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Microsoft Fabric and the Modern Enterprise Data Platform

An executive-level view of where Microsoft Fabric fits in an enterprise data strategy, the architectural patterns it supports and the governance questions to settle before scaling it.

This article is in preparation. The full perspective will be published here soon. In the meantime, we are glad to discuss the topic directly.

What this article will cover

  • How does Fabric relate to existing Azure and Power BI investments?
  • Which lakehouse and warehouse patterns fit which workloads?
  • How should workspaces, capacity and governance be organized?
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Why Enterprise AI Starts With Data Architecture

AI pilots are easy to start and hard to scale. This article looks at why the architecture beneath AI — data models, metadata, access and lineage — determines whether AI can be trusted in production.

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What Makes Enterprise Data AI-Ready?

“AI-ready” is used loosely. We outline the practical characteristics — quality, context, ownership, accessibility and governance — that make enterprise data usable by AI systems.

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