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As the Fabric Extensibility ecosystem grows with partners publishing workloads and organizations building custom solutions, managing workloads at scale demands more than a single settings page. IT admins need centralized governance and a clear overview of what's being used across the organization, and workspace teams need self-service agility.
Today, we're announcing three major workload management capabilities for Microsoft Fabric Extensibility, all rolling out by the end of March 2026: Workload Admin Portal (Generally Available), Add Workload to Workspace (Generally Available), and Workload Management Admin APIs (Preview). Together, they deliver an extensive governance story from portal to API to workspace self-service.
Admin Portal: Centralized Admin Workload Overview (Generally Available)
The Fabric Admin Portal now includes a dedicated Manage Workloads tab, a single pane of glass for workload governance across your organization.
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Figure: The Manage workloads in my tenant view in the admin portal, displaying available workloads, publishers, and workload status.
- Centralized workload visibility: View all workloads available for assignment in your tenant in a single centralized view, including status information and workload details.
- Tenant assignment controls: Manage workload assignments at the tenant and workspace level.
- Learn more: How to consume workloads in Microsoft Fabric - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn
Add Workload to Workspace (Generally Available)
Last September, we introduced workspace-level workload assignment (Preview).How it Works (Workspace admins)
- Navigate to the Workload Hub from the left menu in Microsoft Fabric or from your workspace settings.
- Browse or search for the workload you want to add.
- Select “Add Workload" and select "To Workspace" from the dropdown.
- Select your workspaces: Search, check the workspaces you want, and use "View more/less" to manage the list.
- Select "Add": The workload is immediately available in your selected workspace.
Workload Management Admin APIs: Overview and Control at Scale (Preview)
For Fabric admins who need a programmatic view of their workload landscape, the new Workload Management Admin APIs provides complete governance and oversight capabilities across the entire tenant accessible via REST.Key capabilities:
- List and view all workloads workload available to be added to the tenant, and view which workloads were added.
- List all workload assignments in the tenant. Drill down into a specific workload and view where it was added (tenant, workspace, capacity).
- Manage workload assignments (Add or Remove) to capacities, workspaces, and tenants.