Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Microsoft ODBC Driver for Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering (Preview)

ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) is a widely adopted standard that enables client applications to connect to and work with data from databases and big data platforms. The Microsoft ODBC Driver for Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering (Preview) – an enterprise-grade connector that brings powerful, secure, reliable and flexible Spark SQL connectivity to your .NET, Python, and … Continue reading “Microsoft ODBC Driver for Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering (Preview)”

Supercharge AI, BI, and data engineering with Semantic Link (Generally Available)

Great technology does not succeed on design alone—it succeeds when it helps people solve real problems. Semantic Link is one of those transformative capabilities in Microsoft Fabric: it brings AI, BI, and data engineering together through a shared semantic layer, enabling teams to work faster and more intelligently on the data they already trust. From … Continue reading “Supercharge AI, BI, and data engineering with Semantic Link (Generally Available)”

A turning point for enterprise data warehousing 

As executives plan the next phase of their data and AI transformation, the bar for analytics infrastructure continues to rise. Enterprises are expected to support traditional business intelligence, increasingly complex analytics, and a new generation of AI-driven workloads—often on the same data, at the same time, and with far greater expectations for speed and cost … Continue reading “A turning point for enterprise data warehousing “

Bringing together Fabric Real-time Intelligence, Notebook and Spark Structured Streaming (Preview)

Coauthored by QiXiao Wang Building event-driven, real-time applications using Fabric Eventstreams and Spark Notebooks just got a whole lot easier. With the Preview of Spark Notebooks and Real-Time Intelligence integration — a new capability that brings together the open-source community supported richness of Spark Structured Streaming with the real-time stream processing power of Fabric Eventstreams … Continue reading “Bringing together Fabric Real-time Intelligence, Notebook and Spark Structured Streaming (Preview)”

Fabric Connection inside Notebook (Preview)

The Get Data with Cloud Connection is a cross-Fabric capability that supports a broad range of data sources—including Azure Blob Storage, PostgreSQL, Azure Key Vault, S3, and many more. Now available directly within notebooks, this feature empowers users to efficiently and securely access and manage data from diverse sources. Importantly, it provides a secure way … Continue reading “Fabric Connection inside Notebook (Preview)”