--- title: Slowly Changing Dimensions in Microsoft Fabric | daily.dev description: Microsoft Fabric's Copy job now includes native SCD Type 2 support as a built-in write method, eliminating the need for custom PySpark notebooks or complex... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/slowly-changing-dimensions-in-microsoft-fabric-kxr0vux1k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Slowly Changing Dimensions in Microsoft Fabric | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft Fabric's Copy job now includes native SCD Type 2 support as a built-in write method, eliminating the need for custom PySpark notebooks or complex... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/slowly-changing-dimensions-in-microsoft-fabric-kxr0vux1k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kxr0Vux1K.png og:image:alt: Slowly Changing Dimensions in Microsoft Fabric og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Slowly Changing Dimensions in Microsoft Fabric **[The Art of Simplicity](https://daily.dev/sources/bartwullems)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft Fabric's Copy job now includes native SCD Type 2 support as a built-in write method, eliminating the need for custom PySpark notebooks or complex Dataflow Gen2 merge logic. When enabled, it automatically adds Valid_From, Valid_To, and Is_Current columns to the destination table, handles row expiration on updates, and soft-deletes removed records. The post explains when to choose Type 1 vs Type 2 (a business decision, not a tooling one), walks through the configuration steps, and details current limitations: connector support is limited to Azure SQL DB, Azure SQL MI, on-premises SQL Server, and Fabric Lakehouse tables; the destination table must be created by Copy job itself; column mappings cannot be changed after enabling SCD Type 2; and CDC must be enabled on the source. For cases requiring custom change-detection logic, unsupported connectors, or fine-grained surrogate key control, notebooks remain the better option. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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