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How to Restore Recently Closed Tabs and Windows in Safari

Ever close a browser tab by accident or lost a number of tabs after Safari crashed? It happens to the best of us. Thankfully, you can quickly reopen your last closed tab or restore tabs from your last browsing session with the tips below.

Open the Last Closed Tab in Safari on the Mac

Safari lets you undo your action of closing a tab--as long as you act promptly. If you close a tab by mistake and then open a new tab, you won't be able to restore the closed tab with the shortcut below, because the undo feature only works on your last action.

In OS X, after closing a tab, press Command+Z , the standard Mac keyboard shortcut for Undo. Your lost tab will be instantly restored. Alternatively, you can go to the Edit menu and select "Undo Close Tab".

For other tabs you've closed before the last one, head to the History men u for the list of sites you've recently visited.

Reopen Closed Windows in Safari on the Mac

You can also reopen a Safari window with the tabs you had open even days after closing the window or quitting Safari.

If you have more than one Safari window open and close one by mistake, go to the History menu and select "Reopen Last Closed Window."

If you quit Safari and want to restart it with all of the tabs you had open last time, go to the History menu and select Reopen All Windows from Last Session.

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You'll be up and running with all of the windows and tabs you were using last time.

Open the Last Closed Tab in Safari on the iPad

On the iPad or iPhone , you can also quickly reopen your last tabs. Safari on iOS lets you quickly open up to five of the last tabs you closed.

Tap and hold down the new tab button (a plus icon) to bring up the list of recently closed tabs.

Tap the site to restore and the site will open in a new tab.

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If you’ve accidentally closed tons of Safari tabs on iPad or iPhone and want to restore them, or you lost all of your Safari tabs by trying to create a Safari Tab Group (a surprisingly common occurrence, what a feature bug), you are probably desperately wondering how you can recover and reopen all closed tabs in Safari and restore them all to your iPhone or iPad.

Many people use Safari tabs as an alternative to bookmarks, keeping hundreds of tabs open at a time, but forget to bookmark them. Endless hours of research, resources, etc, open in tabs, can all be gone in a flash if you encounter a hiccup with Safari on iPhone or iPad. Oops. Indeed, Safari is unforgiving on the iPad (or iPhone), and your tabs may be toast.

Worried you lost your Safari tabs on iPad? Not so fast!

There’s good news and bad news.

While there’s no official “Reopen all closed tabs” option or ‘Restore previous session’ in Safari on iPadOS or iOS, you’re not out of options.

The bad news is that if you had tons of open tabs, say 300, 400, or 500 open tabs, they might be lost for good, or at least many of them may be gone.

But the good news is you can try to recover many of them through several different options. And if you have a keyboard hooked up to the iPad in particular, you’ll be able to get quite a few of the lost tabs back.

Restoring Closed Safari Tabs on iPad with Keyboard Shortcut

If you have an external keyboard, Magic Keyboard, Smart Keyboard, or similar keyboard with the iPad, you can use a keyboard shortcut in Safari to restore the last closed Safari tabs.

• Hit Command + Shift + T on a keyboard repeatedly, until all tabs have been reopened

I have personally experienced catastrophic tab loss due to the Tab Groups bug, but by using the Command Shift T method I was able to recover about 200 of 500 lost Safari tabs. This is probably the most broadly useful trick, and the closest method to restoring all closed tabs in Safari on iPad.

Unfortunately, this trick is probably not available for iPhone, but you can try connecting a bluetooth keyboard to iPhone and giving it a shot anyway – let us know if it works.

Recovering Closed Tabs in Safari on iPad via New Tab Button

The plus button in Safari on iPad and iPhone is the traditional commonly used method used to recover closed tabs in iOS Safari and iPadOS too.

• On iPad: Tap and hold on the + plus button, then select the closed tabs you wish to reopen from the drop-down menu
• On iPhone: Tap the two overlapping squares icon to access tabs view, then tap and hold on the + plus button to select closed tabs you want to reopen

The + tab drop down menu that shows with a long press will reveal all tabs that have been closed recently, so repeat this process to reopen and recover closed tabs as needed.

Restoring Lost Tabs in Safari on iPad through History

You can also browse through Safari history to restore closed tabs, though if you have tons of tabs you are trying to restore you’ll be in the history menu for a while.

• Tap the sidebar menu button, then tap on “History”
• Tap on the history item(s) you want to restore the tab for

This is fairly tedious but it can be very effective if you don’t mind putting the time into restoring from browser history.

Of course if you deleted and cleared the browser history, this won’t be an option.

Restore from a Recent Backup to Recover All Lost Safari Tabs?

If your tabs were super important, perhaps you were doing tons of research and lost them all, and if you had a recent backup made from before you lost the tabs, you can also try to restore the iPad from the backup to recover those lost tabs.

However this usually does not work to recover the tabs if Safari is syncing through iCloud Tabs, so if you’re in that situation you’ll want to use the approaches above rather than the backup recovery approach.

Were you able to restore your lost Safari tabs on iPhone or iPad using these tricks? Which method worked best for you? Do you have another approach to recovering all your closed Safari tabs in iOS and iPadOS? Share with us your experiences in the comments.

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[cmd]-[shift]-T doesn’t work on german installed macbook –> opens the [sharing] menu

This article is aimed at iPad users with a keyboard case or external keyboard attached, however, for Mac; Command+Shift+Tab in Safari for Mac (US English) will reopen the last closed tab. You can see what the equivalent would be on Mac (German) by going to the Safari “History” menu and looking for the “Reopen Last Closed Tab” option to see the associated keystroke. Hope that helps!

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Modern mobile browsers allow you to reopen tabs you've recently closed, just like desktop browsers do . In Apple's Safari browser for iPhone and iPad, the feature is a bit hidden---but it's there. You can also reopen closed tabs in Google Chrome and other third-party browsers on an iPhone or iPad.

Related: How to Restore Recently Closed Tabs in Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge

To reopen a closed tab in Safari on an iPhone, first tap the "Tab View" button at the bottom right corner of the Safari app to view your open tabs. Next, tap and hold "New Tab" button (the plus sign).

After a second or two, the "Recently Closed Tabs" screen should appear. Tap any recently closed tab to reopen it.

Note that this feature won't work in Private Browsing Mode. Tabs you close in Private Browsing Mode are wiped away and can't be recovered for privacy reasons. That's the point!

Opening closed tabs is even easier on an iPad, as the "New Tab" button is always present on the toolbar. Just tap and hold the "New Tab" button on Safari's toolbar until the "Recently Closed Tabs" popup appears.

Tap the recently closed tab you want to restore, and Safari will reopen that web page.

In Google Chrome on an iPhone or iPad, tap the menu button, and then tap the "Recent Tabs" option. You'll see a list of tabs you recently closed under the "Recently Closed" section. Tap a tab to reopen it.

Note that you won't see Incognito tabs appear in the "Recent Tabs" list, as Chrome forgets about them right after you close them. That's the point!

If it's been a while since you closed the tab and it no longer appears in the list, you can try finding it in your browser history.

To open your Safari browsing history, tap the book-shaped icon on the toolbar, tap the book-shaped icon in the pane that appears, and then tap "History." Scroll through your browsing history or use the search box and you should be able to find the web address of the tab you had open.

To open your Chrome browsing history, you can tap Menu > History or tap "Show Full History" on the "Recently Closed" page. Dig through your history and you should be able to find the web address of the tab you had open.

It's a simple feature, but it can be really convenient for those times when you accidentally close a tab or just can't quite remember what that cool page was you were looking at recently.

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How to reopen recently closed tabs in Safari for Mac

Safari for Mac makes it simple to reopen any accidentally closed windows or tabs from your last browsing session , but did you know that you can also bring back one or more tabs or windows that you closed during your current session? This tutorial shows you how to do just that.

How to reopen closed Safari tabs on Mac

You can view multiple web pages in a single Safari window by opening them in tabs.

Each tab is its own process that consumes CPU time, RAM, and other system resources. Therefore, it makes sense to close any Safari tabs and windows you no longer need in order to cut down on RAM usage, conserve power, and free up CPU cycles for other tasks. But did you close one accidentally or unknowingly and wish to open it again?

Safari for Mac lets you reopen your recently closed tab(s) in three different ways.

1. Use keyboard or menu shortcut

Use the standard undo shortcut  Command + Z to bring back the last closed tab or choose Undo Close Tab from the Edit menu. If you’ve closed multiple tabs in a row, invoke the shortcut repeatedly to reopen closed tabs one by one.

The shortcut won’t execute if you perform another undoable action after closing a tab. In that case, choose the option Reopen Last Closed Tab from Safari’s History menu or press the corresponding keyboard shortcut Shift + Command + T .

Like with the undo action, you can press this shortcut repeatedly to resurrect several tabs in the order you closed them, which is really nice. If you have closed a window instead of a tab, this menu option will read Reopen Last Closed Window .

2. Use the New Tab icon

Safari’s New Tab icon has a secret: not only does it let you create a new tab, but also quickly resurrects your recently closed tab(s). To access the list of recently closed tabs in older Safari versions, click and hold the “+” icon on the rightmost side of Safari’s tab bar.

In newer versions of Safari, this button appears in the toolbar.

Up pops a menu with all of the tabs you’ve closed in this browsing session. Select a webpage you’d like to reopen, then click the mouse or trackpad to bring it back.

I prefer this method over the undo action because it reopens a closed tab right where it was. I try to keep my tab bar organized so this has been really helpful. On the downside, restarting Safari clears the list of recently closed tabs under the New Tab button.

3. Check your Safari history

Lastly, you can reopen a recently closed webpage by choosing the Recently Closed item from Safari’s History menu, then choose the webpage from a sub-menu that you want to reopen. Or, select the Reopen Last Closed Window menu option to quickly bring back the most recently closed Safari window along with all of its tabs.

The list of recently closed webpages in the History menu remains intact when Safari is restarted, unlike that under the New Tab button—even though they’re the same lists. If you just restarted Safari and want to reopen a tab that was closed during a previous browsing session, use the history method.

Don’t forget that you can quickly consolidate and convert all your Safari windows to tabs in a single window by choosing the Merge All Windows action from the Window menu.

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Safari offers an excellent browsing experience: it is energy efficient, works seamlessly on every Apple device, and is great at protecting your privacy. However, there is one pesky flaw you may have noticed.

Every time you restart your Mac and re-launch Safari, all the windows and tabs from your previous session will disappear. Instead, you'll see the default Safari homepage. This can be annoying if you are like many users who want to pick up right where they left off with their web browsing.

So if you've been wondering how to restart your Mac without losing your Safari tabs, here are some quick fixes you can try.

1. Pin the Tabs in Safari

If you almost always use a certain website, you can pin that tab to your Safari browser. When you pin a tab, or multiple tabs, you don't have to open them manually or worry about losing them each time you close and relaunch your browser.

When you open Safari, pinned tabs appear immediately, ready for you to access them. And even when you open a new Safari window, you never have to worry about losing your tabs. Every tab you've pinned appears the same on every window, so you don't need to worry about having different versions of the same tab on multiple windows.

Pinning a tab is not difficult. Just follow these steps:

• Start by opening the website you'd like to pin.
• Then Control-click the tab.
• A dialog should appear; choose Pin Tab from the options.
• Repeat this process for as many tabs as you'd like to pin.

Alternatively, you can place your cursor on the tab you'd like to pin and drag it to the left until the tab shrinks to the size of the website's logo.

There appears to be no limit on how many tabs you can pin on Safari at once. We tested up to 25. However, whatever the number you have, you should learn how to manage your pinned tabs in Safari .

2. Customize Safari's Settings

You may not have favorite tabs to pin. And having so many tabs permanently pinned to your Safari windows might be too much clutter for you. However, if you'd prefer to resume right where you left off whenever you open Safari, there's another simple fix in the settings.

To customize Safari's settings:

• Look to the top-left corner of your screen and click on Safari .
• In the menu that appears next, click Preferences .
• A new General window should appear; look for the Safari opens with menu.
• Click on the corresponding A new window option.
• From the list of dropdown options, you can select All windows from last session or All non-private windows from last session , depending on whichever you prefer.

Once you've completed these steps, re-launch Safari. Once you open Safari, it should open the tabs from your previous browsing session.

3. Use Safari's New Tab Button

The first two fixes are preventive strategies. If you implement them before restarting your Mac, they can prevent you from losing your tabs once you relaunch Safari. However, you may have restarted your Mac without implementing either strategy. In that case, you still don't have to worry about losing your tabs because you can use Safari's New Tab option as a corrective strategy.

You may think Safari's New Tab icon has only one purpose: to create a new tab. But it can also help you recover your recently closed tabs. Just look at the toolbar and Control-click on the New Tab icon, which looks like a plus (+) . A list of Recently Closed Tabs should appear, so you can select the one you'd like to recover.

4. Use the Undo or Reopen Action

After restarting your Mac and launching Safari, you may decide to close some tabs you no longer need. If they are a lot, you might get carried away with the monotonous task of clicking Close and accidentally closing a tab you still need.

A quick fix that can help you correct that mistake is the Undo menu or keyboard shortcut. Rather than panic when you've closed a tab or fumble with your settings, use the Undo action. It is pretty straightforward. Just follow these two steps.

Look to the top-left corner of your screen and select Edit from the options. A dialog box should appear with a list of options; click Undo Close Tab .

A quicker fix is the keyboard shortcut. To open the last tab you just closed, press this combination of keys: Shift + Cmd + T to reopen your last closed tab.

If you closed more than one tab, repeat the sequence for as many tabs as you'd like to restore. Our Safari shortcuts cheat sheet contains more keyboard shortcuts you can try on your Mac.

5. Reopen Tabs Using Your Safari History

You may have accidentally closed a window, or there may be simply too many tabs to keep pressing the combination of keys we mentioned earlier. Don't sweat it. Launch Safari and do the following. To view your history:

• Look to the top-left corner of your screen and select History from the options.
• A dialog box should appear with a list of options for you. You can choose any of these three options: Recently Closed , Recently Last Closed Tab , or Reopen All Windows from Last Session .
• Click the relevant option to reopen your recently closed tabs, or find the specific tab you're looking for in the Recently Closed dropdown.

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Losing a tab may be frustrating, but it shouldn't affect your productivity too much. With these quick fixes, you can ensure you never lose a tab on Safari if you restart your Mac. And when you close an important tab by mistake, you can always recover it.

Safari offers a brilliant browsing experience, arguably better than many other browsers, like Chrome. The experience becomes even smoother once you learn some essential Safari tricks and tips and implement them on your Mac.

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What to Know

• Undo a closed tab: Go to Edit > Undo Close Tab , press Command + Z , or click and hold the plus sign to the right of the Tabs bar.
• Or, select History > Reopen Last Closed Tab , go to History and mouse over Recently Closed , or press Shift + Command + T .
• Restore a closed window: Go to History > Reopen Last Closed Window . Or, History > Reopen All Windows From Last Session .

This article explains how to reopen tabs or windows you may have closed by accident in the Safari web browser. You can also use the History list to reopen sites.

How to Undo a Closed Tab in Safari

You can open your lost tab using four methods. The first is to either select Undo Close Tab from the Edit menu, or press Command + Z on your keyboard.

You can restore multiple tabs you've closed by using the command repeatedly.

Another way to reopen a page you've closed is to click and hold the plus sign at the far right of the Tabs bar. Usually, you click this once to open a new tab, but holding opens a menu with a list of ones you've recently closed. Select the one you want to reopen.

The third way is to select Reopen Last Closed Tab under the History menu or press Shift + Command + T on your keyboard.

Finally, you can find a list of tabs you've recently closed under the History menu. Mouse over Recently Closed to see a list of pages you can reopen, and then click the one you want to restore.

Restoring Closed Windows

If you close a Safari window , you can reopen it just as you can reopen a closed tab, but the command is under a different menu. Select Reopen Last Closed Window under the History menu, or press Shift + Command + T on your keyboard.

The Reopen Last Closed Window and Reopen Last Closed Tab commands share the same spot in the History menu and keyboard shortcut. Which you see depends on which you closed most recently.

Reopen Safari Windows From Last Session

Besides being able to reopen closed Safari windows and tabs, you can also open all Safari windows that were open the last time you quit Safari.

Safari, like all the Apple apps, can make use of OS X’s Resume feature , which was introduced with OS X Lion. Resume saves the state of all the open windows of an app, in this case, any Safari window you have open. The idea is that the next time you launch Safari, you can resume right where you left off.

From the History menu, select Reopen All Windows From Last Session .

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Disappearing Safari Tabs on iPhone or iPad? How to Find Them

Every so often, a seemingly small bug in Apple's operating systems survives the company's annual OS launches and continues to cause users huge frustration from one software update to the next.

While there isn't an accepted solution to the problem of disappearing tabs, there are cases where it might seem that your tabs are gone, when in fact they are just hidden from view. Here are some ways that you may be able to get them back or stop them from disappearing in the first place.

Reveal Hidden Tabs

On iPadOS, for example, if you press and hold the Show Tab Overview button (four squares in a quadrant) in the top-right corner of the Safari window, this will reveal a dropdown menu that includes an option to Merge All Windows .

Reveal the Shelf

Another action worth trying on iPadOS is pressing and holding the Safari icon in the Dock or on the Home Screen and selecting Show All Windows from the popup menu that appears.

Recently Closed Tabs

If you have an inkling that some of the tabs you're missing have been inadvertently closed, you can always use the Recently Closed Tabs option to re-open them. All you have to do is open up the tab view in Safari and long press on the "+" icon to get a look at all of the tabs that you've recently closed.

play Even if you're aware of the gesture, it's worth a reminder that this feature exists in case someone gets ahold of your phone and checks your browser. Even if you've closed out a tab, it's still going to be visible in Safari, unless you were using a private browser window or have cleared your browsing history.

Turn Off Auto-Close Tabs

If you still haven't been able to find some of your tabs, make sure that Safari isn't closing them after a certain duration on your behalf: Open Settings , tap through to Safari -> Close Tabs and ensure that Manually is selected.

Bookmark All Open Tabs

If the above suggestions haven't worked for you, there is a workaround: Consider bookmarking your open tabs after each browsing session. This might sound like more hassle than it's worth, but since iOS 13 Apple has included a one-tap option to just that.

A popup menu will appear at the on the screen from which you can select Add Bookmarks for X Tabs , the X being the number of tabs open.

Once you've tapped this option, you'll be asked to save the tabs in a new bookmarks folder (remember to give it a recognizable name). Alternately, you can choose a location from the existing folder list in which to save the tabs.

To access your bookmarks in Safari at any time, simply tap the Bookmarks icon in the main browsing interface or the sidebar to reveal all of your saved favorites and folders. Press and hold on the folder of bookmarks and select Open in New Tabs , or alternatively, Open in Tab Group if you want them grouped.

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macOS: Recover Lost Tabs and Windows in Safari

One of the things I would never, ever be aware of if I didn’t do tech support is that some users have a lot of Safari tabs open all the time. Like, a LOT of Safari tabs. For some folks, open tabs are apparently a way to remember to follow up on things or purchase items. I don’t personally understand the mindset of not bookmarking pages—I have a folder full of temporary bookmarks just for that purpose!—but whatever blows your skirt up, I always say.

In any case, if you’re one of the people who uses Safari’s tabs in this way (or if you just close stuff sometimes when you don’t mean to, like I do), then you’ve gotta know how to recover lost tabs if they get lost accidentally. The menu item for that is under “History” at the top of your screen:

Recover Lost Tabs and Windows in Safari

So within that menu, you can see “Recently Closed,” which’ll show you tabs and windows that you may have dismissed accidentally. If you’ll note the item I’ve called out in red, that was one window with many tabs under it, and if I click the top item, it’ll open everything that was in that window. Or I could click any single item to reopen that one page.

Also under that menu are “Reopen Last Closed [Window/Tab],” which does just what it says, and “Reopen All Windows from Last Session,” which is handy if Safari didn’t restore your tabs after it was quit for whatever reason. All of these options may look a little different or say slightly different things depending on exactly how many tabs you closed, for example, but if you’re looking to get back what you lost, this “History” menu is the way to go.

Finally, there’s one more trick to know in Safari, and though it seems obvious, I think it’s something most people don’t think about—if all you want is to undo accidentally closing a tab right after you did it, you’d just press Command-Z like you would anywhere else to undo your last action. It’s the shortcut for Edit> Undo Close Tab .

You can also press this shortcut multiple times to get back several tabs if you went on a closing frenzy and then came to your senses.

For you non-Safari users: Chrome and Firefox have very similar options to these, and in both cases, those choices are also listed under the program’s “History” menu. So, you know, whatever browser you use, you can now rest assured that you could get your tabs back if you needed to. Though no matter which is your preferred browser, if I sit at your computer and you do have fifty tabs open at once, I may just silently judge you a bit.

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Open and close tabs in Safari on iPhone

Note: If you’re using the Single Tab layout, the menus and other items may look different from what’s described in this guide. See Change the layout of Safari .

Open a link in a new tab

Touch and hold the link, then tap Open in New Tab.

View a tab’s history

You can see which webpages you previously visited in this tab.

Tip: To close all tabs in this Tab Group at the same time, touch and hold Done, then tap Close All Tabs.

Open a recently closed tab

How to Restore Recently Closed Safari Tabs on iPhone

What to know.

• Reopen closed tabs in Safari to quickly revisit pages you thought you were done with.
• To open recently closed tabs, open Safari, tap the Tabs icon, then long-press the plus icon.

If you're an avid user of Safari, you've probably accidentally closed a tab before when you were still in the middle of reading. As a result, you wished you had a way to open closed tabs so you could get it back. Luckily, there are two simple ways to reopen closed tabs in Safari on your iPhone! We'll show you how.

How to Reopen a Closed Tab in Safari on iPhone

Reopening closed tabs from safari's history.

In the steps below, we'll show you how to reopen recently closed Safari tabs. To learn more about cool Safari features, check out our free  Tip of the Day newsletter. 

Your recently closed tab will open in a new Safari tab, and you can pick up where you left off.

Related:  How to Quickly Close All Tabs in Safari on iPhone

Another way to restore closed tabs is to go to the History tab in Safari. The History tab lists the recent and past pages that you've browsed. Here's how to reopen tabs from History.

If you currently have no tabs open, the steps are the same! You'll simply be starting from a blank page instead of a current tab. Safari can hold a fairly long list of recently closed tabs, so even if your child is playing around and deletes all open Safari tabs, you should be able to recover them quickly.

• How do I find recently closed tabs on Safari iPhone? When you go to open a new tab, unless you have already changed Safari's settings, you will open to the new tab page. From there, simply scroll down. You'll find a list of all your recently closed tabs at the bottom.
• Why did my Safari tabs disappear on iPhone? Sometimes, if the app crashes or accidentally gets deleted you can lose all your open tabs in the Safari app. This can also occur due to a software update. Follow the steps above to go above getting them back.
• How do I get my Safari back to normal? In 2022, Apple released an update to Safari that altered where the search address bar and other small changes appeared. You can adjust this by going into Safari Settings.

If you're frustrated with the Safari layout, you may be interested in learning how to get the Safari search bar back to the top  and  how to stop the status bar from hiding your icons . If you ever find your Safari tabs disappearing, find out how to get them back .

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How to Restore Accidentally Closed Tabs on Your iPhone

Accidentally closing all of your tabs on your iPhone can be a major inconvenience, especially if you were in the middle of somthing important. Luckily, Apple has made it easy to recover any accidentally closed tabs on your iPhone.

The first thing you’ll want to do if you’ve accidentally closed all of your tabs is open up the tab view in Safari. To do this, simply tap the tab icon in the bottom right corner of your screen. Once you’re in the tab view, long press on the “+” icon and you’ll be able to access Recently Closed Tabs from the drop-down menu. This will show a list of all tabs that have been recently closed so you can choose which one to re-open.

Another way to regain access to recently closed tabs is to use Reopen Last Closed Tab or Reopen Last Closed Window from the History menu. You can find this option by opening Safari and tapping on the Bookmark icon at the bottom of your screen. Select History and then choose eiter Reopen Last Closed Tab or Reopen Last Closed Window.

Finally, if you need to restore multiple recently closed tabs at once, you can use Reopen All Windows from Last Session from witin the History menu as well. This will open up all windows that were open when your session was last terminated so that none of your work is lost.

Using these simple steps, recovering accidentally closed tabs on an iPhone shuld be a breeze!

Reopening Closed Tabs on iPhone

If you’ve accidentally closed all of your tabs in Safari on your iPhone, there’s no need to panic! You can easily get them back. All you have to do is open up the tab view in Safari and long press on the “+” icon. You’ll see an option labeled Recently Closed Tabs whre you can view and select any tabs that were recently closed. Just select the ones that you want to reopen, and they will be restored. If needed, you can also use this option to restore tabs that have been closed for longer periods of time, as it will keep a record of all recently closed tabs until they are manually cleared.

Disappearance of Tabs on iPhone

It is possible that all of your tabs disappeared from your iPhone because you may have inadvertently closed them all at once. This can happen if you press and hold the “+” icon in the tab view and select “Close All Tabs”. Alternatively, it could be due to a power outage, software update, or system crash. If this is the case, then you can view recently closed tabs in Safari by long-pressing the “+” icon and selecting “Recently Closed Tabs”, from which you can re-open windows.

Restoring Safari Tabs

To restore Safari tabs, open the Safari app on your Mac and choose History > Recently Closed. This will display a list of recently closed tabs, allowing you to select and reopen any of them. You can also choose History > Reopen Last Closed Tab or History > Reopen Last Closed Window to reopen the last tab or window you closed, or Reopen All Windows from Last Session to restore your entire Safari session from the last time it was opened.

Retrieving Open Tabs After Clearing History on iPhone

Yes, you can get back open tabs after clearing your history on your iPhone. If you have Safari toggled on under Settings > [your name] > iCloud, the best way to restore the open tabs is to restore a previous backup. This will allow you to access the data that was saved when you created the backup. If the restored version contains more than you were expecting, or if you don’t have access to another backup, then it may be necessary to try restoring a different version of your data.

What Happened to My Open Tabs on My iPhone?

If you’ve opened tabs in Safari on your iPhone, they should still be available. To access them, simply tap the tabs button at the bottom rght of your Safari window and then tap the + icon. From there, you’ll be able to see a list of all your open tabs. If they don’t appear, it’s possible that you’ve closed them unintentionally or that they have been removed due to an app update. In either case, you can still access them by tapping the ‘History’ tab at the bottom of Safari and scrolling through your browsing history.

The Consequences of Safari Deleting All Tabs

It is possible that Safari deleted all of your tabs due to a setting that automatically closes open Safari tabs after a set amount of time. This setting can be enabled in the Safari preferences, and if it is enabled, it will close any tabs that have been open for longer than the chosen amount of time. Additionally, if you have recently updated your OS or Safari version, this could have reset the preferences which could have caused all open tabs to be deleted.

Restoring Multiple Tabs in Safari

To restore multiple tabs in Safari, open the Safari menu and select Reopen All Windows from Last Session. This will load all the tabs that were open when you last quit Safari. Alternatively, you can also press Command+Shift+T to reopen the last closed tab or press Command+Shift+Option+T to reopen all the tabs that were closed snce you launched Safari.

Restoring Safari Tabs from an iPhone Backup

Yes, iPhone backups will restore Safari tabs if the backup was made with encrypted backups enabled. This means that all of your browsing history including Safari tabs will be backed up and restored when you restore from a backup. It is important to note that this only applies to encrypted backups, so make sure to turn on encrypted backups in the Settings app before creating a backup.

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How to group tabs in different browsers to stop tab overload

I f you're anything like me, you probably have several tabs open on your browser. I often have tabs open dedicated to my emails, research for work, articles I'm writing and additional tabs off to the side for news.

A simple way to keep everything organized is by creating group tabs. Today, we will show you how to create group tabs in our favorite browsers: Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox, but first let's go over the basics of tab browsing.

Tab browsing allows you to have multiple websites open in the same browser window. This multitasking capability is essential for keeping track of various online resources simultaneously, whether it’s your email, research, work articles or the latest news.

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Creating a new tab is like adding another piece of paper to your desk. It’s simple:

• In most browsers, you can click the "+" icon, usually located next to the last tab on the tab bar, to open a new tab.
• Alternatively, you can use keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+T on Windows or Cmd+T on Mac to open a new tab without reaching for the mouse.

Once you have all your tabs open, it’s time to organize them. Here’s how to group tabs in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari and Firefox browsers:

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Grouping tabs in Google Chrome is quick and easy to do:

• Right-click any tab you want to create a group
• Create a name for the group and select a color-coding
• To keep adding tabs to the group, you can either drag them to the tab group name or keep right-clicking and selecting Add tab to group.

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The process of creating tab groups in Microsoft's Edge browser is also easy to do:

• You can right-click any tab to create a group, right-click any other tabs to add them to the group or simply drag and drop them into the tag group.
• In addition to right-clicking tabs to create a group, you can also click on the Tab action menu in the top left corner of the Edge browser.
• By clicking Organize Tabs , Microsoft's Co-Pilot AI feature within Edge will automatically sort your open tabs, grouping them by type.

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Creating a tab in Apple's Safari browser is a bit different from the two above. Follow these steps to create a tab group:

• First, in your Safari window, press the down arrow from the upper left toolbar.
• From here, you can either create a group with the tabs you have open or you can create an Empty Tab Group to which you can add tabs.
• Once you click either option, you will be presented with the window in which you can name your browser tabs to your liking.

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While tab groupings are a built-in feature in most browsers, Firefox doesn't support them by itself. The easiest way to do this is by using one of our favorite browser extensions: OneTab . OneTab is available for Chrome , Edge , Safari , in addition to Firefox , and you may like its features more than the built-in tab grouping features of the browsers we've already highlighted.

Here's how to install and setup OneTab for Firefox:

• Visit one-tab.com or search for OneTab or download it directly from the Firefox add-ons page, at addons.mozilla.org.
• Click Add to Firefox
• Now, you can click on the extensions icon in the upper right toolbar and run OneTab whenever you want.

OneTab is a great browser extension that allows you to save all the tabs you have open as a list, making it easy to restore them whenever you want. As an added bonus, OneTab helps cut down on browser RAM costs, helping your online browsing experience function faster. OneTab also lets you:

• Save all the tabs you had open as a list so you don’t have to take any additional action until you want to access the tabs again.
• Restore each tab or all the tabs later
• Get a reduction of memory use by 95%
• Export your list of tabs as URLs (website address) so you can take your list with you or share it with others.

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OneTab is one of our favorite browser extensions, but now that Chrome, Safari and Edge have introduced tab groupings, it's now only a must-have if you use any other browser such as Firefox. Luckily, installing and setting up OneTab is just as easy as creating tag groups in any browser. Browser tabs are a great way to keep yourself organized, especially if you work with multiple browser windows open at once. I've always been a browser hoarder, and creating groups of tabs is a great way to keep everything under control.

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Edge shifted my tabs around between windows when i hit "restore" when it restarted.

Is there any way to prevent this?? It sucks!!

I had 4 windows with Edge open. And some tabs were in groups. It moved tabs from one window to another, groups from one window to another. I thought i could count on Edge to RESTORE things as they were, not to rearrange stuff. Now i have to go back and try to arrange things the way i want them to be arranged, the way they were arranged previously, obviously. So, this hardly seems like "restore" to me. It seems more like "restore and randomly move things around".

Is there any way to get Edge to actually to a RESTORE, meaning, "restore things to what they actually were previously"...without any rearrangement? Some option i can shut off or turn on???

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Welcome to the July 2024 update.

Here are a few, select highlights of the many we have for Fabric. Creating and managing Git branches & connected workspaces with Git integration just got with the latest enhancements to Fabric Git integration. You now have the capability to perform restore-in-place of a warehouse in Microsoft Fabric through the Microsoft Fabric Warehouse Editor. Real-time Dashboards now support ultra-low refresh rates of just 1 and 10 seconds, ensuring you always have the freshest and most accurate data at your fingertips.

There is much more to explore, please continue to read on.

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With 120 sessions, daily keynotes, 10 pre-conference workshops, an expo hall with community lounge, and “ask the expert” area, the conference offers a rich learning experience you don’t want to miss. This is a unique opportunity to meet the Microsoft teams building these products, customers betting their business on them, and partners at the forefront of deployment and adoption.

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Customize your reference layers in the Azure Maps visual

• Announcing general availability of enhanced row-level security editor in Power BI Desktop

DAX query view is available in live connect

Add or update multiple measures in dax query view, certified connector updates, storytelling in powerpoint – new export to powerpoint dialog, new update for field parameter feature for custom visuals, power bi enhanced report format (pbir) update, new visuals in appsource, linear gauge by powerviz, drill down map pro by zoomcharts, powergantt chart by nova silva, advanced geospatial analytics made simple with icon map pro for power bi, bind to gateway api support for paginated reports, parameters, header/footer and much more in the web authoring experience for paginated reports (preview), power bi report server key in fabric capacities.

• General Availability of Fabric Private Links
• General Availability of Managed Private Endpoint
• General Availability of Trusted workspace access

CI/CD – GitHub integration for source control

New branching capabilities in fabric git integration, announcing the general availability of time travel and 30 days of data retention in fabric warehouse, seamless data recovery through warehouse restoration within fabric query editor, alter table, add nullable columns, capacity pools for spark in microsoft fabric for data engineering and data science, environment resources folder, mssparkutils new api, lakehouse schemas (public preview): a new way to organize your tables, real-time dashboards 1s and 10s refresh rate, kql database – .update command ga, global view in manage connections, support for editing navigation steps, on-premises support for fast copy, edit json code for data pipelines, new connectors, snowflake storage integration, use existing connections from the onelake datahub integration.

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Recently, we’ve brought you a lot of improvements to the Azure Maps visual, including reference layer support for a variety of new data formats . This month, we’re excited to announce several more improvements to reference layers: CSV support, new customization options, and dynamic URL sources!

First, the Azure Maps visual now supports CSV files as data sources for reference layers! Just as you can already use GeoJSON, Shapefiles, WKT, and KML files, you can now upload a CSV file instead in the reference layer section of the formatting pane.

You can also now format reference layer shapes from within the formatting pane. Previously, Azure Maps required you to define the color and width of points, lines, and polygons from within your reference layer files. Otherwise, these shapes would be drawn on your maps with the default colors and formatting. This requirement brought additional complexity to working with your reference layers in Power BI, since the files needed more than just the data you intended to visualize. Now, we’ve added these standard formatting settings to each type of object in your reference layers in the formatting pane, so you can customize them directly from within Power BI!

Lastly, for those of you who need your reference layers to change with time or other data-bound conditions, you can now provide a dynamic URL using conditional formatting! This allows you to set custom logic to determine the reference layer URL the Azure Maps visual will use. For example, you can load in different reference layers based on the categories selected by a slicer, like to visualize performance of different product lines over the same geography.

We’re still hard at work bringing you more improvements to the Azure Maps visual — let us know what you think about these new capabilities and keep an eye out for further updates in the future!

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Announcing general availability of enhanced row-level security editor in Power BI Desktop

We are excited to announce the general availability of the enhanced row-level security editor in Power BI Desktop! With this editor, you can quickly and easily create row-level security roles and filters. Simply choose ‘Manage roles’ from the ribbon to open the editor.

By default, this will open an easy-to-use drop-down interface for creating and editing security roles all without having to write any DAX!

If you prefer using DAX or need it for your filter definitions, you can switch to use the DAX editor to define your role. This is a rich editor complete with autocomplete for formulas (intellisense). It also allows you to easily verify the validity of your DAX expressions by selecting the check button and revert any changes by selecting the X button. At any point you can also switch back to the default editor by selecting ‘Switch to default editor’. All changes made in either editor persist when switching interfaces when possible, giving you maximum flexibility as you create your row-level security roles.

Learn more information about Power BI row-level security including limitations in our  documentation .

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We heard your request and have added the ability to use DAX query view while live connected to a published semantic model. With this release you can write DAX queries with DAX query view when live connected to a published semantic model in Power BI Desktop!

This includes live connecting to the amazing Direct Lake semantic models created in Microsoft Fabric. Live connects to your published Direct Lake, import, DirectQuery, or composite semantic model in Desktop and use the DAX query view to quickly view data without having to create any visuals. Use quick queries to have a DAX query generated for you from any table, column, or measure, and Copilot can help you as you write your DAX queries.

This can be helpful to further your analysis beyond just report authoring even when you are using a published semantic model managed by someone else.

Try it out today and learn more about DAX query view .

Another popular ask for DAX query view is also now available – add or update the model with multiple measure changes.

In a DAX query, you can use the DEFINE syntax to add a measure. These DAX query scoped measures are helpful for authoring DAX formulas and trying them out with different groups by columns before adding them to the model. In DAX query view, we made it easy to then add these measures to the model by clicking the text between the lines above the DEFINE MEASURE. DAX queries also allow you to define many measures at once, so it can be tedious to click each one. Now this task is very easy with the option to update the model with a single click for all measures!

This can be handy to quickly format all your DAX formulas at once.

• In DAX query view, right-click in the Data pane and choose Quick queries > Define all measures in this model
• Click the Format query button in the ribbon.
• Click Update model with changes button.

And you are done! Try it out today and let us know what you think by using the Share feedback button.

Data connectivity

We’re pleased to announce the new and updated connectors in this release:

• [New] Windsor
• [Update] SingleStore
• [Update] Smartsheet
• [New] BuildingConnected

Are you interested in creating your own connector and publishing it for your customers? Learn more about the  Power Query SDK  and the  Connector Certification program .

To reduce complexity and drive more clarity we merged the two options to export to PowerPoint into a single dialog. You can now choose between embedding live data using Power BI add-in for PowerPoint and exporting the report as images from the same dialog.

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sourceFieldParameters is a new property in DataViewMetadataColumn that identifies whether a query field results from a field parameter resolution. If a single field can originate from multiple field parameters, this property will list all the related field parameters. This new update is available with API v5.10.0.

The following previously announced limitations of the PBIR format have been resolved:

• Can’t be exported to PPTX or PDF.
• Can’t be included in Subscriptions
• Mobile layouts aren’t applied.
• Can’t be utilized in Power BI Embedded.

For further information regarding PBIR, please refer to the  documentation .

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Powerviz Linear Gauge is an advanced visual that is used to display the progress against set targets on a linear scale, with an axis displaying a range of values or percentages. The Linear Gauge quickly conveys the status or progress of a task or value being measured.

Key Features:

• Gauge Styles: Four different gauges including Linear, Bar in Bar, Cylinder, Thermometer, and customization option.
• Templates: Select from pre-made templates or customize your own.
• Scale: Select an absolute or percentage scale, with a customizable min-max range.
• Targets: Set a custom target or apply a target using a value field.
• Data Colors : 30+ color palettes available.
• Band: 30+ color palettes and customization options.
• Labels: Improve readability with labels.
• Small Multiples: Divide visuals based on fields.
• Ranking: Filter Top/Bottom N shows remaining as “Others”.

Other features included are fill pattern, annotation, grid view, show condition, and more.

Business Use Cases:

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When visualizing data with geographic coordinates, what better way to do it than literally placing it on a map? That’s why map charts are a growingly popular visualization type in Power BI reports, and the Drill Down Map PRO custom visual by ZoomCharts expands on the capabilities of map charts.

• Node Clustering: Multiple nearby nodes can create clusters and even display the values as pie charts. Simply zoom in to drill down.
• Base Layer Customization: Choose between AzureMaps or any custom tileserver, use your own images as the base layer, or disable it entirely.
• Custom Shape Layers: Enable up to 10 individually customizable shape layers. Use preset shapes or import your own KML/GeoJSON files.
• Conditional Formatting: Automatically apply color fill to each area by comparing their values against other shapes or by using each shape’s own reference value.
• And More: Paginated tooltip s, custom tooltip fields, auras, node images, lasso tool.

Drill Down Map PRO works incredibly well with other visuals by dynamically cross-filtering data, enabling you to build even more insightful and user-friendly Power BI reports.

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We are excited to receive ongoing feedback from you and want to express our gratitude for your valuable contributions. Your insights help us make significant enhancements to our visuals.

In the latest releases of the PowerGantt Chart, we have added many new features based on your feedback. These include the ability to show incomplete tasks and display progress as a separate column. We’ve also included links in the additional columns and enhanced their formatting options. You can now change the milestone shapes and wrap text in columns for better readability.

• Progress column
• Milestone shapes
• Milestone labels
• Dynamic zoom slider period
• Vertical grid lines
• Expand & Collapse all

Additionally, we’ve added the option to preset the zoom slider, expand and collapse all hierarchy elements, and add milestone labels. To further improve your experience, we’ve enabled the display and formatting of vertical grid lines. These updates are designed to provide you with more flexibility and control over your project visuals.

We appreciate your continued support and look forward to receiving more of your valuable feedback. Together, we can keep enhancing PowerGantt Chart to meet your needs.

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Icon Map Pro , the new professional version of Icon Map , has been built from the ground up with an extensive set of new features and a simplified interface. This tool offers a robust solution for visualising and analysing geospatial data within Power BI. It is designed for data analysts, GIS specialists, and business intelligence professionals, addressing the need for seamless integration of geographic insights into BI dashboards. Users can effortlessly transform complex geospatial data into actionable visuals, enhancing decision-making and strategic planning with the intuitive low/no-code Power BI interface.

Visit the supporting website iconmappro.com for:

• Extensive documentation
• Supporting videos
• Professional help and support

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Paginated Reports

You can now bind your paginated reports to gateways with a REST API. This will allow paginated reports to connect to on-prem gateways without requiring users to go to the UI in the Power BI service and bind the report to the specified gateway. Learn more about the Bind to Gateway API for paginated reports .

We have introduced a new experience to web author paginated reports! It’s not just an update to the look and feel, but we’ve also introduced a host of new capabilities. You can now define parameters, headers, footers, page numbers in your web authored reports. The update will be rolling out in the coming weeks. Please check again in a couple of weeks, if you don’t see it.

Once you select the fields, they will appear in the “Editor” along with a “Preview” of the report with sample data. You can move the table in the “Editor” and the preview will reflect the change as well.

You can choose to add a header, footer, textbox or image. To add a footer, choose “Insert” and select “Footer”.

Add a Text box, Image, page number and/or execution time. You can choose to display the footer and header on the first and last pages as well.

Exit the footer by clicking out, once you are in the body of the report, you can “Create parameter”. By creating a parameter, you can create a report that requires the viewer of the report to enter one or more values to view the report.

When you “Create parameter”, you can see the parameter at the top of the “Preview” portion of the screen. You can show/hide the parameter by clicking on the “Parameters” on the preview ribbon.

When you save the report, it is saved with the parameter defined and the viewer of the report must specify the parameters to view the report. You can now share the report with others!

This is a preview feature and will not be available on Sovereign clouds until we are generally available.

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Power BI Report Server

Power BI Report Server is now included with F64+ Reserved Instance purchases. It continues to be available with SQL Server Enterprise core licenses with software assurance. You can get the PBIRS key in the “Fabric Capacity” tab under “Capacity Settings” in the admin portal.

Learn more about ways to get the Power BI report server key .

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General Availability of Fabric Private Links

Private links for Fabric tenant  secures inbound access to Fabric from select virtual networks (VNets) and allow you to block access from the internet. Tw With this feature enabled, you can secure connectivity to Fabric  Onelake  and experiences like  Data Warehouse ,  Data Engineering ,  Data Science  and  Data Factory . In addition to the above, we also announced private link support for  Eventhouses . To learn more about Azure Private Link Support for Microsoft Fabric.

Check out the blog post to learn more – About private Links for secure access to Fabric  – Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

General Availability of Managed Private Endpoint

Managed private endpoints provide secure connectivity from Fabric to data sources that are behind a firewall or not accessible from the public internet. Managed Private Endpoints currently enable Fabric Data Engineering items to access data sources securely without exposing them to the public network or requiring complex network configurations. Managed private endpoints are supported for various data sources, such as Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, and many others- the most recent addition being Azure Event Hub and Azure IOT Hub. We will also expand to more workloads as we go.

To learn more about Managed Private Endpoints and supported data sources see Overview of managed private endpoints for Microsoft Fabric – Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

General Availability of Trusted workspace access

Trusted workspace access allows seamless and secure access to firewall enabled Azure storage accounts. It is designed to help you securely and easily access data stored in Storage accounts from Fabric workspaces, without compromising on performance or functionality. This feature extends the power and flexibility of OneLake shortcuts to work with data in protected storage accounts in place without compromising on security. You can also use this capability with Data pipelines and the COPY INTO feature of Fabric warehouses to ingest data securely and easily into Fabric workspaces.

Trusted workspace access is based on the concept of workspace identity, which is a unique identity that can be associated with workspaces that are in Fabric capacities. When you create a workspace identity, Fabric creates a service principal in Microsoft Entra ID to represent the identity.

A workspace identity enables OneLake shortcuts, data pipelines, and warehouse Copy INTO command to access Storage accounts that have resource instance rules configured. Resource instance rules are a way to grant access to specific resources based on the workspace identity or managed identity. You can create resource instance rules by deploying an ARM template with the resource instance rule details.

To get started with this feature and to learn about limitations, see Trusted workspace access in Microsoft Fabric – Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

Organizations who use GitHub or GitHub Enterprise as their source control tool, can now seamlessly integrate with Fabric by connecting Fabric workspaces to GitHub and backup their work. This integration will enjoy the same functionalities that the integration with Azure DevOps offers in Fabric today.

Learn more about the new release.

Creating and managing Git branches & connected workspaces with Git integration just got with the latest enhancements to Fabric Git integration. The updated source control pane in every Git-connected workspace now includes these features:

• Branch Out to a New Workspace – Effortlessly create a new isolated environment, allowing developers to work independently without impacting the team’s shared workspace. This makes it quick and easy to get started on new tasks.
• Explore related workspaces – Easily access any workspace connected to the same Git repository and folder, enabling seamless work across different workspaces and branches directly from your current workspace.

These new capabilities come with a redesigned source control pane, which now organizes all features into a couple of streamlined tabs.

For more details and to explore these options, read the full update here .

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Data Warehouse

In the rapidly evolving world of generative artificial intelligence, historical data plays a significant role in influencing the decision-making process and shaping organizational strategies. Data retention within data warehouse refers to the practice of preserving and managing previous iterations of the data encompassing any inserts, updates or deletes made to the warehouse for a specified period. As a quick response to the valuable customer feedback, we are thrilled to extend the data retention period to 30 calendar days from 7 calendar days and announce the General availability of Time travel at the T-SQL Statement level.

Extending the data retention period to 30 calendar days opens new avenues for exploration, by leveraging Fabric warehouse features – Time travel at T-SQL statement level, Time travel with table clone, and restore in place.

In the data-centric world, data retention is pivotal in modern data management enabling organizations to utilize historical data effectively for analysis, reporting, compliance, and strategic decision-making. By the utilization of data retention, businesses can extract valuable insights from the past to drive success both now and in the future. In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, adaptability is crucial. Our decision to extend the data retention period from 7 to 30 calendar days underscores our commitment to agility and customer-centricity. Come embrace the data retention of 30 calendar days to obtain deeper insights and stay ahead of the curve.

We are thrilled to announce the capability to perform restore-in-place of a warehouse in Microsoft Fabric through the Fabric Warehouse Editor.

In today’s rapidly evolving data management landscape, maintaining the resilience and continuity of your data infrastructure is essential. Unplanned system failures and scheduled maintenance alike demand the ability to restore data warehouses swiftly and seamlessly. This capability is no longer just a feature – it’s a critical necessity in modern analytics environments. A quick and reliable data warehouse recovery solution is indispensable, not only to protect against data corruption but also to ensure business continuity.

From the moment the warehouse item is created, system restore points are created at least every 8 hours. You can create any number of user-defined restore points aligned with your specific business or organizational recovery strategy. Both system-created and user-defined restore points come with a retention period of 30 calendar days. You can view all restore points in warehouse settings.

To create user-defined restore points, go to Warehouse Settings -> Restore points and Add a restore point by providing Name and Description. Then click on context menu action to restore the warehouse item back to that point.

To learn more about Restore in-place of a warehouse, please refer to documentation and announcement

We are excited to announce the General Availability of Alter Table – Add Nullable columns! In the ever-evolving data landscape of data organizations, schemas are shifting and changing to keep up with the influx of new data.

Whether your schema modifications are few and far between, or a regular occurrence that constantly needs to adapt to changing requirements, we have you covered. Our goal is to ensure that customers have everything they need for a seamless warehousing experience, and we continue to strive towards ensuring our TSQL surface area meets the needs of our customers.

Here are some example syntaxes to get started with ALTER TABLE functionality. Note that today we only support the ability to add nullable columns to the Warehouse table.

ALTER TABLE [Contoso].[dbo].[Customers]

ADD [Customer_County] varchar(30)

Learn more here .

Check out our Data Warehouse demo here: 

We’re excited to introduce the public preview of Capacity Pools, designed specifically for Fabric Data Engineering and Data Science workloads. With this new feature, capacity administrators can create custom pools using the capacity spark settings option. Here’s how:

Navigate to the Capacity Settings Page:

• Go to the Admin Poral -> Capacity Settings Page.
• Navigate to the “Data Engineering/Science Settings”.

Create New Pools:

• Within the Spark Settings, you’ll find the option to create new pools.

• These pools can be sized based on the Max Burst Cores limit for Spark your Fabric Capacity SKU.

Availability Across Workspaces:

• Once configured and saved, these pools become available for all workspaces connected to the Fabric capacity.
• Workspace administrators will see the newly created Capacity pool listed among their available options.

• Data Engineers or Data Scientists using Environments will also see the newly created Capacity pool listed among their available compute options.

With these options Capacity admins gain additional controls to manage compute governance for Spark compute in Microsoft Fabric. You can create pools for specific workspaces and even disable workspace-level customization.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new Environment Resources Folder, a shared repository designed to streamline collaboration across multiple notebooks! In the existing notebook the resources folder provides a per notebook resources to store small sized dataset, sample files, code modules and configuration files etc. It provides convenient browsing, folder structure management, upload/download, drag and drop and simple file interactions.

In the recent release, the resources functionality is extended to the Environment, you can find the Resources tab inside the environment and have the full operations to manage the resource files here, and these files can be shared across multiple notebooks once the notebook is attached to the current environment, you can leverage this enhancement to better collaborate with the team on large project with shared resources.

In the Notebook page, you can easily find a second root folder under Resources inherited from the attached environment, and you operate on the files/folders just same with the Built-in resources folder, you can easily drag & drop different files into the code cell, and we’ll generate the executable code snippet to help you consume the file easily. The Environment resource path will be automatically mounted to the notebook cluster, you can use the relative path /env to access the environment resources.

For more detailed usage please find the public document here: How to use notebooks – Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

We are excited to announce that mssparkutils.runtime.context is available to all now! With the new API you can get the context information of the current live session, including the notebook name, default lakehouse, workspace info, if it’s a pipeline run, etc. And the context information is very useful when you want to have more advanced implementation logic inside notebook.

For more information, see Microsoft Spark utilities documentation.

We are excited to announce the release of lakehouse schemas. It is a new feature that allows you to group and manage your tables in logical namespaces. With lakehouse schemas, you can organize your tables into categories, such as business domains, projects, or teams. You can reference multiple tables at once using schema shortcuts, instead of shortcutting each table individually. Apply security policies to schemas for more granular access control, such as granting or revoking permissions to a group of tables at once. You can also cross-reference and join tables from different workspaces using Spark SQL, without having to copy or move data.

• Lakehouse schemas is a new feature that enables logical grouping and management of tables in namespaces.
• With lakehouse schemas, users can organize tables by categories, use schema shortcuts, apply security policies, and cross-reference tables from different workspaces.
• The feature is available for public preview.

For more detailed information find the public documentation here: Lakehouse schemas (Preview) – Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

Check out our Data Engineering demo here: 

Real-time Intelligence

Real-time Dashboards now support ultra-low refresh rates of just 1 and 10 seconds, ensuring you always have the freshest and most accurate data at your fingertips. With the auto-refresh feature, your dashboards update automatically, eliminating the need to manually reload the page or click a refresh button.

Learn more about enabling Real-Time Dashboards auto refresh and setting the refresh rate Create a Real-Time Dashboard (preview) – Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

Eventhouse and KQL databases are optimized for append ingestion.

In recent years, we’ve introduced the  .delete command , allowing you to selectively delete records.

In February, we introduced the  .update command in public preview .  This command allows you to update records by deleting existing records and appending new ones in a single transaction.

The .update command is now Generally Available (GA)!

We encourage you to go through the  many examples of the online documentation page  to familiarize yourself with the syntax.

Dataflow Gen2

Manage connections is the feature that allows you to see and edit all the connections in your Dataflow and data sources that don’t have any linked connection so you can create a new one.

Starting today, we’re adding a new Global view to the Manage Connections that will also allow you to see all the available connections in your Fabric environment so you can modify them or delete them without ever having to leave the Dataflow experience.

Previously, if you wanted to delete a connection you would’ve had to go into the Manage Connections and Gateways portal to do so, but now you have an alternative way without ever having to leave the Dataflow experience.

You can learn more about the Manage Connections feature from the official documentation article .

Whenever you connect to a data source that showcases a Navigation dialog you end up with a query that has a Source step and either one or a series of Navigation steps. For example, when you use the Lakehouse connector you can navigate to the workspaces that you have access to, then the Lakehouse within them and the objects found within your Lakehouse so you can navigate to them. Another example is when you connect to an OData service like Northwind that displays a list of tables available to you.

What if you wanted to connect to a different object within your Lakehouse or perhaps a completely different Lakehouse?

Introducing the new experience to edit navigation steps within DataflowYou can find it inside of the Applied steps  section of the Query settings pane by double clicking a Navigation step or clicking on the gear icon.

It is similar to the way that a navigation step behaves in Power Query Desktop (in Excel and Power BI Desktop), but the main difference is that it is available for all Navigation steps, and it only modifies the Navigation steps. It doesn’t result in deletion of subsequent steps like it happens in Power Query Desktop (in Excel and Power BI Desktop).

We encourage you to give this new feature a try and share your feedback in our Data Factory community forum .

You can now boost your performance with Fast Copy in Dataflow gen2 when loading data from on-premises data stores including SQL Server.

The way you configure Gateway in Dataflow gen2 to get access to on-premises data stores, it is the same for Fast Copy in Dataflow gen2. By doing so, you can ingest terabytes of data from on premise store with the easy experience of dataflows, but with the scalable back end of the pipeline Copy Activity.

Learn more about Fast Copy in Dataflow Gen2 .

Check out the new and updated connectors in this release:

• [New] OneStream
• [Update] Exact Online Premium v
• [Update] Funnel
• [Update] Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik
• [Update] Delta Sharing

Data pipeline

You can now edit the JSON behind your Data Factory pipelines in Fabric

Fabric Data Factory is the low-code data integration service in Microsoft Fabric that includes dataflows, data pipelines, and many other data integrations and ETL capabilities. When designing your low-code pipeline workflows, directly editing the JSON code behind your visual pipeline canvas can increase your flexibility and improve your market time. Long-time ADF and Synapse developers have also asked for this capability in Fabric, and we are super excited to now announce the edit JSON capability has been added to Fabric Data Factory data pipelines!

We are excited to announce the release of two powerful new connectors in Fabric Data Factory data pipeline: Azure MySQL Database Connector and Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB Connector.

These connectors are designed to significantly enhance your data integration and management capabilities. The Azure MySQL Database Connector enables seamless, secure, and efficient integration with MySQL databases hosted on Azure, simplifying data workflows and ensuring robust performance.

Meanwhile, the Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB Connector offers unparalleled ease of connection to Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB instances, providing high compatibility and performance for your NoSQL data needs.

Elevate your data integration experience with these new connectors in Fabric Data Factory and unlock the full potential of your data ecosystems.

We are thrilled to announce a powerful new feature in the Fabric Data Factory Snowflake Connector to support Snowflake storage integration.

This enhancement allows users to seamlessly connect and integrate Snowflake’s storage integration , enabling more efficient and secure data movement. With Snowflake storage integration, you can streamline data workflows, optimize performance across all staging scenarios without the need to bring external storage to stage your dataset as you do today. This update not only simplifies your data integration processes but also significantly expands your ability to move data from or to Snowflake with richer authentication methods through staged approach and thus improves the security.

We are excited to share the new capability of OneLake Datahub at the homepage of Modern Get Data in Data Pipeline. Now you can select any existing connections from OneLake Datahub, not just your recent and favorite ones. This makes it easier to access your data sources from the homepage of modern get data in data pipeline.

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Microsoft outages caused by CrowdStrike software glitch paralyze airlines, other businesses. Here's what to know.

By Haley Ott

Updated on: July 20, 2024 / 12:06 AM EDT / CBS News

Banks, airlines, television networks and health systems around the world that rely on Microsoft 365 apps were hit by widespread outages early Friday linked to the company CrowdStrike. Thousands of flights and train services were canceled globally, including more than 1,800 in the U.S., and there were disruptions to many other public and retail services. 

Here's what we know about the outages:

What caused the global Microsoft outages?

The issue was caused by a technical problem that global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said it had identified in its software and was working to resolve. CrowdStrike provides antivirus software to Microsoft for its Windows devices.

"Earlier today, a CrowdStrike update was responsible for bringing down a number of IT systems globally," Microsoft said in a statement to CBS News. 

Later on Friday, Microsoft said on social media that it had "completed our mitigation actions and our telemetry indicates all previously impacted Microsoft 365 apps and services have recovered. We're entering a period of monitoring to ensure impact is fully resolved."

In a statement, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said the issue had been identified and a solution was being implemented. He added that "this is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed."

In an update shared Friday afternoon  on social media , Kurtz again apologized to those impacted and said he was committed "to provide full transparency on how this occurred and the steps we're taking to prevent anything like this from happening again."

What has been affected by the Microsoft outages?

Over 3,000  flights had been canceled  within, into or out of the U.S. as of Friday night, and more than 11,400 others were delayed, according to the flight tracking service,  FlightAware . Globally, more than 42,000 flights were delayed Friday. 

American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines resumed at least some flight departures later Friday morning after pausing operations earlier in the day due to the outages. 

"We have recovered our operation today and expect to deliver a reliable operation for our customers tomorrow," American Airlines said in a statement Friday evening. 

And Toby Enqvist, chief operations officer for United Airlines, said in a statement late Friday night that "while we had to cancel and delay far more flights than we ever want to, we are poised to return to a near-normal operation on Saturday."

A timelapse shared by the Federal Aviation Administration showed flights resuming Friday afternoon.

Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston canceled all previously scheduled surgeries and medical visits that were not considered urgent because many of the computer systems were down, preventing access to vital digital records.

"We do everything on our computers now," neuro ICU nurse Meghan Mahoney told CBS News. "…People's medical history, their allergies. So when that goes down, we have to revert back to paper charting."

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City postponed all procedures requiring anesthesia. Emory Healthcare system in Atlanta delayed certain types of surgeries. Seattle Children's Hospital closed its outpatient clinic.  

The Department of Health and Human Services said on Friday afternoon it was "working to assess the impact of the CrowdStrike outage on patient care and HHS systems, services, and operations."   

A Department of Homeland Security memo to staff obtained by CBS News said that "DHS systems are currently impacted by a global outage of the cybersecurity software CrowdStrike. This is impacting many businesses globally, as you may be seeing in the news. This was not a cyberattack."  

Portland, Oregon Mayor Ted Wheeler issued an Emergency Declaration for the city on Friday. The declaration will allow for "immediate response and resources to get city systems back to fully operational levels." In New York City , Mayor Eric Adams said the outage did not have a major impact on city operations because of previous drills that had been conducted to educate officials on how to respond to an IT issue. 

The FAA is working closely with airlines impacted by a global IT issue. This timelapse depicts air traffic recovering after airlines requested FAA assistance with ground stops this morning. Contact your airline for more info and monitor https://t.co/smgdqJN3td . pic.twitter.com/inRTK6ovTI — The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) July 19, 2024

In Europe, Lufthansa, KLM and SAS Airlines reported disruptions. Switzerland's largest airport reported planes had not been allowed to land, according to CBS News partner network BBC News. In India, at the country's primary airport in Delhi, everything was being done manually. No electric check-in terminals were functioning and gate information was being updated by hand on a whiteboard, the BBC reported.

Hospitals in Germany said they were canceling elective surgeries Friday and doctors in the U.K. said they were having issues accessing their online booking system. Pharmacists in the U.K. said there were disruptions with medicine deliveries and accessing prescriptions. 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said there were no operational problems related to the outage, though some of its systems had been affected. Those systems have workarounds that allow their use even amid the outage. 

The London Stock Exchange said it had experienced disruptions to its regulatory news service, but that trading had not been impacted. A spokesperson for the New York Stock Exchange said markets were fully operational and a normal opening was expected.

Starbucks said the outage was preventing customers from using its mobile ordering features. Delivery companies like FedEx also reported that some packages could be delayed due to the outages.

"FedEx has activated contingency plans to mitigate impacts from a global IT outage experienced by a third party software vendor. However, potential delays are possible for package deliveries with a commitment of July 19, 2024," the company said in a statement.

When will the Microsoft outages be fixed?

Even with the fix being implemented by CrowdStrike, some of the problems caused will likely take time to solve, Chief Information Officer at identity security firm CyberArk, Omer Grossman, told Reuters. He said the reason is that the problem has to do with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) products that run on individual client computers.

"It turns out that because the endpoints have crashed — the Blue Screen of Death — they cannot be updated remotely and the problem must be solved manually, endpoint by endpoint. This is expected to be a process that will take days," Grossman said.

In an interview with CNBC, CrowdStrike's Kurtz said many of the affected systems were already beginning to recover, and a fix could be as straightforward for some clients as rebooting their computers or servers.

He acknowledged, however, that "some systems may not fully recover, and we're working individually with each and every customer to make sure we can get them up and running and operational." 

Kurtz did not provide a timeframe, and it appeared that many companies and organizations around the world would have to rely on their own technology departments to get systems back up and running.

— Kris Van Cleave contributed to this report.  

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Haley Ott is the CBS News Digital international reporter, based in the CBS News London bureau.

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Safari ios (ipad) tabs lost

I'm using Ipad 6 (17.5.1) and I lost my tabs in safari.

I usually operate several windows for convenience due yo the large amount of tabs I use and didn't have many problems overall but recently tabs started to just disappear. Previously i selected several tabs from an old window and created a new window for them but soon after I noticed that most of them were just gone inexplicably, with only couple left for some reason. They were not in recently closed tabs - just gone completely without any visible reason or sign. At the time i didn't care too much because they were not too important and i thought that maybe i have gone over the limit somehow and they were lost that way so I just moved on.

However now I got a serious problem. I've done the same procedure as before and soon after noticed that out of 40 tabs I had in that window only 2 were left. This was serious. I searched online but the only recommendation i was able to find was to merge all the windows which could potentially reveal hidden tabs or something like that. It didn't but even worse - a lot of tabs have just disappeared again and now out of over 400 tabs i had previously only 160 are left. Some time after i merged the windows all other tabs i had just disappeared completely. They are not in recently closed and in my settings the tabs are closed manually only. I haven't done anything else yet, haven't even restarted the device because i was afraid that I might lose ability to restore the old tabs if I do.

I'm at a complete loss here so please help.

iPad, iPadOS 17

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