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Orchestrating End-to-End ETL Workflows with Microsoft Fabric
In this Microsoft Fabric course, participants explore the key options available in Fabric for supporting ETL-focused data engineering workflows. The course begins with foundational data and analytics...
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Duration
1 day
Course Code
WA3895-MOC
Available Formats
Classroom
Overview
Course Description
In this Microsoft Fabric course, participants explore the key options available in Fabric for supporting ETL-focused data engineering workflows. The course begins with foundational data and analytics concepts, followed by an introduction to Microsoft Fabric’s architecture, capacities, workspaces, and core experiences.
Participants are introduced to lakehouses, Dataflows Gen2, and Fabric Data Factory pipelines, learning how these services can be used to ingest, transform, store, and orchestrate data movement at a practical level. The course includes hands-on labs that provide experience creating Fabric lakehouses, using Dataflows Gen2, building and monitoring pipelines, and preparing semantic models for analysis with Power BI.
Participants also learn how Power BI connects to Fabric semantic models to support reporting and analytics. An optional 1.5-day version extends the course with an introduction to Fabric Data Agent and a capstone project that allows participants to apply the concepts in a guided workflow scenario.
Skills Gained
- Explain core data and analytics concepts, including data storage types and OLAP vs. OLTP
- Describe Microsoft Fabric architecture, capacities, workspaces, and personas relevant to ETL and data engineering
- Create and manage lakehouses in Microsoft Fabric to ingest, transform, store, and query analytical data
- Identify and compare ETL options in Microsoft Fabric, including Dataflows Gen2 and Data Factory pipelines
- Implement basic ETL processes using Dataflows Gen2 and Data Factory pipelines in Microsoft Fabric
- Orchestrate data movement and processing using Fabric pipelines, including monitoring and execution
- Build semantic models and connect to them using Power BI to enable data analysis and reporting
Prerequisites
- General understanding of data and analytics concepts, including a basic overview of ETL processes
- Familiarity with relational data concepts and basic SQL is helpful
Course Duration Options
- Available as a 1-day course with lecture and labs, or as an extended 1.5-day course that includes additional modules on Fabric Data Agent and a guided capstone project. See the outline below for details.
Setup
- A computer with an internet connection is required.
- A lab VM with all necessary accounts will be provided to participants.
Course Details
Course Details
1-day Outline
Introduction to Data Fundamentals
- What is Big Data?
- The 3 Vs of Big Data
- Steps in Data Management
- OLAP and OLTP
- Data Warehouse Schema Types
- Star Schema
- Snowflake Schema
- Data Storage Types
- Row-Based Storage
- Column-Based Storage
Introduction to Microsoft Fabric
- What is Microsoft Fabric?
- Microsoft Fabric as a SaaS Platform
- Microsoft Fabric and the Different Personas
- The Bigger Picture
- Compute Engines in Microsoft Fabric
- Understanding Microsoft Fabric Capacities
- Provisioning a Microsoft Fabric Capacity
- Microsoft Fabric Capacity SKUs
- Microsoft Fabric Workspaces
- High-level Concepts in Microsoft Fabric
Get Started with Lakehouses in Microsoft Fabric
- Describe lakehouse features and capabilities
- Ingest and transform data in a lakehouse
- Query and analyze lakehouse data
- Create a Microsoft Fabric lakehouse
ETL Options in Microsoft Fabric Pipelines and Dataflows
- Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric
- Understanding ETL
- ETL options in Microsoft Fabric
- Dataflows Gen2
- Data Factory pipelines in Microsoft Fabric
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
Orchestrate Processes and Data Movement with Microsoft Fabric Pipelines
- Understand pipelines
- Use the Copy Data activity
- Use pipeline templates
- Run and monitor pipelines
- Ingest data with a pipeline
Build Semantic Models and Analyze Data with Power BI
- Introduction to semantic models in Microsoft Fabric
- Design a semantic model from a Fabric lakehouse or warehouse
- Define relationships, measures, and calculations
- Understand Direct Lake vs. Import connectivity
- Connect Power BI reports to Fabric semantic models
- Explore governance, sharing, and reuse of semantic models
1.5-day Outline
This option includes the full 1-day outline plus the following additional topics and guided capstone project.
Introduction to Fabric Data Agent
- Microsoft Fabric Data Agent
- Fabric Data Agent data options
- Create a Fabric Data Agent
- Select a data source for Fabric Data Agent
- Ask questions using Fabric Data Agent
- Publish and share a Fabric Data Agent
Capstone Project
- Design a guided Fabric workflow
- Ingest data using the Copy Data activity from relevant sources, such as SQL Server and CSV
- Transform data using Dataflows Gen2
- Store curated datasets in a lakehouse
- Orchestrate the workflow using pipelines
- Prepare a semantic model for data analytics
- Connect to the semantic model and lakehouse using Power BI
- Create a Fabric Data Agent and ask data-driven questions
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I found this course informative. It was easy to follow and provided some good information.
Course was great and the instructor had an answer for anything that was asked during the course.
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