Very recently, Microsoft announced the public preview of the Microsoft Fabric Copy Job. This blog will give an explanation of what a Copy Job is, how to create one and why it can be an enormous help in speeding up your data ingestion. What it is The copy job is essentially an abstraction of a … Continue reading Microsoft Fabric Copy Job: Simplifying Data Ingestion
Welcome back to this mini series on Azure Sql Server with Copilot. In the previous posts I wrote about a general introduction of this toolset (click here for more) and had some fun in the Azure Portal getting stuff done (click here for more). In this third part, I'm going in for the data and … Continue reading Sql Server and Copilot. What the query it this? Part 3, query editor
Welcome back! In part one (click here), I've introduced Azure Sql Copilot. In this second part, I'm going to take you along in the Azure portal experience. I'll write about my personal experiences, opinions and the different angles you can use to connect with your database. Let's dig in! For this first part, I’m putting … Continue reading Sql Server and Copilot. What the query it this? Part 2, portal experience
Welcome to a series of three blogs where I'm going to explore Azure Sql Copilot. This series will portray a lot of my experiences trying out Azure Sql Copilot. The first blog will feature a short introduction and an introduction on Copilot security. The following blogs will focus on a lot of testing. Remember, AI … Continue reading Sql Server and Copilot. What the query it this? Part 1, introduction
I had an interesting morning trying to connect Dynamics to a Data lake. As you might know, there was a feature where Dynamics would create a Data lake for you. This choice will cease to exist quite soon and to offer alternatives, you can create an Azure Synapse Link or Fabric Link. This blog will … Continue reading Creating Azure Synapse Link for Dynamics: Step-by-Step Guide
When you open Fabric, the first thing you need to do is choose a so-called workspace. This serves as a container for all your Fabric items. You can have one or more workspaces and the design is entirely up to you. From one workspace to rule them all to one workspace for each set of … Continue reading Understanding Cross Workspace Data Transfer in Microsoft Fabric
This blog will be a quite short one compared to the other blogs as it's more of an overview to show you the capacity of Fabric ingesting CSV files in their native format into a Lakehouse and ingesting SQL data into a table structure inside the Lakehouse. Simple, straightforward stuff without any form of modification. … Continue reading Fabric Lakehouse Data Ingestion: CSV vs. SQL Scenarios
I just can't seem to stop doing this, checking the limits of Microsoft Fabric. In this instalment I'll try and find some limits on the data warehouse experience and compare them with the Lakehouse experience. The data warehouse is a bit different compared to the Lakehouse, so I'll be digging into that one first. Then … Continue reading Testing Microsoft Fabric Capacity: Data Warehouse vs Lakehouse Performance
I've just returned from Lingen, Germany after the DataGrillen event. This year, I wasn't only attending (which you should do as it is one of the best events) but for the first time, I was also selected as a speaker. Speaker dinner The evening before the event, there was the speaker dinner. It was a … Continue reading Attending and speaking at Datagrillen 2024
Blog Alert! Arun Ulag shared some neat new developments on #MicrosoftFabric at the keynote. Here are my first thoughts on them! #mvpbuzz #FabCon
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