Microsoft rewires AI’s context layer for business
Microsoft just rewired its entire data platform around agent context. Here's what changes for Fabric customers.
Why it matters
Microsoft is repositioning Fabric from a data integration tool into an AI-agent context layer, making business semantics and data governance native to Copilot and agent workflows. Fabric IQ (now GA) connects data, metrics, and ontologies; Power BI Desktop now generates agents directly; OneLake becomes an open data network. The shift is architectural: agents need not just data access but shared business meaning to operate reliably in production.
The key facts
15 to knowFabric: 40,000 customers, 2.6M active users
Fabric IQ now GA in Copilot Chat and Cowork, no additional token costs
Power BI Desktop agent creation from semantic models now available
OneLake evolving to open data network for multi-cloud connectivity
Fabric data engineering agent automates migrations, ETL, data preparation
Real-Time Intelligence Copilot for dashboard creation via natural language
Operations agent adds root cause analysis and incident recommendations
Database Hub centralizes control plane for SQL Server, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB
Database agents for SQL and PostgreSQL coming soon
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale adds DiskANN vector indexes for RAG/semantic search
SQL Server on Azure On-Premise GA with offline operations
On-demand billing and zero provisioning for Fabric and OneLake
Event: Microsoft Fabric + SQL European Community Conference, Barcelona, 5,000+ attendees from 71 countries
Ontology generation from semantic models, OneLake data, and context documents now available
TypeScript backend, Secret Store, PostgreSQL support, private access by default in Fabric applications
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Publisher excerpt: Microsoft used its Fabric + SQL European Community Conference in Barcelona today to unveil a new vision for its customers’ agentic future. Before a crowd of more than 5,000 people from 71 countries at the Barcelona International Convention Centre (CCIB), the company announced a comprehensive set of…