Welcome to the January 2026 edition of the Fabric Influencers Spotlight, a recurring monthly post here to shine a bright light on the places on the internet where Microsoft MVPs & Fabric Super Users are doing some amazing work on all aspects of Microsoft Fabric. The Microsoft Fabric Community team has created the Fabric Influencers Spotlight to … Continue reading “Fabric Influencers Spotlight January 2026”
We announced Outbound Access Protection for Spark (Generally Available) and recently extended it to support SQL Endpoint and Warehouse. Now, Pipelines, Copy job, Dataflows, OneLake Shortcuts as well as Mirrored Databases (such as Mirrored SQL Database, Mirrored Snowflake) support Workspace level Outbound Access Protection (Preview). Key Benefits What to expect with Outbound access protection (OAP) … Continue reading “Workspace Outbound Access Protection for Data Factory and OneLake Shortcuts (Preview)”
Here is the January 2026 release of the on-premises data gateway (version 3000.302).
In today’s hyper-connected digital landscape, safeguarding sensitive data is more critical than ever. Microsoft Fabric already offers a robust suite of network security capabilities for both inbound and outbound connectivity, including Private Links, Entra Conditional Access and Outbound Access Protection, all generally available. As adoption of Microsoft Fabric continues to grow, customers increasingly operate in diverse scenarios … Continue reading “Introducing workspace-level IP Firewall rules in Microsoft Fabric (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)”
