{"data":[{"active":true,"blog_title":"Fabric IQ: The Semantic Foundation for Enterprise AI","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/fabric-iq-the-semantic-foundation-for-enterprise-ai/5172473","feature_description":"We are introducing Ontology Health in Microsoft Fabric to help modelers quickly assess whether an ontology is ready for real-world use. With this capability, ontology quality is continuously evaluated across three core areas--foundation, validation, and refinement--ensuring models are structurally sound, properly configured, and operationally ready. With this capability, you can: * Identify structural issues and inconsistencies through foundation checks to ensure the ontology is sound. * Verify required configurations using validation checks to confirm completeness and correctness. * Improve clarity, coverage, and usability with refinement checks for downstream consumption. * Quickly prioritize fixes with results categorized as Critical, Warning, or Information. * Navigate directly to impacted elements with guided actions, enabling faster issue resolution and increased trust in queries, graph experiences, and AI-powered outcomes.","feature_name":"Ontology Health","last_modified":"2026-09-25","product_id":"cef5a30d-562f-f011-8c4d-6045bd096d8f","product_name":"IQ","release_date":"Q1 2027","release_item_id":"8a059230-3855-f111-bec7-000d3a36696c","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"What\u2019s next for Fabric IQ Ontology: The operational context that powers your AI agents (Preview)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/whats-next-for-fabric-iq-ontology-the-operational-context-that-powers-your-ai-ag/5172145","feature_description":"The full Ontology canvas experience in Microsoft Fabric IQ brings the complete ontology into a single interactive view, showing entity types and the relationships between them. It makes the overall structure easier to understand while keeping connected parts of the ontology in context.With this experience, you can:* View all entity types and relationships together to understand how the ontology is organized and how its parts connect.* Navigate the canvas by panning, dragging, zooming in or out, and using zoom-to-fit to move between an overview and a closer look.* Highlight and interact with entity type nodes, interact with relationship edges, and switch between available layouts to suit the task.","feature_name":"Full Ontology canvas experience","last_modified":"2026-09-25","product_id":"cef5a30d-562f-f011-8c4d-6045bd096d8f","product_name":"IQ","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"fb80b772-83ac-f111-aaab-6045bd04129f","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Customer Managed Keys (CMK) for Eventhouse (Preview)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/customer-managed-keys-cmk-for-eventhouse-preview/5172008","feature_description":"Customer Managed Keys for Ontology gives organizations control over the encryption keys used to protect ontology data and metadata at rest. This is important for customers with strict compliance, security, or regulatory requirements that require direct control of encryption materials rather than relying only on platform-managed keys.With this capability, customers can:- Use their own managed encryption keys to protect ontology-related data at rest.- Rotate and govern encryption keys according to internal compliance policies.- Align ontology deployments with broader enterprise encryption standards used across data platforms.","feature_name":"Customer Managed Keys (CMK) for Ontology","last_modified":"2026-09-25","product_id":"cef5a30d-562f-f011-8c4d-6045bd096d8f","product_name":"IQ","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"50f83e60-1f40-f111-88b5-000d3a376137","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"What\u2019s next for Fabric IQ Ontology: The operational context that powers your AI agents (Preview)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/whats-next-for-fabric-iq-ontology-the-operational-context-that-powers-your-ai-ag/5172145","feature_description":"General availability of the Microsoft Fabric IQ Ontology item enables teams to maintain a shared model of business entities, properties, and relationships in Fabric. Modelers can connect those definitions to supported data sources and provide business context to supported analytics and agent experiences. The release covers the ontology item and its supported capabilities; individual integrations, security features, and advanced modeling capabilities retain their own release milestones.","feature_name":"Ontology item GA","last_modified":"2026-09-25","product_id":"cef5a30d-562f-f011-8c4d-6045bd096d8f","product_name":"IQ","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"2a543dc3-74db-f011-8544-000d3a3740cc","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Fabric IQ: The Semantic Foundation for Enterprise AI","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/fabric-iq-the-semantic-foundation-for-enterprise-ai/5172473","feature_description":"Namespaces in Microsoft Fabric IQ Ontology provide a visual way to organize entity types and relationships into meaningful groups. The authoring experience makes it easier to work with ontologies that span multiple teams or business domains, distinguish concepts with the same name, and understand how each concept is organized.With this experience, you can:* Create namespaces directly in the ontology interface, add optional descriptions, and browse existing namespaces in a dedicated list.* Assign entity types and relationship types to a namespace during creation or later, and view their namespace in the configuration pane.* Manage namespaces from their detail pages by updating names and descriptions or deleting namespaces that are no longer referenced, with safeguards for the default namespace.","feature_name":"Create and manage namespaces in Ontology","last_modified":"2026-09-25","product_id":"cef5a30d-562f-f011-8c4d-6045bd096d8f","product_name":"IQ","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"23d35747-b3ac-f111-aaab-70a8a5af0ad7","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"What\u2019s next for Fabric IQ Ontology: The operational context that powers your AI agents (Preview)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/whats-next-for-fabric-iq-ontology-the-operational-context-that-powers-your-ai-ag/5172145","feature_description":"The public query API for Microsoft Fabric IQ Ontology gives developers programmatic access to supported ontology query capabilities. Applications and automation can query ontology-backed data using the supported query interface rather than requiring users to run every query interactively. This release concerns the query API; management of ontology definitions and the client management SDK are tracked as separate capabilities.","feature_name":"Public query API for Ontology","last_modified":"2026-09-25","product_id":"cef5a30d-562f-f011-8c4d-6045bd096d8f","product_name":"IQ","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"419cfd8b-face-f011-bbd3-000d3a30273e","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"What\u2019s next for Fabric IQ Ontology: The operational context that powers your AI agents (Preview)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/whats-next-for-fabric-iq-ontology-the-operational-context-that-powers-your-ai-ag/5172145","feature_description":"The Ontology migration experience helps existing Microsoft Fabric IQ Ontology users move from the earlier ontology version to the updated model and experience. Users receive onboarding and migration guidance so they can understand the transition and its effect on their ontology workflows. Supported guidance should be reviewed before migration; this release does not promise that every connected experience migrates without additional steps.","feature_name":"Migration to the updated Ontology experience","last_modified":"2026-09-25","product_id":"cef5a30d-562f-f011-8c4d-6045bd096d8f","product_name":"IQ","release_date":"Q3 2026","release_item_id":"c5b062b1-b8e6-4319-af42-c9369ccd032a","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"Public preview"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Graph in Fabric (Generally Available)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Updates-Blog/Graph-in-Fabric-Generally-Available/ba-p/5190748","feature_description":"Fabric IQ brings Ontology and Graph together so customers can move from a shared business model to advanced relationship analysis. Customers can understand how business concepts connect, choose the data most relevant to their scenario, and use Graph for multi-step impact analysis, dependency exploration, and path-based questions.","feature_name":"Fabric Graph integration with Ontology: From shared business meaning to connected-data insights","last_modified":"2026-09-25","product_id":"cef5a30d-562f-f011-8c4d-6045bd096d8f","product_name":"IQ","release_date":"Q3 2026","release_item_id":"7ec29e0d-ad9d-f111-b8db-6045bd02b667","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"Public preview"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"From insight to action: Bringing Fabric Activator into Ontology with Rules","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/from-insight-to-action-bringing-fabric-activator-into-ontology-with-rules/5172260","feature_description":"Rules for Ontology integrate with Fabric Activator so teams can monitor business entities and configure event-driven alerts. Users can define alerts against properties across instances of an entity type and use the resulting notifications or automated actions to respond to operational conditions. This helps operators monitor their business model without recreating its context in separate alert definitions. This entry records the previously shipped release; subsequent rule authoring, agent-query, and monitoring updates have separate milestones.","feature_name":"Rules for Ontology","last_modified":"2026-09-25","product_id":"cef5a30d-562f-f011-8c4d-6045bd096d8f","product_name":"IQ","release_date":"Q1 2026","release_item_id":"9c64d5e2-fdce-f011-bbd3-000d3a3740cc","release_status":"Shipped","release_type":"Public preview"},{"active":true,"blog_title":null,"blog_url":null,"feature_description":"Unified GetData Full Page Experience is a unified, full-screen workflow for completing a data-ingestion job from entry points such as Real-Time Hub, Eventhouse, and Eventstream. It guides users through source discovery, connector configuration, preview, optional schema handling and transformation, destination setup, and creation or update of the required ingestion pipeline--with autosave and resume support.","feature_name":"Unified GetData Full Page Experience","last_modified":"2026-09-24","product_id":"58cb90aa-4203-ef11-a1fd-000d3a36eea4","product_name":"Real-Time Intelligence","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"b3544bc9-afb7-f111-aaab-7ced8d70b853","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Visualize and Explore Data with Real-Time Dashboards","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/visualize-and-explore-data-with-real-time-dashboards/5173172","feature_description":"Real-Time Dashboards currently supports a fixed set of native visualization types, which limits users when they have unique or complex data patterns to display. Visual Builder solves this by enabling on-demand generation of custom visualizations- combining AI-generated KQL queries with tailored HTML/JavaScript rendering- for any analytical need not covered by our native tile library","feature_name":"RTD AI based Visual Builder","last_modified":"2026-09-24","product_id":"58cb90aa-4203-ef11-a1fd-000d3a36eea4","product_name":"Real-Time Intelligence","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"233c01f6-ba72-f111-ab0f-6045bd00f798","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"Public preview"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Empowering Real-Time Searches: Vector Similarity Search with Eventhouse","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/empowering-real-time-searches-vector-similarity-search-with-eventhouse/5173156","feature_description":"# Generally Available: Vector Search and Vector Indexes in Azure SQL Vector Search and Vector Indexes are now generally available in Azure SQL Database. Using the [CREATE VECTOR INDEX](https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/t-sql/statements/create-vector-index-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver17) and [VECTOR_SEARCH](https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/t-sql/functions/vector-search-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver17) T-SQL capabilities, you can perform efficient approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) searches for AI scenarios such as semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), recommendation systems, and image search. Built on the DiskANN algorithm, Vector Indexes enable efficient vector similarity search over large datasets while allowing you to combine vector search with relational queries and filtering directly in Azure SQL Database.By bringing AI retrieval directly into Azure SQL Database, you can build AI-powered applications on your enterprise data without requiring a separate vector database, simplifying application architecture while leveraging the reliability, security, and governance capabilities of Azure SQL Database.**Learn more:** [Vector Search & Vector Indexes documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/sql-server/ai/vectors?view=sql-server-ver17)","feature_name":"Vector Index & Search","last_modified":"2026-09-24","product_id":"347da228-ea54-ef11-a317-0022480a694f","product_name":"SQL database","release_date":"Q3 2026","release_item_id":"f52bbc7f-0fb1-f111-aaab-70a8a59cbbb7","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Workspace-Level Private Link in Microsoft Fabric (Generally Available)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/workspace-level-private-link-in-microsoft-fabric-generally-available/5172560","feature_description":"Private link allows customers to connect to their SQL DBs via a private endpoint from the customer's virtual network. Workspace level private links will give customers the flexibility to use private link connection to specific workspace(s) which have high security requirements and contain sensitive data while their other workspace can be open to public.","feature_name":"Workspace level Private Link for SQL database","last_modified":"2026-09-24","product_id":"347da228-ea54-ef11-a317-0022480a694f","product_name":"SQL database","release_date":"Q3 2026","release_item_id":"744ac485-321d-f011-9989-000d3a302e4a","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"Public preview"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Govern in OneLake Catalog for Fabric admins (Preview)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/govern-in-onelake-catalog-for-fabric-admins-preview/5172446","feature_description":"Govern Skills bring AI-powered governance assistance to Microsoft Fabric, helping admins monitor their data estate, identify governance risks, and take recommended actions from a single experience. Built around the core governance pillars of Health, Protect, and Trust, the skills provide contextual insights and remediation guidance to help organizations maintain a well-governed, secure, and trusted data estate.","feature_name":"Govern Skills for Fabric","last_modified":"2026-09-23","product_id":"796a0af7-2dc7-ee11-9079-000d3a3419a8","product_name":"Administration, Governance and Security","release_date":"Q3 2026","release_item_id":"b6d8618b-08a2-f111-b8db-000d3a3ad591","release_status":"Shipped","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":null,"blog_url":null,"feature_description":"Create SQL database in Fabric item in USGov (Virginia and Texas GCC-H) clouds.","feature_name":"Presence Expansion in USGov (Virginia and Texas GCC-H)","last_modified":"2026-09-23","product_id":"347da228-ea54-ef11-a317-0022480a694f","product_name":"SQL database","release_date":"Q3 2026","release_item_id":"2dae2810-6cb7-f111-aaab-7ced8d70bf41","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"New metadata sync and more in SQL Analytics Endpoint (Preview)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Updates-Blog/New-metadata-sync-and-more-in-SQL-Analytics-Endpoint-Preview/ba-p/5183137","feature_description":"New version of the metadata sync for SQL analytics endpoint built on a new architecture. This delivers,- Data refresh in seconds, not minutes- Ability to turn on this feature for a workspace- Support for v2 checkpoints (at GA)- Multiple performance improvements- Upgrade existing SQL Analytics Endpoints to new metadata sync (at GA)","feature_name":"SQL Analytics Endpoint - New Metadata sync","last_modified":"2026-09-23","product_id":"fa3a73cd-dcd6-ee11-9079-000d3a310f67","product_name":"Data Warehouse","release_date":"Q2 2026","release_item_id":"511823c2-744d-f111-bec7-002248085b3f","release_status":"Shipped","release_type":"Public preview"},{"active":true,"blog_title":null,"blog_url":null,"feature_description":"Customer can reduce the max vcore to control the CU consumption","feature_name":"Smaller max vCore options and resizing","last_modified":"2026-09-22","product_id":"347da228-ea54-ef11-a317-0022480a694f","product_name":"SQL database","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"009295f2-84b6-f111-aaab-7ced8d70bb60","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Monitor your Eventstreams with Workspace Monitoring \u2014 Now with per-Eventstream control (Preview)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Updates-Blog/Monitor-your-Eventstreams-with-Workspace-Monitoring-Now-with-per/ba-p/5331185","feature_description":"We are introducing workspace-level business continuity and disaster recovery for Eventstream in Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence, helping organizations maintain supported streaming operations when the primary Fabric region becomes unavailable. Eventstream participates in Fabric-managed workspace failover to a predetermined paired region, preserving the existing streaming topology and resuming supported data flows in the recovery region.With this capability, you can:- Prepare a geo-redundant workspace with secondary-region Eventstream infrastructure and replicated event data for supported scenarios.- Fail over the complete workspace to its paired region and continue using the recovered Eventstream topology without depending on the unavailable primary region.- Monitor replication health, synchronization status, and failover readiness to understand recovery risk and potential data loss.After failover, the recovered topology remains available for supported processing and monitoring, while topology changes are restricted until failback completes. This helps prevent configuration differences between regions and supports a controlled return to the primary region. Availability, recovery objectives, and supported sources and destinations may vary during preview and will be documented as coverage expands.","feature_name":"Workspace-Level Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for Eventstream","last_modified":"2026-09-21","product_id":"58cb90aa-4203-ef11-a1fd-000d3a36eea4","product_name":"Real-Time Intelligence","release_date":"Q3 2027","release_item_id":"e15d3bcf-0db6-f111-aaab-7ced8d70bf41","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"Public preview"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Extending Point-in-Time Retention in Fabric SQL DB: From 7 to 35 Days","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/extending-point-in-time-retention-in-fabric-sql-db-from-7-to-35-days/5172554","feature_description":"Today users can restore a database into any point-in-time from live databases in Microsoft Fabric. Point-in-time restore (PITR) feature should have enhanced capability to help their users recover from accidental database deletion and ensure business continuity. Users should be able to restore a dropped database from a hard-deleted artifact and from workspace soft-deleted workspace as well. In each use-case, the user should be able to easily restore a database and continue using it.","feature_name":"Point-in-time restore from dropped databases","last_modified":"2026-09-18","product_id":"347da228-ea54-ef11-a317-0022480a694f","product_name":"SQL database","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"0ba89ee5-81b3-f111-aaab-70a8a59cbac4","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Fabric Runtime 2.0 (Generally Available)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Updates-Blog/Fabric-Runtime-2-0-Generally-Available/ba-p/5326359","feature_description":"Microsoft Fabric Runtime 2.1 updates the Apache Spark foundation to Spark 4.2 and Delta Lake 4.4, with Python 3.14, Scala 2.13, and Java 21. For supported workloads, the Native Execution Engine is enabled by default to provide acceleration without extra configuration, while documented opt-out and controlled fallback paths preserve compatibility.Runtime 2.1 also introduces a leaner built-in package baseline with PySpark and SparkR. Customers can add compatible optional Python and R libraries through Library Manager or a Fabric Environment, reducing package conflicts while preserving flexibility for data engineering and data science workloads. The Public Preview is targeted for January 31, 2027 and includes migration guidance, known limitations, and preview support information.","feature_name":"Runtime 2.1 (Spark 4.2 and Delta 4.4)","last_modified":"2026-09-17","product_id":"a731518f-36ca-ee11-9079-000d3a341a60","product_name":"Data Engineering","release_date":"Q1 2027","release_item_id":"a3c892bc-d7b2-f111-aaab-70a8a59cbac4","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"Public preview"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Enhanced Monitoring for Spark High Concurrency Workloads in Microsoft Fabric","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/enhanced-monitoring-for-spark-high-concurrency-workloads-in-microsoft-fabric/5172618","feature_description":"This feature delivers a comprehensive Notebook Run Lineage experience for Spark applications, enabling data engineers to monitor and analyze complex notebook workflows with ease. It provides an at-a-glance view of all notebook run statuses, helps quickly identify root-cause failures across nested executions, and highlights performance bottlenecks. Users can filter and explore large execution graphs, access detailed error and run-level information, and view aggregated summaries of execution health and resource usage--all in one place.","feature_name":"Track and Manage Notebook Run Dependencies & Linage View","last_modified":"2026-09-17","product_id":"a731518f-36ca-ee11-9079-000d3a341a60","product_name":"Data Engineering","release_date":"Q1 2027","release_item_id":"71469140-3550-f111-bec7-6045bd00fc61","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"Public preview"},{"active":true,"blog_title":null,"blog_url":null,"feature_description":"Fuzzy string matching - Use fuzzy, or approximate, string matching to check if two strings are similar, and calculate the difference between two strings. Use this capability to identify strings that might be different because of character corruption. Corruption includes spelling errors, transposed characters, missing characters, or abbreviations. Fuzzy string matching uses algorithms to detect similar sounding strings.","feature_name":"Fuzzy String Match","last_modified":"2026-09-17","product_id":"347da228-ea54-ef11-a317-0022480a694f","product_name":"SQL database","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"afcd2c3d-5bb2-f111-aaab-70a8a5afd4dd","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Extracting deeper insights with Fabric Data Agents in Copilot in Power BI","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/extracting-deeper-insights-with-fabric-data-agents-in-copilot-in-power-bi/5172750","feature_description":"# Microsoft Copilot Integrated into Power BI and Microsoft FabricCopilot experiences have emerged across the applications people use every day, bringing AI closer to the work happening in each product. But this can also feel fragmented, with different entry points, separate conversations, and uncertainty about which Copilot agent to use.Our goal is to create a consistent Copilot experience that is available wherever people work. No one should have to leave the application they are using to find it. Microsoft Copilot should come into their experience, carry context with them, and connect to the specialized intelligence of each product.  This release will allow tenant admins the opportunity to choose Microsoft Copilot as an alternative to the Power BI standalone Copilot experience, bringing all of M365 into Power BI for licensed users.## One Familiar Place for Context and Trusted DataThis integration gives users one familiar place to bring together business context and trusted data. Shared conversation history lets them continue a discussion as they move between Microsoft Copilot experiences instead of starting over in each application.For someone starting in Power BI, a question no longer has to stop with the numbers in a report. A sales leader could use **Fabric IQ** to identify which regions are behind plan, then use **Work IQ** to connect the results with customer emails, meetings, account plans, and documents.They could summarize the complete picture and even kick off actions and tasks in **Cowork**, all from inside Power BI. This work context and ability to move directly from insight to action were not available in the standalone Power BI Copilot experience.## Administrator ControlsA new setting in the Fabric admin portal will determine whether this integration is available by enabling or disabling the entry point in the navigation pane.The setting will be **off by default**, giving administrators time to evaluate the experience before introducing it to their organization. Administrators can enable it when they are ready and disable it if they need to pause access.This setting is independent of the existing setting for standalone Power BI Copilot:- If both settings are enabled, users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will see entry points for both experiences. Standalone Power BI Copilot will continue to appear on Home.- If standalone Power BI Copilot is disabled and Microsoft 365 Copilot is enabled, users will see only the Microsoft 365 Copilot entry point.## Initial Public Preview AvailabilityDuring the initial public preview, the integrated experience is available only to users with a **Microsoft 365 Copilot license**.These users receive the full Copilot Chat experience in Power BI and Fabric, bringing together:- Fabric data through **Fabric IQ**- Relevant Microsoft 365 context through **Work IQ**Existing permissions and governance controls continue to determine which content each user can access.","feature_name":"Copilot in Power BI Fabric","last_modified":"2026-09-17","product_id":"94e84e43-aa69-f011-bec2-00224804b6c3","product_name":"Fabric Ecosystem","release_date":"Q3 2026","release_item_id":"bd904fac-c7b2-f111-aaab-70a8a59cb78c","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"Public preview"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Outbound access protection for Data Factory (Generally Available)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/outbound-access-protection-for-data-factory-generally-available/5172006","feature_description":"Microsoft Fabric's outbound access protection blocks all outbound connections from a workspace by default and only allows approved external connections through managed private endpoints or data connection rules. It applies across workloads such as Data Engineering, Data Factory, Activator, and Data Agent, giving admins granular control over external connectivity.","feature_name":"Outbound Access Protection for Fabric SQL DB","last_modified":"2026-09-16","product_id":"347da228-ea54-ef11-a317-0022480a694f","product_name":"SQL database","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"61e4ab87-eeb1-f111-aaab-70a8a59cbac4","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"Public preview"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Service Principal Support for Data Agents in Fabric (Preview)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Updates-Blog/Service-Principal-Support-for-Data-Agents-in-Fabric-Preview/ba-p/5181634","feature_description":"Fabric Data Agent supports service principal (SPN) authentication, enabling agent-to-agent scenarios such as Microsoft Foundry calling a Data Agent using an SPN. However, SPN-based access is not currently supported with Row-Level Security (RLS). Supporting SPN + RLS would allow the Data Agent to preserve the appropriate user-level data permissions while using an SPN for service-to-service authentication, enabling more secure and flexible enterprise scenarios where both application identity and user identity need to be respected.","feature_name":"Support SPN + RLS","last_modified":"2026-09-15","product_id":"951b64e0-a663-f111-a826-6045bd00f798","product_name":"Conversational Analytics","release_date":"Q1 2027","release_item_id":"10dd8c0b-afb0-f111-aaab-70a8a59cbb0e","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Surge protection gets smarter: introducing workspace-level controls (Preview)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/surge-protection-gets-smarter-introducing-workspace-level-controls-preview/5172365","feature_description":"Workspace-level surge protection helps capacity administrators prevent a single workspace from unexpectedly consuming an entire capacity. Administrators can set workspace consumption limits, exempt mission-critical workspaces, and block or unblock workspaces to maintain capacity health and quality of service.  There will also be an API that supports these actions alongside an API for the existing Capacity-level Surge Protection feature as part of this release.  Finally, there will be the ability to opt-in to notifications via email - and see them in product - when a surge protection activity occurs.","feature_name":"Surge Protection V2 (Workspace-level)","last_modified":"2026-09-15","product_id":"796a0af7-2dc7-ee11-9079-000d3a3419a8","product_name":"Administration, Governance and Security","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"d327a257-51ad-f111-aaab-6045bd041d32","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"},{"active":true,"blog_title":"Introducing capacity overage: Flexibility when you need it most (Preview)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fbc_fabricupdatesblogs/introducing-capacity-overage-flexibility-when-you-need-it-most-preview/5172085","feature_description":"Fabric capacity overage is an opt-in feature in Microsoft Fabric that automatically bills for excess capacity usage in a pay-as-you-go basis instead of throttling operations - enabling capacity administrators to protect capacities from being throttled.  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