This release brings consistent, secure, and scalable configuration management directly into notebooks—streamlining environment-aware development and CI/CD workflows without hardcoding. Why it Matters As projects grow, managing environment-specific settings can become complex. With Variable Library support in notebooks, you can: Key Highlights The following is an example of how to use Variable Library in notebook. Resources
Schema lakehouses are now Generally Available. By using schemas in lakehouses, users can arrange their tables more efficiently and make it easier to find data. When creating new lakehouses, schema-enabled lakehouses will now be the default choice. However, users still have the option to create lakehouses without a schema if they prefer. What do schema … Continue reading “Lakehouse Schemas (Generally Available)”
Discover how Microsoft Fabric’s Forecasting Service system reduces Spark startup latency and cloud costs through proactive AI and ML-driven resource provisioning. Context & Relevance Waiting minutes for a Spark cluster to become available can throttle analytics velocity, delay insights, and drive-up cloud spend. In a world where data teams expect near‐instant execution and seamless burst … Continue reading “How does Fabric make Spark Notebooks Instant?”
JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) is a widely adopted standard that enables client applications to connect to and work with data from databases and big data platforms. The Microsoft JDBC Driver for Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering (Preview) – an enterprise-grade connector that brings powerful, secure, and flexible Spark SQL connectivity to your Java applications and BI … Continue reading “Microsoft JDBC Driver for Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering (Preview)”
Introducing ArcGIS Maps for Fabric ArcGIS Maps for Microsoft Fabric is now available, bringing Esri’s industry-leading geospatial analytics along with dynamic, interactive mapping and visualization capabilities directly into Fabric. The new ArcGIS Maps workload empowers data professionals to visualize, explore, analyze, share location-based insights and integrate Esri’s authoritative data assets with their ArcGIS online service … Continue reading “Unlocking Geospatial Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric with Esri’s ArcGIS Maps Workload (Preview)”
