Rebecca Lewis shares some thoughts:
Now let’s look at an actual transactional database running inside Fabric.
SQL database in Microsoft Fabric became generally available at Ignite in November 2025. This isn’t a data warehouse. It’s not a lakehouse with a SQL endpoint. It’s a real OLTP database — based on the same engine as Azure SQL Database — designed for operational workloads, running as a fully managed SaaS service inside your Fabric capacity.
Read on for some thoughts around capabilities and current limitations.