Data Transformation 101 - Unlock the True Potential of Your Data with Microsoft Fabric

With businesses adapting digital practices in every corner of the world, there has been a massive influx of data. It is paramount to put big data to effective use and not let it lie around and occupy space. To cater to the data coming in all formats and schemas, large organizations usually require various tools and teams to store, transform, ingest, analyze, or engineer it.

Structured or unstructured, this data holds a sea of possibilities to boost business growth and drive infallible business strategies. However, the true data potential can only be unlocked by top-tier data processing that can mature raw data into meaningful insights.

Unfortunately, Data being processed through various tools results in it being spread over a vast network of software and functionalities. The complex network of data handling usually results in the combined cost of all their respective software being too exorbitant. Furthermore, it becomes difficult for teams to collaborate on data, due to the difference in their processing formats. The complex network of intra-organization data handling also results in more chances of security loopholes putting data at risk of malware attacks and hacking attempts.

All Data Unified with Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft’s newly released Fabric is an end-to-end solution for all kinds of data needs. Fabric has efficiently combined all data handling functionalities like data engineering, data storage, data science, and data analytics into a unified solution

Developed as a SaaS, Microsoft Fabric seamlessly integrates data functionalities like Data Engineering, Data Factory, Data Science, Data Warehouse, Real-Time Analytics, and Power BI into one place. It employs previous features like Synapse Data Warehousing, Synapse Data Engineering, Data Factory, and Power BI in a powerful confluence with new features like Microsoft OneLake.

These enterprise-grade features enable organizations to bring their entire data infrastructure under the umbrella of Microsoft Fabric, specifically OneLake. It provides functionalities for the following categories, that previously functioned separately, to fulfill their respective data requirements.

• Data Engineering: Fabric provides the functionalities of Synapse Data Engineering to enable data engineers to transform and store all the organizational data in a dedicated data lakehouse. It enables engineers to collaborate with other departments like data warehousing or analytics, through the lakehouse architecture.
• Data Factory: Fabric combines the powerful functionalities of Power Query and Azure Data Factory, to integrate data with the help of more than 200 connectors, to connect data from various sources. It has two key features, Dataflows and Pipelines.

• Data Science: Its integration with Azure Machine Learning in Fabric enables data scientists to create and deploy machine learning models to operationalize their processes. They can enhance the organizational data by integrating it with prediction models as well. Lastly, Fabric allows them to work on the same data prepared by Data Engineers, stored in OneLake, without having to duplicate it.
• Data Warehouse: By supporting open delta lake formatting, Fabric enables cross-collaboration between teams (with all skill levels) and democratizes data. Data, instead of being stored in multiple lakes and warehouses, is stored in Microsoft’s OneLake, which eliminates data duplication and enables cross-database querying. Users can efficiently employ Visual Query Editor, for no-code access to multiple tables to gain quick insights.
• Real-time Analytics: Enterprises must deal with observational data coming in, in high volumes, having various schemas, and being semi-structured in JSON or text formats. Hence, it gets hard for traditional warehouses to process such data. Real-time Analytics, in Fabric, automatically ingests, streams, partitions, and indexes data sans any complexities. It seamlessly connects with tools like Power BI and Data Warehouses to aid enterprises in asset tracking, supply chain and inventory optimization and other business management-related feats.
• Power BI: By enabling business owners to quickly access all organizational data through OneLake, it streamlines the business intelligence aspect. Power BI , in Fabric, drives quick data visualizations and drives intelligent insights for quality decision-making.

• OneLake: Wittily referred to as ‘OneDrive for data’ by Microsoft, it encapsulates your organization’s data in one place. OneLake diminishes data duplicity, is highly scalable, and supports a universal security model that diminishes security loopholes. Built on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, it supports all formats and lets users of any technical level access organizational data with ease.

Experience Data Unification in Microsoft Fabric with Dynamics Solution and Technology

Dynamics Solution and Technology , with its trusted team of professionals, has been transforming businesses with Microsoft solutions for years now. Having recently earned the Microsoft Solutions Partner Status, we have a range of satisfied and digitally transformed businesses in MENA and Gulf regions.

Our dynamic team of seasoned Microsoft professionals help businesses get on the path to data-driven success. By integrating Microsoft Fabric into your business, we can power your data handling with AI and help your business mount new standards of success.

Dynamics Solution and Technology can help you unlock the true potential of data through the AI-powered Microsoft Fabric, and experience streamlined possibilities of business intelligence, in one place. Schedule a demo now.