The five benefits of Microsoft Fabric

Organizations that embracing data, are almost twenty times more likely to make a profit, 23 times more likely to successfully retain customers, and six times more likely to retain those customers as well. But to make the right decisions, you need access to the right tools and technologies. Only then can you effectively collect, analyze and use data. Microsoft Fabric has emerged as a versatile suite of frameworks and tools that are ideal not only for application development, but also for developing advanced data and analytics solutions. In this blog, Auke Akkerman, our senior business technology consultant, highlights the five key benefits of using Microsoft Fabric to create data and analysis solutions.

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1. Integrated analysis capabilities

Microsoft Fabric offers seamless integration with powerful analytics tools, including Power BI, Synapse, and Azure. Thanks to Fabric, organizations can collect, transform and display data from various sources into tight reports and dashboards. These integrated analysis options give you the opportunity to make decisions more smoothly, based on reliable data and trends instead of gut feeling. To date, the combination of Azure, Synapse and PowerBI sometimes appears to be unstable, but with Fabric, that problem is a thing of the past.

2. Generative AI (Copilot)

Because all functions, from data retrieval to visualization, are now in one platform, you can ask AI to do everything for you from front to end. Microsoft added Copilot to the Fabric platform and it can transform data, write PySpark notebooks, select machine learning models, and visualize data in Power BI with one question. On top of that, it can also interpret data and provide advice. It all sounds too good to be true and there are some caveats to make about the output, but the fact is that it helps you get started in building this data analysis flow.

3. Advanced data integration

One of the bottlenecks in setting up data and analysis solutions is how to bring data from different sources and formats together. Microsoft Fabric addresses this problem with its advanced data integration capabilities, allowing organizations to easily merge, transform, and enrich data for analysis. By using tools such as Azure Data Factory, developers can set up complex data pipelines. These pipelines retrieve data from various sources, process it and make it available in the data lake for further analysis.

4. Security and Compliance

Data security and regulatory compliance are paramount when building data and analytics solutions. Microsoft Fabric offers comprehensive security options and compliance features to protect data and comply with regulatory requirements. Azure's built-in security mechanisms allow companies to securely store, edit, and analyze sensitive information. This allows them to easily stay in line with industry standards and legislation such as the GDPR and HIPAA.

5. Fast time-to-insight

With Microsoft Fabric, organizations can very efficiently unlock the value from their data. The integrated development environment and the availability of ready-to-use components enable developers and data analysts to create customized solutions that meet specific business requirements in no time. This significantly speeds up the process of moving from data to insight and gives you the agility to quickly respond to changing dynamics and seize new opportunities. This principle, which we already know from developing low-code apps in OutSystems, is now also applicable to analytics.

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In short

In conclusion, Microsoft Fabric offers a comprehensive and powerful suite of tools and frameworks that empower organizations to build advanced data and analysis solutions. With integrated analytics, flexibility and scalability, advanced data integration, security and compliance, and rapid time to insight, Fabric is the ideal basis for organizations that strive for data-driven innovation and success.

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