Microsoft Fabric Blog highlights new developer-focused multitasking features and UI improvements to the Fabric experience. The post discusses workflow optimizations designed for technical users managing analytics and data engineering projects.

Supercharge Your Workflow: New Multitasking Features Coming to Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Fabric is rolling out a slate of multitasking upgrades aimed at improving complex developer workflows. These enhancements create a modern, IDE-like environment for technical users working on analytics, data engineering, and development projects.

What’s New?

  • Horizontal Tabs for Open Items: Seamlessly switch between notebooks, pipelines, and reports. Tabs clearly display the item’s name, type, and which workspace it belongs to for easy orientation.
  • Multiple Active Workspaces: Work across several workspaces at once. Color coding and numeric labels help differentiate which items belong to which workspace, optimizing context switching and reducing confusion during multitasking.
  • Object Explorer: This new feature lets you browse and manage all open items across your workspaces from a single structured view. No need to move between pages—stay organized and efficient as you handle multiple tasks.
  • Raised Item Limit: The previous cap of 10 open items has been lifted, granting greater flexibility for developers and data engineers working on large, multi-resource projects.

Fabric UI Enhancements

Addressing Developer Needs

These improvements respond directly to community feedback and usability research. Commonly reported pain points included:

  • Difficulty distinguishing between items and workspaces
  • Excessive clicks to switch context, causing workflow interruptions
  • The 10-item limit restricting multitasking capacity
  • A user experience that was less intuitive than modern IDEs

With these updates, Fabric aims to better align its design philosophy with what developers expect from advanced technical platforms.

Note: These changes only apply to Microsoft Fabric and do not affect Power BI.

Get Involved

Try the new features as they appear and share your feedback at Ideas. Your input helps shape future updates to the Fabric developer experience.

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