fabric Connection inside Notebook (Preview)”

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”