Data Analytics

Surge Protection Stabilizes Power BI, Fabric Performance, With Limits June 9, 2025 Surge protection is a Power BI and Fabric feature that reduces the chance of unexpected...more Power BI Premium Migration Tool Eases the Required Move to Fabric June 2, 2025 Commercial Power BI Premium P customers must migrate to Fabric at their next licensing renewal....more Fabric Improvements Focus on AI and Security Updated: May 19, 2025 The continuing stream of improvements to Fabric demonstrates Microsoft’s continued investment in, and prioritization of,...more Executive Focus: Introduction to Data Governance in the Age of AI Updated: May 6, 2025 As organizations increasingly adopt AI, a well-governed data estate is critically important. Poorly managed data...more Migrating SQL Data Warehouse to Fabric: Compatibility Matters Updated: April 6, 2025 Although they share a codebase, SQL Server and Fabric have differences that impact migration. SQL...more Migrating from Power BI Premium P to Fabric: Our Guidance March 10, 2025 Most Power BI Premium P customers must migrate to Fabric at their next licensing renewal....more Fabric Databases to be Enabled by Default as of March 8 Updated: February 8, 2025 Fabric databases will be enabled by default, customers wanting to opt-out must disable the option. Power BI Licensing: Sharing Reports with Outside Users Updated: February 3, 2025 Power BI and Fabric customers can share Power BI reports outside of the organization while...more Power BI: Who Needs a User Subscription License? Updated: January 20, 2025 Power BI user licensing is determined by whether the user is a creator or consumer...more Power BI to Add Source Control for Developers Updated: January 20, 2025 Microsoft is edging toward solving Power BI’s 10-year-old source control problem. New Power BI Project...more Fabric Gains FedRAMP Certification for US GCC Customers Updated: December 23, 2024 Microsoft Fabric reached a major milestone by achieving FedRAMP High certification for US Government Community...more Fabric Direct Lake Simplifies OneLake Access for Traditional BI Users Updated: December 20, 2024 Fabric Direct Lake is a semantic data modeling option that helps traditional Microsoft BI customers...more Power BI Actions Are Planned for Fabric Databases in 2025 Updated: December 16, 2024 Power BI Actions, highlighted in a recent Ignite session, will eventually allow users to make...more Top Fabric Announcements that Shape Microsoft’s 2025 Roadmap Updated: December 9, 2024 Fabric plans announced at Ignite in Nov. 2024 show Microsoft’s intention to expand Fabric for...more Real-Time Intelligence for Fabric Is Generally Available Updated: December 9, 2024 Real-Time Intelligence for Microsoft Fabric is generally available, offering low-latency analysis and processing of new...more Power BI Per-User Cost Increase Planned for Apr. 2025 Updated: November 27, 2024 Power BI per-user commercial subscription prices are scheduled to increase for the first time in...more

  Product Reference Power BI Power BI, a part of Microsoft Fabric, is Microsoft’s primary data visualization offering. It contains...more   Product Reference OneLake OneLake is the core data management component in Microsoft Fabric. It can host and query...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Warehouse Fabric Data Warehouse, one of the main Fabric experiences, provides a SQL-based database solution where...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Science Fabric Data Science, one of the main Fabric experiences, provides an environment where data scientists...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Factory Fabric Data Factory, one of the main Fabric experiences, is used for creating data integration...more   Product Reference Fabric Overview Microsoft Fabric is a data and analytics cloud service that simplifies the deployment and use...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Engineering Fabric Data Engineering, one of the main Fabric experiences, provides an environment where data engineers...more   Product Reference Fabric Real-Time Intelligence Fabric Real-Time Intelligence is a platform streaming data applications, which process high-volume streams of records...more   Product Reference Data Explorer Azure Data Explorer is a cloud service that helps query and analyze large-scale data streams,...more   Product Reference Event Hubs Azure Event Hubs provides a brokering service for streaming data that is compatible with Apache...more   Product Reference Stream Analytics Azure Stream Analytics is a high-speed data stream event processing solution available as a cloud...more   Product Reference Time Series Insights Azure Time Series Insights ingests and stores large-scale event data streams (on the order of...more   Product Reference Analysis Services Azure Analysis Services (AAS) is a cloud analytics service based on SQL Server Analysis Services...more   Product Reference Synapse Analytics Azure Synapse Analytics is a multipurpose analytics and data warehouse service designed for organizations with...more   Product Reference HDInsight Azure HDInsight is a cloud database service based on Apache’s Hadoop open-source software framework.

Database, Analytics, and AI/ML Roadmap

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