🏨👻 There’s something strange happening at the Fabric Haunted Hotel
The data checked in. But it never checked out. 👀 So, for our Spooktacular edition of Fabric Engineering Connection, we’re opening: 🔎 CASE FILE 404: The Mystery of the Missing Data And we’ve called in three Power BI Expert Witnesses: 🔍 Emily Lisa, Principal GPM 🔍 Vivienne Vereen, Principal Product Manager 🔍 Zoe Douglas, Principal Product Manager They’ll take the witness stand for: New Features, Roadmap & a Peek Behind the Curtain 👻 Partners will hear about the latest Power BI innovations from FabCon and get a peek at what’s coming next. But this won’t be a sit-back-and-watch investigation. Every Fabric Detective will receive digital Case File 404 and collect evidence while listening to the Power BI team. 🔍 And yes...🎁 There will be prizes. 📅 Americas & EMEA: Oct. 28 | 8–9 AM PT 📅 APAC: Oct. 29 | 12–1 AM UTC 🔑 Want a key to the hotel? This experience is for members of the Fabric Partner Community. If your organization is a Microsoft partner and you’re not already part of the community, join us before check-in: 👉 https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity Already a member? Tag another Microsoft partner who should join the investigation. 👇 🎃 Costumes encouraged. 🏨 Haunted Hotel backgrounds ready. 🔎 Curiosity required. CHECK IN • COLLECT THE EVIDENCE • COMPLETE YOUR CASE FILEOn the Next Fabric Engineering Connection
🚀 On the Next Fabric Engineering Connection: AMA with Amir Netz! Fresh from European Microsoft Fabric + SQL Community Conference with questions, feedback, or a few “wait, tell me more about that…” moments? 👀 The next Fabric Engineering Connection is the perfect place to bring them. 🎤 AMA (Ask Me Anything) with Amir Netz, Technical Fellow & CTO This is our first Quarterly AMA of FY27, and partners will have the opportunity to ask questions directly about: ✨ The announcements and product updates coming out of FabCon Europe 💡 What those updates mean for customers and partner practices 🧭 Fabric’s direction and where partners should be focusing 💬 Your own technical questions, feedback, and real-world customer scenarios One of the best parts of the Fabric Partner Community is getting this kind of direct access to the people shaping the product, so come ready with your questions! 📅 Americas & EMEA: Wednesday, October 21 | 8:00–9:00 AM PT 📅 APAC: Thursday, October 22 | 12:00–1:00 AM UTC 🔒 Fabric Engineering Connection is exclusively for members of the Fabric Partner Community. If you’re a Microsoft partner and haven't joined yet, this is a great reason to jump in. 👉 https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity See you there. I have a feeling this is going to be a good one! 🔥This week on Fabric Engineering Connection
🚀 On the Next Fabric Engineering Connection: What’s New in OneLake There’s a lot happening in Microsoft OneLake, and this week we’re bringing the OneLake team directly to partners to unpack some of the latest capabilities across open data, security, APIs, and sharing. We’ll dig into: 🔐 OneLake Security updates, including lifecycle policies, resource instance rules, enhanced diagnostics, and simplified policy management 🤖 The new Read API, enabling governed access to OneLake data from applications and AI agents 🌐 Catalog federation, connecting Iceberg and Delta tables across AWS, Google, Databricks, and Snowflake 🤝 IQ Sharing, designed to securely share tables, files, and business context between enterprises and partners If you’re helping customers build secure, AI-ready, multi-cloud data architectures, this is one you’ll want on your calendar. 📅 Americas & EMEA: Wednesday, October 14 | 8:00–9:00 AM PT 📅 APAC: Thursday, October 15 | 12:00–1:00 AM UTC 🔒 Fabric Engineering Connection is exclusively for members of the Fabric Partner Community. If you’re a Microsoft partner and haven’t joined us yet, now’s a great time! 👉 https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity Come ready with questions and hear directly from the team building what’s next for OneLake. 🚀🏨👻 Partners, save the date. Your reservation at the FABRIC HAUNTED HOTEL is waiting...
This Halloween, Fabric Engineering Connection is getting a spooky makeover. 🔎 CASE FILE 404: The Mystery of the Missing Data The data checked in... but it never checked out. 👀 And we’re calling in some expert witnesses: the Power BI team will take the witness stand with engineering insights, technical guidance, and answers to your Power BI mysteries. But you won't just be watching: 🔎 Check into the FABRIC HAUNTED HOTEL 🕵️ Collect evidence during the session 🏨 Complete your Haunted Hotel Passport 🎁 And yes... there will be prizes 📅 Americas & EMEA: Oct. 28 | 8–9 AM PT 📅 APAC: Oct. 29 | 12–1 AM UTC 🔑 YOUR KEY TO THE HOTEL This experience is for members of the Fabric Partner Community. Not a member yet? Join the community before the call to participate: https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity Already a member? Save the date and help us spread the word. Tag a Microsoft partner who should check into the hotel with you. 👇 🎃 Costumes and Halloween backgrounds encouraged. 👓 Curiosity required. 🎁 A little friendly competition may be rewarded. CHECK IN • COLLECT THE EVIDENCE • SOLVE THE MYSTERY
The hardest part of modernizing enterprise BI is NOT the dashboard
For my team, a whole lotta enterprise BI modernization discussions start with the visualization layer, mostly around: Which dashboard should be rebuilt? Should the reports use Direct Lake? Should the organization move to a Lakehouse? How should Power BI capacity be configured? Those are important questions, but there is another one that tends to surface later: Where should the business logic live? In a multi-source environment, the same KPI can be derived from SAP, operational systems, spreadsheets, or application databases. If each report implements the calculation independently, moving the data into a modern platform doesn't automatically create consistent reporting. A more maintainable pattern is to separate the responsibilities: Ingestion: bring source data into the platform with appropriate batch or event-based patterns. Transformation: clean, conform, and standardize data before it reaches reporting. Business layer: define reusable measures and business rules in the semantic model. Security: apply access rules at the appropriate data or semantic layer rather than duplicating them across individual reports. Visualization: keep reports focused on analysis and user experience rather than embedding large amounts of transformation logic. Microsoft Fabric, in that same environment, makes it feasible to bring several of these capabilities into one unified platform, but the architecture still needs clear boundaries between them. I have found this distinction especially important when upgrading reporting environments that have accumulated years of spreadsheet logic and report-specific calculations. For those working on enterprise BI modernization, where do you draw the line between data transformation logic and semantic-model/business logic? And what has worked best for keeping KPI definitions consistent across multiple Power BI reports?
Adding Multiple ontologies to a Data Agent??
I was able to add multiple ontologies to a data agent , but now I could add only one ontology to the data agent and multiple agents. Do we have any documentation supporting this? is the feature of adding multiple ontologies stopped if yes why ..do we have any documentation for that ?On the Next Fabric Engineering Connection
Fresh off European Microsoft Fabric + SQL Community Conference, we're kicking off the next chapter of Fabric Engineering Connection with a session focused on one of the biggest opportunities for partners helping customers modernize their data estates and embrace AI-powered development. 🎤 Upgrade to Fabric Data Factory: Your Path to a Unified, AI-Ready Data Integration Experience Presented by: Mark Kromer — Lead Principal PM Manager Sindhu Bharadwaj — Senior Product Manager Join us to learn how Microsoft is helping Azure Data Factory customers discover, assess, and upgrade their existing investments into Fabric through a phased modernization journey. You'll also get a look at emerging AI-powered experiences that are transforming how developers build and manage data integration solutions, including: ✅ Skills for Fabric ✅ Model Context Protocol (MCP) ✅ GitHub Copilot ✅ VS Code integration Whether you're guiding customers through migration decisions, modernizing integration workloads, or exploring how AI can accelerate developer productivity, this is a session you won't want to miss. 🗓️ Live call times Americas & EMEA: Wednesday, October 7 | 8:00–9:00 AM PT APAC: Thursday, October 8 | 12:00–1:00 AM UTC 🔒 Fabric Engineering Connection is hosted exclusively in the Fabric Partner Community. Microsoft partners can join at https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity Looking forward to another great discussion and keeping the post‑FabCon momentum going! 🚀🔥This week on the Fabric Engineering Connection
How do you turn live operational signals into actionable business insights? Join us for this week's Fabric Engineering Connection: "From Live Signals to Business Meaning: Unifying Operations with RTI and Fabric IQ" with Ajeta Singhal and Chafia Aouissi. We'll explore the latest across Real-Time Intelligence and Fabric IQ, discuss Real-Time Hub and Agents in IQ, and leave plenty of time for partner questions and discussion. 🗓️ Americas & EMEA: Wednesday, September 16 | 8:00-9:00 AM PT 🗓️ APAC: Thursday, September 17 | 12:00-1:00 AM UTC Bring your questions, learn what's new, and hear directly from the team building these capabilities. Join us in the Fabric Partner Community: https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity🚀 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 Partner Success Team ✅ Fabric Certification Recognition opportunities ✅ Testimonial Video nominations ✅ Fabric + SQL in the Wild Partner Photo Scavenger Hunt ✅ Cvent Event App guidance and Partner Community information 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 #PartnerCommunity
