Data Ingestion vs Data Serving Context It seems like the concept of a medallion architecture has stuck in the industry. ETL isn't cool anymore and decribing the layers of our data solution directly with names like raw, cleansed and modelled was (apparently) too obvious, or maybe too interchangable, meaning people couldn't agree. That's fine. I … Continue reading Considering a Medallion Architecture vs Microsoft Fabric
The Pain Of Creating Production Solutions With Preview Tools Over the last couple of months we've been involved in the design and build of a real-time analytics platform where Microsoft Fabric has been front and center for the delivery. After a lot of debate during the design phase, it was concluded that using Microsoft Azure … Continue reading Getting Hands On With Microsoft Fabric
Answer: No But, lets prepare for it in terms of the technical capabilities we line up in our existing data architecture.... Continue reading here: https://www.cloudformations.org/post/should-i-wait-for-microsoft-fabric
Addressing Hype, Problems Faced & Common Misconceptions As I continue my day job supporting customers in their journey towards a true data mesh architecture, I've started to see a series of common questions. Or a set of common problems that I get asked. Frequently asked questions (FAQ's) if you like 🙂 For clarity, I am … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 15 – Frequently Asked Questions
I feel like I've mentioned this collateral to loads of people, but only recently releaised that I've never actually blogged about it! So, just a quick post to help anyone that likes Visio and drawing pictures. In short, my brains works best with pictures. I like drawing architecture diagrams and can represent almost anything visually … Continue reading Visio Stencils – For the Azure Solution Architect
Burning the candle at both ends in the UK I followed along with as many sessions as possible from this year's Microsoft Build conference. While my primary focus has and always will be on the Data Platform tech. I couldn't help but take note when Satayla Nednella introduced Project Volterra. The small boxes shown in … Continue reading What is Microsoft’s Project Volterra?
Data Mesh vs Azure -Theory vs practice Use the tag Data Mesh vs Azure to follow this blog series. As a reminder, the four data mesh principals: domain-oriented decentralised data ownership and architecture.data as a product.self-serve data infrastructure as a platform.federated computational governance. Source reference: https://martinfowler.com/articles/data-mesh-principles.html A Quick Recap In Part 1, Part 2 and … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 4
Data Mesh vs Azure -Theory vs practice Use the tag Data Mesh vs Azure to follow this blog series. As a reminder, the four data mesh principals: domain-oriented decentralised data ownership and architecture.data as a product.self-serve data infrastructure as a platform.federated computational governance. Source reference: https://martinfowler.com/articles/data-mesh-principles.html In Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 3
Data Mesh vs Azure -Theory vs practice Use the tag Data Mesh vs Azure to follow this blog series. As a reminder, the four data mesh principals: domain-oriented decentralised data ownership and architecture.data as a product.self-serve data infrastructure as a platform.federated computational governance. Source reference: https://martinfowler.com/articles/data-mesh-principles.html In Part 1 of this blog series we looked … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 2
Data Mesh vs Azure - Theory vs practice Use the tag Data Mesh vs Azure to follow this blog series. Context and Background The concepts and principals of a data mesh architecture have been around for a while now and I've yet to see anyone else apply/deliver such a solution in Azure. I'm wondering if … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 1
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