SQL 2025, SSMS 22 and Fabric. And they mirrored happily ever after?

Regular 50 minute session for SQLBits 2026Thursday - 23 Apr 2026 - 15:10 - 16:00 Room 2A

TL; DR

SQL Server 2025 and Fabric offer the option to directly mirror your data from the database into Microsoft Fabric. This offloads the analytics from your on-premises environment to the cloud. Let me show you how this works, what caveats there are and how to setup security.

Session Details

You know you have your data in your database. You know how to query it. But you can't let everyone in on your production database and run their queries. Yet everyone wants to create reports or dig into the data to gain insights.

SQL Server 2025 and Fabric offer the option to mirror your database data directly into Microsoft Fabric. This offloads the analytics from your on-premises environment to the cloud.

Let me show you how this works, what caveats there are and how to set up security.
Because you don't want anyone snooping around, now do you?

After the session, you'll have a better idea of how this integration works and if this is a good fit for your situation.

3 things you'll get out of this session

- Setup SQL 2025 for mirroring
- use SSMS 22 to help in the setup
- Learn how Fabric processes mirrored data