Releasesby GlyphBringing Rust-native Spark compatibility to Microsoft OneLake with Sail and LakeSail
Sail, a Rust-native distributed compute framework, and LakeSail Cloud now connect to Microsoft OneLake. This integration allows teams to run Spark and Python workloads on Fabric using Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg formats without data copies or extra connectors.
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Monte Carlo's Terraform provider is now on the OpenTofu registry
Monte Carlo has published its Terraform provider and agent modules to the OpenTofu registry, enabling users to manage Monte Carlo infrastructure as code using OpenTofu.
REST API v2 (Public preview): onboard Monte Carlo from your AI tool, Terraform or a script
Monte Carlo's REST API v2 is now in public preview, enabling automated onboarding and deployment of collection agents via scripts, Terraform, or AI tools.
Gemini-powered Explore summaries in Looker are generally available
The ability to generate summaries of Looker Explores using Gemini assistance is now generally available.
Dashboard relationships are now generally available
Dashboard relationships, which enable multi-fact data models in AI/BI dashboards, are now generally available.
Looker bullet chart visualization is generally available
The bullet chart visualization type is now generally available in Looker, allowing users to evaluate metric performance against targets and thresholds.
Xero connector is available in Beta
The managed Xero connector is now available in beta for Databricks Lakeflow Connect, supporting incremental ingestion of accounting data.
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Strengthening data security with workspace-level private connectivity for custom endpoints for Eventstream (Preview)
Eventstream now supports workspace-level private links for custom endpoint sources in preview, allowing secure ingestion from restricted networks.
Using Allow workspace settings editing policy in Fabric (Preview)
The Allow workspace settings editing policy is now in preview, allowing administrators to delegate workspace management while restricting changes to sensitive settings.
Manage once, reuse everywhere: Introducing variable library support for Eventstream (Preview)
Variable library integration for Eventstream is now in preview, allowing teams to reuse eventstream definitions across environments with environment-specific configurations.
Access versioned lakeFS data from Microsoft Fabric with Microsoft OneLake shortcuts
Microsoft Fabric now supports accessing versioned data from lakeFS using S3-compatible shortcuts, enabling access to live branches or immutable commits.
Govern your Microsoft Fabric data estate from one place with the OneLake catalog and Govern Skills (Generally Available)
Microsoft Fabric has released the Govern experience in the OneLake catalog and Govern Skills. These tools provide centralized governance for data estates and allow AI agents to assist with auditing, investigation, and remediation of governance issues.
More ways to use scalar UDFs in Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse (Preview)
Microsoft Fabric updated scalar user-defined functions (UDFs) in the Data Warehouse, adding support for procedural logic like loops and conditional branches. These functions can now be inlined for better performance across analytical workloads.
Build clearer, more expressive Real-Time Dashboards with new design and KPI capabilities (Generally Available)
New design and KPI features for Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Dashboards are now generally available. These include Design Tiles for layout structure, multi-KPI grouping, and enhanced KPI styling to improve dashboard readability and reduce authoring effort.
On-premises data gateway October 2026 release
The October 2026 release of the on-premises data gateway (version 3000.338) introduces accessibility improvements for the installer and configurator, including better keyboard navigation and screen-reader support. It also includes compatibility updates for Power BI Desktop and fixes to service-start diagnostics.