Fabric Community Update - February 2025
LIVE NOW! The first-ever Power BI DataViz World Championships!
Data enthusiasts from around the world are battling it out and flexing their Power BI skills like true data wizards! The top four winners will earn their spot in the Grand Finale at the MGM in Las Vegas —LIVE at the Fabric Community Conference!
Think you have what it takes? There are four chances for you to show off your skills, connect with an amazing community, and win epic prizes! Don’t miss out on this legendary event!
Limited-time 50% discount on Exam DP-700
Get ready to fast-track your career in data and AI by earning your Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate certification (Exam DP-700). There's no faster way to climb the ladder than with industry-recognized Microsoft certifications. Don't wait to claim your discount—this offer ends on March 31, 2025.
Register now for the Microsoft Fabric Conference 2025
After 2 consecutive sold-out events, FabCon returns bigger than ever to Las Vegas from March 31 to April 2, 2025. 215+ sessions, 4 keynotes, and 20 workshops to take you from Power BI to Fabric to AI and help you make the most of Copilot and SQL in Fabric. Plus, one-on-one time with Microsoft experts and community legends, a FREE pre-day for partners, the famous Power Hour, and of course, the first-ever Power BI DataViz World Championship. You don’t want to miss this!
Use MSCUST to get $150 off when you register.
Fabric announcements
- If you love stickers, then you will definitely want to join the Fabric Community Sticker Challenge!
- Celebrate our new and returning January FY24/25 Super Users.
- Check out the Fabric Update January 2025.
Popular blogs
Here are some community blogs from the past month, that are getting attention and that you might be interested in!
- NEW OFFER! Discount Certification Voucher - Fabric Data Engineer (Exam DP-700) by @FabricPam
- Data Engineering with Microsoft Fabric: Efficiently Loading Data into a Lakehouse by @Ilgar_Zarbali
- How to Use Apache Spark for Data Lakehouse Ingestion with Microsoft Fabric by @Sahir_Maharaj
- Getting On-Premises SQL Server Data to Microsoft Fabric by @Pragati11
- Real-Time Analysis of Microsoft Form Responses with Microsoft Fabric by @VahidDM
- Azure SQL, Copilot and SQL Server 2025! by @Reitset
- Navigating the (new) DP-600 exam: Part 2 - Prepare Data by @rsaprano
Blogs from the Fabric team
- Introducing ownership takeover for Fabric items
- Announcing Surge Protection (Preview)
- Efficient log management with Microsoft Fabric
- Define security on folders within a shortcut using OneLake data access roles
- Introducing Power BI Embedded with Direct Lake Mode (Preview)
Community Spotlight member
Each month a member of the Fabric community is chosen to be showcased for their exemplary community contributions. Community Spotlight members answer questions, provide solutions and share their expert knowledge. They are valued community members that go above and beyond to support the Fabric community.
Meet @pallavi_r, February Spotlight member.
- Super User
- Community Member since 2024
- 80+ Kudos
- 40+ Solutions authored
- 180+ Replies
People are finding solutions
These are the most popular questions about Fabric that got answered in the past month.
- Power BI: How to replace on column value with another column value from another table?
- Data Engineering: How many sessions could I run in F2 Capacity?
- Data Warehouse: Connection Sharepoint folders via Dataflow
- Data Science: Unable to import SMOTE
- Data Factory: Dynamic connection to sources in Fabric
- Real-Time Intelligence: How to Set Data Activator Trigger to Check Every 30 Minutes?
- Databases: SQL database in Fabric
- Fabric Platform: How is Fabric capacity good for Power BI performance?
Popular discussions
These are the trending discussions in the forums.
- Power BI: How to replace one column value with another column value from another table?
- Data Engineering: Executing MDX queries in a Fabric notebook (via pyadomd or sempy)
- Data Warehouse: Querying a table in Lakehouse from Warehouse returns 0 rows
- Data Science: Get notebook_id of running notebook in high concurrency
- Data Factory: Connection to the SQL EndPoint of the Dataverse shortcut ok but error when running the pipeline
- Real-Time Intelligence: Set Alert option not available in Power BI reports
- Databases: Azure SQL mirroring
- Fabric Platform: Access or Trigger Pipeline using Fabric Rest API and Token Generation
Trending Data Stories for Power BI
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