Fabric Year in Review 2026 - Highlights & Outlook
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Data & AI for Intelligent Cloud Hamburg
🎯 The Problem: You've watched 52 Fabric Friday episodes. Attended 11 meetups. Read countless blog posts. But what was actually WORTH IT this year? What should you focus on in 2027?
💡 This Evening: We'll look at the December topics (Digital Twins, UDFs, Fabric IQ), review the biggest announcements of 2026, and preview what's coming next. Plus: Community highlights and celebration!
⏱️ Save yourself: The fear of missing out. We'll condense a year of Fabric evolution into 90 minutes of "what actually matters."
What you'll learn:
🏗️ Digital Twin Builder \- Industrial IoT modeling in Fabric\, and WHY digital twins need a data platform \(sensors \+ analytics \+ visualization\)
⚡ User Data Functions \- Custom code as reusable functions\, and WHY UDFs enable code reuse at scale \(write once\, use everywhere\)
🧠 Fabric IQ \- AI\-powered optimization recommendations\, and WHY Fabric IQ makes everyone an expert \(automatic tuning suggestions\)
📊 Year in Review \- Top 10 features of 2026\, most\-watched Fabric Friday episodes\, community highlights
2026 Highlights (Predicted):
Q1: SQL Database GA, Enhanced Mirroring
Q2: Data Activator improvements, New AI Functions
Q3: Graph GA, Improved Direct Lake
Q4: Enhanced Git, New Purview integration
Who should attend: Everyone who followed Fabric in 2026, Teams planning 2027 Fabric adoption, Anyone curious about what's next
Agenda:
18:30 \- Welcome & Networking
18:45 \- December Topics: Twins\, UDFs\, IQ
19:10 \- Top 10 Features of 2026
19:30 \- Community Highlights
19:45 \- Outlook 2027
19:55 \- Q&A\, Celebration & Thanks
20:00 \- Holiday Networking