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Microsoft Fabric Warehouses introduce "time travel" for data recovery

Microsoft Fabric Warehouses now offer a "time travel" feature, allowing users to query data as it existed at a specific past point in time. This capability is enabled by the underlying Delta storage architecture, which uses immutable Parquet files and a transaction log. When data is updated or deleted, new Parquet files are created, and the transaction log records these changes without immediately removing old files. This preserves historical data, enabling users to revert to previous states and query data from minutes, hours, or days ago without full database restores. AI

IMPACT Enhances data management and recovery capabilities within cloud analytics platforms.

RANK_REASON The item describes a new feature within an existing product, not a new product launch or frontier release.

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Microsoft Fabric Warehouses introduce "time travel" for data recovery

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