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Now Available – A Guide: Migrating to Fabric Data Warehouse

The Microsoft Fabric Migration Guide is now live! This comprehensive resource is designed to help you plan and execute your migration to Microsoft Fabric with confidence. Whether you’re just getting started or already deep into your migration journey, this guide provides best practices, tools, and step-by-step instructions to support you every step of the way.

Explore the guide

Microsoft Fabric Migration Overview

Utilize the following resources to plan for migration to Fabric Data Warehouse

  1. Migration Assistant for Fabric Data Warehouse  
  2. Migration Strategy and Planning for ​​Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL Pools to Fabric Migration​  
  3. Migration Methods for ​​Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL Pools to Fabric Migration​  

Migrate to a warehouse with these step-by-step instructions.

  1. How to extract a Data-Tier Application (DAC) from an Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool in Visual Studio 2022  
  2. Step by step guide with the Migration Assistant for Fabric Data Warehouse

As you define the architecture of your data estates, the deployments patterns will help you choose right pattern that serves your needs. Through Administration, Usability, DevOps, Security, Governance, Performance and scale, Billing and cost management

To explore Fabric deployment patterns, refer to the Deployment Patterns for Microsoft Fabric – Azure Architecture Center documentation.

Need Help?

If you’re looking for personalized support, reach out to your Microsoft account team to get connected with the Migration Factory. Our experts are ready to help you assess, plan, and execute your migration with tailored guidance and tooling. And this support will not cost you anything, you heard it – it is FREE!

Roadmap

We’re just getting started—Migration Assistant will continue to grow and improve as we refine the experience based on your feedback

Check out these features that are on our roadmap for migration to warehouse:

  • Live connectivity to Synapse dedicated SQL pool.
  • Support for SQL database project files and SQL files
  • Copilot improvements.

Share Your Ideas!

We’re continuously improving our migration capabilities, and your feedback is invaluable. If there are features or tools you’d like to see, please submit your suggestions on the Ideas Portal.

Join Us at FabCon Vienna!

The European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon Europe 2025) is right around the corner we’re excited about the stellar line up of Fabric Data Warehouse sessions. This is a great opportunity to learn more about Fabric Data Warehouse and jumpstart your migration journey.

FabCon 2025 will give you the opportunity to:

  • Learn best practices for designing and optimizing warehouses.
  • Understand emerging capabilities and what’s next on the roadmap.
  • Gain confidence in areas like security, monitoring, and external connectivity.
  • Network with the Fabric DW product teams, MVPs, and community experts.

Here is your guide to all the Fabric Data Warehouse sessions at FabCon Europe 2025:

DateTimeSession TitleSpeaker(s)
Monday, Sep 1509:00–17:00Hands-On Approach to Building Scalable Data Warehouse Solutions with Microsoft FabricSrdjan Matin; Filip Popović; Artur Vieira
Tuesday, Sep 1610:30–11:30CORENOTE: Fabric Data Warehouse – what’s new, what’s nextBogdan Crivat, Tino Tereshko
Tuesday, Sep 1610:30–11:30Use AI and Python in T-SQL to supercharge your Data Warehousing solutionsJovan Popovic; Salil Kanade
Tuesday, September 1617:00 – 18:00All roads lead to Microsoft Fabric DWH: Migrating your Synapse or on-prem DWH to Fabric DWHIlija Zagorac
Wednesday, Sep 1710:30–11:30End-to-End Security for Data Warehousing in Microsoft FabricShabnam Watson
Wednesday, Sep 1710:30–11:30Revolutionizing external data access in Fabric Data WarehouseJovan Popovic; Twinkle Cyril
Wednesday, Sep 1710:30–11:30Managing Capacities and monitoring query performance in Microsoft Fabric Data WarehouseAndy Cutler
Thursday, Sep 1810:30 – 11:30 Accelerating Fabric Migration: New Assistant Tools for Data Engineering and WarehousingJenny Jiang, Ancy Philip
Thursday, Sep 1810:30–11:30 From Fast to Blazing: Unlocking Peak Performance in Microsoft Fabric Data WarehouseFilip Popović; Jelena Djokovic
Thursday, Sep 1814:15–15:15Mastering Microsoft Fabric Data Warehousing: Tips & Tricks You Need to KnowKristyna Ferris
Thursday, Sep 1814:15–15:15From Load to Logic: Designing for Performance in Microsoft Fabric WarehousesMargarita Naumova

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