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Fabric Foundations

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Fabric Foundations

This course is part of Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Professional Certificate

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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7 hours to complete

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Advanced level

Recommended experience

7 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

- Navigate and configure Fabric workspaces, Lake houses and Warehouses
- Build lake houses with Medallion architecture and optimize Delta tables

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This course is part of the Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Professional Certificate

When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Professional Certificate.

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Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
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There are 7 modules in this course

Begin your Microsoft Fabric journey with this hands-on foundations course designed to build platform confidence before advancing into deeper architecture topics. You’ll explore how Microsoft Fabric unifies data engineering, analytics, and governance in a single SaaS environment.

Through guided exercises, you’ll navigate Fabric workspaces, review capacities and licensing constraints, and create your first Lakehouse and Warehouse. You’ll evaluate when to use Warehouse versus Lakehouse for analytics scenarios, explore Data Factory orchestration options for data movement, configure OneLake shortcuts to virtualize external data without duplication, and run impact analysis to assess downstream dependencies and change risk. By the end of the course, you’ll have hands-on experience with Fabric workspaces, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Factory, and OneLake, along with foundational skills in workspace navigation, data virtualization, capacity planning, and governed change management.

Learn to navigate the Fabric portal, locate artifacts, inspect capacity assignments, understand the major Fabric workloads, and assess licensing constraints for project planning.

What's included

2 videos2 readings2 assignments

2 videosTotal 10 minutes

Why Workspace Navigation Matters3 minutes
Fabric Platform Overview and Workloads7 minutes

2 readingsTotal 23 minutes

Licensing and Capacity Quick Reference5 minutes
Hands-on Activity: Assess a Fabric Workspace18 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 12 minutes

Knowledge Check: Navigating Fabric Workspaces and Licensing4 minutes
Navigate Workspaces & Licensing Assessment8 minutes

Create a Lakehouse, explore its architecture, and understand how it enables analytics through the SQL Endpoint.

What's included

2 videos2 readings2 assignments

Create a Warehouse, explore its T-SQL-native experience, and evaluate when Warehouse is the right choice.

What's included

2 videos2 readings2 assignments

Explore Data Factory's three main orchestration tools and learn when to use each.

What's included

2 videos2 readings2 assignments

Create OneLake shortcuts that virtualize external and cross-workspace data without physical duplication.

What's included

2 videos2 readings2 assignments

Use Fabric's impact analysis tools to understand how changes propagate, then communicate findings to stakeholders for approval.

What's included

2 videos2 readings2 assignments

2 videosTotal 6 minutes

When Schema Changes Break Everything3 minutes
Lineage, Dependencies, and Impact Analysis3 minutes

2 readingsTotal 19 minutes

Using Impact Analysis in Lineage View4 minutes
Hands-on Activity: Run Impact Analysis15 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 12 minutes

Knowledge Check: Running Impact Analysis and Communicating Risk4 minutes
Analyze Impact of Changes Assessment8 minutes

Integrate foundational Microsoft Fabric skills to configure and document a Fabric environment that demonstrates platform readiness. Create a workspace with Lakehouse, Warehouse, and Data Factory components, configure shortcuts, run impact analysis, and produce documentation for stakeholder review.

What's included

3 readings1 assignment

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Frequently asked questions

This advanced-level program assumes foundational experience with data engineering and modeling concepts. You should have basic familiarity with programming concepts. Prior experience with Power BI or data warehousing is helpful but not required.

Yes. The program includes hands-on activities designed for execution in Microsoft Fabric. You'll need access to a Fabric-enabled workspace (available through Microsoft Fabric trials, organizational licenses, or pay-as-you-go capacity) to complete the practical exercises.

This program prepares you for roles such as Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer, Data Engineer, BI Developer, and Analytics Engineer. The skills align with CB2-level (skilled professional) positions requiring hands-on Fabric implementation experience. Completers will be well-positioned for Microsoft Fabric-related certifications including DP-600.

To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.