What's new and planned in Microsoft Fabric?

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Important

The release plans describe functionality that may or may not have been released yet. The delivery timelines and projected functionality may change or may not ship. Refer to Microsoft policy for more information.

Microsoft Fabric offers a unified suite of analytical experiences that streamline data management. It enables you to use your data for a competitive advantage today and prepare for future AI innovations. Microsoft Fabric offers data factory, data engineering, data warehousing, data science, real-time intelligence, and business intelligence, all on a lake-centric SaaS platform for simplified analytics. Your teams can instantly process, analyze, and collaborate with data without having to focus on configuration or management of the underlying infrastructure. Fabric's open foundation with built-in governance enables you to connect to various clouds and tools while maintaining data trust. Microsoft Fabric also provides transparent cost control to optimize expenses.

To learn more about what was announced with Microsoft Fabric, see the Microsoft Fabric blog and the documentation.

Get started with Microsoft Fabric

Enable Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Fabric is generally available. A Microsoft Fabric administrator (formerly a Power BI administrator) can turn on the Fabric experiences through the admin portal settings. Fabric can be enabled for the entire tenant or a subset of users. Microsoft Fabric is currently enabled by default for all Power BI tenants. Additionally, capacity administrators can enable or disable Fabric at the capacity level through capacity settings.

Start a free Fabric capacity trial

Customers without Power BI Premium or Fabric Capacities will receive a free Fabric capacity trial when you create a Fabric item that uses capacity. This trial Fabric capacity can be associated with one or more workspaces and is free to use for 60 days. Administrators can turn off trial functionality in the admin portal.

Learning resources

To help you get started with Microsoft Fabric, there are several resources we recommend:

  • Microsoft Fabric learning paths: A high level tour of Microsoft Fabric capabilities.

  • Microsoft Fabric tutorials: Detailed tutorials with a step-by-step guidance on how to create an end-to-end solution in Microsoft Fabric. They focus on a few different common patterns. The scenarios include a lakehouse architecture, a data warehouse architecture, real-time intelligence, and data science projects.

  • Microsoft Fabric documentation: Detailed documentation for all aspects of Microsoft Fabric.

  • Microsoft Fabric Community: Engage with the community, ask, and answer questions about Microsoft Fabric.

What can you find in this document?

This Microsoft Fabric release plan announces the latest updates as features are being prepared for release. It allows you to stay informed about upcoming capabilities, plan for future deployments, and keep track of any changes in our plans.

Share your thoughts and feedback with us in the Microsoft Fabric community forum and suggest features in our Ideas forum. Your input helps us make improvements.

Change log

This document will be updated monthly with changes to our plans, timelines, and new capabilities added to the roadmap. Changes to this document will be listed here.

Experience release notes

Visit detailed release notes for all of the experiences in Microsoft Fabric:

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