Practical guides and insights for modern data practitioners
In this post I want to show one way that you can operationalize Fabric workspaces using Fabric CLI and fabric-cicd with GitHub Actions. To clarify, when I say the Fabric CLI I mean the Fabric Command Line Interface. Which is a command line offering by Microsoft. Whereas fabric-cicd is a Python library that allows you … Read more
In this post I want to show how you can operationalize fabric-cicd to work with Microsoft Fabric and GitHub Actions. Since I got asked if this post was available whilst helping at the ask the experts panel during the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference. Just so that everybody is aware, fabric-cicd is a Python library that … Read more
In this post I cover two ways to perform CI/CD for SQL databases in Fabric using GitHub Actions. By showing two different ways you can create the dacpac file with GitHub Actions. One way with a database project and another by directly extracting the schema of the database into a dacpac file. As per the … Read more
You can consider this post a Fabricators guide to database projects for Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouses. Since I intend to go into a lot of detail about them in this post to help those that are preparing for the DP-700 exam. You can start booking to take the beta exam on the same day that … Read more
In this post I share some things to consider when choosing Azure DevOps or GitHub for Microsoft Fabric Git integration. Since you can now choose either Azure DevOps or GitHub as a provider for Git repositories. As shown in the below diagram. I wanted to do this post since I get asked a lot whether … Read more
In this post I cover naming conventions for Microsoft Fabric Git integration repositories and branches. Because I think it is an important topic. Even more so after recent updates within Microsoft Fabric. Such as the ability select GitHub as a provider for Git integration. Which I have covered in various posts already. Including one about … Read more
In this post I cover CI/CD for Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouses using GitHub Actions. I want to do this post for various reasons. Including the fact that when I was presenting at the Microsoft office in the Netherlands earlier this year I mentioned to somebody that this can be done in GitHub. I feel now is the right time … Read more
In this post I share my initial thoughts about security considerations when using GitHub with Microsoft Fabric Git integration. Since GitHub support for Microsoft Fabric Git integration is now available. Allowing you to perform scenarios like the one below with multiple workspaces. Which is very similar to the Azure DevOps alternative that I shared in … Read more
In this post I share the results of some additional security tests when using GitHub for Microsoft Fabric Git integration. Which I performed recently after being asked about a couple of topics. By the end of this post, you will know the consequences of multiple users updating items in the same workspace with the same … Read more
In this post I share the results of my initial tests of GitHub support for Microsoft Fabric Git integration. Which became available in my tenant last week. To be honest, I have been looking forward to this option ever since the announcement that it was coming at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference for various reasons. … Read more