Announcing the availability of Trusted workspace access and Managed private endpoints in any Fabric capacity
Use Trusted workspace access and Managed Private endpoints in Fabric with any F capacity and enjoy the benefits of secure and optimized data access and connectivity
We are thrilled to share with you an update on the Fabric network security features that were announced in general availability earlier this year. Trusted workspace access, and Managed Private endpoints enable you to secure and optimize your data access and connectivity with Fabric and protect your business-critical data from unauthorized or unwanted access.
However, these features were available only in F64 or higher capacities. Based on your feedback, we are now making these features available in all F capacities. You can now use these features with any F capacity that suits your business needs. We are also making Managed Private endpoints available in Trial capacities as part of this release.
Here’s a quick recap of what these features do and how they can help you:
- Trusted workspace access allows seamless and secure access to firewall enabled Azure storage accounts. It is designed to help you securely and easily access data stored in Storage accounts from Fabric workspaces, without compromising on performance or functionality. This feature extends the power and flexibility of OneLake shortcuts to work with data in protected storage accounts in place without compromising on security. You can also use this capability with Data pipelines and the COPY INTO feature of Fabric warehouses to ingest data securely and easily into Fabric workspaces. To get started with this feature and to learn about limitations, see Trusted workspace access in Microsoft Fabric – Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn. This feature can be used in any F capacity.
- Managed private endpoints provide secure connectivity from Fabric to data sources that are behind a firewall or not accessible from the public internet. Managed Private Endpoints enable Fabric Data Engineering items to access data sources securely without exposing them to the public network or requiring complex network configurations. Managed private endpoints are supported for various data sources, such as Azure Storage, Azure SQL Databases, and many others – the most recent addition being Azure Event Hub and Azure IOT Hub. To learn more about Managed Private Endpoints and supported data sources see Overview of managed private endpoints for Microsoft Fabric – Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn. This feature can be used in any F capacity as well as Trial capacity.
We welcome your feedback and suggestions on how to improve Fabric and its network security capabilities. Please let us know what you think in the comments below or through Fabric Ideas (microsoft.com). Thank you for choosing Fabric as your data platform.
