Start validating today: The ODBC to ADBC driver transition in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric (Generally Available)

GASep 1, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Power BI and Microsoft Fabric are transitioning supported data source connections from legacy embedded ODBC drivers to Apache Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC) drivers.

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https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Updates-Blog/Start-validating-today-The-ODBC-to-ADBC-driver-transition-in/ba-p/5362917

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