Episode 283 – Microsoft Fabric August 2024 Feature Summary

This is episode 283 recorded on September 4th, 2024 where John & Jason talk the Microsoft Fabric August 2024 Feature Summary.

• Copilot and AI
  • Ask Copilot questions against your semantic model (preview)
• Reporting
  • Visual level format strings (preview)
  • Dynamic per recipient subscriptions (Generally Available)
  • Deliver subscriptions to OneDrive and SharePoint (Generally Available)
  • Updated Save and Upload to OneDrive Flow in Power BI
  • Data limit
  • Visuals, shapes and line enhancements
• Modeling
  • DAX query view in the web
• Embedded Analytics
  • Narrative visual with Copilot available in SaaS embed
• Power BI Other Topics
  • Paginated Reports: Sharing of reports connecting to Get Data data sources made easy
• Fabric Core
  • Workspace filter improvement to support nested folders
• OneLake
  • OneLake data access role improvements
• Synapse
  • Data Warehouse
    • Managing V-Order behavior of Fabric Warehouses
    • Delta Lake Log Publishing Pause and Resume
    • Alter Table add Nullable Column
    • Truncate Table
    • Mirroring Azure SQL Database
    • Mirroring integration with modern get data experience
  • Data Engineering
    • Announcing MsSparkUtils upgrade to NotebookUtils
    • Import Notebook UX improvement
    • Fabric Runtime Lifecycle
  • Data Science
    • Semantic Link Labs is now live!
    • Apply MLFlow tags on ML experiment runs and model versions
    • Track related ML Experiment runs in your Spark Application
    • Monitor ML Experiments from the Monitor Hub
    • Use PREDICT with Fabric AutoML models
    • The AI skill is now in public preview
  • Real-Time Intelligence
    • Fabric Real-Time Hub Teaching Bubble
    • KQL Queryset REST API support
• Data Factory
  • Dataflow Gen2
    • Certified connector updates
  • Data pipeline
    • New connectors
    • Data Warehouse Connector Supports TLS 1.3
    • Easily Connect to your Azure Resources by Modern Get Data Experience in Data pipeline