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When comparing Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks, the most important difference is that Fabric is designed as an all-in-one SaaS analytics platform, while Databricks is a specialized lakehouse and AI platform focused on engineering, data science, and machine learning workloads. High-Level Comparison Area Microsoft Fabric Azure Databricks Target audience Analysts,…

Please find the link to the following course … Work smarter with Copilot in Microsoft Fabric – Training | Microsoft Learn What originally attracted me to Microsoft technology 30 years ago were two key factors. Microsoft products integrated extremely well with both Microsoft and non-Microsoft technologies, for example SQL Server…

Level: Beginner / Non-Technical Target  Audience: Business Analysts / Project Managers / Data Analytics Project Stakeholders or people who have an interest in this area. Traditional Reporting vs Power BI Traditional Reporting Power BI Static Interactive Fixed layout Self-service exploration Print-oriented Insight-oriented One report per question One report answers many…

Day 5 — Semantic Layer Power BI model (Direct Lake) Measures + relationships First business reports live 👉 Value delivered within the week.

Day 4 — Silver → Gold Star schema modelling Fact + dimension tables Optimised for reporting 👉 Designed for performance, not theory.

Day 3 — Bronze → Silver Clean, standardise, deduplicate Apply business rules Produce current-state data 👉 This is where data becomes usable.

Day 2 — Source → Bronze Ingest raw data using PySpark Append-only Delta tables Full data fidelity preserved 👉 No transformations. No shortcuts.

Day 1 —Architecture & Setup ·        Understanding and set up of the architecture within Fabric and Azure ·        Fabric reference architecture ·        An Environment per workspace with the setup of (Dev/UAT/Prod) ·        Metadata tables (e.g. watermarks) ·       Incremental load of data from source (e.g. Xero)…

Join us for a 5-day workshop designed to empower delegates in delivering an end-to-end #MicrosoftFabric Data Analytics solution. This workshop will follow best practices and be led by a Microsoft Certified Trainer (#MCT) with 30 years of experience in data management and analytics. This is an excellent opportunity to enhance…

Connect Azure Data Factory (ADF) to Business Central Overview To connect ADF Pipeline to Dynamics 365 Business Central, you can use the OData connector with Microsoft Entra service principal authentication. Here’s a step-by-step guide based on Microsoft’s official documentation and community insights. While Fabric Pipelines can technically connect to Business…