Fundamentals of Microsoft Fabric: Designing End-to-End Analytics Solutions

by Nikola Ilic, Ben Weissman

Overview

In the rapidly evolving world of data and analytics, professionals face the challenge of navigating complex platforms in order to build more efficient solutions. Microsoft Fabric, hailed as Microsoft's "biggest data product in history after SQL Server," offers powerful capabilities but comes with a steep learning curve. The myriad of choices within Fabric can be overwhelming, with multiple ways to tackle tasks, not all of which are equally efficient.

This book serves as a definitive roadmap to understanding Microsoft Fabric—and leveraging it to suit your needs. Authors Nikola Ilic and Ben Weissman demystify the core concepts and components necessary to build, manage, and administer robust data solutions within this game-changing product.

• Discover the core Microsoft Fabric components and understand key concepts and techniques for building a robust data platform
• Learn to apply Microsoft Fabric effectively in your day-to-day job
• Understand the concept of a lake-centric architecture
• Gain the skills to implement a scalable and efficient end-to-and analytics solution
• Manage and administer a Fabric tenant

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781098172886
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	06/25/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	428
File size:	26 MB
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About the Author

Nikola Ilic is an independent consultant and trainer focusing on Power BI and Microsoft Fabric. Since he lives in the beautiful city of Salzburg, which is well-known as a birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nikola was brave enough to use composer's last name as part of his nickname - and that's why Nikola "makes music from the data"! When his head is not in charts and numbers, Nikola enjoys spending time with his wife and two kids, watching football, and cooking.

Ben is running a small consultancy firm, focussed on datawarehousing, business intelligence and data analytics. His inofficial Job title is Data Passionist to emphasize his neverending curiosity for data and insights. His non-data time is dedicated to his daughter, his partner, good food and exploring the world.