Power Query tenant setting supports ODBC to ADBC transition

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft is introducing a new Power Query tenant setting to enable a transition from ODBC to ADBC for data connectivity. This aims to improve performance and reliability, with the setting initially disabled but planned for future default enablement.

The Impact

Admins managing Power Query settings are affected, with a low security risk as the setting is disabled by default.

• Admins: Must review new tenant settings for data connectivity.
• Users: May experience improved data connection performance over time.
• Security Teams: Need to monitor future default enablement for data flow changes.

The Action

1. Review the new Power Query tenant setting for ODBC-to-ADBC transition once available in the Power Platform admin center.
2. Evaluate existing ODBC-based data connections within Power Query for compatibility with ADBC.
3. Plan for testing ADBC compatibility with critical data sources before Microsoft's planned default enablement.

Domain: Other · Impact: low · Workload: Other