Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Ask the Experts – Fabric Databases – Livestream January 29!

Join us for a live Q&A session on the new Fabric Databases experience! Our product engineering team will answer your top questions in real time. Throughout this hour, our panel will unpack your questions on the first fully SaaS database experience in Fabric. Learn how to access both transactional and analytical data in one place … Continue reading “Ask the Experts – Fabric Databases – Livestream January 29!”

Introducing Power BI Embedded with Direct Lake Mode

Update (March 2025): Power BI Embedded with Direct Lake Mode is now generally available—fully supported for production use, backed by Microsoft’s SLA, and built to meet the security, compliance, and reliability standards our customers expect. We’re committed to continually enriching this offering to support new scenarios and overcome existing limitations. As we step into 2025, … Continue reading “Introducing Power BI Embedded with Direct Lake Mode”

Building Apps with Microsoft Fabric API for GraphQL

A data application is a powerful tool that blends data visualizations with web apps, making it easy to dive deep into data analysis and uncover valuable insights. Do you know how Microsoft Fabric has this cool API for GraphQL to build your data applications? It’s pretty awesome because it lets you whip up a GraphQL API in just a few clicks to pull data from sources like Data Warehouses, Lakehouse, Mirrored Databases and DataMart in Microsoft Fabric. Learn how to build a data application that uses Microsoft Fabric API for GraphQL to get data from a gold layer in a medallion architecture.

JSON aggregates in Fabric Datawarehouse (Preview)

The preview for JSON aggregate functions in Fabric Datawarehouse has begun. You can now take advantage of two powerful JSON aggregate functions during this preview period. The preview for these two aggregate functions is already live in Azure SQL Database, and we are excited to announce that it is now also available in Fabric Data … Continue reading “JSON aggregates in Fabric Datawarehouse (Preview)”

On-premises data gateway January 2025 release

Here is the January 2025 release of the on-premises data gateway (version 3000.254.2). PowerShell Version Requirement for January 2025 Gateway Version To ensure seamless installation and configuration of the January 2025 version of the On-premises Data Gateway, users must be on the latest version of the Data Gateway PowerShell module. Please update to the latest version … Continue reading “On-premises data gateway January 2025 release”