Fundamentals of Microsoft Fabric

Chapter 2. Getting Started with Microsoft Fabric

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In Chapter 1 we gave you an overview of what Microsoft Fabric is, and in this Chapter we’ll give you a step-by-step guide on how to get started with Fabric and the Fabric Portal. If you’ve had initial experiences with Fabric, feel free to skip this chapter – otherwise, while we may be skipping a few details in this chapter to provide you with a big picture (so don’t worry if you feel like you’re missing some pieces here and there), these first steps will hopefully be helpful when it comes to handling and navigating the Fabric features in the Chapters 4 – 15 where we will be filling those gaps.

Creating an Azure Account

The very first requirement to get started with Fabric is to set up a Microsoft Azure Account.

If you already have an account, you can use that. Otherwise, navigate to portal.azure.com where you will be greeted by a login form which also provides the option to create a new account.

Enabling Fabric

To get started with Microsoft ...