Microsoft Fabric Administration & Governance

Setting Up Microsoft Fabric: Architecture, Domains & Workspaces

This module introduces the structural concepts that make Microsoft Fabric a cohesive, end-to-end analytics platform. By exploring how modern data architectures evolved and how Fabric organizes data into domains and workspaces, learners see why governance, collaboration, and scalability depend on getting these foundations right. Understanding these building blocks also provides the context for implementing patterns like the Medallion Architecture and for making informed decisions about capacity and licensing.

• What is Microsoft Fabric?
• From Traditional Data Warehousing to Data Lakes
• Domains and Workspaces in Microsoft Fabric
• Options for Implementing a Medallion Architecture
• Microsoft Fabric Licensing
• Assigning Capacities to Workspaces
• LAB: Create domain and workspaces

Microsoft Fabric Security

A solid security foundation is essential for any Microsoft Fabric deployment because it protects both the platform's governance layer (control plane) and the data assets that drive analytics (data plane). This module equips administrators with the understanding needed to secure workspaces, lakehouses, warehouses, and folders; ensuring that the right people have the right access at the right scope.

• Control plane versus data plane security
• Overview of the Fabric permission model
• Workspace, Lakehouse & Warehouse Security
• Shortcut security in OneLake
• OneLake security roles and fine-grained access
• Network Security: Private Links, Trusted Workspace Access and Managed Private Endpoints
• LAB: Configuring Microsoft Fabric security

Fabric Administration Essentials: Tenant & Capacity Settings

This module focuses on how the Microsoft Fabric Admin Portal serves as the control center for shaping the overall behavior of your organization's analytics environment. By understanding how tenant- and capacity-level decisions influence what users can do and how workloads run, administrators gain the context they need to manage workspaces effectively and sustainably.

• Understanding Admin Roles
• Tenant Settings
• Capacity Configuration
• Workspace Administration at Scale
• LAB: Configuring Fabric in the Admin Portal

Monitoring Microsoft Fabric

As your Fabric tenant grows, you need visibility into usage, capacity load, storage and activity. Monitoring lets you catch issues early, control costs and keep performance stable, so the platform stays reliable for all teams.

• Monitoring from the Azure Portal
• Monitoring in the Fabric Portal
• Inspecting the OneLake Catalog
• Audit Logs
• Working with the Microsoft Fabric Capacity Metrics App
• LAB: Monitoring a Microsoft Fabric Tenant

Fabric DevOps: Git Integration & Deployment Pipelines

Microsoft Fabric can be linked with source control from either Azure DevOps or GitHub. But there is also support for deployment pipelines which are built-in into Microsoft Fabric. Variable Libraries simplify the configuration of the different deployments.

• Basic Concepts in Git Integration
• Manage branches in Microsoft Fabric Workspaces
• Handle Errors and Conflicts
• Git integration Source Code Format
• Options for Deploying Resources
• Setting up Microsoft Fabric Deployment Pipelines
• Working with Microsoft Fabric Variable Libraries
• LAB: Setup Deployment Pipelines

Managing Apache Spark in Microsoft Fabric

Apache Spark is a key compute engine in Microsoft Fabric. This module shows administrators how to standardize and govern Spark compute so teams can work efficiently while the platform remains controlled and predictable.

• Introduction to Starter Pools
• Creating Custom Pools
• Pool sizing/performance tuning
• Billing and Utilization
• Manage Spark Compute with Environments
• Library management in Fabric environments
• Use Git Integration and Deployment Pipelines for Environments

Microsoft Fabric Governance from Purview

Governance and compliance become important aspects of data management. Microsoft Fabric integrates with Microsoft Purview. And although advanced features require a paid Purview account, even with the free Purview version basic governance becomes possible.

• What is Microsoft Purview?
• Purview Licensing
• Navigating the Purview Portal
• Annotating the Metadata
• Brief overview of Purview Enterprise Features
• LAB: Governing Fabric from within Microsoft Purview

Automating Microsoft Fabric Administration

Once Fabric moves beyond a few workspaces, doing everything by hand becomes slow and error-prone. Automation lets you roll out changes faster, repeat them the same way every time and keep control as more teams come on board.

• Infrastructure as Code for Microsoft Fabric
• Creating Capacities with Biceps and ARM
• Managing Artifacts from Python with semPy
• Using NotebookUtils to Create Fabric Items
• Working with the Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Microsoft Fabric REST API
• LAB: Managing Microsoft Fabric from Code