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Introducing SQL Pool Insights in Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse   

SQL Pool Insights is a powerful new monitoring capability in Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse designed to give you actionable insights into SQL pool performance and resource utilization. This feature is part of the Query Insights (QI) schema, extending the monitoring experience customers already know and love. SQL Pool Insights addresses a long-standing customer need: understanding whether your pools are …

Under the hood: an introduction to the Native Execution Engine for Microsoft Fabric

Introduction In today’s data landscape, as organizations scale their analytical workloads, the demand for faster, more cost-efficient computation continues to rise. Apache Spark has long been the backbone of largescale data processing with its in‑memory processing and powerful APIs, but today’s workloads demand even better performance. Microsoft Fabric addresses this challenge with the Native Execution …

Something big IS happening—is your data platform ready?

If you’ve been on X (formerly Twitter) the past two weeks, you’ve probably seen or at least felt the shockwaves. Matt Shumer, CEO of HyperWrite and co-founder of OthersideAI, published a 5,000-word essay titled “Something Big Is Happening” that has now been viewed over 73 million times. In it, he compares this moment in AI …

Zero-copy access to OneLake data in Azure Databricks (Preview)

Most data estates are not single platform, and that is not a problem. The challenge is what usually comes next: extra copies, extra pipelines, extra refresh schedules, and endless debates about which version is the truth. Today, we are introducing OneLake catalog federation (Beta) in Azure Databricks Lakehouse Federation, which simplifies multi-engine analytics by enabling …

Recent data: Get back to your data faster in Fabric (Preview)

How much time do you spend navigating to the same data sources when building dataflows? Data preparation is an iterative process—you often return to the same sources as you refine your dataflows, add new transformations, or create similar workflows. If you find yourself repeatedly connecting to the same tables, files, or databases, the Recent data …