Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Materialized Lake Views in Microsoft Fabric (Generally Available)

This update closes the most important gaps since reaching preview and makes MLVs production-ready at scale. With multi-schedule support, broader incremental refresh, PySpark authoring, in-place updates, and stronger data quality controls, teams can now build, run, and evolve medallion pipelines with far less operational overhead.

From insight to action: Bringing Fabric Activator into Ontology with Rules

With the introduction of Rules in Ontology, Fabric IQ takes a step forward in connecting business operations to real-time action by integrating Fabric Activator directly into Ontology. Fabric IQ brings context to your data. Activator in Fabric IQ operationalizes your ontology. What are Ontology Rules with Fabric Activator? Ontology Rules let you define conditions and … Continue reading “From insight to action: Bringing Fabric Activator into Ontology with Rules”

The future of data security is interoperability: a technical look at OneLake security

Enterprises have never had more ways to store and analyze data. As data spreads across clouds, formats, and analytics engines, security policies tend to fragment along the same lines: each system brings its own model, its own controls, and its own blind spots. The result is a patchwork of inconsistent enforcement, duplicated effort, and higher risk. Yet … Continue reading “The future of data security is interoperability: a technical look at OneLake security”

How the Microsoft SQL team is investing in SQL tools and experiences

The SQL tools and experiences team at Microsoft is full of product leaders and engineers who care about YOU and your productivity at every stage. We focus on building the tools, SDKs, and experiences that matter most—so you can get the greatest value from Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, SQL database in Fabric and Fabric … Continue reading “How the Microsoft SQL team is investing in SQL tools and experiences”

Fabric Runtime 2.0 (Preview)

Fabric Runtime provides seamless integration within the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem, delivering a powerful environment for data engineering and data science projects built on Apache Spark. Fabric Runtime 2.0 is now available in Experimental Public Preview (EPP). This next-generation runtime is purpose-built for large-scale data computations in Microsoft Fabric and introduces key features and components that … Continue reading “Fabric Runtime 2.0 (Preview)”