The Latest in Data and AI
Category: Data
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Data Factory in Fabric (Aug 2025): The upgrades you should actually use
TL;DR August brings four Data Factory upgrades that remove orchestration friction and lower time-to-value for governed ingestion in Fabric: Related platform update worth noting: On-premises Data Gateway (Aug 2025) adds features that help Fabric pipelines—e.g., Lakehouse connector, data consistency improvements in Copy Activity, and Entra ID support for PostgreSQL. Why these matter (business value, not…
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How Customer Managed Keys (CMKs) help Compliance in Microsoft Fabric
TL;DR Microsoft Fabric now lets you encrypt selected workspaces with your own keys in Azure Key Vault (CMK). You keep ownership of the cryptographic root of trust—rotation, audit, and revocation—on top of Microsoft’s default encryption. Practically, that means fewer audit exceptions, clearer incident response, and a stronger data-governance story when rolling Fabric out at scale.…
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How Fabric’s new Azure Databricks mirroring speeds up Enterprise Adoption
Microsoft Fabric now lets you mirror Azure Databricks Unity Catalog (UC) into OneLake. That means BI teams can build Power BI Direct Lake models over your existing Delta tables, without copying data and you get an auto-generated SQL analytics endpoint for ad-hoc analysis. Net effect: weeks-to-days onboarding for Fabric, while your engineering and ML stay…
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Data Governance in Microsoft Fabric with Purview
“Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.” – Tim Berners-Lee Data today powers business decisions, drives customer engagement, and fuels AI innovations. But here’s the catch: without proper data governance, your data can become a liability instead of an asset. If you’re using Microsoft Fabric, you already know it’s…
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Mastering Your Data Management Strategy
“More than 70% of employees have access to data they shouldn’t, and 80% of analysts’ time is wasted just preparing data.” – Harvard Business Review Data is your company’s most valuable asset. Yet, without a structured data management strategy, that asset quickly turns into a liability. Inconsistent, siloed, or unsecured data can lead to poor…
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Real-Time Data Ingestion 101: A Comprehensive Guide
Whether it’s fraud detection in banking, predictive maintenance in manufacturing, or personalized recommendations in e-commerce, real-time data ingestion plays a critical role in making instant, data-driven decisions. This guide explores what real-time data ingestion is, why it matters, when to use it, the different approaches available, and how Microsoft Fabric enables real-time data processing at…
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How to Build an AI-Ready Data Foundation
The rise of large language models (LLMs) has given some businesses the impression that training data is no longer a critical factor. After all, these models come pretrained with vast amounts of knowledge. However, to gain a true competitive edge, companies need AI that understands their specific domain, customers, and internal processes—which means high-quality, proprietary…
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The Data Value Gap: Why Only 32% of Companies Realise Tangible Benefits from Data
Data is often hailed as the new oil, the lifeblood of modern enterprises, and the key to unlocking competitive advantage. Yet, despite businesses collecting more data than ever before, only 32% of organisations report realising tangible and measurable value from it, according to an Accenture study. This statistic reveals a troubling paradox: companies are sitting…
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Automatically Migrating Power BI Premium Capacities to Microsoft Fabric
In early 2024, Microsoft announced the consolidation of purchase options and the retirement of Power BI Premium per capacity SKUs (P-SKUs).Starting February 1, 2025, customers with expiring Enterprise Agreements (EA) or Microsoft Cloud Agreements will no longer be able to add or purchase Power BI Premium capacities through their agreements. As a result, organizations currently…