Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Gain even more trust and compliance with OneLake diagnostics immutability (Generally Available)

In October 2025, we introduced OneLake diagnostics—a powerful capability that helps teams “answer who accessed what, when, and how” across your Fabric Lakehouse environment. OneLake diagnostics streams JSON-based activity logs into a Lakehouse you choose, enabling rich analysis, governance, and compliance workflows. A powerful capability that helps teams “answer who accessed what, when, and how” … Continue reading “Gain even more trust and compliance with OneLake diagnostics immutability (Generally Available)”

Create Embeddings in Fabric Eventhouse with built-in Small Language Models (SLMs)

What if generating embeddings in Eventhouse didn’t require an external endpoint, callout policies, throttling management, or per‑request costs? That’s exactly what slm_embeddings_fl() delivers: a new user-defined function (UDF) that generates text embeddings using local Small Language Models (SLMs) from within the Kusto Python sandbox, returning vectors that you can immediately use for semantic search, similarity … Continue reading “Create Embeddings in Fabric Eventhouse with built-in Small Language Models (SLMs)”

Explore Fabric Security insights in the OneLake catalog – Govern tab

We want to update on a strategic evolution in how you can access and utilize security insights within Microsoft Fabric! The powerful reports you’ve relied on in the Microsoft Purview Hub are officially transitioning and being significantly enhanced within the new Admin Report in the Govern tab of the OneLake Catalog, as was announced at … Continue reading “Explore Fabric Security insights in the OneLake catalog – Govern tab”

Fabric Influencers Spotlight December 2025

Welcome to the December 2025 edition of the Fabric Influencers Spotlight, a recurring monthly post here to shine a bright light on the places on the internet where Microsoft MVPs & Fabric Super Users are doing some amazing work on all aspects of Microsoft Fabric. The Microsoft Fabric Community team has created the Fabric Influencers Spotlight to … Continue reading “Fabric Influencers Spotlight December 2025”

Announcing Staging for Mirroring for Google BigQuery (Preview)

Introducing staging support for Mirroring for Google BigQuery (Preview), a major enhancement that dramatically improves the speed and efficiency of initial data replication from Google BigQuery into Microsoft Fabric. Why Staging Matters Previously, initial replication of large datasets from BigQuery into Fabric could be time-consuming. With staging enabled, organizations are now seeing performance improvements of … Continue reading “Announcing Staging for Mirroring for Google BigQuery (Preview)”