Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Customer-managed keys for Fabric workspaces (Preview)

Customer-managed keys (CMK) for Microsoft Fabric workspaces are now available in preview in all public regions! This expansion makes it easier for customers worldwide to meet compliance requirements and implement robust data protection strategies. Note: Encrypt data at rest in your Fabric workspaces using customer-managed keys (Preview) was released in a limited set of regions … Continue reading “Customer-managed keys for Fabric workspaces (Preview)”

Introducing support for Workspace Identity Authentication in Fabric Connectors

Co-author: Meenal Srivastva Managing secure, seamless access to data sources is a top priority for organizations using Microsoft Fabric. With workspace identity authentication, teams can simplify credential management, enhance security, and streamline data access across their enterprise. Workspace identity in Fabric is an automatically managed service principal associated with workspaces (excluding My Workspaces). When you … Continue reading “Introducing support for Workspace Identity Authentication in Fabric Connectors”

What’s new in Fabric Warehouse – July 2025 Recap

Introduction Welcome to What’s New in Fabric Warehouse, where we’ll spotlight our work improving quality, delivering major performance enhancements, boosting developer productivity, and our continuous investments in security. Whether you’re migrating from Synapse, optimizing your workloads, writing SQL in VS Code, or exploring new APIs, this roundup has something for every data professional. With quality … Continue reading “What’s new in Fabric Warehouse – July 2025 Recap”

Unlocking Flexibility in Fabric: Introducing Multiple Scheduler and CI/CD Support

Multiple Scheduler: A Game-Changer for Complex Scheduling Needs In today’s data environments, one size rarely fits all. Yet until now, Fabric only allowed one scheduler per item, forcing users to duplicate pipelines, manually configure jobs, or build brittle workarounds to meet real-world needs. That changes today. We’re excited to announce Multiple Scheduler support in Fabric — a long-awaited … Continue reading “Unlocking Flexibility in Fabric: Introducing Multiple Scheduler and CI/CD Support”

Autoscale Billing for Spark in Microsoft Fabric (Generally Available)

We’re thrilled to announce the general availability (GA) of Autoscale Billing for Apache Spark in Microsoft Fabric — a serverless billing model designed to offer greater flexibility, transparency, and cost efficiency for running Spark workloads at scale. With this model now fully supported, Spark Jobs can run independently of your Fabric capacity and are billed … Continue reading “Autoscale Billing for Spark in Microsoft Fabric (Generally Available)”