Name: (In Person) Microsoft Fabric: Too Many Options - Which One(s) Should I Choose?
Start: 2025-05-07T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-05-07T19:45:00+01:00
Location: The BIPC

***This is the link to register to attend in person. To register to attend online, please use*** [(Online) Microsoft Fabric: Too Many Options - Which One(s) Should I Choose?, Wed, May 7, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/oxford-microsoft-data-platform-group/events/307280999/)

18:00- 18:15 - Networking and Refreshments
18:15: **Microsoft Fabric: Too Many Options - Which One(s) Should I Choose?** - [Ed Freeman](https://sessionize.com/app/organizer/speaker/9824/1a4e81ab-c6a3-4b8b-b6d9-d2775165e064)
19:45: Prize draw

**Session details:**
**Microsoft Fabric: Too Many Options - Which One(s) Should I Choose?**
Microsoft Fabric is an end-to-end data and analytics platform comprising multiple distinct services that can each achieve the same goal. For example, to perform the "T" step in "ELT" (that is, "Transform") we could use Dataflows Gen2, PySpark Notebooks, Python Notebooks, Spark Job Definitions, User Data Functions, SQL scripts in SQL Endpoints and Data Warehouses, Eventstreams, and so on. Regardless of whether you're new to Microsoft Fabric or you're an experienced user, it can always be a challenge to know which set of services is right for your workload.

In this talk, we'll implement the same end-to-end data pipeline using the same real-world data across a handful of these services, comparing things like performance, cost, developer experience, testability and monitoring & observability. Spoiler alert - there is no "correct" architecture. It will entirely depend on the factors that fit your solution's needs most appropriately. My goal is to show you the traits of each service that will help you make that decision for your own project.

This event is sponsored by Humand Talent Solutions, who provide the best technical talent for local start-ups and scale-ups, and Packt Books who provide the eBooks for the prize draw.

Robert Minchin

Oxford Microsoft Data Platform Group

Azure Data Tech Groups

Prize draw sponsor - giving away two ebooks at each event

Packt

Sourcing Software Engineering talent for tech start-ups and scale-ups

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Ed is a Data Engineer and Consultant working at endjin. Throughout his time here, he has been implementing intelligent cloud & data platforms built on Microsoft services for clients of all sizes and industries. Ed is particularly passionate about Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics and Power BI, and has spoken at local and international conferences on related topics. Ed also heads-up Power BI Weekly, a free weekly newsletter to help the community keep up with the latest and greatest developments from the Power BI ecosystem.

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