How to Start with Microsoft Fabric

Weave Intelligent Insights with Microsoft Fabric

Discover the power of Microsoft Fabric and unify your data effortlessly. This guide shows you how to start with Microsoft Fabric, helping your team connect, analyze, and act faster while reducing data duplication and complexity across cloud environments.

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Grasping Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Fabric is a unified analytics platform that integrates data across services like OneLake, Power BI, and Synapse. By connecting to multiple sources, it simplifies analytics workflows, centralizes storage, and enables scalable insights for faster, smarter decisions

Assessing Data Platform Features

Before diving in, it’s essential to understand how Microsoft Fabric compares to other popular platforms. The table below highlights key differences in data access, analytics speed, integration, and collaboration capabilities to help you make an informed choice

Fabric vs Synapse vs Redshift
Feature	Microsoft Fabric	Azure Synapse	AWS Redshift
Unified Data	OneLake unifies data for all workloads, eliminating extra copies	Synapse integrates Azure data, separate setups may be required	Redshift uses cluster storage, limited cross-cloud integration
Analytics Speed	Direct connections reduce latency and speed workflows	Parallel queries enhance performance in Azure environments	Columnar storage improves performance for big datasets
Permissions	Centralized access controls simplify security	Role-based Azure permissions must be configured individually	IAM policies manage access across Redshift clusters
Cross-Cloud	Connects Azure, AWS, and other sources seamlessly	Primarily Azure-native, limited cross-cloud	Requires additional tools for multi-cloud integration

Data Centralization

Microsoft Fabric’s OneLake ensures all data is accessible from a single virtual lake, reducing redundant copies and simplifying access for all workloads.

Speed of Analysis

Direct connections and shortcuts in Microsoft Fabric accelerate workflows, reducing latency and enabling near real-time insights for analytics across platforms

Access Control

Centralized access management in Fabric streamlines credentials and governance, minimizing configuration errors compared to managing individual roles in other platforms.

Cross-Cloud Interoperability

Fabric integrates seamlessly with Azure, AWS, and external sources, providing multi-cloud analytics without additional setup, unlike Synapse or Redshift

How Microsoft Fabric Services Elevate Your Data

Allston Yale’s Microsoft Fabric Services streamline your analytics and data workflows. By adopting our services, organizations experience centralized storage, reduced duplication, improved governance, seamless cloud integration, faster insights, and simplified access management.

Centralized Storage

Consolidate all enterprise data in OneLake for streamlined management, effortless collaboration, and smooth access across teams and workloads, reducing complexity and enhancing efficiency.

Reduced Duplication

OneLake shortcuts and unified storage cut down on unnecessary data copies, lowering storage costs and minimizing processing delays, while keeping analytics workflows clean and efficient.

Faster Insights

Direct connections through Microsoft Fabric accelerate data workflows, allowing teams to access accurate insights quickly and make informed, strategic decisions without waiting on slow data transfers.

Simplified Governance

Centralized permission and credential management in OneLake reduces configuration errors, ensures consistent security, and keeps compliance intact across all workloads and analytical processes.

Multi-Cloud Integration

Microsoft Fabric enables seamless integration with Azure, AWS, and other platforms, providing true cross-cloud analytics and eliminating the need for complex multi-cloud setups or duplicate pipelines.

Enhanced Collaboration

Teams can securely access, share, and analyze data from a single source in OneLake, boosting productivity, breaking down silos, and enabling more coordinated, data-driven decisions.