Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Load data from network-protected Azure Storage accounts to Microsoft OneLake with AzCopy

AzCopy is a powerful and performant tool for copying data between Azure Storage and Microsoft OneLake, and is the preferred tool for large-scale data movement due to its ease of use and built-in performance optimizations. AzCopy now supports copying data from firewall-enabled Azure Storage accounts into OneLake using trusted workspace access. Now you can use … Continue reading “Load data from network-protected Azure Storage accounts to Microsoft OneLake with AzCopy”

OneLake costs simplified: lowering capacity utilization when accessing OneLake

We’re thrilled to share a major update and simplification to OneLake’s capacity utilization model that will make it even easier to manage Fabric capacity and scale your data workloads. We are reducing the consumption rate of OneLake transactions via proxy to match the rate for transactions via redirect. This means you no longer have to … Continue reading “OneLake costs simplified: lowering capacity utilization when accessing OneLake”

Customer-managed keys for Fabric workspaces (Preview)

Customer-managed keys (CMK) for Microsoft Fabric workspaces are now available in preview in all public regions! This expansion makes it easier for customers worldwide to meet compliance requirements and implement robust data protection strategies. Note: Encrypt data at rest in your Fabric workspaces using customer-managed keys (Preview) was released in a limited set of regions … Continue reading “Customer-managed keys for Fabric workspaces (Preview)”

Introducing support for Workspace Identity Authentication in Fabric Connectors

Co-author: Meenal Srivastva Managing secure, seamless access to data sources is a top priority for organizations using Microsoft Fabric. With workspace identity authentication, teams can simplify credential management, enhance security, and streamline data access across their enterprise. Workspace identity in Fabric is an automatically managed service principal associated with workspaces (excluding My Workspaces). When you … Continue reading “Introducing support for Workspace Identity Authentication in Fabric Connectors”

How Microsoft OneLake seamlessly provides Apache Iceberg support for all Fabric Data

Co-authored with Kevin Liu, Apache Iceberg Committer and Principal Engineer at Microsoft.  Microsoft Fabric is a unified SaaS data and analytics platform designed for the era of AI. All workloads in Microsoft Fabric use Delta Lake as the standard, open-source table format. With Microsoft OneLake, Fabric’s unified SaaS data lake, customers can unify their data … Continue reading “How Microsoft OneLake seamlessly provides Apache Iceberg support for all Fabric Data”