Informatica deepens Microsoft Fabric ties, adds Swiss pod

Informatica has expanded its collaboration with Microsoft, adding support for Open Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric and launching a new Microsoft Azure-based point of delivery in Switzerland.

The update connects Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) with Fabric's Open Mirroring feature and adds a regional deployment option for customers that require local processing and storage to meet European data residency and regulatory requirements.

Fabric integration

Informatica Cloud Data Integration and Replication services now support Open Mirroring directly, aimed at data ingestion and synchronisation for customers using Microsoft Fabric on Azure.

The integration supports more than 300 enterprise data sources, according to Informatica. Setup is handled within Informatica's cloud service, with a process it describes as "a single click" for Open Mirroring when creating ingestion pipelines.

Open Mirroring is a Microsoft Fabric feature that synchronises data between Fabric OneLake and Fabric Data Warehouse. Informatica said the integration simplifies building and maintaining mirrored database pipelines that move data into Fabric.

Informatica also tied the work to governance and data quality controls, saying customers can apply governance, quality, and master data management services to data flowing through mirrored pipelines.

Krish Vitaldevara, Informatica's chief product officer, framed the announcement around AI and analytics initiatives.

"As organizations are accelerating their AI and analytics initiatives, they require trusted context to succeed," said Krish Vitaldevara, Chief Product Officer, Informatica. "By embedding support for Microsoft Fabric Open Mirroring directly into IDMC, we are helping customers streamline ingestion from more than 300 enterprise sources while helping to ensure data is governed, high quality, and ready for analytics and AI at scale."

Microsoft said the work combines Fabric with Informatica's connectivity and data management tooling.

"Informatica's support for Microsoft Fabric Open Mirroring enables customers to take advantage of Informatica's wide range of connectivity and the flexibility of Open Mirroring," said Arun Ulag. "As organizations scale their analytics and AI strategies, the combination of Microsoft Fabric and Informatica's data management capabilities helps ensure insights and AI models are built on trusted, enterprise-grade data."

Swiss pod

Informatica also announced a new Azure-based point of delivery in Switzerland, described as an IDMC pod that provides in-country access to its cloud data management services.

The Switzerland pod targets organisations with data residency, sovereignty, and regulatory requirements that call for local processing. Informatica said it will offer the full suite of IDMC services on Azure.

Available services include data integration, governance, data quality, and master data management. Informatica also said the deployment includes "advanced serverless integration as an Azure Native Service" and AI features within its data management offering.

IDMC services will be available through Microsoft Marketplace, and qualifying purchases may count towards Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitments, subject to Microsoft programme terms.

Market context

The announcements come as companies invest in generative AI and expand analytics environments, while reworking data architectures and governance processes. Data integration and operational discipline remain major constraints, particularly in multicloud and hybrid environments.

Microsoft positions Fabric as an integrated analytics platform, while Informatica provides cloud-based software for data integration, management, and governance. The announcement referred to the company as "Informatica from Salesforce," reflecting its alignment with Salesforce.

Informatica said mirrored databases and sovereign cloud deployments are increasingly common enterprise requirements, and that the expanded work with Microsoft addresses integration and governance across hybrid and multicloud environments.

Support for Microsoft Fabric Open Mirroring in IDMC is scheduled for general availability with the April 2026 release. The Switzerland-based IDMC Azure pod is scheduled to be available from March 2026.