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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 …

APIs for Managed Private Endpoint are now available

Managed private endpoints allow Fabric experiences to securely access data sources without exposing them to the public network or requiring complex network configurations. We announced General Availability for Managed Private Endpoint in Fabric in May of this year. Learn more here: Announcing General Availability of Fabric Private Links, Trusted Workspace Access, and Managed Private Endpoints. …

New Features and Enhancements for Virtual Network Data Gateway

We’re excited to announce several powerful updates to the Virtual Network (VNET) Data Gateway, designed to further enhance performance and improve the overall user experience. These new features allow users to better manage increasing workloads, perform complex data transformations, and simplify log management. Expanded Cluster Size from 5 to 7 One of the key improvements …