What are the perks of Microsoft Fabric - all fuss removed
Curious whether Microsoft Fabric lives up to the hype? In this second of three blog posts, we’ve cut through the noise to reveal how it can accelerate your data insights, scale your operations, and significantly elevate your analytics capabilities.
The path to unlock the potential of data in your organization can be daunting, especially with the constantly evolving landscape of new vendors and solutions vying for attention. One such solution is Microsoft Fabric, which, according to Microsoft, is “an enterprise-ready, end-to-end analytics platform that provides a seamless, user-friendly SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) experience and integrates separate components into a cohesive stack”.
That sounds promising, but what is Microsoft Fabric offering your organization in practice? We are fuss-fighters, so in this article, we cut through the complexity to clarify Fabric’s value and the key considerations that need attention to facilitate Fabric being a valuable investment for companies within the energy sector.
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Fast results and accelerated time to insights and value
As a fully managed SaaS solution, Microsoft Fabric shifts the responsibility of infrastructure and platform management to Microsoft, freeing your organization from the burden of setup and maintenance. Similar to an iPhone, Microsoft Fabric is ready to use with minimal setup required, providing your organization with a nearly ready-to-use data platform. In other words, Microsoft Fabric enables faster value creation by streamlining the path from implementation to insights. This feature enables you to unlock insight faster and reduce the time-to-market.
With Microsoft Fabric, it’s less building, less groundwork, less waiting. You can start and test quickly so that we can have results right away.
Anaïs Kermagoret, AI Principal Solution Architect at Cegal
Scale and pay as you grow
- With Fabric, you also get scalability. Initially, you can turn off all features you don't use, so your start-up investments are nearly zero. And when the project grows and shows value, you can scale, Kermagoret adds.
First and foremost, as a SaaS-based solution, Microsoft Fabric eliminates the upfront costs associated with setting up the platform's infrastructure. Secondly, Microsoft Fabric offers a pay-as-you-go payment model, allowing you to tailor the features to your specific needs. Instead of committing to a large-scale investment from the outset, you can activate only the components you need. As your business evolves and the project demonstrates value, Fabric scales seamlessly with you, eliminating traditional sunk costs and enabling a more agile, cost-effective approach to growth. In short, Microsoft Fabric makes it easier for your organization to scale and pay as you grow.
Mitigate data silos with an end-to-end analytics platform
- Microsoft Fabric makes building solutions that create real value for the business easier. You don’t have to coordinate with multiple technicians who speak different tech languages. You don’t need to wait for some resources to set up infrastructure, open a firewall port, integrate data sources, etc., says Øyvind Haugneland, Team Lead Microsoft Analytics & Insight at Cegal.
As an end-to-end solution, Microsoft Fabric is mitigating silos by unifying data engineering, data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence (BI) into a single, seamless platform. Acting as a one-stop shop for analytics, Microsoft Fabric streamlines workflows, reduces dependencies on fragmented tools, and accelerates the delivery of actionable insights across the organization.
Microsoft Fabric makes building solutions that create real value for the business easier.
Øyvind Haugneland, Team Lead Microsoft Analytics & Insight at Cegal
A single source of truth with OneLake
Managing data across multiple systems and departments often creates silos, duplication, and inefficiencies that slow down decision-making. OneLake in Microsoft Fabric changes this by providing a centralized, organization-wide data repository where all data—whether structured or unstructured—can be stored, accessed, and shared.
With OneLake, teams no longer need to search across fragmented systems to find the data they need. Everything is available in one place, enabling real-time collaboration, streamlined data management, and faster, more reliable insights. Behind the scenes, OneLake is built on a powerful lakehouse architecture, combining the flexibility of a data lake with the speed and performance of a data warehouse. Fully integrated with Microsoft Fabric, OneLake supports open data formats, allowing your organization to run everything from business intelligence and advanced analytics to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning on a single, governed platform.
Moreover, Copilot is integrated into Microsoft Fabric to assist with data analysis and automation. Copilot also leverages AI agents and built-in AI skills to automate repetitive tasks, analyze trends, and generate insights. These capabilities help streamline workflows, provide intelligent recommendations, and enable teams to make quicker, more informed decisions, ultimately improving efficiency and supporting better business outcomes.
