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Learn Microsoft Fabric

You're reading from Learn Microsoft Fabric A practical guide to performing data analytics in the era of artificial intelligence

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835082287

Length 338 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Concepts

Artificial Intelligence

Authors (2):

Bradley Schacht

Arshad Ali

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: An Introduction to Microsoft Fabric

2. Chapter 1: Overview of Microsoft Fabric and Understanding Its Different Concepts FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding Different Workloads and Getting Started with Microsoft Fabric

4. Part 2: Building End-to-End Analytics Systems

5. Chapter 3: Building an End-to-End Analytics System – Lakehouse

6. Chapter 4: Building an End-to-End Analytics System – Data Warehouse

7. Chapter 5: Building an End-to-End Analytics System – Real-Time Analytics

8. Chapter 6: Building an End-to-End Analytics System – Data Science

9. Part 3: Administration and Monitoring

10. Chapter 7: Monitoring Overview and Monitoring Different Workloads

11. Chapter 8: Administering Fabric

12. Part 4: Security and Developer Experience

13. Chapter 9: Security and Governance Overview

14. Chapter 10: Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

15. Part 5: AI Assistance with Copilot Integration

16. Chapter 11: Overview of AI Assistance and Copilot Integration

17. Index

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Reviewing the core capabilities of Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Fabric is designed for the age of AI and is delivered as a single Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product that provides auto-integration, auto-optimization, common architecture, central security and governance, a unified business model, and Office-like experiences across all workloads.

There are four core pillars of Microsoft Fabric:

Figure 1.1 – Microsoft Fabric’s core capability pillars

Figure 1.1 – Microsoft Fabric’s core capability pillars

Let’s review each pillar in detail in the next subsections:

Complete Analytics Platform
Lake-centric and open
Empower Every Business User
AI Powered

Complete analytics platform

While there is a standard pattern (for data warehouses or lakehouses) for typical analytics systems with well-defined components (such as ingestion, processing, and consumption), each of the components might need a different array of capabilities and might be well-served by a different...

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Authors (2)

Arshad Ali

Arshad Ali

Arshad Ali is a principal product manager at Microsoft, working on the Microsoft Fabric product team in Redmond, WA. He focuses on Spark Runtime, which empowers both data engineering and data science experiences. In his previous role, he helped strategic customers and partners adopt Azure Synapse and Microsoft Fabric. Arshad has more than 20 years of industry experience and has been with Microsoft for over 16 years. He is the co-author of the book Big Data Analytics with Azure HDInsight and the author of over 200 technical articles and blogs on data and analytics. Arshad holds an MBA from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington and an MCA from India.

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Schacht

Schacht

Bradley Schacht is a principal program manager on the Microsoft Fabric product team based in Saint Augustine, Florida. Bradley is a former consultant and trainer and has co-authored five books on SQL Server and Power BI. As a member of the Microsoft Fabric product team, Bradley works directly with customers to solve some of their most complex data problems and helps shape the future of Microsoft Fabric. Bradley gives back to the community by speaking at events, such as the PASS Summit, SQL Saturday, Code Camp, and user groups across the country, including locally at the Jacksonville SQL Server User Group (JSSUG). He is a contributor on SQLServerCentral and blogs on his personal site, BradleySchacht.

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