Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Govern your data in SQL database in Microsoft Fabric with protection policies in Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview’s protection policies help you safeguard sensitive data in Microsoft Fabric items, including SQL databases. In this article, we’ll explain how these policies override Microsoft Fabric item permissions for users, apps, and groups, limiting their actions within the database. If you are not familiar with how item permissions and workspace roles work in SQL … Continue reading “Govern your data in SQL database in Microsoft Fabric with protection policies in Microsoft Purview”

ICYMI: Ask the Expert – Fabric Databases 

On Wednesday, January 29th, several members of the team gathered for an hour of Q&A on SQL database in Fabric. SQL database in Fabric is the first SaaS database in Fabric bringing transactional and analytical data together without compromising application performance, so it’s no surprise that the hour was packed with questions.  Let’s jump right … Continue reading “ICYMI: Ask the Expert – Fabric Databases “

Announcing the activation of billing for SQL database in Fabric

Since SQL database is a native item in Fabric, it utilizes Fabric capacity units like other Fabric workloads. Compute charges apply only when the database is actively used, so you only consume what you need. Storage is billed separately on a monthly basis, as are automatic backups, which are retained for seven days. Billing for … Continue reading “Announcing the activation of billing for SQL database in Fabric”

Microsoft Fabric January 2025 update

We’ve got a lot of exciting updates this month. To name a few, NotebookUtils session management utilities, Enhancing COPY INTO operations with Granular Permissions in Data Warehouse, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Fabric REST APIs. Keep reading to hear about everything we have in store for you this month. Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 After … Continue reading “Microsoft Fabric January 2025 update”

Manage access in SQL database in Microsoft Fabric with SQL native authorization controls

SQL database in Microsoft Fabric supports two different sets of authorization controls, Microsoft Fabric access controls and SQL native access controls.   As we discussed in an earlier blog post, Manage access for SQL databases in Microsoft Fabric with workspace roles and item permissions, Microsoft Fabric access controls are easy to use, but they support … Continue reading “Manage access in SQL database in Microsoft Fabric with SQL native authorization controls”