Monitoring costs in Microsoft Fabric can be trickier than it first appears. You might assume it’s just a flat fee per capacity (easy, right?), but real-world usage tends to add complexity. Maybe you pause and resume a capacity, scale it … Continue reading →
Announced at Microsoft Ignite two weeks ago were many new product features related to the data platform. Check out the Major announcements and Book of News. I went through the many announcements and picked out the most interesting ones, so you don’t have to: Microsoft … Continue reading →
I had a great question asked of me the other day and thought I would turn the answer into a blog post. The question is “I’m an experienced DBA in SQL Server/SQL DB, and my company is looking to build … Continue reading →
A bunch of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon Vienna) recently. Here are all the new features that I found most interesting, with some released now and others coming soon: More info: FabCon Vienna: … Continue reading →
A new feature has just been released in Microsoft Fabric that I was so impressed with that I decided to blog about it. Available in public preview is the ability to create a shortcut to a raw text file and … Continue reading →
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and AI, and some were very impressive. Below are my favorites. Everything announced at Build can be found in the Microsoft Build 2025 Book of News. Here you … Continue reading →
A ton of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference recently. Here are all the new features that I found most interesting, with some released now and others coming soon: More info: FabCon 2025: Fueling … Continue reading →
In today’s data-driven world, organizations need the ability to analyze and act on data as it flows in real time. Microsoft Fabric provides a powerful ecosystem for real-time intelligence, enabling businesses to process, store, analyze, and visualize data with minimal … Continue reading →
Microsoft Fabric is rapidly gaining popularity as a unified data platform, leveraging OneLake as its central data storage hub for all Fabric-integrated products. A variety of tools and methods are available for copying data into OneLake, catering to diverse data … Continue reading →
Announced at Microsoft Ignite last week were some new product features related to the data platform and AI. Check out the Major announcements and Book of News. Below are the ones I found most interesting: Fabric-related: Non-Fabric related: More info: … Continue reading →
Many customers ask me about the advantages of moving from Azure Synapse Analytics to Microsoft Fabric. Here’s a breakdown of the standout features that make Fabric an appealing choice: Cost-Saving Insights with Microsoft Fabric Additionally, here are indirect ways customers … Continue reading →
A TON of new features announcements at the European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference help last week. The full list is here, and I wanted to list my favorite announcements from that list: More info: Microsoft Fabric Conference Europe Recap: Copilot, … Continue reading →
Are you ready to have conversations with your data? Announced in public preview within Microsoft Fabric is AI Skill, a new capability in Fabric that allows you to build your own generative AI experiences. In short, this is a generative … Continue reading →
Microsoft Fabric uses a data lakehouse architecture, which means it does not use a relational data warehouse (with its relational engine and relational storage) and instead uses only a data lake to store data. Data is stored in Delta lake … Continue reading →
Microsoft Copilot is an app that uses AI to help you find information, create content, and get things done faster (see What Is Copilot? Microsoft’s AI Assistant Explained). Copilot is now integrated heavily in Microsoft Fabric to bring new ways to … Continue reading →
There were a number of Microsoft Fabric announcements at Microsoft Build yesterday that I wanted to blog about. Everything announced at Build can be found in the Microsoft Build 2024 Book of News. Top announcement: Real-Time Intelligence The new Real-Time Intelligence within Microsoft Fabric will … Continue reading →
I talked about Microsoft Fabric shortcuts in my blog post Microsoft Fabric – the great unifier (where I have updated the picture with the newest supported sources) and wanted to provide more details on how shortcuts work and reduce some … Continue reading →
(Shameless plug: The price of my book “Deciphering Data Architectures: Choosing Between a Modern Data Warehouse, Data Fabric, Data Lakehouse, and Data Mesh” has dropped on Amazon to its lowest price yet) A ton of new features for Microsoft Fabric … Continue reading →
I’m seeing a lot of excitement from customers over Microsoft Fabric, now that it GA’d a few weeks ago. One thing that is generating a lot of that excitement is using Fabric in a way that I call “the great … Continue reading →
After more than two years in development and six months in public preview, Microsoft Fabric is now generally available (GA). Here is the announcement made during Microsoft Ignite last week. If you are not familiar with Fabric, check out my … Continue reading →