Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Announcing Copilot for SQL Analytics Endpoint in Microsoft Fabric (Preview)

We’re excited to introduce Copilot for SQL Analytics Endpoint, now in preview – a transformative, AI-powered assistant built to change how you query, explore, and analyze data within Microsoft Fabric’s SQL experience. With Copilot integrated directly into the SQL Analytics Endpoint, users can now express intent in natural language and instantly receive ready-to-run T-SQL. Whether … Continue reading “Announcing Copilot for SQL Analytics Endpoint in Microsoft Fabric (Preview)”

Shortcut cache and on-prem gateway support (Generally Available)

Shortcut cache and on-prem gateway support are now generally available (GA) Shortcut cache Shortcuts in OneLake allow you to quickly and easily source data from external cloud providers and use it across all Fabric workloads such as Power BI reports, SQL, Spark and Kusto.  However, each time these workloads read data from cross-cloud sources, the … Continue reading “Shortcut cache and on-prem gateway support (Generally Available)”

Manage connections for shortcuts

Shortcuts in OneLake provide a quick and easy way to make your data available in Fabric without having to copy it.  Simply create a new shortcut and your data is instantly available to all Fabric workloads. When you first create a new shortcut, you also set up a shared cloud connection. These are the same connections … Continue reading “Manage connections for shortcuts”

Enabling broader adoption of XMLA-based tools and scenarios

Starting on June 9, 2025, all Power BI and Fabric capacity SKUs will support XMLA read/write operations by default. This change is intended to assist customers using XMLA-based tools to create, edit, and maintain semantic models, such as DAX Query View in the web, Live Editing in Power BI Desktop, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), … Continue reading “Enabling broader adoption of XMLA-based tools and scenarios”

Activator as an Orchestrator of the Fabric Event Driven flows

With Fabric Events general availability, the role of Activator expands from setting notifications and acting on your data in real time to becoming an orchestration centerpiece. Activator acts as a connecting tissue enabling complex event-driven and data-driven flows. Let’s look at a very common architecture we often see our customers implement: In this architecture we … Continue reading “Activator as an Orchestrator of the Fabric Event Driven flows”