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Simplify Schema Changes in Fabric Data Warehouse with ALTER COLUMN (Preview)

As your data warehouse evolves with changing business needs, so does your schema. Whether you’re onboarding new data sources, updating business logic, or scaling analytics models, schema updates—such as increasing column length or adjusting numeric precision are a normal part of operating a modern analytical warehouse. Now, even minor schema changes often require rebuilding tables … Continue reading “Simplify Schema Changes in Fabric Data Warehouse with ALTER COLUMN (Preview)”

Discover Fabric items across workspaces with the OneLake Catalog Search API, MCP and CLI tools (Preview)

The OneLake Catalog helps people find, explore, and curate Fabric items across their organization. With OneLake Catalog Search API, MCP and CLI tools, that same discovery experience is now available programmatically, making it possible to build search directly into scripts, internal tools, and agentic workflows. Search across workspaces The OneLake Catalog Search REST API brings … Continue reading “Discover Fabric items across workspaces with the OneLake Catalog Search API, MCP and CLI tools (Preview)”

Pipelines are evolving beyond ETL

For years, data pipelines have been synonymous with ETL (Extract, Transform, Load): extract data from one place, transform it, and load it somewhere else. That model worked well when analytics workflows were mostly batch driven and isolated from the rest of the business. But that world has changed. Now, organizations use data platforms to power … Continue reading “Pipelines are evolving beyond ETL”

Fabric April 2026 Feature Summary 

Welcome to the April 2026 Microsoft Fabric update! This month’s update brings a broad set of new capabilities across Microsoft Fabric, spanning the platform experience, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Warehouse, and Real-Time Intelligence. Read on to learn about improvements to the Fabric experience, deeper VS Code integration, enhanced notebook resiliency, expanded machine learning and … Continue reading “Fabric April 2026 Feature Summary “

On-premises data gateway April 2026 release

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The April 2026 release of the on-premises data gateway is (version 3000.314). New Features On-premises Data Gateway Auto-Update (Admin Triggered) | (Generally Available) With this capability, gateway administrators now have greater control and flexibility over gateway lifecycle management. Instead of relying solely on automatic background updates, admins can: This enhancement improves operational predictability while still … Continue reading “On-premises data gateway April 2026 release”