Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

OneLake costs simplified: lowering capacity utilization when accessing OneLake

We’re thrilled to share a major update and simplification to OneLake’s capacity utilization model that will make it even easier to manage Fabric capacity and scale your data workloads. We are reducing the consumption rate of OneLake transactions via proxy to match the rate for transactions via redirect. This means you no longer have to … Continue reading “OneLake costs simplified: lowering capacity utilization when accessing OneLake”

How Microsoft OneLake seamlessly provides Apache Iceberg support for all Fabric Data

Co-authored with Kevin Liu, Apache Iceberg Committer and Principal Engineer at Microsoft.  Microsoft Fabric is a unified SaaS data and analytics platform designed for the era of AI. All workloads in Microsoft Fabric use Delta Lake as the standard, open-source table format. With Microsoft OneLake, Fabric’s unified SaaS data lake, customers can unify their data … Continue reading “How Microsoft OneLake seamlessly provides Apache Iceberg support for all Fabric Data”

Accelerating Insights from Unstructured Text with AI Powered OneLake Shortcut Transformations

Shortcut‑based AI transformations in Microsoft Fabric convert raw text files into governed Delta Lake tables within minutes, removing the need for complex data‑integration pipelines and significantly reducing time to insight. Why adopt AI transformations? Supported AI transforms Transform Purpose Summarization Generates concise summaries from long-form text. Translation Translates text between supported languages. Sentiment analysis Labels text … Continue reading “Accelerating Insights from Unstructured Text with AI Powered OneLake Shortcut Transformations”

Unified by design: mirroring Azure Databricks Unity Catalog to Microsoft OneLake in Fabric (Generally Available)

We are thrilled to announce the general availability of Mirroring for Azure Databricks Unity Catalog in Microsoft Fabric—a secure, high-performance integration that provides seamless access to Azure Databricks tables from Fabric. With Fabric and Azure Databricks, we are building the future of data platforms on a lakehouse foundation, powered by open data formats, full interoperability, … Continue reading “Unified by design: mirroring Azure Databricks Unity Catalog to Microsoft OneLake in Fabric (Generally Available)”

New in OneLake: Access your Delta Lake tables as Iceberg automatically (Preview)

Effortlessly read Delta Lake tables using Apache Iceberg readers Microsoft Fabric is a unified, SaaS data and analytics platform designed for the era of AI. All workloads in Microsoft Fabric use Delta Lake as the standard, open-source table format. With Microsoft OneLake, Fabric’s unified SaaS data lake, customers can unify their data estate across multiple … Continue reading “New in OneLake: Access your Delta Lake tables as Iceberg automatically (Preview)”