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Get started with Microsoft Fabric

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  • Discover how Microsoft Fabric can meet your enterprise's analytics needs in one platform. Discover the capabilities Fabric has to offer, understand how it works, and identify how you can use Fabric for your analytics needs.

    In this module, you learn how to:

    • Identify the capabilities of Microsoft Fabric.
    • Implement Microsoft Fabric to meet your enterprise's analytics needs.
    • Describe how Fabric supports AI capabilities through Copilot, data agents, and Fabric IQ.
  • Lakehouses in Microsoft Fabric combine data lake flexibility with data warehouse analytics. Learn how to create, load, and query a lakehouse on a single platform.

    In this module, you learn how to:

    • Describe core features and capabilities of lakehouses in Microsoft Fabric.
    • Create a lakehouse.
    • Ingest and transform data in a lakehouse.
    • Query and analyze lakehouse data with SQL and Spark.
  • Apache Spark is a core technology for large-scale data analytics. Microsoft Fabric provides support for Spark clusters, enabling you to analyze and process data at scale.

    In this module, you'll learn how to:

    • Configure Spark in a Microsoft Fabric workspace

    • Identify suitable scenarios for Spark notebooks and Spark jobs

    • Use Spark dataframes to analyze and transform data

    • Use Spark SQL to query data in tables and views

    • Visualize data in a Spark notebook

  • Tables in a Microsoft Fabric lakehouse are based on the Delta Lake technology commonly used in Apache Spark. By using the enhanced capabilities of delta tables, you can create advanced analytics solutions.

    In this module, you'll learn how to:

    • Understand Delta Lake and delta tables in Microsoft Fabric

    • Create and manage delta tables using Spark

    • Optimize delta tables

    • Use Spark to query and transform data in delta tables

    • Use delta tables with Spark structured streaming

  • Use Data Factory pipelines in Microsoft Fabric

    In this module, you learn how to:

    • Describe pipeline capabilities in Microsoft Fabric.

    • Use the Copy Data activity in a pipeline.

    • Create pipelines based on predefined templates.

    • Run and monitor pipelines.

  • Data ingestion is crucial in analytics. Microsoft Fabric's Data Factory offers Dataflows for visually creating multi-step data ingestion and transformation using Power Query Online.

    In this module, you'll learn how to:

    • Describe Dataflow capabilities in Microsoft Fabric
    • Create Dataflow solutions to ingest and transform data
    • Include a Dataflow in a pipeline
  • Understand the key components and design considerations for implementation of data warehouses in Microsoft Fabric.

    In this module, you learn how to:

    • Describe data warehouse concepts and dimensional modeling fundamentals.

    • Create tables, load data, and understand ingestion methods in a Fabric warehouse.

    • Query and transform data using T-SQL and the visual query editor.

    • Model warehouse data for reporting and downstream consumption.

    • Secure and monitor a data warehouse.

  • Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric has capabilities that help you ingest, process, store, visualize, and act on data in motion to gain immediate insights from events as they happen.

    In this module, you learn how to:

    • Describe real-time analytics, streams and events.
    • Understand Real-Time Intelligence components in Fabric.
    • Ingest data and transform data in motion.
    • Store and query data in KQL databases.
    • Visualize streaming data with Real-Time Dashboards.
    • Automate actions with Activator.
  • Get started with data science in Microsoft Fabric by learning how to train a model in a notebook, and track your metrics with MLflow and experiments.

    In this module, you'll learn how to:

    • Understand the data science process
    • Train models with notebooks in Microsoft Fabric
    • Track model training metrics with MLflow and experiments
  • Microsoft Fabric is a SaaS solution for end-to-end data analytics. As an administrator, you can configure features and manage access to accommodate your organization's needs.

    In this module, you learn how to:

    • Describe Fabric admin tasks
    • Navigate the admin center
    • Manage user access
    • Govern data in Fabric

Syllabus

  • Introduction to end-to-end analytics using Microsoft Fabric
    • Introduction
    • Explore end-to-end analytics with Microsoft Fabric
    • Explore data teams and Microsoft Fabric
    • Enable and use Microsoft Fabric
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Get started with lakehouses in Microsoft Fabric
    • Introduction
    • Describe lakehouse features and capabilities
    • Ingest and transform data in a lakehouse
    • Query and analyze lakehouse data
    • Exercise - Create a Microsoft Fabric lakehouse
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Use Apache Spark in Microsoft Fabric
    • Introduction
    • Prepare to use Apache Spark
    • Run Spark code
    • Work with data in a Spark dataframe
    • Work with data using Spark SQL
    • Visualize data in a Spark notebook
    • Exercise - Analyze data with Apache Spark
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Work with Delta Lake tables in Microsoft Fabric
    • Introduction
    • Understand Delta Lake
    • Create delta tables
    • Optimize delta tables
    • Work with delta tables in Spark
    • Use delta tables with streaming data
    • Exercise - Use delta tables in Apache Spark
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Orchestrate processes and data movement with Microsoft Fabric
    • Introduction
    • Understand pipelines
    • Use the Copy Data activity
    • Use pipeline templates
    • Run and monitor pipelines
    • Exercise - Ingest data with a pipeline
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Ingest Data with Dataflows Gen2 in Microsoft Fabric
    • Introduction
    • Understand Dataflows Gen2 in Microsoft Fabric
    • Explore Dataflows Gen2 in Microsoft Fabric
    • Integrate Dataflows Gen2 and Pipelines in Microsoft Fabric
    • Exercise - Create and use a Dataflow Gen2 in Microsoft Fabric
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Get started with data warehouses in Microsoft Fabric
    • Introduction
    • Understand data warehouses
    • Understand data warehouses in Fabric
    • Query and transform data
    • Model data in a warehouse
    • Secure and monitor a warehouse
    • Exercise - Create and query a warehouse
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Get started with Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric
    • Introduction
    • What is real-time data analytics?
    • Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric
    • Ingest and transform real-time data
    • Store and query real-time data
    • Visualize real-time data
    • Automate actions
    • Exercise - Get started with Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Get started with data science in Microsoft Fabric
    • Introduction
    • Understand the data science process
    • Explore and process data with Microsoft Fabric
    • Train and score models with Microsoft Fabric
    • Exercise - Explore data science in Microsoft Fabric
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Administer a Microsoft Fabric environment
    • Introduction
    • Understand the Fabric Architecture
    • Understand the Fabric administrator role
    • Manage Fabric security
    • Govern data in Fabric
    • Module assessment
    • Summary

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