generated: '2026-09-17'
method: searched
source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/whats-new
docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/whats-new
archive: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/whats-new-archive
also: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/
scheme:
  style: dated monthly release notes
  granularity: month
  covers:
  - latest releases
  - known issues
  - bug fixes
  - deprecated functionality
  - plans for changes
  note: >-
    Product release notes, not API release notes. The control-plane contract has held at
    api-version 2018-06-01 throughout every entry below; these are connector, data-flow,
    runtime and migration changes, not changes to the REST surface.
current_api_version: '2018-06-01'
page_last_updated: '2026-07-20'
entries:
- date: '2026-03'
  category: Migration
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Upgrading your Azure Data Factory pipelines to Fabric.
  - Upgrading your Azure Synapse Analytics pipelines to Fabric.
- date: '2026-01'
  category: Migration
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Assessing your Azure Data Factory and Synapse pipelines for migration to Fabric.
- date: '2025-12'
  category: Data movement
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - HDInsight Hive activity now supports Managed Identity authentication to ADLS Gen2 storage
    accounts for Bring Your Own Compute.
- date: '2025-10'
  category: Data movement
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - HDInsight Hive activity now supports Managed Identity authentication to ADLS Gen2 storage
    accounts for Bring Your Own Compute.
- date: '2025-08'
  category: Data flow
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Mapping Data Flows updated to Spark 3.4.
- date: '2025-06'
  category: Data movement
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Connector Upgrade Advisor now supports additional connectors.
- date: '2025-05'
  category: Migration
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Mounting your Azure Data Factory in Fabric is now generally available.
- date: '2024-08'
  category: Data movement
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - HDInsight On-demand Spark activity now supports Managed Identity authentication.
summary:
  entries_recorded: 8
  window: 2024-08 to 2026-03
  breaking_changes_in_window: 0
  dominant_theme: migration to Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric