🚀 Join the FY27 Fabric Engineering Connection Kickoff Call
We're excited to kick off FY27 with the first Fabric Engineering Connection call of the year! Join Tamer Farag, Global Partner Ecosystem Lead for Microsoft Fabric & SQL, as he shares the latest strategy, priorities, and opportunities for partners in the year ahead. What we'll cover ✅ Fabric Partner Community updates and upcoming changes ✅ Analytics on Azure Specialization updates ✅ Frontier Accelerate program highlights ✅ Partner enablement plans and resources ✅ Fabric Feature Partner program updates ✅ FabCon and SQLCon insights and opportunities ✅ Open Q&A with the community 🎁 Bonus: Attend live for a chance to win Fabric swag during the call! Event Details Americas & EMEA 📅 Wednesday, September 9, 2026 🕗 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PT APAC 📅 Thursday, September 10, 2026 🕐 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM UTC (Wednesday, September 9, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT) How to Join To participate, join the Fabric Partner Community Teams channel: 🔗 https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity Whether you're a long-time community member or just beginning your Microsoft Fabric journey, this is a great opportunity to hear directly from the team, get aligned on FY27 priorities, and connect with fellow partners around the world. We look forward to seeing you there!✨ FabCon + SQLCon Europe 2026: Partner Know Before You Go Guide is Now Live!
Barcelona is just around the corner, and we're excited to welcome our partner community to the first-ever co-located FabCon + SQLCon Europe experience! To help you make the most of your time onsite, the Partner Know Before You Go Guide is now available. This guide brings together everything partners need to know before arriving, including exclusive partner programming, networking opportunities, important deadlines, and event resources. What You'll Find Inside ✅ Partner Day agenda and key sessions ✅ Partner Happy Hour details ✅ Partner Elevator Pitch Challenge information ✅ Executive Meetings with Fabric & SQL Leadership Team ✅ 1:1 Meetings with the Partner Success Team ✅ AMA Session with the Fabric Partner Success Team ✅ Fabric Certification Recognition opportunities ✅ Testimonial Video nominations ✅ Fabric in the Wild Partner Photo Scavenger Hunt ✅ Cvent Event App guidance and Partner Community information Important Partner Deadlines 📅 September 13, 2026 (11:59 PM PT) Submit your Partner Elevator Pitch entry Request an Executive Meeting with Fabric Leadership Request a 1:1 Meeting with the Partner Success Team Nominate yourself or your customer for a testimonial video opportunity Event Details 📍 Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB) 📅 September 28 - October 1, 2026 🌍 Barcelona, Spain Whether you're attending Partner Day, meeting with Microsoft leaders, showcasing your expertise, or connecting with peers from around the world, we've built partner-exclusive experiences to help you learn, connect, and accelerate your Microsoft Fabric business. 📘 Download the Partner Know Before You Go Guide below. ⬇️ We can't wait to see you in Barcelona! #FabConEurope #SQLConEurope #MicrosoftFabric #MicrosoftPartners #DataAndAI #FabCon2026 #PartnerCommunity2026 FabCon + SQLCon Europe Fabric in the Wild: Photo Scavenger Hunt
📸 Fabric in the Wild: Photo Scavenger Hunt at FabCon + SQLCon Europe Heading to FabCon + SQLCon Europe in Barcelona? Get ready to explore, connect, and have some fun with the Fabric community! We're excited to launch the Fabric in the Wild: Photo Scavenger Hunt, an exclusive experience for Microsoft partners attending the event. Whether you're networking at Partner Day, taking in the keynotes, meeting fellow partners, or discovering Barcelona, you'll have the opportunity to capture your adventure and win some exclusive Fabric swag. 🏆 Win Fabric Kicks Complete the challenge by sharing photos from any five scavenger hunt moments and you'll be entered for a chance to win 1 of 3 pairs of Fabric Kicks. 📷 How It Works ✅ Complete any 5 photo challenges from the hunt ✅ Share all 5 photos in a single LinkedIn post or carousel ✅ Include: #FabConEurope #MicrosoftPartner #FabricInTheWildSweepstakes ✅ Tag @Stephanie Chimeziri That's it. You're in! The scavenger hunt is all about celebrating the people, experiences, and energy that make the Microsoft Fabric partner community special. From Partner Day and keynotes to new connections and iconic Barcelona landmarks, we can't wait to see Fabric in the wild through your lens. Drop your photos, showcase your creativity, and share your FabCon story with the community! 🌍 See you in Barcelona. For more information about FabCon + SQLCon Europe, visit aka.ms/fabconeu #MicrosoftFabric #FabConEurope #SQLConEurope #MicrosoftPartner #FabricCommunity #DataAnalytics #FabricInTheWildSweepstakes #PartnerDay #MicrosoftPartnersOn the Next Fabric Engineering Connection
Coming up on the next Fabric Engineering Connection calls, we’re focusing on one of the most important areas for partners right now: data protection, networking, and security in Microsoft Fabric. 🔐 What to expect 🎤 Recent Data Protection Value and Announcements (Americas & EMEA) presented by Yael Biss Covering the latest data protection capabilities in Fabric—designed to help partners meet security, compliance, and governance requirements while enabling customers to scale with confidence. 🎤 Updates + AMA with Networking and Data Security Team (Americas/EMEA & APAC) presented by Sarabjit D., Sumiran Tandon, Advaitha Karthikeyan, PMP®, and Bodhisatva Gautam This is a great opportunity to engage directly with the engineering team working on key scenarios including: ✅ Private Links ✅ Managed Private Endpoints (MPEs) ✅ Outbound Access Protection ✅ Customer Managed Keys (CMK) If you're advising customers on secure Fabric deployments, networking isolation, or enterprise‑grade governance, this session is definitely one to join. 🔒 Note: Fabric Engineering Connection calls are hosted exclusively in the Fabric Partner Community. Microsoft partners can join here the Community by submitting the form at https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity. Looking forward to the discussion next week!Announcing Fabric Mirroring integration for Azure Database for MySQL - Public Preview at FabCon 2026
At FabCon 2026, we’re excited to announce the Public Preview of Microsoft Fabric Mirroring integration for Azure Database for MySQL. This integration makes it easier than ever to analyze MySQL operational data using Fabric’s unified analytics platform, without building or maintaining ETL pipelines. This milestone brings near real-time data replication from Azure Database for MySQL into Microsoft Fabric OneLake, unlocking powerful analytics, reporting, and AI scenarios while keeping transactional workloads isolated and performant. Why Fabric integration for Azure Database for MySQL? MySQL is widely used to power business‑critical applications, but operational databases aren’t optimized for analytics. Traditionally, teams rely on complex ETL pipelines, custom connectors, or batch exports — adding cost, latency, and operational overhead. With Fabric integration, Azure Database for MySQL now connects directly to Microsoft Fabric, enabling: Zero‑ETL analytics on MySQL operational data Near real-time synchronization into OneLake Analytics‑ready open formats for BI, data engineering, and AI A unified experience across Power BI, Lakehouse, Warehousing, and notebooks All without impacting your production workloads. What’s new in the Public Preview? The Public Preview introduces a first‑class integration between Azure Database for MySQL and Microsoft Fabric, designed for simplicity and scale. It introduces a solid set of core operational and enterprise‑readiness capabilities, enabling end-users to confidently get started and scale their analytics scenarios. Core replication operations Start, monitor, and stop replication directly from the integrated experience Support for both initial data load and continuous change data capture (CDC) to keep data in sync with minimal latency. Network and security Firewall and gateway support, enabling replication from secured MySQL environments. Support for Azure Database for MySQL servers configured with customer‑managed keys (BYOK), aligning with enterprise security and compliance requirements. Broader data coverage and troubleshooting Ability to mirror tables containing previously unsupported data types, expanding schema compatibility and reducing onboarding friction. Support for up to 1,000 tables per server, enabling larger and more complex databases to participate in Fabric analytics. Basic error messaging and visibility to help identify replication issues and monitor progress during setup and ongoing operations. What scenarios does it unlock? With Fabric integration in place, you can now analyze data in Azure Database for MySQL without impacting production, combine it with other data in Fabric for richer reporting, and use Fabric’s built‑in analytics and AI tools to get insights faster. Learn more about exploring replicated data in Fabric in Explore data in your mirrored database using Microsoft Fabric. How does it work (high level)? Fabric integration for Azure Database for MySQL follows a simple but powerful pattern: Enable and Configure - Enable replication in the Azure portal, then use the Fabric portal to provide connection details and select MySQL tables to mirror. Initial snapshot - Fabric takes a bulk snapshot of the selected tables, converts the data to Parquet, and writes it to a Fabric landing zone. Continuous change capture - Ongoing inserts, updates, and deletes are captured from MySQL binlogs and continuously written as incremental Parquet files. Analytics‑ready in Fabric - The Fabric Replicator processes snapshot and change files and applies them to Delta tables in OneLake, keeping data in sync and ready for analytics. This design ensures low overhead on the source, while providing fresh data for analytics and AI workloads. Below is a more detailed workflow illustrating how this works: Getting started with the Public Preview To try Fabric integration for Azure Database for MySQL during Public Preview, you’ll need: An Azure Database for MySQL instance An active Microsoft Fabric capacity (trial or paid) Access to a Fabric workspace Once enabled, you can select the MySQL databases and tables you want to replicate and begin analyzing data in Fabric. For step-by-step tutorial, please refer to - https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/mysql/integration/fabric-mirroring-mysql The demo video below showcases how the mirroring integration works and walks through the end-to-end experience of mirroring MySQL data into Microsoft Fabric. Stay Connected We’re thrilled to share this milestone at FabCon 2026 and can’t wait to see how you use Fabric integration for Azure Database for MySQL to simplify analytics and unlock new insights. We welcome your feedback and invite you to share your experiences or suggestions at AskAzureDBforMySQL@service.microsoft.com Try the Public Preview, share your feedback, and help shape what’s next. Thank you for choosing Azure Database for MySQL!This Week on the Fabric Engineering Connection
After a two‑week pause for FABCON & SQLCON - The Microsoft Fabric & SQL Community Conferences, we’re excited to welcome partners back for our first Fabric Engineering Connection call since the conference. Welcome back—and what a great way to restart the conversation! 🙌 This week’s sessions bring partners closer to the people building Microsoft Fabric, with timely insights and takeaways straight from FabCon. 🎙 What’s on the agenda: Fabric AI‑Powered Automation for Pro‑Developers (Americas & EMEA) presented by Evelina Alroy-Brin and Hasan Abo-Shally Recap of Data Warehouse announcements from FabCon presented by Rakesh Krishnan and Tino Tereshko 🇺🇦 🌍 Session times: Americas & EMEA: Wednesday, March 25 | 8–9 AM PT APAC: Thursday, March 26 | 1–2 AM UTC / Wednesday, March 25 | 5–6 PM PT These calls are a great opportunity to reconnect after FabCon, hear directly from engineering, and dig deeper into what’s new—and what’s next—for Microsoft Fabric. 👉 Participation is open to members of the Fabric Partner Community. Join here: https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity🚨 Partner‑Exclusive Event: AMA with Fabric Leadership
We’re excited to invite Fabric Partner Community members to a live Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Fabric leadership—a rare opportunity to get direct answers and insights from the team shaping Azure Data and Microsoft Fabric. Featured Guest Shireesh Thota CVP, Azure Data Databases Tuesday, March 24 8:00–9:00 AM PT With FabCon + SQLCon wrapping just days before, this session is designed for partners who want to go deeper—ask follow‑up questions, pressure‑test ideas, and understand what’s next as they plan with customers. Topics may include: What’s next for Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and PostgreSQL Guidance on SQL Server roadmap direction Deep‑dive questions on SQL DB in Fabric Questions about the new DP‑800 Analytics Engineer exam going into beta this month Partners can submit any questions—technical, roadmap‑focused, certification‑related, or customer‑scenario driven. This event is exclusively available to members of the Fabric Partner Community. Not a member yet? Join the Fabric Partner Community to attend this AMA and unlock access to partner‑only events like this: https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity🚀 FabCon + SQLCon Partner Social Sprint
A 4‑Day LinkedIn Challenge for Partners Attending FabCon + SQLCon in Atlanta If you’re joining us in Atlanta this March for FabCon + SQLCon 2026, we’ve got a new way for you to amplify your impact: the Partner Social Sprint — a daily LinkedIn challenge designed to spotlight partner voices, share real‑world insights, and have some fun along the way. Whether you’re presenting, staffing a booth, or attending sessions, this is your chance to tell your story and connect with the global Microsoft Fabric & SQL community. 🔥 What Is the Partner Social Sprint? A 4‑day LinkedIn posting challenge running during FabCon + SQLCon 2026 in Atlanta. Each day has a theme, and every post earns you entries to win exclusive Fabric SWAG, including the fan‑favorite Fabric Kicks. 🗓 Daily Themes (Conference Week) Tuesday, March 17 – Day 0 (Travel / Partner Day) Why I’m going / why I’m here Wednesday, March 18 – Day 1 One big learning Thursday, March 19 – Day 2 Build your practice Friday, March 20 – Day 3 Customer impact ✅ How It Works If you’re a partner attending FabCon + SQLCon in Atlanta: Post once per day on LinkedIn during the event, following the daily theme. Use the hashtags: #FabConSQLCon26 #PartnerSocialSprintSweepstakes #MicrosoftPartner Tag the FabCon & SQLCon – The Microsoft Fabric & SQL Community Conferences LinkedIn page. Submit all your LinkedIn post URLs via the entry form. 👉 Each post = 1 entry, and if you post all 4 days, you’ll get 1 bonus entry. 🏆 What You Can Win Fabric SWAG Fabric Kicks Recognition in the Fabric Partner Community and across our channels 🌐 Who Should Join? Microsoft partners attending FabCon + SQLCon in Atlanta Partner sellers, architects, engineers, and community champions who want to: Share key learnings in real time Highlight their Fabric & SQL practices Showcase customer success and impact 👉 Ready to Sprint With Us? Get all the details and submit your posts here: https://aka.ms/PartnerSocialSprint Let’s light up LinkedIn with the stories, insights, and innovation coming out of FabCon + SQLCon. We can’t wait to see your posts from Atlanta!🚀 This Week on the Fabric Engineering Connection!
Excited to share what’s ahead for this week’s Fabric Engineering Connection sessions — your weekly opportunity to hear directly from the Microsoft Fabric engineering teams and stay ahead of what’s coming next in the platform. 🎙️ Featured Topics & Speakers: 🔧 Updates on DBT Job Abhishek Narain, Principal PM Manager 🤖 Upcoming Capabilities in Fabric Data Agents Misha Desai, Principal Product Manager Virginia Roman, Senior Product Manager Shreyas Canchi Radhakrishna, Product Manager 🌍 Americas & EMEA 📅 Wednesday, February 25 ⏰ 8:00–9:00 AM PT 🌏 APAC 📅 Thursday, February 26 ⏰ 1:00–2:00 AM UTC (Also available Wednesday, February 25, 5:00–6:00 PM PT) Whether you're deep in deployment, scaling customer workloads, or exploring new Fabric capabilities, these sessions are packed with insights to help you accelerate your practice. 👉 Not yet part of the Fabric Partner Community? Join here: https://lnkd.in/g_PRdfjt Let’s keep learning, building, and shaping the future of Fabric—together. 💡✨ FabCon + SQLCon 2026: Partner Know Before You Go Now Live!
Heading to FabCon + SQLCon 2026 in Atlanta? We’ve put together your full Partner Know Before You Go Guide — everything you need to navigate the week, maximize value, and make the most of all partner‑exclusive opportunities. 🚀 Here’s what you’ll find inside: 📅 Partner Day (Mar 17) — A full day of partner‑only learning, strategy, and networking. - SOLD OUT! 🍻 Partner Happy Hour — Connect with other partners and the Microsoft team. 🎤 AMA with the Fabric Partner Success Team — Bring your biggest questions around Data & AI priorities, partner opportunities, funding, enablement, and certifications. 🤝 1:1 Meetings — Book time with Fabric LT or the Partner Success Team to accelerate your strategy and unlock customer wins. 🎤 Partner Elevator Pitch Search — Submit your 2‑min pitch to be featured live on stage! 🔥 Partner Social Media Sprint — Daily LinkedIn challenge + chances to win Fabric SWAG. 🎓 Certification Spotlight — Get recognized during Arun’s keynote for hitting 100+ Fabric certs. 🎥 Testimonial Videos — Share your Fabric customer stories with global visibility. 📱 Whova Event App — Build your schedule, access slides, network, and join the partner community inside the app. 📘The full KBYG guide is attached below.
