Data Analytics

Fabric for GCC and GCC High Is Imminent September 28, 2026 Fabric, Microsoft’s data and analytics platform, is finally in public preview for US Government Community...more Demystifying Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: September 4, 2026 Microsoft’s range of Copilots, initially broad and confusing, is narrowing, but remains convoluted. Copilots, like...more Protecting Power BI Premium Pricing During the Move to Fabric August 31, 2026 Power BI Premium P customers must move to Fabric F SKUs at the end of...more Fabric IQ: The Long Road to Smarter Data August 10, 2026 Fabric IQ enhances OneLake data with additional business context to help AI, agents, and other...more SQL Server 2016/2017 BI Migration: Destinations Point to Power BI March 13, 2026 Power BI or Fabric are Microsoft’s direction for reporting and analysis services unless organizations consider...more SQL Server 2016/2017 Database Migration: So Many Choices January 26, 2026 Organizations should develop plans to migrate off SQL Server 2016/2017 before the end of Extended support.  Migrating the database is likely the largest task but is manageable and less...more Top Reasons to Use SQL Server 2025 and a Few Reasons to Avoid It January 14, 2026 SQL Server 2025 reached general availability in Nov. 2025 and offers compelling changes that should...more Power BI Report Server: Licensing Changes Offer Potential Cost Savings December 15, 2025 Power BI Report Server licensing rules changed with SQL Server 2025, offering potential cost savings....more Goodbye SQL Server Reporting Services and Hello Power BI Report Server December 1, 2025 SQL Server 2025 (released in Nov. 2025) will not include Reporting Services (SSRS), its long-standing reporting...more HDInsight Stagnates: Time to Migrate August 9, 2025 HDInsight’s future is looking bleak as Microsoft abandons a major upgrade and retires key security...more How to Choose Azure SQL Configurations That Meet Requirements and Control Costs August 5, 2025 Azure SQL services can host SQL Server databases using the same SQL Server database engine...more Excel Organization Data Types Retiring: Switch to Excel’s Get Data July 20, 2025 Excel Organization Data Types retire on July 31, 2025; does not impact other Data Types....more Power BI and Fabric Limiting User Levels: Consolidate Now  July 20, 2025 Microsoft is limiting the number of individual assignments in Power BI and Fabric workspaces. Administrators...more Copilot Now Available to Power BI Pro and Desktop Users July 8, 2025 Copilot for Power BI and Copilot for Fabric features are now available for most Power...more Databricks Gets More Azure-Entrenched with Extended Partnership June 30, 2025 Microsoft and Databricks have extended their strategic partnership and announced more Azure integrations. The extension...more 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

  Product Reference Fabric Data Engineering Provides an environment where data engineers can collect, store, and process large volumes of data,...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Warehouse Provides a SQL-based database solution where developers can create and manage traditional relational data warehouses...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Science Provides an environment where data scientists can explore data, cleanse and prep data, conduct experiments,...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 Microsoft Fabric is a data and analytics cloud service that simplifies the deployment and use...more   Product Reference Fabric Real-Time Intelligence A platform for streaming data applications that ingest and transform data, generating alerts and follow-on...more   Licensing Reference Power BI Report Server A component of SQL Server that enables customers to host and share Power BI reports...more   Product Reference Fabric IQ Fabric IQ is a Fabric workload in preview that adds reusable business context to data...more   Product Reference Power BI Report Server Microsoft’s on-premises report server, hosting paginated reports built on Report Definition Language (RDL) and Power...more   Product Reference SQL Server Analysis Services SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) is a role in SQL Server, Microsoft’s longstanding on-premises database...more   Product Reference SQL Server SQL Server is a server-based product that provides database management, integration, reporting, business intelligence (BI),...more   Product Reference HorizonDB A fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service, designed for mission-critical applications that need fast throughput, sub-millisecond...more   Product Reference SQL Database in Fabric A special deployment of a SQL Database accessed from inside Fabric; offering quick deployment and...more   Licensing Reference Stream Analytics Stream Analytics is a real-time analytics and data-processing service designed to process and analyze high...more   Licensing Reference Data Explorer ADX is purchased with provisioned costs primarily from VMs and an ADX markup fee, and...more   Product Reference SQL Server Reporting Services SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a role in SQL Server, Microsoft’s long-standing on-premises database...more

Database, Analytics, and AI/ML Roadmap

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