Microsoft Developer presents an in-depth 2025 roundup on Microsoft Fabric Data Warehousing innovations. Discover insights on clustering, security, migration, and administration enhancements from leading experts.

Major Innovations in Microsoft Fabric Data Warehousing: 2025 Overview

Introduction

Microsoft Developer's Data Exposed series dives into the 2025 updates for Microsoft Fabric Data Warehousing, focusing on new features, migration tools, and improved security. This session guides technical audiences through recent capabilities and their practical applications in data and analytics engineering.

Key Updates & Features

1. Data Clustering

• Improved performance and scalability for large-scale data workloads
• Introduction of new partitioning and clustering options to optimize storage and query execution

2. IDENTITY Columns

• Support for auto-increment columns simplifies ETL and data ingestion workflows
• Enables streamlined data integration from diverse sources

3. MERGE Command

• Expanded SQL capabilities with the MERGE statement for upserts and complex transformation scenarios
• Simplifies change data capture (CDC) and incremental data operations

4. Migration Assistant

• Offers tools for seamless transition from legacy data warehouse platforms to Microsoft Fabric
• Automated schema conversion and workload assessment features

5. Security Features

• Enhanced governance with improved access controls and auditing
• Security-by-default implementations, including data encryption enhancements
• New administration capabilities for compliance and monitoring

Administration, Governance, and Resources

• For a strategic overview, visit the Fabric Roadmap, Administration, Governance and Security
• Best practices for using Microsoft's developer tools, migration guidance, and governance strategies are discussed

Further Learning

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