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FabCon 2026 Recap

Power Mates at FabCon Atlanta

March 16–20, 2026 · Georgia World Congress Center · Co-located with SQLCon for the first time

Session 1 ✓

Building Next-Gen Apps with Power Platform and SQL Server 2025

Demonstrated how Power Apps, Dataverse, and Fabric work together for real-time enterprise applications. Covered Code Apps (now GA), Copilot in model-driven apps, and the Power Apps MCP Server.

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The Instant Insights Pipeline: OneLake Shortcuts + Dataverse + Power Apps

Live demo of a zero-ETL pipeline using OneLake shortcuts to stream Dataverse data into Fabric — with a Power Apps front-end for instant business insights.

Key Announcements

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AI Agents Go Native

Fabric Data Agents hit GA. Fabric Remote MCP lets AI agents perform authenticated actions in Fabric. The agent era for data platforms is here.

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OneLake Becomes the Hub

Databricks Unity Catalog reads OneLake natively (preview). Snowflake interop is GA. OneLake security with row + column level controls goes GA in weeks.

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35M+ Power BI Users

Microsoft confirmed 35+ million active Power BI users and 31,000+ Fabric customers. Fabric is the fastest-growing data platform in Microsoft's history.

Runtime 2.0 & Spark 4

Next-gen compute: Apache Spark 4.x, Delta Lake 4.x, custom live pools, resource profiles, and Z-Order support — all GA. Materialized lake views also GA.

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Git & DevOps Overhaul

Branched workspaces, selective branching, code comparison, and Fabric CLI v1.5 for CI/CD. Deploy a workspace in a single terminal command.

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Mirroring Everywhere

Oracle and SAP mirroring hit GA. SharePoint lists, MySQL, and Dremio in preview. 1,000+ table support. Change Data Feed and Snowflake view support added.

Full Fabric March 2026 Summary →

Platform Latest News

Microsoft Fabric
March 18, 2026

Fabric March 2026 Feature Summary — FabCon Edition

The biggest Fabric update yet — 100+ features launched at FabCon Atlanta. Data Agents GA, Runtime 2.0, OneLake security, and the Fabric MCP for AI agents.

  • Fabric Data Agents — Generally Available
  • OneLake Catalog + Workspace Tags for Governance
  • Fabric Remote MCP — AI Agents Act in Fabric
  • Runtime 2.0 with Spark 4.x (Preview)
  • Direct Lake on OneLake — GA
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FabCon 2026
March 17, 2026

FabCon & SQLCon 2026: Databases + Fabric on One Platform

For the first time, FabCon co-located with SQLCon. Microsoft announced Database Hub, 35% savings plans for databases, and migration assistants for ADF, Synapse, and Azure SQL.

  • Database Hub — Unified Management
  • Databricks Unity Catalog ↔ OneLake (Preview)
  • Snowflake Interoperability — GA
  • 31,000+ Fabric Customers Confirmed
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Power Platform
February 28, 2026

Power Platform February 2026 Feature Update

Code Apps hit GA, Copilot lands inside model-driven apps, and the Power Apps MCP Server enters public preview — a massive month for makers.

  • Code Apps — Now Generally Available
  • M365 Copilot Chat in Model-Driven Apps
  • Power Apps MCP Server — Public Preview
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