Welcome to the February 2026 Microsoft Fabric update! This month brings a wide range of enhancements across the Fabric platform—from improvements to the OneLake Catalog and developer experiences, to meaningful updates in Data Engineering, Data Factory, Real‑Time Intelligence, and more. Whether you’re building, operating, or scaling solutions in Fabric, there’s plenty here to explore. And … Continue reading “Fabric February 2026 Feature Summary”
Today, we’re announcing that fabric‑cicd—the open‑source Python deployment library for Microsoft Fabric—is now an officially supported, Microsoft‑backed tool for CI/CD automation across Fabric workspaces. Over the past year, fabric‑cicd has rapidly evolved through collaboration with engineering, CAT, MVPs, enterprise customers, and the community. Growing usage, strong sentiment across internal and external channels, and adoption by … Continue reading “Announcing official support for Microsoft fabric-cicd tool”
For years, organizations have aspired to build cultures where data is embedded into everyday decision-making. Generative AI is bringing that goal closer than ever with agents that can quickly answer questions with data. But at the core, this culture can only be achieved if agents and your people can easily discover and trust high-quality data. … Continue reading “OneLake catalog: The trusted catalog for organizations worldwide”
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)”
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)”
