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Microsoft’s vision of an open data lake ecosystem: Open lakes, not walled gardens

April 25, 2024 by Josh Caplan 6,781 Views

In today’s data-driven world, enterprise data estates contain many data sources for a variety of reasons, including differences in type of usage (operational vs. analytic), differences in ownership, and the presence of legacy infrastructure that is part of a corporate merger or acquisition. In addition, enterprises constantly acquire and refresh data from external sources. For …

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Introducing external data sharing: a new way to collaborate across Fabric tenants

These days every company is a data company. More specifically, every company has data that can provide added value to someone else. And even more to the point, data sharing has become a common and essential practice for many organizations. Whether it is sharing data with suppliers, customers, partners, or consultants, data sharing enables better …

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Data Factory Spotlight: Semantic model refresh activity 

Overview  Data Factory empowers you to ingest, prepare and transform data across your data estate with a modern data integration experience. Whether you are a citizen or professional developer, Data Factory is your one-stop-shop to move or transform data. It offers you intelligent transformations and a rich set of activities from hundreds of cloud and …

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Microsoft Fabric April 2024 Update

Welcome to the April 2024 update! This month, you’ll find many great new updates, previews, and improvements. From Shortcuts to Google Cloud Storage and S3 compatible data sources in preview, Optimistic Job Admission for Fabric Spark, and New KQL Queryset Command Bar, that’s just a glimpse into this month’s update. There’s much more to explore! …

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Fabric Change the Game: Embracing Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

In this new post of our ongoing series, we’ll explore setting up Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL, leveraging the Vector Search capabilities of AI Search Services through Microsoft Fabric’s Lakehouse features. Additionally, we’ll explore the integration of Cosmos DB Mirror, highlighting the seamless integration with Microsoft Fabric. It’s important to note that this approach harnesses …

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