Chapter 15. Administering and Monitoring Microsoft Fabric
Microsoft Fabric is a vast and complex platform. Regardless of marketing phrases about the “ease of use,” “seamless integration,” or “AI-powered experience,” there are numerous challenges with maintaining this complex platform and ensuring that it aligns with your company’s business goals, while at the same time adhering to organizational policies.
In this chapter, we’ll examine why administering and monitoring Microsoft Fabric is essential for ensuring the reliability and performance of data workloads within the organization. As a unified data platform, Microsoft Fabric integrates multiple services and components discussed in the previous chapters. This multitude of services may sometimes represent a significant challenge to prevent unauthorized access, data breaches, and performance bottlenecks.
Effective Fabric administration ensures smooth workloads, while continuous monitoring through audit logs and performance analytics helps the organization to proactively identify and resolve issues, ensuring data integrity, optimal performance, and regulatory compliance. We’ll also introduce various approaches for implementing effective monitoring in Microsoft Fabric, with the ultimate goal of maximizing the business potential and minimizing operational risk.
Data Governance with Microsoft Fabric
Before we introduce the key pillars of data governance in Microsoft Fabric, let’s take a step back and explain what data governance ...
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