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Discover Microsoft Fabric

Prepare for the era of AI by bringing all of your teams and data together on an AI-powered data platform.

Unify your data across all your teams on a central AI-powered data platform.
Try everything Fabric has to offer by signing up for a free trial. 
FEATURES

Improve how your entire team uses data

  • Access your entire data estate from a single data lake and work from a central, AI-ready data source.
  • Give your teams the AI-powered tools they need for any data project—including workloads tailored to your industry.
  • Drive business impact using AI-enhanced insights and visuals embedded in Microsoft 365 apps.
  • Confidently deploy and manage Microsoft Fabric with built-in security, governance, and compliance.
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ANALYTICS SOLUTIONS

Prepare your data for AI transformation

Discover how analytics and AI accelerate your competitive edge by maximizing your data’s value.

Frequently asked questions

  • Microsoft Fabric is an end-to-end analytics solution with full-service capabilities including data movement, data lakes, data engineering, data integration, data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence—all backed by a shared platform providing robust data security, governance, and compliance.
  • Copilot in Fabric is now generally available—read the announcement blog to learn more.
  • Sign in to the Fabric app using your Power BI account, and then sign up for a free trial using the account manager tool in the app. After it’s activated, select the Power BI icon in the lower left to switch to another experience and get started. If the tool doesn’t show an option to start the trial, then your tenant admin has disabled access to Fabric or trials.
  • The Microsoft Fabric Blog has the latest news and updates, including announcements from recent events.
  • Yes. Azure Databricks supports the open Delta and Apache Parquet storage format that Microsoft Fabric is built on, enabling Azure Databricks to work with OneLake—the unified data lake within Fabric.

    Learn more about connecting OneLake with Azure Databricks.
  • New customers can sign in to the  Fabric app and select Start trial within the account manager tool in the Fabric app—no credit card required.

    Existing Power BI customers can sign in to the  Fabric app with your Power BI account information, and then start your free trial using the account manager tool in the app. If the account manager tool doesn’t show an option to start the trial, then your tenant administrator has disabled access to either Fabric or trials. You may still purchase Fabric through the Azure portal using the link in the account manager tool.
  • Microsoft Fabric has an array of capacities that you can buy. Learn more about the differences between the Microsoft Fabric capacities, and how to buy an Azure SKU for your organization.
  • Existing Microsoft products, such as Azure Data Factory, will continue to provide a robust, enterprise-grade platform as a service (PaaS) solution for data analytics. Fabric represents an evolution in the form of a simplified software as a service (SaaS) solution that can connect to existing PaaS offerings.
  • Read Fabric  release plan documentation.
  • Yes, Microsoft Fabric launched general availability in November 2023. Read the announcement blog to learn more.
  • Yes, Fabric supports Iceberg for specific activities and connectors.
    Learn more.
  • Yes, Fabric employs AI to improve users' experience with Copilot in Fabric. Fabric also connects to various AI services.
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Protect your Fabric estate

Seamlessly use Microsoft Purview with Fabric to protect and govern your data in OneLake and across your entire data estate.
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