# Microsoft — FabCon and SQLCon 2026 in Barcelona: Building the data foundation for Microsoft Copilot and agents

- Company: Microsoft (microsoft.com)
- Announced: 2026-09-29T06:30:00+00:00
- Category: capability-change
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/fabcon-and-sqlcon-2026-in-barcelona-building-the-data-foundation-for-microsoft-copilot-and-agents/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/14952-fabcon-and-sqlcon-2026-in-barcelona-building-the-data-foundation-for-microsoft
- Subject: Azure AI

Microsoft announced that Fabric IQ, a shared intelligence layer, is now integrated into Microsoft Copilot, providing business context from Fabric data without additional AI token costs. The integration is generally available in Copilot Chat and Cowork, with Code integration coming soon. Additionally, Microsoft Power BI Desktop is gaining agentic app creation, allowing users to generate applications from semantic models using natural language.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/fabcon-and-sqlcon-2026-in-barcelona-building-the-data-foundation-for-microsoft-copilot-and-agents/:

> Microsoft Copilot customers can now tap into AI-powered insights from Fabric as part of their Copilot experience, without additional AI token costs. Fabric IQ in Copilot Chat and Cowork is generally available today, with integration into the new Code experience coming soon through the Frontier program.

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