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Illustrated overview of Fabric OneLake and Capacity: Shortcuts First, Then Stop Starving Spark

Microsoft Fabric

Aug 29, 20265 min read

Fabric OneLake and Capacity: Shortcuts First, Then Stop Starving Spark

OneLake shortcuts are not a copy job, capacity units are shared, and a Power BI refresh can queue a Spark notebook. Fabric is not rebranded Synapse.

fabric
azure

Azure

Aug 26, 202612 min read

Azure Data Engineering in 2026: Data Factory, Synapse, and Where Fabric Fits

A practical guide to the Azure data platform: when to use Data Factory, what happened to Synapse, and how Microsoft Fabric changes the picture.

azure
cloud
tools

Illustrated overview of Migrating from Synapse to Microsoft Fabric: What Maps Cleanly, What Does Not, and How to Sequence It

Azure

May 18, 202614 min read

Migrating from Synapse to Microsoft Fabric: What Maps Cleanly, What Does Not, and How to Sequence It

A component-by-component migration map from Synapse to Fabric, the T-SQL and workload management gaps that bite, and the order I move things in to keep risk low.

azure
fabric

Illustrated overview of ADF Pipeline Patterns That Scale: Parameterized Datasets, Metadata-Driven Ingestion, and Integration Runtime Sizing

Azure

May 15, 202613 min read

ADF Pipeline Patterns That Scale: Parameterized Datasets, Metadata-Driven Ingestion, and Integration Runtime Sizing

How to build one Data Factory pipeline that ingests 300 tables instead of 300 pipelines, and how to size integration runtimes so the bill and the SLA both work.

azure
adf