Weekly Machine Learning Roundup: Fabric ODBC and Lakehouse Access
Microsoft releases its preview ODBC driver for Fabric Data Engineering, making it easier to connect enterprise analytics platforms and Spark SQL in Microsoft Fabric. This driver simplifies query capabilities and integrates with analytics and lakehouse solutions.
Microsoft ODBC Driver for Fabric Data Engineering Preview
The new driver supports Spark SQL in Fabric Data Engineering, allowing .NET and Python integration for managing and querying data via OneLake. The release is ODBC 3.x compliant and works with Fabric’s security and configuration options, including credentials, tokens, certificates, and CLI authentication. Features such as session reuse, async prefetch, and proxy support enhance automation and real-time analytics By connecting traditional tools and ML workflows, this driver supports lakehouse queries, remote ML scenarios, and analytics, and is shaped by feedback from early developer uses.