Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Announcing Staging for Mirroring for Google BigQuery (Preview)

Introducing staging support for Mirroring for Google BigQuery (Preview), a major enhancement that dramatically improves the speed and efficiency of initial data replication from Google BigQuery into Microsoft Fabric. Why Staging Matters Previously, initial replication of large datasets from BigQuery into Fabric could be time-consuming. With staging enabled, organizations are now seeing performance improvements of … Continue reading “Announcing Staging for Mirroring for Google BigQuery (Preview)”

Bridging the Gap: Automate Warehouse & SQL Endpoint Deployment in Microsoft Fabric

Deployment Challenges While Solutions Are in Development Microsoft Fabric has revolutionized data analytics with its unified platform, but deploying complex architectures with cross-dependencies remains a significant challenge for organizations. The good news is that the Microsoft Fabric team is actively working on native warehouse deployment capabilities with DacFx, cross-item dependency resolution, and cross-warehouse reference support. … Continue reading “Bridging the Gap: Automate Warehouse & SQL Endpoint Deployment in Microsoft Fabric”

Securely Access VPC-Protected Amazon S3 Buckets in Microsoft Fabric with Entra Integration (Preview)

When we first introduced Amazon S3 shortcut integration with Microsoft Entra ID, customers gained a powerful new way to connect S3 data to Microsoft Fabric — without storing or rotating AWS access keys. Using OpenID Connect (OIDC), Fabric authenticates directly with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), enabling secure, identity-based access to cloud storage. However, … Continue reading “Securely Access VPC-Protected Amazon S3 Buckets in Microsoft Fabric with Entra Integration (Preview)”

Fabric Influencers Spotlight November 2025

Welcome to the November edition of the Fabric Influencers Spotlight, a recurring monthly post here to shine a bright light on the places on the internet where Microsoft MVPs & Fabric Super Users are doing some amazing work on all aspects of Microsoft Fabric. The Microsoft Fabric Community team has created the Fabric Influencers Spotlight to highlight … Continue reading “Fabric Influencers Spotlight November 2025”

How to Query Database Backups in Microsoft Fabric Without Copies or ETL

In collaboration with Peleg Kazaz, and Liore Shai Every company backs up its business-critical and operational databases. Every data-driven, AI-powered company also mirrors relevant data from its databases and consolidates it into a data warehouse for analytics and AI. These database backups contain the most complete, historical, and current view of the business, and are … Continue reading “How to Query Database Backups in Microsoft Fabric Without Copies or ETL”