Azure Update Story

Update's chronological storyline in context of the previous updates, related to the referenced services
Date Services Event / Source Title / Link / Storyline
Jan 17 2025
14:00:13 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Microsoft Fabric Runtime 1.1 End of Support
Jan 14 2025
13:06:09 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Service principal support for Fabric Data Warehouse
Jan 14 2025
09:30:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Speed up your SQL databases with the Performance Dashboard
Jan 14 2025
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Efficient log management with Microsoft Fabric
Jan 14 2025
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Manage access for SQL databases in Microsoft Fabric with workspace roles and item permissions
Jan 10 2025
21:44:00 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Efficient Log Management with Microsoft Fabric
Jan 06 2025
09:00:00 UTC
Preview
Microsoft Fabric Blog
ArcGIS GeoAnalytics for Microsoft Fabric Spark – Preview
Jan 02 2025
19:10:00 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Decision Guide for Selecting an Analytical Data Store in Microsoft Fabric
Dec 17 2024
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Introducing Copilot for SQL database in Microsoft Fabric
Dec 16 2024
14:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Announcing the winners of the Microsoft Fabric and AI Learning Hackathon!
Dec 11 2024
17:26:02 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Fabric 2024 Holiday recap
Dec 10 2024
11:48:40 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Microsoft Fabric API for GraphQL™ for Azure Cosmos DB Mirroring
Dec 10 2024
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Source control integration for SQL database in Microsoft Fabric
Dec 09 2024
10:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Microsoft Fabric approved as a Service within the FedRAMP High Authorization for Azure Commercial
Dec 05 2024
11:30:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Easily recreate your ADX dashboards as Real-Time Dashboards in Fabric
Dec 05 2024
11:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Enhance fraud detection with Activator in Microsoft Fabric
Dec 04 2024
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Understanding Real-Time Intelligence usage reporting and billing
Dec 04 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Data Factory Announcements at Ignite 2024 Recap
Dec 03 2024
10:03:57 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Tour the Query Editor in SQL database in Microsoft Fabric
Dec 02 2024
10:00:00 UTC
GA
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Announcing Real-Time Dashboards generally available
Nov 26 2024
11:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Building a Smart Chatbot with SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric, LangChain and Chainlit
Nov 25 2024
06:02:35 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Announcing the Availability of REST APIs for Connections and Gateways in Microsoft Fabric
Nov 22 2024
20:00:49 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
New graph operators in Kusto
Nov 22 2024
20:00:49 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Star pattern and default node identifier in Kusto
Nov 22 2024
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Fabric Data Factory now supports writing data in Iceberg format via Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Connector in Data pipeline
Nov 22 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Boosting Data Ingestion in Data Factory: Continuous Innovations in Performance Optimization
Nov 22 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Boosting Data Ingestion in Data Factory: Continuous Innovations in Performance Optimization
Nov 21 2024
11:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Best-of-class Connectivity in Fabric Data Factory
Nov 21 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Learning pathways for SQL database in Microsoft Fabric
Nov 20 2024
10:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Upcoming Changes to the Fabric Navigation Experience
Nov 19 2024
19:30:23 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Mirroring Azure SQL Database in Fabric
Nov 19 2024
17:00:35 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure SQL Managed Instance mirroring to Microsoft Fabric
Nov 19 2024
16:00:37 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
OneLake catalog—a complete catalog for discovery, management, and governance
Nov 19 2024
16:00:37 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Monitor your Fabric workspaces
Nov 19 2024
14:15:00 UTC
GA
Azure SQL Blog
Announcing the General Availability (GA) of Mirroring for Azure SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric
Nov 19 2024
14:15:00 UTC
Preview
Azure SQL Blog
Announcing SQL database in Microsoft Fabric public preview
Nov 19 2024
14:15:00 UTC
GA
Azure SQL Blog
Announcing the Generally Available (GA) of Mirroring for Azure SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric
Nov 19 2024
10:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Simplifying Data Ingestion with Copy Job – CI/CD is now available
Nov 19 2024
09:30:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Announcing Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention policies now support the restrict access action for semantic models
Nov 19 2024
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Efficiently build and maintain your Data pipelines with Copilot for Data Factory: new capabilities and experiences
Nov 19 2024
07:02:48 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Fabric November 2024 Feature Summary
Nov 19 2024
07:00:00 UTC
GA
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Announcing the general availability of Microsoft Fabric API for GraphQL with exciting new features
Nov 19 2024
06:45:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Introducing Open Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric
Nov 19 2024
06:30:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Introducing the new OneLake catalog: Your central hub for data discovery, management, and governance
Nov 19 2024
06:15:00 UTC
GA
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Announcing the general availability (GA) of Mirroring for Azure SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric
Nov 19 2024
06:05:00 UTC
Preview
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Announcing SQL database in Microsoft Fabric Public Preview
Nov 19 2024
05:30:00 UTC
Preview
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Announcing New Recruitment for the Private Preview of Microsoft Fabric SKU Estimator
Nov 19 2024
04:00:00 UTC
GA
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Announcing general availability of the Fabric Workload Development Kit
Nov 14 2024
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Store and access your Iceberg data in OneLake using Snowflake and shortcuts
Nov 13 2024
09:30:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
New Features for Fabric Data Factory Pipelines Announced at Ignite
Nov 13 2024
08:30:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
The Microsoft Fabric Community Conference is coming back to Las Vegas!
Nov 12 2024
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Power BI vs. Real Time Dashboards (RTD)
Nov 12 2024
08:30:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Domains in Fabric – new enhancements
Nov 11 2024
12:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Simplifying Data Ingestion with Copy Job: Upsert to SQL Database & Overwrite to Fabric Lakehouse
Nov 07 2024
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
SQL to Microsoft Fabric Migration: Beginner-Friendly Strategies for a Smooth Transition
Nov 07 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
SDK-style SQL projects in Visual Studio
Nov 06 2024
07:45:58 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Stream Analytics PowerBI output connector
Nov 04 2024
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Data Warehouse: Copilot & AI Skill
Nov 01 2024
00:30:29 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Stream Analytics PowerBI output connector
Oct 31 2024
20:29:35 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Simplifying Migration to Fabric Real-Time Intelligence for Power BI Real Time Reports
Oct 31 2024
13:03:27 UTC
Notice
Introducing the Data-Bound Reference Layer in Azure Maps Visual for Power BI
Oct 31 2024
11:30:47 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Fabric Influencers Spotlight October 2024
Oct 31 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Stream Analytics PowerBI output connector
Oct 28 2024
20:22:14 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Boosting Power BI Performance with Azure Databricks through Automatic Aggregations
Oct 28 2024
09:30:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Native Execution Engine available at no additional cost!
Oct 25 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Microsoft Fabric Row-Level Security (RLS) & Column-Level security(CLS) in Warehouse and SQL Endpoint
Oct 24 2024
12:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Adding more flexibility to your business applications with support for Service Principal Names (SPNs) in Fabric API for GraphQL
Oct 24 2024
07:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
FinOps toolkit 0.6 - September 2024
Oct 24 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
FinOps toolkit 0.6 - September 2024
Oct 22 2024
16:35:38 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Migrating Azure Data Factory’s Snowflake Connector from Legacy to latest V2
Oct 15 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
FinOps Blog
What’s new in FinOps toolkit 0.6 – September 2024
Oct 03 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
SQL Data Sync will be retired on September 30th, 2027
Oct 01 2024
06:08:02 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Exploring Responsible AI
Sep 27 2024
14:33:12 UTC
Preview
Mirroring Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in Microsoft Fabric - Private Preview
Sep 26 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
FinOps Blog
What’s new in FinOps toolkit 0.5 – August 2024
Sep 19 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Microsoft Purview Data Sharing (in Public Preview) is retiring on September 26th, 2025
Sep 04 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Architecture Blog
Data Intelligence End-to-End with Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric
Aug 29 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure HDInsight on AKS will retire on January 31, 2025
Aug 26 2024
15:06:29 UTC
Notice
Introducing Simplified Subscription Limits for SQL Database and Synapse Analytics Dedicated SQL Pool
Aug 23 2024
11:33:15 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Implementing Data Vault 2.0 on Fabric Data Warehouse
Aug 16 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.2 disablement
Aug 16 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.2 disablement
Aug 08 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.1 disablement
Aug 05 2024
11:47:34 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Sentinel All-In-One now available for Azure Government
Aug 01 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 2.4 Disablement
Jul 18 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.3
Jul 18 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.2
Jul 05 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Cosmos DB continuous backup for accounts using Azure Synapse Link
Jun 27 2024
10:04:38 UTC
Notice
Introducing SOC Optimization API
Jun 21 2024
21:01:54 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
External Data Sharing With Microsoft Fabric
Jun 18 2024
23:21:12 UTC
Preview
Azure Cosmos DB continuous backup for accounts using Azure Synapse Link
Jun 06 2024
01:07:29 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
AI-as-a-Service: Architecting GenAI Application Governance with Azure API Management and Fabric
Jun 03 2024
06:34:23 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Highlights from Build and what’s new with .NET
May 29 2024
23:02:30 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Part 2: Migrate Azure Analysis Services to Power BI Premium using Azure Databricks - How-To
May 29 2024
23:02:10 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Part 1: Migrate Azure Analysis Services to Power BI Premium using Azure Databricks - Why
May 27 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Announcing General Availability of Graph Semantics in Kusto
May 23 2024
17:42:42 UTC
Notice
What’s new across Azure Governance services, Microsoft Build 2024
May 21 2024
17:15:04 UTC
Notice
Announcing new supported formats for Azure Schema Registry
May 15 2024
09:46:57 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Scale Real-Time Streams to Delta Lakehouse with Apache Flink on Azure HDInsight on AKS
May 09 2024
15:57:47 UTC
GA
Unleash the Power of Insights: Azure Resource Graph Power BI Data Connector Now Generally Available
May 03 2024
15:31:57 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
AI/ML with Microsoft Fabric and SAS Viya. A discussion about right approach to drive the Synergies
Apr 24 2024
09:42:16 UTC
Notice
Network traffic observability with virtual network flow logs
Apr 10 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Mirroring Azure Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric
Apr 08 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
General Available: Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4 is now GA
Apr 02 2024
15:46:30 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Run federated queries on Trino with HDInsight on AKS
Mar 29 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
We're retiring Memory Optimized Data Flows in Azure Data Factory - use General Purpose for better performance at a lower price.
Mar 26 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure SQL Database Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric
Mar 22 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.2 End of Support
Feb 26 2024
22:50:41 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Enhanced Performance in Additional Regions: Azure Synapse Analytics Spark Boosted by up to 77%
Feb 26 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Announcing NBCROW Compression in Kusto's TDS Implementation
Feb 13 2024
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Achieving sustainable growth with Azure and FinOps best practices 
Jan 24 2024
13:35:34 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Advanced Data Vault 2.0 Models on Synapse Data Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric
Nov 28 2023
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Democratizing FinOps: Transform your practice with FOCUS and Microsoft Fabric
Nov 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General availability: Time travel in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB
Nov 16 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General availability: Reservations for Microsoft Fabric
Oct 25 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General availability: Azure Synapse Link compatibility with Cosmos DB continuous backup
Oct 25 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General availability: Azure Synapse Link for existing MongoDB collections
Sep 27 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Custom partitioning in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB
Sep 13 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
New in Kusto: `.show databases entities` command for viewing tables, functions, and more
Sep 11 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Introducing Graph Semantics in Kusto, a new way to contextualize time series data
May 23 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Introducing Microsoft Fabric: Data analytics for the era of AI
Aug 16 2022
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Data Explorer: Log and telemetry analytics benchmark
Jul 15 2022
13:31:56 UTC
Notice
Filled Map is now available in Power BI Azure Maps Visual
Mar 17 2022
10:54:09 UTC
Notice
Azure Data Factory CI-CD using YAML template
Feb 11 2022
12:04:32 UTC
Notice
Azure Data Components Network Architecture with secure configurations
May 26 2021
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Power your business applications data with analytical and predictive insights
Dec 07 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Harness analytical and predictive power with Azure Synapse Analytics
Jul 15 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Save up to 76 percent on Azure Synapse Analytics and gain breathtaking insights of your ERP data
May 21 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Synapse Analytics: Insights for all
May 19 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Analytics: Clarity in an instant
Nov 07 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure SQL Data Warehouse is now Azure Synapse Analytics
Nov 04 2019
13:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Data Share is now in GA!
Nov 04 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Simply unmatched, truly limitless: Announcing Azure Synapse Analytics
Oct 07 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Data Factory Mapping Data Flows are now generally available
Apr 22 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure SQL Data Warehouse reserved capacity and software plans now generally available
Mar 28 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Announcing the public preview of Data Discovery & Classification for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Feb 07 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Individually great, collectively unmatched: Announcing updates to 3 great Azure Data Services
Jan 31 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing the general availability of Query Store for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Dec 06 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
General availability of VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Nov 07 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure SQL Data Warehouse introduces new productivity and security capabilities
Nov 07 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Row-Level Security is now supported for Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Aug 23 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2 now generally available in France and Australia
Aug 02 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Automatic intelligent insights to optimize performance with SQL Data Warehouse
Jul 12 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure sets new performance benchmarks with SQL Data Warehouse
Jun 27 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Data Factory new capabilities are now generally available
Apr 30 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Adaptive caching powers Azure SQL Data Warehouse performance gains
Apr 30 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Turbocharge cloud analytics with Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Apr 30 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Blazing fast data warehousing with Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Apr 17 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Transparent Data Encryption with customer managed keys in Azure SQL Database generally available
Jan 31 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
New Azure Data Factory self-paced hands-on lab for UI
Mar 21 2017
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Data Factory offers SAP HANA and Business Warehouse data integration