World of Azure Cloud

Unlocking Azure Databricks Tables in Microsoft Fabric with OneLake

Rene Fürstenberg — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:28:21 +0000

Introduction

In my latest article, I show how you can store Azure Databricks tables directly in Microsoft OneLake. I cover the required configuration steps in both Databricks and Microsoft Fabric and guide you through the entire setup process. You’ll also learn how to expose those tables through a Lakehouse, making them easy to access and reuse for analytics, reporting, and other data projects. I also show how data can be written from Microsoft Fabric to Azure Databricks and from Azure Databricks back to Microsoft Fabric.

Important this feature is still in preview (2026/09/04)!

What are the Requirements?

Azure Databrick Workspace (You can use the Trial Premium – 14-Days Free DBUs pricing tier for a Demo
Microsoft Fabric Workspace with F, P or TRIAL Capacity assgined
Databricks Workspace must be enabled for Unity Catalog
Fabric Administrator muss enable Users can create Azure Databricks Storage items in Tenant Settins
Target Workspace must have Authenticate with OneLake user-delegated SAS tokens enabled in Workspace settings. You find this in Delegated settings and OneLake settings
CREATE STORAGE CREDENTIAL privilige on the Unity Catalog metastore and CREATE EXTERNAL LOCATION privilige on both the metastore and the storage credential.

New YouTube Video: Azure Databricks & Microsoft Fabric – Mirroring, Semantic Models and Power BI

Rene Fürstenberg — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:21:03 +0000

In my latest YouTube video, I take a closer look at how Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric can work together in a modern analytics environment. I walk through the process of setting up Azure Databricks Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric, allowing Databricks tables to be automatically replicated and used within Fabric.
From there, we create a Semantic Model and build a Power BI report on top of the mirrored data. The video covers the complete journey—from preparing data in Azure Databricks to creating meaningful reports and visualizations in Power BI.
If you’re interested in combining Databricks and Fabric in a practical, real-world scenario, this video will give you a hands-on overview of the entire process.

You can watch the video on YouTube or directly below.

Fabric Jumpstart: Deploying and Extending the Fabric Platform Monitoring – Capacity Events Real-Time Intelligence Solution

Rene Fürstenberg — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:35:53 +0000

Introduction

In this article, I write about Fabric Jumpstart, a website where you can find demos and tutorials to get started with Fabric. However, you can also find solutions there that are perfectly suitable for use in production environments. In this article, I will show you how to use Fabric Jumpstart and deploy solutions in a workspace.

In my example, I will deploy a Real-Time Intelligence workload, focusing on Capacity Events. We can use this solution to monitor the utilization of one or more capacities. This is extremely helpful. We can also extend the solution to receive notifications using Fabric Activator. I will describe this in more detail later in the article.

The solution does the following:
Monitor your Fabric capacity usage in real time using Capacity Events. Telemetry data is streamed into an Eventhouse via Eventstream and analyzed through live KQL dashboards. This helps you identify usage trends early and manage your resources proactively.