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Learning path

The Microsoft Fabric Journey

Skill Level
Introductory
Duration 1 hour 10 minutes
Updated Mar 9, 2026

About this learning path

Most organizations have plenty of data. What they lack is confidence. This learning path is designed to fix exactly that. We will help you understand Microsoft Fabric as a complete, end-to-end analytics platform. You will see what the technology actually changes, what stays the same, and how to adopt it in a way that genuinely improves how your business makes decisions. We are aiming for speed, trust, and scale—not just a shiny new set of tools. You will learn how Fabric's integrated workloads and its OneLake foundation work together to eliminate endless handoffs and data duplication. We will also show you where governance fits into daily delivery, so it acts as a guardrail rather than a roadblock.

Your instructors

Timothy DayWorld Wide TechnologyPractice Architect, Cloud
Steve ThompsonWorld Wide TechnologyPrincipal Architect, Data
Rob LejasisaksWorld Wide TechnologyPractice Architect, AI

Prerequisites

  1. A basic understanding of business intelligence or analytics concepts (e.g., dashboards, reports, KPIs)
  2. Familiarity with how organizations typically collect, store, and use data for reporting or decision-making
  3. No deep technical background required. The content is written for both business leaders and practitioners
  4. A general awareness of where your current analytics process causes friction or slows decisions down
  5. Willingness to start with the problem before reaching for a platform answer

What you'll learn

  1. Why classic BI worked, what broke it at scale, and how to frame the impact in business terms: Speed, Trust, Risk, and Cost
  2. A plain-English, tool-agnostic map of how data moves from source to decision: Ingest → Store → Transform → Model → Analyze → Act
  3. How to split analytics problems into two distinct categories - the Data Journey (reliability and reuse) and the Insight Journey (meaning and adoption), including why the fix for each one is completely different
  4. What Microsoft Fabric actually is, mapped against the journeys you already understand, including what it genuinely reduces and what it cannot replace
  5. How to design a focused 60–90 day landing plan that proves real outcomes rather than just deploying a platform
  6. How to build the leadership layer that makes it all stick: governance as guardrails, a practical operating model built around ownership and change discipline, and a scaling approach that grows by proven pattern rather than ambition

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The Microsoft Fabric Journey
  1. 1. How did we get here?
    1. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentIntroduction
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    2. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentThe Early Days: SQL, Tables, and Reports
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    3. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentScale Changed Everything: Cloud, SaaS, and Tool Sprawl
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    4. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentThe Leadership Problem Statement (and the "Bridge" to Modern)
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  2. 2. The End-to-End Map: From Data to Decisions
    1. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentIntroduction
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    2. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentThe Analytics Value Chain
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    3. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentTwo Journeys, One Outcome: Plumbing vs. Poetry
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    4. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentThe Executive Map (Tool-Agnostic): Components Every Modern Analytics Stack Needs
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  3. 3. The Data + Insight Journey (End to End)
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    2. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentThe Handshake: Where Reliability Becomes Trust (and Trust Becomes Action)
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    3. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentThe Data Journey: Ingest → Store → Transform
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    4. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentThe Insight Journey: Model → Analyze → Act
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  4. 4. Microsoft Fabric: Landing into the Platform (What It Is, What It Isn't, and How to Start)
    1. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentIntroduction
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    2. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentWhat Microsoft Fabric Is (Plain English, Mapped to the Journeys)
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    3. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentMythbusting: What Fabric Is Not (So You Don't Recreate Sprawl Faster)
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    4. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentThe First 60–90 Days: A Fabric Landing Plan That Proves Outcomes
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  5. 5. The Leadership View: Govern, Operate, Scale
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    2. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentGovernance That Enables Speed (Guardrails, Not Gates)
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    3. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentOperating Model: Run Analytics Like Products
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    4. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentScale Strategy: Expand by Pattern, Measure by Outcomes
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  6. 6. Conclusion
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