Fabric Workspace Storage Analysis
Andy Challenge: How can I see the underlying storage and files being used in my Fabric items like Lakehouses and Warehouses and check if files still exist even after I delete…
Microsoft Fabric Warehouses for the Database Administrator: Areas of Interest
With cloud technology, vendors will say you don't have to worry about anything, it just works! It's magic to a certain extent but also can be disconcerting if you can't…
The Reality of ALTER TABLE… in Fabric Warehouses
Overview With the recent announcement from Microsoft that ALTER TABLE...ADD COLUMN is now supported in Fabric Warehouses, you might be forgiven for saying "So what? Database systems have had this…
Microsoft Fabric Warehouse for the Database Administrator (DBA) Part 3: Fabric Compute
Overview Welcome to part 3 of this Fabric Warehouse for the DBA series in which we'll look at the Fabric Compute that underpins the Fabric Warehouse (and Lakehouse SQL Endpoint)…
Microsoft Fabric Pay-As-You-Go vs Reserved Pricing And How To Purchase
Overview One question I see quite regularly on forums and social media is the pricing around Microsoft Fabric and specifically F SKUs (capacities). In this blog we'll go through how…
Microsoft Fabric Warehouse for the Database Administrator (DBA): Fabric & Warehouse Service Overview
Overview This is the second part of the Fabric Warehouses for DBAs blog series, if you haven't read the first part which is an overview of the series and includes…
Microsoft Fabric Warehouse for the Database Administrator (DBA): Series Overview
Overview Let me start off this blog post by saying that no matter what data role you have, it's important to handle data you use with care. If you're a…
Fabric Networking: Trusted Workspace Access for OneLake Shortcuts
Overview Along with Managed Private Endpoints, another security feature was released at the same time called Trusted Workspace Access for OneLake Shortcuts. Now, I had actually conflated these 2 features…
Fabric Networking: Managed Private Endpoints with Setup and Considerations
Managed Private Endpoints in Public Preview Security fans rejoice (and companies that don't appreciate leaving their data stores open to public access...)! Microsoft Fabric now has Managed Private Endpoints (MPE…
Fabric Link for Dataverse: Initial Setup and Considerations
Overview I've been looking at implementing a proof-of-concept for the Fabric Link for Dataverse functionality to synchronise Dynamics 365 data into Fabric for use in analytics and warehousing. Previously I've…