We are excited to announce the release of Fabric 8.5.0. The release highlights are:

• Studio AI embedded, extensible AI assistant builds, deploys, tests, and troubleshoots Fabric artifacts end-to-end powered by specialized skills, K2View's AskMe knowledge base, and configurable LLM providers. It is enabled via the Studio AI Core Artifacts extension.
• Catalog has several major enhancements, such as:
  • Large Catalog Navigation: The datasets of large schemas are now displayed in a filterable list view instead of the tree view, reducing rendering time and preventing browser slowdowns.
  • OpenAPI interfaces (V3.0 & 3.1) are now supported using a new OpenApiToMetadata actor in the File Cataloging flows.
  • Creation of logical relations is now enhanced by: a Reference by Name Comparison plugin new rule that scores field name similarity, and a new Reference by LLM plugin that analyzes dataset pairs with an LLM to identify possible FK references. Both rules can create the relations even for datasets with no PK.
• Affinity Management: Fabric now supports centralized management of node affinities across the cluster defined via the Admin UI or the new set_global affinity_rules command, with a dedicated Affinity Management Job distributing and maintaining the settings on all nodes.
• API Key-based authentication is strengthened with three explicit key types — a new high-entropy Access key (now the default), the existing Legacy name-as-key option, and a new Signing JWT type where the client signs its own short-lived JWT using a Fabric-issued signing key.
• Authenticate API Mechanism: The /authenticate endpoint now distinguishes end-user logins, which continue to receive a secure-cookie JWT, from server-to-server API calls, which explicitly request the JWT in the response body — with audit logs attributing each login to the resolved user or API Key.

Refer to the Release Notes for the full list of features and fixes.

We’re excited to announce the launch of K2view TDM 10, a major evolution in test data management that transforms how organizations create, govern, and execute data provisioning tasks.

Traditionally, creating a task required understanding exactly what data was needed, where it should come from, and how it should be safely delivered. TDM 10 simplifies this process. Expert users who create and manage tasks can now define reusable, governed task templates more efficiently by configuring default values, execution logic, permissions, and governance rules in a structured and streamlined way.

TDM 10 introduces a new task execution experience built around these templates. Users can override selected execution parameters at runtime without affecting the task definition, allowing developers, testers, and security teams to provision data for a wide range of test scenarios. A new role-based execution hubdisplays only the tasks each user is authorized to execute, streamlining self-service data provisioning.

To get the full list of features and fixes, refer to the Release Notes and TDM Upgrade Procedure to 10.0.

We are excited to announce the release of Fabric 8.4.0, which introduces significant enhancements to Fabric, Catalog and Web Studio, highlighted by the built-in support for MCP (Model Context Protocol). The release highlights are:

• MCP Server Support: Fabric now automatically exposes each Logical Unit (LU) and Data Product as an MCP server, providing built-in resources and tools for AI integration.
• The Catalog enhancements include among others the following new features:
  • Advanced Catalog Management: Reverting the Catalog to previous versions and deleting specific data platforms to clean up metadata.
  • Granular Artifact Building: Ability to build artifacts for a single data platform or the entire Catalog, featuring a real-time progress bar with estimated completion time.
  • Improved Discovery Monitoring: Redesigned discovery monitor, with vertical step details and automated expansion of error and warning sections for better visibility.
• NoSQL Query Builder for NoSQL interfaces is now included in the Web Studio, allowing for seamless querying of non-relational data sources.
• Akeyless Secrets Management: Security has been expanded to include support for Akeyless Secrets Management.
• Fabric now supports parallel processing for Entity transfers to and from Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure, which significantly reduces the large entities’ transfer times.
• High-Performance PostgreSQL Loading: A new Broadway actor, PgCopy, enables high-speed bulk data inserts into PostgreSQL databases using the native COPY command.