Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Supercharge AI, BI, and data engineering with Semantic Link (Generally Available)

Great technology does not succeed on design alone—it succeeds when it helps people solve real problems. Semantic Link is one of those transformative capabilities in Microsoft Fabric: it brings AI, BI, and data engineering together through a shared semantic layer, enabling teams to work faster and more intelligently on the data they already trust. From … Continue reading “Supercharge AI, BI, and data engineering with Semantic Link (Generally Available)”

OneLake catalog: The trusted catalog for organizations worldwide

For years, organizations have aspired to build cultures where data is embedded into everyday decision-making. Generative AI is bringing that goal closer than ever with agents that can quickly answer questions with data. But at the core, this culture can only be achieved if agents and your people can easily discover and trust high-quality data. … Continue reading “OneLake catalog: The trusted catalog for organizations worldwide”

The future of data security is interoperability: a technical look at OneLake security

Enterprises have never had more ways to store and analyze data. As data spreads across clouds, formats, and analytics engines, security policies tend to fragment along the same lines: each system brings its own model, its own controls, and its own blind spots. The result is a patchwork of inconsistent enforcement, duplicated effort, and higher risk. Yet … Continue reading “The future of data security is interoperability: a technical look at OneLake security”

Microsoft OneLake and Snowflake interoperability (Generally Available)

Data teams today are under extraordinary pressure. Expectations around analytics and AI have never been higher, yet enterprise data continues to live across a patchwork of systems, tools, and platforms. The result is friction, duplication, and complexity, making it harder for data teams to provide a unified, real-time view of their business. Microsoft and Snowflake … Continue reading “Microsoft OneLake and Snowflake interoperability (Generally Available)”

Workspace Outbound Access Protection for Data Factory and OneLake Shortcuts (Preview)

We announced Outbound Access Protection for Spark (Generally Available) and recently extended it to support SQL Endpoint and Warehouse. Now, Pipelines, Copy job, Dataflows, OneLake Shortcuts as well as Mirrored Databases (such as Mirrored SQL Database, Mirrored Snowflake) support Workspace level Outbound Access Protection (Preview). Key Benefits What to expect with Outbound access protection (OAP) … Continue reading “Workspace Outbound Access Protection for Data Factory and OneLake Shortcuts (Preview)”