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Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse gets a single pane for live and historical queries

A preview rebrands and reworks the old Query Activity into Data Warehouse Monitor — folding running queries, historical analysis, and query cancellation into one view.

Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse gets a single pane for live and historical queries
Data Warehouse Monitor — formerly known as Query Activity — is a redesigned monitoring experience inside Fabric Data Warehouse

Power BI's new DAX Queries REST API trades JSON for Apache Arrow — and changes what you can build

A preview API brings columnar binary results, multi-EVALUATE queries, and much higher row limits to anyone integrating with semantic models.

Power BI's new DAX Queries REST API trades JSON for Apache Arrow — and changes what you can build
Microsoft has just put a new option into preview: an Execute DAX Queries REST API

OneLake catalog lands inside Foundry, and the Fabric–Foundry seam gets thinner

Microsoft is making governed enterprise data discoverable directly from where AI builders work — no more tab-hopping for URLs.

OneLake catalog lands inside Foundry, and the Fabric–Foundry seam gets thinner
As of this week, the OneLake catalog is generally available natively inside Foundry

OneLake security hits GA: fine-grained access that travels with your data

Microsoft just made data-lake permissions a property of the data itself, not the engine on top of it. Here's why that matters for anyone running Fabric.

OneLake security hits GA: fine-grained access that travels with your data
Microsoft has moved OneLake security to general availability

Microsoft Fabric MCP Server: AI-Powered Data Development Preview

Microsoft launched Fabric MCP Server on October 1, 2025, bringing the Model Context Protocol standard to its unified data platform. This open-source implementation enables AI agents like GitHub Copilot and Claude to interact with Fabric workloads through natural language, transforming how developers build data pipelines, query real-time analytics, and manage infrastructure.

Microsoft Fabric MCP Server: AI-Powered Data Development Preview

Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse: Engineering the Future of Business Applications Data Platform

A comprehensive analysis of Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse's transformative impact on business applications, examining real-world performance, European compliance, and strategic implementation for Power Platform professionals.

Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse: Engineering the Future of Business Applications Data Platform

Microsoft OneLake: The unified data foundation powering Europe's AI-ready enterprises

Microsoft OneLake fundamentally transforms how enterprises manage data, delivering a single, unified data lake that eliminates traditional silos while meeting stringent European compliance requirements.

Microsoft OneLake: The unified data foundation powering Europe's AI-ready enterprises