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The Unified Data Platform.

Microsoft Fabric unifies Power BI, Data Factory and the next generation of Azure Synapse Analytics into a SaaS platform to democratize data and AI across organisations.

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Microsoft Fabric: Adopt, Trial, Assess, Hold?

Azure Radar

Read our high-level Azure Radar assessment of Microsoft Fabric; its pros & cons, how it differs from Azure Synapse, and why we classify it as "assess".

Perspectives on Microsoft Fabric

We've been on the private preview for Microsoft Fabric since late 2022, and have put the platform through its paces using real-world data and scenarios. In this 20 minute chat, Microsoft MVP Ian Griffiths interviews Barry Smart, Director of Data & AI, and Ed Freeman, Senior Data Engineer, about their experiences of this new unified data platform.

A Tour Around Microsoft Fabric

In this video, Senior Data Engineer Ed Freeman takes a tour around Microsoft Fabric, highlighting OneLake, and the Synapse Data Engineering and Synapse Data Science experiences.

Lakehouse & Medallion Architecture

In the 1st part of an end to end demo in Fabric, Ed Freeman looks at Lakehouse & Medallion Architecture

Inspecting 28 MILLION row dataset in Bronze Lakehouse

In the 2nd part of an end to end demo in Fabric, Ed Freeman looks at the 5GB dataset we're going to use.

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Endjin were involved in the Microsoft Fabric Private Preview and have been using the platform since late 2022. We've been recording all our thoughts and opinions so that we could share them as soon as it was announced publicly.

DuckLake in Perspective: Advanced Features and Future Implications

DuckLake in Perspective: Advanced Features and Future Implications

Barry Smart

Explore DuckLake's advanced capabilities including built-in encryption, sophisticated conflict resolution, and the strategic implications for future data architecture. Understand how DuckLake enables new business models and positions itself against established lakehouse formats.
DuckLake in Practice: Hands-On Tutorial and Core Features

DuckLake in Practice: Hands-On Tutorial and Core Features

Barry Smart

Get hands-on with DuckLake through a comprehensive tutorial covering installation, basic operations, file organization, snapshots, and time travel functionality. Learn how DuckLake's database-backed metadata management works in practice.
Introducing DuckLake: Lakehouse Architecture Reimagined for the Modern Era

Introducing DuckLake: Lakehouse Architecture Reimagined for the Modern Era

Barry Smart

DuckDB Labs introduces DuckLake, a revolutionary approach to lakehouse architecture that solves fundamental problems with existing formats by bringing database principles back to data lake metadata management.
Reading structured data from SharePoint in Synapse Pipelines

Reading structured data from SharePoint in Synapse Pipelines

James Broome

This post describes an approach to copy files and data from SharePoint into Azure using Synapse Pipelines.
Synapse & Service Principal SharePoint Integration

Synapse & Service Principal SharePoint Integration

James Broome

The interactive notebook shared in this post defines the process of granting Service Principals (inc. Synapse managed identities) access to SharePoint sites.
DuckDB in Practice: Enterprise Integration and Architectural Patterns

DuckDB in Practice: Enterprise Integration and Architectural Patterns

Barry Smart

Learn how to integrate DuckDB into enterprise environments, including Microsoft Fabric deployment, and explore the architectural patterns it enables for modern data processing workflows.