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Fabric Data Agents - residency
I tested and ontology could only be created with the 2 tenant settings for processing and storing outside of our region being enabled. Assuming the same is true for data agents. I would like an offic...
Hi ptmk25,
I had the exact same question about Fabric IQ and Data Agents last month, so I set up a call with Microsoft to get an official answer.
This is the answer they gave me in writing after the call:Following up on our call this morning: cross‑region data movement happens only when you enable the cross‑region feature required for Copilot or Data Agent, specifically when the OpenAI model is not available in your target region (which is currently the case in Canada). In those situations, the referred data are only prompts, conversation history, and metadata (schema information) that are sent across regions. Your stored data in tables, databases, or OneLake never moves across regions unless a user explicitly includes that data in a prompt. Any data included in a prompt is explicitly & intentionally provided by the user and is not pulled automatically by the AI agent from your table, database, or OneLake. Refer to documentation or screenshot below.Data storage follows the same rules as data processing. The documentation we reviewed during the call covers only conversation history, not the data in your tables, databases, or OneLake. Conversation history is the portion sent across regions so that AI agents can maintain context to be able to provide accurate & contextual responses. As mentioned above, if a user explicitly provides data in a prompt, then the data will be included in the conversation history as well. Users can delete this history at any time by clearing the chat, otherwise it is automatically removed after 28 days.
tayloramy
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Super UserHi ptmk25,
I had the exact same question about Fabric IQ and Data Agents last month, so I set up a call with Microsoft to get an official answer.
This is the answer they gave me in writing after the call:
Following up on our call this morning: cross‑region data movement happens only when you enable the cross‑region feature required for Copilot or Data Agent, specifically when the OpenAI model is not available in your target region (which is currently the case in Canada). In those situations, the referred data are only prompts, conversation history, and metadata (schema information) that are sent across regions. Your stored data in tables, databases, or OneLake never moves across regions unless a user explicitly includes that data in a prompt. Any data included in a prompt is explicitly & intentionally provided by the user and is not pulled automatically by the AI agent from your table, database, or OneLake. Refer to documentation or screenshot below.
Data storage follows the same rules as data processing. The documentation we reviewed during the call covers only conversation history, not the data in your tables, databases, or OneLake. Conversation history is the portion sent across regions so that AI agents can maintain context to be able to provide accurate & contextual responses. As mentioned above, if a user explicitly provides data in a prompt, then the data will be included in the conversation history as well. Users can delete this history at any time by clearing the chat, otherwise it is automatically removed after 28 days.