Amir Netz presents key updates for Microsoft Fabric at Ignite 2025. The session showcases new enterprise data platform features for AI, analytics, security, and operational management.

Microsoft Fabric: The Data Platform for the Next AI Frontier

Presented by Amir Netz, Technical Fellow and CTO of Microsoft Fabric at Microsoft Ignite 2025.

Session Overview

As AI adoption accelerates, organizations must transform their data platforms to provide a unified foundation for AI success. Amir Netz shares major updates and developments for Microsoft Fabric, focusing on building enterprise-ready solutions for data and analytics.

Key Highlights

1. New Data Services

  • SQL and NoSQL SaaS Databases: Announced for Microsoft Fabric, enabling cloud-based data management tailored for enterprise scale and flexibility.
  • Cosmos DB Integration: Alert functions now integrate into development environments with Cosmos DB, supporting operational and event-driven use cases.

2. Data Warehousing and Migration

  • Synapse vs. Fabric Data Warehouses: Comparison of migration strategies and feature advancements to help organizations transition and maximize performance.

3. Advanced Data Modeling

  • Fabric Graph Modeling: Introduced to enable robust knowledge and relationship modeling, streamlining complex data scenarios.
  • Fabric Graph for Microsoft Sentinel: Powers advanced threat detection and monitoring, connecting data platform insights with security operations.

4. Platform Operations and Management

  • Capacity Overage Billing and Surge Protection: Workspace-level controls to manage billing and usage spikes.
  • Extended OneLake Access: Open APIs and formats allow integration with multiple Microsoft and third-party tools, enhancing flexibility in data access and analytics.
  • Fabric IQ and Semantic Modeling: Launch of Fabric IQ introduces semantic models into operational data models and supports ontology-driven data analysis.

Chapters

  • 0:00 – Introduction and session overview
  • 08:35 – SQL/NoSQL SaaS databases announcement
  • 12:10 – Cosmos DB alert functions in dev environments
  • 15:41 – Synapse/Fabric data warehouse migrations
  • 17:25 – Fabric Graph modeling introduction
  • 23:00 – Fabric Graph powers Microsoft Sentinel for threat detection
  • 25:06 – Capacity management enhancements
  • 36:50 – OneLake open APIs and formats
  • 41:17 – Launch of Fabric IQ and semantic modeling

Resources

Speaker

  • Amir Netz, Technical Fellow and CTO of Microsoft Fabric