Practical guides and insights for modern data practitioners
This post includes what I consider to be your first fabric-cicd deployment steps from your local machine. Because I am aware that a lot of people have yet to work with fabric-cicd. Fabric-cicd is a Python library that allows you to perform CI/CD of various Microsoft Fabric items into Microsoft Fabric workspaces. With some customization … Read more
This post is a back-to-basics guide that shows three approaches to preparing a Git repository for Microsoft Fabric Git integration. In other words, prepare a repository in either Azure DevOps or GitHub in order to connect it to a Microsoft Fabric workspace. To manage expectations, this post is aimed at those with little or no … Read more
This post is a back-to-basics Git introduction for Microsoft Fabric enthusiasts. Because I am very aware a lot of Microsoft Fabric enthusiasts are from different backgrounds. Which means that Git may not be their focus area. To manage expectations, this post is aimed at those with little or no experience of Git. However, those with … Read more
Upon request, I show how you can change the sample database for Fabric Accelerator to SQL database in Fabric in this post. Instead of the suggested Wide World Importers Azure SQL Database. Right up until the stage that you run the sample Data Pipeline with this database. As shown below. Doing this means that you … Read more
Recently I tested the new deployment method for the Fabric Accelerator. Which is the metadata driven framework accelerator solution for Microsoft Fabric developed by Benny Austin. Because it is a popular solution I decided to share my results in this post. Install with the new deployment method for Fabric accelerator I looked to deploy fabric … Read more
This post shows how you can modernize Microsoft Fabric CI/CD using the Azure DevOps MCP Server. By showing examples of how you can use natural language when working with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code to perform a variety of tasks you tend to perform manually in Azure DevOps. Currently there is a lot more … Read more
I decided to share my thoughts about the perfect combination of Azure DevOps services for an end-to-end Microsoft Fabric CI/CD story. Since the topic came up in a forum recently. Before I go any further, I will explain what I mean by Azure Devops services. Even though a lot of people think of Azure DevOps … Read more
In this post I cover some recommended certifications for Microsoft Fabric enthusiasts as 2026 begins. To make people aware of some of the options that are currently available. In a post I shared some updated advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Year’s resolution for 2026. Since that post mentions my older post about certifications for … Read more
This post contains the results of my initial test to chat with Fabric data agents in Visual Studio Code. Which is now possible due to the fact that the ability to consume Fabric data agent as a model context protocol server in Visual Studio Code is now available. Providing various prerequisites are met. Introducing this … Read more
Happy New Year all and welcome to my updated advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Year’s resolution for 2026. Three years ago I published a post that covered advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Years resolution. However, a lot has changed since then. Including the introduction of Microsoft Fabric and the advancement of … Read more