Microsoft Fabric is Microsoft's unified data and analytics platform. It brings together data storage, data engineering, analytics, Power BI, Data Science, Real-Time Intelligence, and AI features in one environment. Microsoft positions Fabric as a data foundation for AI transformation.
What It Includes
Fabric is for teams that need to unify data, reduce movement between systems, and get to reports, predictions, and answers faster. It includes OneLake, Data Factory, Data Warehouse, Power BI, Data Science, Copilot in Fabric, and Fabric IQ.
- unified data layer through OneLake
- ETL, data engineering, and warehousing
- Power BI and business intelligence
- Data Science and AI functions for data work
- Fabric IQ and data agents for enterprise context
Where It Fits Microsoft AI
For Microsoft IQ, Fabric provides business semantics and data. For Microsoft Foundry and agents, it provides context. In Microsoft AI, it is the data and analytics layer.