Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Virtualize your Cloudera/Hadoop data estate into Fabric OneLake with Apache Ozone

OneLake Shortcut Microsoft Fabric OneLake shortcuts facilitate the virtualization of data from various cloud object stores and on-premises environments. For on-premises sources like Cloudera/Apache Ozone, the OneLake S3 Compatible Shortcut can be utilized to connect to these data sources. With OneLake Shortcuts, users can create a virtual reference to their Cloudera cluster data without moving … Continue reading “Virtualize your Cloudera/Hadoop data estate into Fabric OneLake with Apache Ozone”

Unlock the power of your Iceberg data in OneLake

Microsoft OneLake is the single, unified, logical data lake that allows your entire organization to store, manage, and analyze data in one place. It provides seamless integration with various data sources and engines, making it easier to derive insights and drive innovation. At the most recent Microsoft Build conference, we announced the integration effort between … Continue reading “Unlock the power of your Iceberg data in OneLake”

External data sharing enhancements out now

It’s been almost a year since we announced the external data sharing in preview at Fabric Conference 2024, and later that year it was made generally available at Ignite 2024. We’ve listened to customer feedback and have continued to improve the functionality of external data sharing. Many new feature enhancements have been delivered since the … Continue reading “External data sharing enhancements out now”

Operational Reporting with Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence

Operational reporting and historical reporting serve distinct purposes in organizations. Historically, data teams have heavily leaned on providing historical reporting, as being able to report on the operational business processes has proved elusive.   As a result, organizations have created reports directly against the operational database for operational needs or spend significant effort trying to get … Continue reading “Operational Reporting with Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence”

Fabric February 2025 Feature Summary

Welcome to the Fabric 2025 update There are a lot of exciting features for you this month! Here are some highlights: In Power BI, Explore from Copilot visual answers which lets you do easy ad-hoc exploration. In Data Warehouse, Browse files with OPENROWSET (Preview) and Copilot for Data Warehouse Chat (Preview). For Data Science, AI Skill is now conversational.