Microsoft Fabric

The Microsoft Fabric Consultancy

Either you are just beginning your data maturity journey, or you are taking your first steps in AI practices, our experts will support you as you roadmap your journey to true business value.

We will help you to find the opportunities that drive the most business value in the shortest period of time for the lowest cost; deploying just enough technology to get results.   

Together, with our Microsoft Fabric Consultancy you will design and build an architecture that delivers today and enables the future.

Common questions that are tackled by our Solution Architects are: 

• I have an existing data platform – do we need Microsoft Fabric? 
• Which Microsoft Fabric use case will drive the most value for my organisation? 
• How do I maximise my current data maturity investments while still benefiting from Microsoft Fabric? 
• What about data governance, cost controls and spend forecasting with Microsoft Fabric? 
  
• Does Microsoft Fabric really have value, or is it just a nice to have?
• We have a Power BI and citizen developer community, how does Microsoft Fabric help?

Why Microsoft Fabric?

There are a number of benefits for organisations who want to bring together a number of systems of record and uncover insights through a single pane of glass. 

Microsoft Fabric provides a robust, scalable, and integrated data platform that can significantly enhance an organisation's data capabilities, drive efficiency, and support strategic decision-making.

1. A Unified Platform

Microsoft Fabric integrates various data services; both new and existing components from Power BI, Azure Synapse, and Azure Data Explorer into one ecosystem. Thus simplifying data management and providing a single, cohesive platform for your data.

You will establish an open data lake, assisting your data developers in connecting and organising data from your systems of record. 

2. Enabling End Users

Fabric supports features like shared workspaces and integrated workflows, facilitating teamwork and streamlining processes for data professionals.

By streamlining data workflows and providing powerful analytics tools, Fabric accelerates the time to insights, enabling quicker identification of trends, opportunities, and issues.

Fabric can connect to a wide variety of data sources, allowing organisations to consolidate and analyse data from disparate systems for a comprehensive operational view.

All of this can be achieved simply by the end user. Reducing the dependance on IT.

Innovation and creativity among your employees is encouraged by embedding the tools and insights with everyday Microsoft 365 apps such as Excel and Teams.

3. Cost Efficiencies and Flexibility

Built on Azure, Fabric can scale according to organisational needs, handling both small and extensive datasets efficiently.

Consolidating multiple data services into a single platform reduces overhead. The pay-as-you-go pricing model of Azure helps optimise costs based on actual usage.

These costs are predictable, so no nasty surprises. 

4. Copilot Enabled

Fabric provides advanced analytics and AI capabilities, including machine learning, predictive analytics, and real-time data processing, empowering deeper insights and better decision-making.

Copilot enables seamless natural language interrogation of your data.

5. Security and Governance at its Core

Fabric benefits from Azure’s robust security features, ensuring data protection and compliance with regulations and standards.

Integrated data governance features ensure data quality, consistency, and compliance, with support for data cataloging, lineage tracking, and policy enforcement.