Microsoft Fabric continues to move towards a more connected, automated and action-oriented ecosystem. The new orchestration in Microsoft Fabric, based on Events, Alerts and Agents positions the platform as a key solution not only for data analytics, but also for near real-time intelligent response and proactive flow building.
In this second part of our analysis of what’s new in Fabric, we explore three features that reinforce the vision of an action- and context-driven platform.
Fabric Events: event-driven architectures from the heart of your data
With Fabric Events, currently in Public Preview, Microsoft introduces an event-driven approach to data management. This functionality allows you to integrate Fabric with other services through Azure Event Grid, triggering automated flows based on near rear-time events.
What can you do with Fabric Events?
- Trigger flows in Power Automate or Logic Apps after the completion of a pipeline.
- React to the creation of new files in a Lakehouse to initiate transformations or loads.
- Integrate Fabric into event-driven distributed architectures (EDA).
This functionality turns Fabric into an automation hub, capable of reacting to changes and generating more dynamic and interconnected flows. It is important to note that not all Fabric artifacts generate events yet, which may limit its current scope.
Alerts: proactive monitoring and automated notifications
Alerts in Microsoft Fabric allow you to set specific conditions on visualizations or KPIs and receive automatic notifications when certain thresholds are exceeded. This capability is essential to ensure control over key business data in near real-time.
Key benefits:
- Early detection of deviations or anomalous behavior.
- Automation of responses to critical conditions (e.g., triggering a flow in Power Automate).
- Improved observability and responsiveness of teams.
Thanks to their integration with Microsoft Teams and other tools, alerts strengthen continuous monitoring. Currently these capabilities are mainly managed through Power BI Metrics or Data Activator.
Agents: intelligent automation with integrated AI
One of the most disruptive innovations in Fabric is the introduction of AI Agents, which allow building automated flows in a conversational way, using the power of Copilot and RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) capabilities.
What can they do?
- Automate complex queries on large volumes of data.
- Chain actions (query → analysis → visualization) through conversational prompts.
- Build intelligent flows without the need for code, integrating data, logic and visualization in a single step.
This functionality represents a breakthrough towards the democratization of artificial intelligence applied to data, making it possible for non-technical users to generate sophisticated processes using natural language.
Conclusion: Fabric evolves into a proactive and intelligent platform.
The combination of near real-time events, automated alerts and AI-enabled agents positions Microsoft Fabric as an end-to-end platform that not only analyzes data, but acts on it.
These capabilities allow organizations to move towards a more predictive and automated model, although some of these functionalities are still in the Public Preview stage and need to be evaluated before moving them into production.
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