Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

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 … Continue reading “Announcing public preview of VARCHAR(MAX) and VARBINARY(MAX) types in Fabric Data Warehouse”

Fabric October 2024 Monthly Update

Welcome to the October 2024 Update! Here are a few, select highlights of the many we have for Fabric this month. API for GraphQL support for Service Principal Names (SPNs). Introducing a powerful new feature in Lakehouses: Sorting, Filtering, and Searching capabilities. An addition to KQL Queryset that will revolutionize the way you interact with … Continue reading “Fabric October 2024 Monthly Update”

Ensuring Data Continuity in Fabric Warehouse: Best Practices for Every Scenario

In the era of Generative Artificial Intelligence, data warehouses play a pivotal role for organizations to store, manage, and analyze massive amounts of data. They serve as the foundation for business intelligence and help make informed decisions. However, like any technology, data warehouses are not immune to failures – whether from hardware malfunctions, software bugs, … Continue reading “Ensuring Data Continuity in Fabric Warehouse: Best Practices for Every Scenario”

Fabric Community Conference Europe Recap

We had an incredible time in our host city of Stockholm for FabCon Europe! 3,300 attendees joined us from our international community, and it was wonderful to meet so many of you in person. Throughout the week of FabCon Europe, our teams published a wealth of valuable content, and we want to ensure you have … Continue reading “Fabric Community Conference Europe Recap”

Announcing improved JSON support in Fabric DW

We’ve improved the JSON support in Fabric Datawarehouse (Fabric DW) and have added the following features in Fabric DW: The JSON_PATH_EXIST function checks if there is a value on the given path in JSON text. The JSON_OBJECT and JSON_ARRAY functions enable you to more easily create JSON objects or arrays based on a set of … Continue reading “Announcing improved JSON support in Fabric DW”