Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Using Microsoft Fabric for Generative AI: A Guide to Building and Improving RAG Systems

In the previous blog, we explained how to use Microsoft Fabric to build custom AI applications, focusing on transforming your data into valuable knowledge for Generative AI applications. Specifically, we demonstrated how to implement a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system using Microsoft Fabric, integrating Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search. We are excited to share a … Continue reading “Using Microsoft Fabric for Generative AI: A Guide to Building and Improving RAG Systems”

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?”

Introducing High Concurrency Mode for Notebooks in Pipelines for Fabric Spark

We’re excited to introduce high concurrency mode for notebooks in pipelines, bringing session sharing to one of the most popular orchestration mechanisms for enterprise data ingestion and transformation. Notebooks will now automatically be packed into an active high concurrency session without compromising performance or security, while paying for a single session. Key Benefits: Why Use … Continue reading “Introducing High Concurrency Mode for Notebooks in Pipelines for Fabric Spark”

Google Cloud Storage shortcuts and S3 Compatible shortcuts generally available

GCS shortcuts and S3 Compatible shortcuts are now generally available. Utilize shortcuts in OneLake to quickly and easily make data accessible in Fabric. No need to set up pipelines or copy jobs, just create a shortcut and your data is immediately available in Fabric.    From your Lakehouse, select new shortcut. Choose your shortcuts type (GCS, … Continue reading “Google Cloud Storage shortcuts and S3 Compatible shortcuts generally available”

Organizing your tables with lakehouse schemas and more (Public Preview)

We’re thrilled to introduce a new feature in Fabric: Lakehouse schemas. This feature lets users arrange their lakehouse tables into a folder-like structure, enhancing data discovery and more. Many users will be familiar with schemas in Fabric using Data Warehouse, and we are bringing aligned capabilities into Lakehouse. Schemas created in your lakehouses will also … Continue reading “Organizing your tables with lakehouse schemas and more (Public Preview)”