From Estate to Evidence with Fabric Database Hub | Data Exposed
Microsoft Developer walks through how Fabric Database Hub centralizes visibility and workflows across a mixed database estate (Azure SQL, SQL Server, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, and Fabric).
Overview
Database Hub in Microsoft Fabric is presented as a single experience for managing and understanding a database estate that would otherwise be spread across multiple tools and portals.
Key themes covered in the session:
- Discovery across the estate: bringing multiple database types into one place so teams can find and organize what they have.
- Estate-level observability: improving visibility across databases (signals and status) at an estate scope rather than one database at a time.
- Security and governance: using the hub to support security and governance workflows across the estate.
- AI-assisted insights: using AI-driven insights to move from raw signals to clearer, prioritized actions.
Topics highlighted in the chapter list
- What Database Hub is and why it matters
- Whether Fabric is required to use it and whether it is free
- Demo walkthrough
- Using tags to create custom views
- Integration with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
- Tips and tricks
- Database Agents
- Using other tools (including GitHub Copilot and Claude Code)
- “Database Hub skill”
Resources mentioned
- Database Hub (Preview) - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn
- SQLCon/FabCon Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imLQIl3XiDg