Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Working with large data types in Fabric Warehouse

Traditionally, warehouses are designed for smaller data types (numbers, dates, smaller strings) that are suitable for efficient analytics. Currently, Fabric DW has a limit that allows you to store string or binary data up to 8KB per cell. Increasing this limit has been one of the top requests for Fabric DW. We are excited to … Continue reading “Working with large data types in Fabric Warehouse”

Copilot for Data Warehouse: Public Preview Update

At //Build 2024 earlier this year, we released the public preview of Copilot for Data Warehouse – Announcing the Public Preview of Copilot for Data Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Fabric Blog | Microsoft Fabric. In this previous announcement, you can find a deep dive of the capabilities offered as part of Copilot for … Continue reading “Copilot for Data Warehouse: Public Preview Update”

Mirroring Azure SQLDB – new features and what’s coming up?

Overview This blog will walk thru the new capabilities in Mirroring Azure SQLDB in Fabric since our public preview announcement earlier in March 2024. Today, we also announced general availability of Mirroring for Snowflake in Microsoft Fabric. To recap, the 3 key benefits of Mirroring are: Over the past few months, we’ve removed limitations to … Continue reading “Mirroring Azure SQLDB – new features and what’s coming up?”

Announcing the Fabric Apache Spark Diagnostic Emitter: Collect Logs and Metrics

Fabric Apache Spark Diagnostic Emitter for Logs and Metrics is now in public preview. This new feature allows Apache Spark users to collect Spark logs, job events, and metrics from their Spark applications and send them to various destinations, including Azure Event Hubs, Azure Storage, and Azure Log Analytics. It provides robust support for monitoring … Continue reading “Announcing the Fabric Apache Spark Diagnostic Emitter: Collect Logs and Metrics”

Databricks Unity Catalog tables available in Microsoft Fabric

You can now access Azure Databricks Unity Catalog tables directly from Fabric via the new Mirrored Azure Databricks Catalog feature, now in Public Preview. This capability utilizes shortcuts in OneLake, ensuring that Fabric avoids any data movement or duplication. Leverage the unique advantage on Azure where you now can further your investment in Azure Databricks … Continue reading “Databricks Unity Catalog tables available in Microsoft Fabric”