Agentic Fabric: How MCP is turning your data platform into an AI-native operating system
Something fundamental is changing in how developers interact with data platforms. Not a feature update, not a UI refresh, but a shift in the interface itself.
March 18, 2026 by Katie Murray 161,841 Views
Welcome to the Fabric March 2026 Feature Summary—and welcome to FabCon! As we kick off FabCon, this update captures the momentum we’re seeing across the Fabric platform and the conversations happening with customers and partners right now. March brings a wide range of enhancements across governance, data engineering, real-time intelligence, data science, extensibility, and AI—all …
Something fundamental is changing in how developers interact with data platforms. Not a feature update, not a UI refresh, but a shift in the interface itself.
In our previous post, Operationalizing Agentic Applications with Microsoft Fabric, we focused on a core challenge teams encounter once an agentic application moves beyond a proof of concept: operational reality. Specifically, how do you observe, govern, evaluate, and analyze what agents are doing once they interact with real users, data, and business processes at scale? …
Coordinating dbt runs with upstream ingestion and downstream consumption often requires complex solutions and different tools. You can now add a dbt job activity (Preview) directly to your Fabric pipelines. This lets you orchestrate dbt transformations alongside other pipeline activities, so you can build end-to-end data workflows without switching tools. Why this matters Run dbt …
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Eventstream in Fabric Real-Time Intelligence stream data from both inside and outside the Fabric platform. When your external sources sit behind firewalls or in private networks, choosing the right network security feature is essential. This post breaks down the available options in Eventstream and helps you determine which one fits your scenario. Understanding network traffic …
Have you ever tried to understand what’s stored in your Fabric items? Would you even know where to begin? I had 92,000 UK property transactions sitting in an open mirrored database. Rather than spending hours sorting through documentation, I just asked my AI agent: “Document what’s in the House Price Open Mirror in my UK …
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