Zero to AI Copilot Hero
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Ignite Fabric Sessions
Delivered by in-field experts in First Technology Digital's Data & Analytics team. Embrace the power of Microsoft Fabric by enabling your reporting teams. Six two-hour sessions take intermediate attendees from a foundational understanding of Fabric to ingesting data with pipelines and Gen 2 dataflows, then on to Lakehouses, deltas, performance and data governance.
First Campus
Ignite Fabric Sessions
Training
Hands-onIntermediateMicrosoft FabricCertification
- Delivered by
- First Campus, FTD Data & Analytics team
- Level
- Intermediate
- Duration
- 12 hours (6 sessions × 2 hours)
- Prerequisites
- Fabric Trial or F SKU capacity
The learning pathway
Six sessions of two hours each, building from fundamentals to administration and governance. Each session carries a certification component.
FDDA-FAB-01
Fundamentals of a Unified Platform
- OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Pipelines, Dataflows Gen2 and semantic models
- How Fabric fits with Data Factory, Synapse and Power BI
- Licensing, workspaces, permissions and F vs P capacities
FDDA-FAB-02
Ingesting Data, Pipelines & Dataflows
- Ingest from REST, databases and files using Pipelines and Dataflows Gen2
- Activities, triggers and scheduling, compared with ADF
- Authentication, dynamic JSON, error handling, logging and retries
FDDA-FAB-03
Lakehouses, Notebooks & Delta Tables
- The Lakehouse model and Delta Lake format, explored with SQL or Spark
- ACID transactions, schema enforcement, Parquet and transaction logs
- External tables and links to storage such as ADLS Gen2
FDDA-FAB-04
Data Warehouse in Fabric
- Build dimensional models and optimise performance
- Medallion architecture, and moving data between Warehouse and Lakehouse
- Views, stored procedures, indexing and re-usable logic
FDDA-FAB-05
Semantic Models & Power BI Integration
- Create semantic models and define relationships
- DAX measures, hierarchies and drill-down analysis
- Build reports and dashboards on top
FDDA-FAB-06
Administration, Governance & Best Practices
- Role-based access and workspace permissions
- Monitoring, capacity tracking and data lineage
- Deployment pipelines, naming conventions and version control
Who it is for
Reporting & BI teams
A practical pathway onto Fabric, led by people who use it in the field.
Intermediate data practitioners
Existing data and end-to-end BI experience to build on.
Data leads
A team enabled on pipelines, Lakehouses and governance, not just slideware.
Summary & benefits
- Delivered by in-field experts, not generic trainers
- Hands-on, from ingestion through to governance
- A certification component on every session
- Built for intermediate teams ready to move fast
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