Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Take control of Fabric Identities limit for your tenant (Generally Available)

Fabric Identity governance at scale just got easier. We are introducing a new tenant admin setting that gives you control over the maximum number of Fabric identities (hence Workspace identities) in your organization. With this update, Fabric tenant admins can: How it works The new setting “Define maximum number of Fabric identities in a tenant” … Continue reading “Take control of Fabric Identities limit for your tenant (Generally Available)”

Fabric January 2026 Feature Summary

If you’ve been trying to keep up with everything shipping in Microsoft Fabric, this January 2026 round-up is for you—covering the biggest updates across the platform, from new AI-powered catalog experiences and OneLake governance improvements to enhancements in Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Real-Time Intelligence, and Data Factory. If you haven’t already, make sure FabCon Atlanta … Continue reading “Fabric January 2026 Feature Summary”

Surge protection gets smarter: introducing workspace-level controls (Preview)

Surge protection in Microsoft Fabric has been a key feature for managing capacity usage and preventing overload. Today, it helps you: Until now, surge protection applied only at the capacity level—meaning all workspaces shared the same rules. What’s new: workspace-level surge protection We’re taking surge protection to the next level with workspace-level controls. This update … Continue reading “Surge protection gets smarter: introducing workspace-level controls (Preview)”

Five Reasons to attend SQLCon

The SQL community is gathering in Atlanta this March for the first‑ever SQLCon, co‑located with FabCon, the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference, March 16-20. One registration unlocks both events, giving you access to deep SQL expertise and the latest in Fabric, Power BI, data engineering, real‑time intelligence, and AI. Whether you’re a DBA, developer, data engineer, architect, or a … Continue reading “Five Reasons to attend SQLCon”

Granular APIs for OneLake security (Preview)

Microsoft Fabric continues to expand the OneLake security surface with new granular REST API support for role management, giving developers and platform teams far more control over how security policies are created, retrieved, and managed programmatically. In addition to the existing batch role API, Fabric now offers discrete Create, Get, and Delete role APIs, making … Continue reading “Granular APIs for OneLake security (Preview)”