Microsoft replaces ODBC drivers with ADBC in Power BI connectors for Databricks, Snowflake and BigQuery
Reviewed by Helen Jones
Microsoft is moving embedded ODBC drivers to ADBC drivers inside Power BI and Fabric connectors. The change affects Databricks, Snowflake, and BigQuery connections. Connection setup and management now follow the new driver. Users of these sources must prepare for the transition. The announcement gives a timeline but no detailed migration steps for existing reports.
Before this change, report owners treated these cloud connectors as stable background plumbing. A scheduled refresh either worked or failed for reasons they could usually trace to permissions or gateway settings. Now the driver layer itself is changing. That adds an undocumented variable to the exact place where many small teams already lack ownership and visibility.
Analysis
This is a trap to avoid, not an upgrade to chase. Open your workspace, list every dataset using Databricks, Snowflake or BigQuery, and run a test refresh against the new driver in a separate workspace this week before it lands in production.
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