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SQL to Microsoft Fabric Migration: Beginner-Friendly Strategies for a Smooth Transition

Looking to unlock analytics on your SQL Server and seamlessly integrate it with Power BI for rich reporting and insights? Discover strategies in this post for migrating your SQL database to Microsoft Fabric, a unified platform that brings your data and analytics together effortlessly. Previously, several methods for SQL database integration with Microsoft Fabric have …

Data Warehouse: Copilot & AI Skill

AI is transforming data warehousing, making complex analytics more accessible and efficient. With tools like Copilot for Data Warehouse and AI Skill, Microsoft Fabric offers two powerful, complementary resources that serve both data developers and business users. This blog explores how these tools differ, when to use each, and how they can work together to …

Fabric Influencers Spotlight October 2024 

Welcome to the October 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 highlight …

Announcing public preview of VARCHAR(MAX) and VARBINARY(MAX) types in Fabric Data Warehouse

Fabric Data Warehouse is a modern data warehouse optimized for analytical data models, primarily focused on the smaller numeric, datetime, and string types that are suitable for analytics. For the textual data, Fabric DW supports the VARCHAR type that can store up to 8KB of text, which is suitable for most of the textual values …