Microsoft’s Real-Time Intelligence Platform Gets Its First Custom Workload
September 16, 2025 – The landscape for industrial analytics is changing rapidly with the release of Fusion Data Hub workload in Microsoft Fabric in public preview which is the first of its kind for the Real-Time Intelligence (RTI) platform. Fusion’s transition from Azure and its selection as the inaugural RTI workload in Fabric carries strategic significance not only for industrial enterprises but for the promise of AI-driven data environments at cloud scale.
Fusion Data Hub Moves to Microsoft Fabric
Fusion Data Hub, already a trusted platform in Azure, has helped many industrial customers unify fragmented Operational Technology (OT) data and unlock value across their operations. Engineers, analysts, and decision-makers have leveraged Fusion’s connectivity from historians, DCS and SCADA and IoT sensors to cloud assets to drive use cases within Azure. Now, with seamless integration into Microsoft Fabric, Fusion extends these strengths into a single, modern environment that brings together analytics, real-time intelligence, powered insights for faster, more impactful decisions.
With Fusion Data Hub now launched as the first custom workload on Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric, we’re transforming how customers experience their industrial data. Real-time intelligence is finally at your fingertips, enabling instant insights and actions from operational data streams that were traditionally out of reach.
Why Fusion Data Hub in Microsoft Fabric?
Unified Access and Centralized Data
Fusion in Fabric brings together a diverse array of data sources natively. That means time-series data from leading historians (AVEVA PI, AspenTech IP.21) and data feeds from OPC-UA and IoT systems are now available directly within Microsoft Fabric’s unified workspace. All of this is managed and governed within OneLake ensuring security, compliance, and frictionless collaboration for every department.
John Burr, Managing Director at Fusion Data Hub, contextualizes this impact: “Partnering with Microsoft Fabric lets us combine deep domain knowledge with advanced cloud capabilities. By natively integrating time-series data, organizations uncover insights faster than ever before and increase strategic value across every level.”
High-Performance Data Processing and Real-Time Analytics
With Fabric’s distributed architecture, Fusion accelerates the ingestion and querying of high-frequency time-series data. Tasks like anomaly detection, smart alerting, and predictive analytics become cloud-native, scalable, and customizable for even the largest companies.
AI-Powered SaaS Productivity
Since Fusion operates inside Fabric’s SaaS ecosystem, customers work with familiar tools like Power BI, Data Factory, Synapse, and new real-time services without leaving the platform. With Copilot AI embedded throughout, teams can generate insights, models, and visualizations through natural language, making analytics accessible through all levels of an enterprise.
Seamless, Rapid Deployments
One of the most notable advances with this release is just how quickly Fusion Data Hub can now be deployed and updated for customers. “Fabric’s modern architecture allows us to deploy new Fusion features and improvements with unprecedented speed, cutting down customer deployment times. That means our customers are now able to access the latest capabilities, security enhancements, and connector updates almost immediately” shares Isaac Vanderpuye, Head of Development for Fusion Data Hub.
The Power of Partnership: A Joint Innovation Roadmap
Fusion Data Hub’s tight collaboration with Microsoft ensures the product strategy is deeply aligned with real customer needs and future technology trends. As Fabric evolves, with new AI agents, enhanced industry connectors, and user experience improvements, Fusion customers are positioned to benefit immediately from Fabric’s advancement. Industrial customers have challenged us to deliver real-time insights without compromise across latency, security, and user experience. Fusion Data Hub on Fabric answers this call, bringing together trusted analytics and cutting-edge AI to empower operational teams to make faster and more accurate decisions.
Experience Fusion at Fabcon
Fabcon attendees in Vienna, Austria are invited to see Fusion Data Hub in Fabric live. Microsoft and Fusion Data Hub teams are on site at the Real-time Intelligence booth to discuss any of your questions.
Ready to Get Started?
The Fusion Data Hub Fabric workload public preview is available today. Contact us here to learn more.
