At FabCon Europe 2026, data engineering moved from writing code to defining the outcome. Estera Kot explains what that means for your data team and for governance.

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Marcin Kubica sits down with Clouds on Mars CTO Estera Kot to unpack her FabCon Europe 2026 takeaways, from agentic data engineering to governing AI agents in Microsoft Fabric.

Hear how the Data Engineering Agent behind Project Osmos plans and validates Apache Spark work, how the operations agent explains a pipeline that failed at 3 AM, why AI agents need their own identity like employees, and why a core MCP server that can delete workspaces calls for clear access policies.

Mentioned in this episode:

-FabCon Europe 2026 recap with Injae Park https://youtu.be/oPvHypIAwnM

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro and why FabCon matters

(01:18) Project Osmos: from Copilot to outcomes

(02:30) How the data engineer's job changes

(03:16) Agentic AI and new governance questions

(04:02) Observability and the operations agent

(04:38) A short break with Elton the dog

(05:17) Failed pipelines and pre-approved actions

(06:10) Governance: from people to agents

(07:03) Data agents, core MCP server, audit logs

(07:34) Treating AI agents like employees

(08:37) Where Clouds on Mars can help

(09:15) Mapping agents, policies and access

(09:48) Closing and the next FabCon locations

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