Published on July 3, 2024
Updated on July 10, 2024
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Fabric at a glance
Fabric bundles Data Factory, Synapse, Power BI, and new services like Real-Time Intelligence into one SaaS platform. The June/July updates made it production-ready for many enterprises.
Key capabilities to leverage
OneLake shortcuts: virtualize delta tables across storage accounts and regions without copying data.
Warehouse + Lakehouse coexistence: run T-SQL and Spark over the same Delta tables for BI and data science teams.
Copilot for Fabric: auto-generate pipelines, dataflows, and DAX measures using natural language.
Reference architecture
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Governance
Activate Microsoft Purview’s OneSecurity policies so access control follows shortcuts.
Set retention policies per workspace and monitor consumption costs per capacity.
Register data products in a business glossary and expose them via Fabric Domains.
Migration tips
Inventory existing Synapse pipelines; map them to Data Factory in Fabric.
Convert Parquet datasets to Delta Lake to benefit from Fabric’s caching and ACID support.
Rebuild Power BI semantic models directly on Fabric Warehouse endpoints to reduce duplication.
Slot in a product demo or internal showcase.
KPI tracking
Time-to-insight for new datasets.
Cost per TB processed on legacy vs. Fabric.
Number of reusable data products published per quarter.
Close with an offer to facilitate a Fabric readiness assessment.
