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 are saving costs with Fabric compared to Synapse: About the Author: James Serra James works at Microsoft as… READ MORE
Using Fabric Python Notebooks, Daft & OrgApps Simon Willison is one of my favorite bloggers. In fact, what I blog, how I blog & test, is inspired by him. He wrote a blog a couple of weeks ago about FourSquare Places data that has been open-sourced. I was exploring this dataset and ended up creating a few maps.… READ MORE
The modern era demands smarter ways to manage and analyze data. Microsoft Fabric empowers you to unify your data ecosystem, enabling seamless integration with existing tools and platforms. By adopting this innovative solution, you can streamline operations, reduce inefficiencies, and unlock new opportunities for growth. According to Forrester’s Total Economic Impact study, businesses using Microsoft… READ MORE
In the first post in this series – a post titled Fabric Data Factory Design Pattern – Basic Parent-Child – I demonstrated one way to build a basic parent-child design pattern in Fabric Data Factory by calling one pipeline (child) from another pipeline (parent). In the second post, titled Fabric Data Factory Design Pattern – Parent-Child with Parameters,… READ MORE
In any programming environment, handling unreliable processes—whether due to API rate limiting, network instability, or transient failures—can be a significant challenge. This is not exclusive to Spark but applies to distributed systems and programming languages across the board. In this post, we’ll focus on Python (since I’m a PySpark developer) and explore how to make… READ MORE
Power BI licensing has certainly evolved over the years, and with so many changes, it’s no wonder questions keep coming up. Below are a few that I have heard and seen: I know, it’s a lot – but don’t worry. My goal with this blog is to tackle as much as I can. I have… READ MORE
For those of you who either attended Fabric Conference Europe and/or have some sort of social media account, it won’t come as a huge surprise that Microsoft is launching a new certification. If you’re working with Microsoft Fabric and focusing on the data engineering part of things, this certification is for you! What is… READ MORE
Use Graph Semantics in Fabric Henning Rauch shows viewers how to use graph semantics in #Microsoft #Fabric. Graph semantics in Kusto Query Language (#KQL) lets you query and model data as graphs. Henning demonstrates how a graph can be created to find out what happened at a specific time and what impact the anomalies would… READ MORE
Exploring Graph Semantics in Fabric Real Time Intelligence Webinar Description: This session will cover the fundamental principles of graph theory, and the practical benefits of integrating these concepts into Fabric Real-Time intelligence. Participants will gain insights into the latest advancements in graph technology and explore real-world use cases demonstrating the impact on data analysis and decision-making… READ MORE
How do you develop a python library in Microsoft Fabric while maintaining the full ability to test code prior to packaging? This topic is something that I’ve been challenged with for the last year and the internet, community, ChatGPT, etc., no once is talking about it, therefore, for the longest time I didn’t even think… READ MORE
