FabCon Europe / SQLCon Barcelona 2026 · September 28 – October 1, 2026
FabCon Barcelona 2026 | Data, Analytics & AI Briefing
A curated briefing for Farmers Insurance
Igor Dos Santos | Cloud and AI Solutions Engineer, Microsoft
- Presentation
- October 7, 2026
- Research cutoff
- Last verified
Executive overview
Announcements at the event center on one idea: AI experiences are only as useful as the governed data, shared business definitions and operational controls underneath them. Six themes recur across the sources.
Trusted context for Copilot and agents
Fabric IQ brings governed Power BI semantic models and business definitions into Microsoft Copilot, data agents and ontologies, so answers reuse measures the organization already certifies.
From reports to applications
Agentic app creation in Power BI Desktop and Fabric Apps aim to turn insight into workflows with write-back on governed data. Several parts are still preview or coming soon.
One copy, many engines
OneLake shortcuts, mirroring, table APIs and Iceberg-based federation target cross-platform access with less duplication, while OneLake security continues to enforce access.
Agents for builders and operators
A data engineering agent, Copilot in Real-Time Intelligence, operations agents and database agents extend AI to people who build and run the platform, with human oversight stated by Microsoft.
Governance that travels with the data
Policies, DLP restrict access, outbound access protection and Copilot controls extend administrative guardrails to new AI experiences.
Visibility and cost controls
Observability (workspace monitoring, refreshed Monitor hub), capacity overage, surge protection and upcoming on-demand billing address reliability and spend. Pricing is not stated in the sources.
How to read availability
Status is shown exactly as sources word it, cross-checked against Microsoft Learn on the research cutoff date. “Announced”, “coming soon” and “available now” are never treated as equivalent.
Priorities for Farmers Insurance
A curated shortlist from the full catalog. Each “Potential relevance for Farmers Insurance” statement is a suggested use case only. It is not a statement about Farmers’ environment, systems, projects or adoption, and no savings, ROI, performance or compliance outcome is claimed.
Suggested actions by status
Evaluate now = verified GA. Pilot = available preview. Watch = announced but not yet available, or status not specified.
Where the announcements may matter
Catalog items mapped to the seven areas of interest. Select an item to jump to it in the catalog.
Complete announcement catalog
Search and filter every cataloged announcement. Expand a card for technical details, prerequisites, discrepancies and supporting documentation.
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Sources and methodology
Research cutoff: . Last verified: . Only public information is used.
Method
Sources reviewed
Coverage by workload
Counts are computed from the dataset. A category with few items is not evidence that nothing else was announced.